Hard to believe that this appeared in the NY Times, but here it is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/us...ique.html?_r=0
I'll be smoking some Escudo in the morning.
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Hard to believe that this appeared in the NY Times, but here it is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/us...ique.html?_r=0
I'll be smoking some Escudo in the morning.
That is an interesting article. Here are some Youtube videos of a tour of St. James Perique factory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYYqB4oSa7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXkuquLnXEQ
That was a good read, thanks!
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"But for the purist, the only true perique is grown and processed in St. James."
True enough, but Larry the Tobacco Butcher makes a pretty respectable facsimile in KY.
That's crazy! Never knew the rarest tobacco in the world was next-door!