Pipe Tobacco Review: Seattle Pipe Club’s Deception Pass

 

(Pipes Magazine) ... Flakes, plugs, and cakes seem to have dominated pipe tobacco world these past couple of years. They’re wonderful, of course, and pressure does things to the tobacco that can’t be replicated by other means. But it is nonetheless refreshing to open the tin and be greeted by a fluffy full two ounces of proper ribbon cut leaf—the ease of packing, tactile sensation and sheer flexibility of a good ribbon is not to be underestimated. The tin notes English style Virginias, Acadian Perique, Black Virginia, Black Cavendish, and a touch of Turkish Orientals, all of which can be easily discerned in the jumble of leaf, particularly the sprinkling of olive-colored strands of Izmir. Continued