The Last Tobacco Order

What would you purchase if your next tobacco order would be your last? Unfortunately, as a Maryland citizen, I got to find out. The law seems to have been intended to give consumers a year to prepare, but the Maryland government kept the thing under wraps, so it made for a mad scramble to stock up at the last minute. Here's what I bought:

1 Pound Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake smoking tobacco. Says the long dead Sam Gawith, "A beautifully formed dark flake of pressed Virginias and a generous helping of Latakia. Relax and enjoy this medium strength tobacco with its "smokey" flavour and cool, smooth characteristics." This is one of my favorites, though with Samuel Gawith tobaccos in short supply these days, I was happy to get my hands on any non-soapy variety I could find. I already had 3/4 pound of Medium Virginia Flake (AKA Golden Glow) and about the same amount of Chocolate Flake on hand. Balkan Flake is one of the uglier things you'll ever see in a tin, looking more like a pile of rotten anchovies than flake tobacco, but it's one of the best things I have ever smoked, certainly the coolest.

2 pounds of Five Brothers smoking tobacco. A strong, simple burley shag, Five brothers is my everyday/all-day smoke. Like everything in this order, it isn't available in my home county. This tobacco is not for the faint of heart (literally), but if you like good, no-nonsense smoking material, and don't suffer from tachycardia, this is an essential. It's particularly good in a small bowl, like those on the Brebbia Leda.

2 boxes Gran Habano Corojo #5 Cigars. Gran Habano's are my favorite everyday premium cigar. They are great in the evening with a pot of coffee. I would have bought more, but my humidors were pretty full already. One of the boxes hit the deadline, so I'm a box short. The box that did make it through enemy lines was a variety I haven't tried before, called La Gran Fuma, which are a budget, short filler version of the Corojo #5 - there will be a review after I've smoked a few of 'em.

And that's it, my last tobacco order. What would you have bought?