Tinder Box Mango Tango Pipe Tobacco
I stopped into my local Tinder Box this week and picked up a few of their blends, one of which is Mango Tango.. Now, I’m not a huge fan of Tinderbox or anything, but I find their pipe tobacco to be reasonably priced and fresh. I hear a lot of people complaining about TB quality, but I think it has a lot to do with your local franchise. Anyway, onward to the review!
The pouch aroma of this tobacco is very sweet, sugary and some slight fruit bouquet. Not a chemical fruit, more of a natural, fresh cut fruit smell. Nice and inviting.
The tobacco itself is mostly black/dark brown with golden brown strands mixed in sporadically. Nothing terribly interesting to the eye.
After the initial light and some slight tamping the bowl burned very well until about 2/3 the way through, in which case the dottle was so wet that there was basically no chance for a re-light. A lot of Tinder Box tobaccos have this issue and I understand it to have a lot to do with the PG content of the tobacco.
I didn’t really find any “mango” flavor in the bowl, just a lot of sweetness, (think iced tea, not honey) and some overall fruitiness. Kind of a “citrus” Tums flavor, somewhat bland and dry.
This is a decent tasting aromatic. Nothing to knock your socks off but something I’m not afraid to share with friends that don’t smoke a pipe often.
The bottom line: Overall: 6/10.
Pouch Aroma: 7/10
Taste: 6/10
Room Note: 5/10
Value: 6/10