Now, please keep in mind I haven't tried this blend, so a portion of this post is going to be based on speculation and my personal opinions;
With 50% FCB, the burley should have
dominated the blend if you mixed the stuff in at 15%.
Perhaps this is a QC issue?
Or maybe a reformulation based on feedback from people about how it was bland led to a heavy-handed extract or flavoring increase?
Not really sure on this one. Haven't tried the stuff, but I'm of the opinion that NETs with synthetic tobacco/ flavorings should be called "Hybrid NETs" rather than "NETs".
There's a big difference in flavor from a cased/cured/fermented natural tobacco extract by itself, and one that collides with synthetic flavoring that simply overpowers the tobacco.
Now, don't get me wrong, I have tried a couple synthetic flavors of tobacco that I didn't mind (enjoyed a couple of them), but if you can't taste the tobacco (even after adding more tobacco) there's something a little wrong, there.
Due to the low nic levels, I probably won't order their stuff, but that's just me.
After seeing this, I am a bit concerned.
Juicy, your recommendations haven't steered me wrong thus far- though there are some juices I enjoy that you abhor, I tend to lean to the "full-force-tobacco" range. That is to say, I can vape Balkan as an ADV with no problems and no complaints.
Not that I don't like a flavored blend like VB from time to time, it's just....well, since I stopped being a menthol person, I started to enjoy the taste of tobacco more than the flavorings that accompanied it. Vurley reverse-steeping confirmed this for me, and one person commented that it smelled like "wet cardboard". To me, it tastes & smells like straight-up vanilla, and this was when I was down to about half a bottle.
Taste is very subjective. As an example; some people enjoy ales, others IPAs, yet some will only drink lagers, porters, or stouts.
Me? I'll drink all of them unless they don't taste like beer (unless the experience is an enjoyable balance between the beer and whatever flavor is used). It is for this reason that the only IPA I enjoy is Newcastle's Winter IPA.
Perhaps the same applies for you and Portula?
Again, the only other thing I can think of is that it's a QC issue of some sort.
But if only 15% dominated 75% of a FCB-dominant blend.... something's up.
Sounds like it's the polar opposite of well-steeped VB from the way you describe it.
Just my
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