Pipe and Cigar Smoking

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Today brought a welcome return of the University Flake: a strong but slow-burning, flavorful blend. A Virginia/Burley mix, it has plenty of strength and as is the way with Burley blends, tends to hit hard and then induce slow relaxation. The strength of the UK flake -- fire cured Burley and Virginia -- is that it balances the broader flavor of the Burley with sweetness, resulting in a mixture of tastes that is never quite uniform, allowing it to have a protean indefinability. On top of that, someone poured a fruit flavor (identified as "plum" but close to "grape") which loses its excesses very quickly and gives the blend a slight spin and somewhat covers its strong scent. Wish they sold it by the pound!