Johnson Creek New Recipe Sampler & Misc.

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Just my impressions - everybody's tastes are different. All are for medium nicotine content except where noted otherwise. Numeric ratings (1=worst, 10=best) in parenthesis.

Johnson Creek

Sampler of New Recipes

T- Original – Can’t tell any difference from the old Original recipe. Best tobacco flavor of anything tried. Zero-nic version is slightly sweeter with less hit. (9)
TC – Tennessee Cured – Very much like the old TC recipe, but a bit more pleasant to the nose. The exhaled vapor has just a hint of the sweet smell of exhaled tobacco smoke. The old recipe does not have this pleasant feature. Zero-nic version is slightly sweeter with less hit. (10)
CT- Chocolate Truffle –At first, tastes a little bit like chocolate to the palate if you have a good imagination. To the nose, it smells vaguely like burning sparkler fireworks. Not horrible tasting at first, but certainly not anything like what would be expected from the name. Reminiscent of plain old pipe tobacco. Dry cardboard aftertaste that progresses to something like covering your tongue with a wool mitten that was used to scoop yellow snow. It just kept getting worse. Couldn’t finish the cartridge. (1)
BC- Black Cherry – Sort of BC flavor, but not very much. OK, not overpowering, but not great. (6)
FV- French Vanilla – Mild vanilla flavor, but just enough. Surprisingly OK for somebody who isn’t much into vanilla. Doesn’t get overpowering. (7)
ES- Espresso – Good coffee flavor, not as much bite as old Hawaiian Kona. Slightly stronger coffee taste than HK/TC mix. OK coffee aftertaste. OK as-is without mixing. (7).
AM- Arctic Menthol – OK, even for non-menthol lovers. Menthol lovers may find the menthol too light. (7)
MC- Mint Chocolate – Starts out OK. Vague mint chocolate taste. Not horrible. Much better than the Chocolate Truffle – of course, that isn’t saying much. But, like other chocolate flavors, it just doesn’t have it. Leaves the throat sore. (5)
SP- Summer Peach – Yep, tastes like peaches. Unexpectedly good. Mild peach aftertaste with some sweetness. (8)
SS- Simply Strawberry –Very slight strawberry taste. Very mild. Small hit. Surprisingly pleasant. Little or no aftertaste. Would be good all day. (8)

Old recipes

T- Original – General rich tobacco flavor, reasonably mild with some bite and moderate hit. No unpleasant aftertaste. (9)
TC- Tennessee Cured – Light tobacco flavor, minor bite, very mild, pleasant aftertaste. Generally excellent. (10)
HK – Hawaiian Kona – Strong coffee flavor. Good at first, but overpowering after a while. Maybe OK for occasional use. Better if mixed (see below) (5)
HK/TC – 50/50 mix much better than straight HK. Coffee flavor very mild. Gives the TC a little more bite. (7)

Litecig


Marlboro – Something like tobacco. Dry tasting, like an old cigarette found under the sofa, but acceptable. A little tobacco-like aftertaste. (7)
RY4 – Either my taste buds are different from the majority or I got a different version than the one so many people rave about. Sweet, a kind of burnt caramel & slightly floral perfume taste. Not so good at first and got progressively worse. Nauseating after a full cartridge. (3)
RY4/JC TC - 50/50 mix much better than full RY4. Doable, but still not great. (5)
RY3 (LC’s Power Puff) – Strong hit, slight caramel flavor and aftertaste, otherwise much like JC’s Original T. Excellent when a little extra kick is desired, but a little much for all day use. (8)
CC- Creamy Cappucino – Light, very pleasant and actually does taste creamy. Coffee flavor is just detectable. Just as good to the nose as to the palate. (9)
R- Raspberry – Light & crisp, small hit. Not too sweet or syrupy. Just enough flavoring. (9)
W- Whiskey –It certainly tastes like whiskey. First puff was like putting your face in a freshly poured glass of straight Jack Daniels with no ice and taking a deep breath. Not for all day, but a very different taste break. If you like the taste of whiskey, you should like this. If you don’t care for whiskey, don’t go near it. (9)