Friday, August 5, 2011

Tobacco Review: Peretti's Cuban Mixture



(Cake and Dottle) ... Today the focus is Peretti's Cuban Mixture. This is one of my top five tobaccos, so the subject is near and dear to my heart. A 140 year old blend comprised of Burleys, Carolina, Maryland and cigar leaf, it's one of Peretti's signature blends. The majority of Peretti's Burleys are cube cut, but Cuban Mixture is more of a large or coarse shag. It's a nice cut for Burley. It doesn't burn as fast as a shag or ribbon cut Burley, but it stays lit to the bottom and won't clog the airway the way a cube cut sometimes can. Continued

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