I got the vapemail I was expecting today, so I have an interim report -- interim because they all need to "steep," to age in a dark drawer, for a little while, though one of them might take longer.
The one I was most hopeful of, the Virginia from myvaporstore, is the one that will probably need the most time. It has a *little* of the slight touch of apple sweetness that my regular Virginia has (the one from myfreedomsmokes), but, I don't detect any of the more savory notes, AND, there's a very discernible chemical sort of taste. It *might* turn out ok, but only time will tell.
The Cinnamon Tobacco from ECBlend wasn't bad, but the taste is so very light, that the tobacco taste seems kinda "missing," and even the cinnamon is extremely muted. I believe a short aging time might do this one very well.
There's one other, and though it's not technically a tobacco at all, --Cinnamon Apple-- (also from EC Blend) it has notes that I recognize from the Virginia that I love so much, so it's definitely a winner already, and will only improve from a short steep, probably deepening in taste. At worst, if the myvaporstore Virginia doesn't age into what I *hope* it *might* be, I can probably mix in some of this Cinnamon Apple and get a taste that's not too far from my regular Virginia.
In fact, that new Virginia might be dramatically improved by mixing with both of these, but i will give that new Virginia a nice long wait, to try and let that chemical taste dissipate. It should probably be aired out fairly regularly, too, to help get rid of that.
I have another Virginia coming tomorrow, the Hangsen Virginia. I've located another Virginia from a vape shop located right here in GA, so the shipping from it shouldn't take long at all; I will probably go ahead and try that one, too, since the one I got today was a bit disappointing.
I really doubt that either of the two tobaccos listed above have anything of real tobacco in them; the myvaporstore Virginia has that very evident chemical taste, and the Cinnamon Tobacco is just so mild and light; anything of real tobacco would have a much smokier smell/taste than either of these -- in fact I'm now wondering if that's what is so satisfying about my regular Virginia; it does have a slight smokiness, the longer you wait for it, so there might be a bit of extract in it.
Andria