From G.L.Pease:
“An extremely complex blend, matured red Virginia contributes its familiar fundament of weight and natural sweetness. Cyprian latakia is added along with other orientals, broadening the band of flavor, and to me, giving it the predominantly oriental character it exhibits. A hint of lemon Virginia and a touch of perique, a presence but not a definite note, complete the blend. The amounts of the ingredients are balanced with such care and skill, the flavors migrate from one pleasant place to the next, with none achieving excessive dominance. It develops as the bowl burns cleanly down, and leaves a white ash. Not hot, this goes best in medium to small bowl pipes. Excellent.”
The referral I got came from Steve’s Pipe Smoking Page and I think that Steve may have converted me over to G. L. Pease. I agree fully with the last sentence of the description. From what I have seen of Pease’s Latakia/English blends is that they have a very wonderful and strong aroma in the can. For comparison, I will use Dunhill Durbar. Samarra has a stronger aroma in comparison; however, when it is smoked, it is actually more soft than Durbar. I am not sure, but I suspect that Dunhill compresses it’s tobacco harder in the can, and hence it does not give off as strong an aroma? This will definately require further investigation.