I didn't care much for Sam Gawith, Sam's Flake. It's not 'bad' but it's not good either; just doesn't have much taste to me. The tin note is wonderful - smells to me like a fresh apple fritter and I think therein lies the problem. As is typical with most great smelling tobaccos, the scent doesn't translate into flavor in the smoke so it's always a let down. Probably why I don't care for most aromatics... my brain just can't come to grips with the discrepancy. There's a taste of cinnamon (probably from the tonquin) over very weak fruit flavors. TR says this is an oriental blend. IDK what varietal but I don't get much oriental anything in it unless that's where the cinnamon flavor is actually coming from. I'd guess I'd find this blend outstanding if the fruit flavor was more pronounced... after all, who doesn't like fruit with cinnamon, but it's just not cutting it for me.