Flake is a popular traditional format of pipe tobacco. Cut from large pressed cubes of tobacco, flakes retain a much deeper flavour than most shag cuts. To prepare flake for use, most people rub it down to a more favourable consistency. Others choose to smoke it as is, just rolled and placed in the chamber.
Plug
Plug is a form of pipe tobacco utilising full tobacco leaves that are pressed and then aged. The result is a highly condensed brick of tobacco that requires slicing before its smoked.
Bob’s Chocolate Flake is a rich flake containing VirginiaLeaf from Brazil, Malawi and Zimbabwe along with Burley from Malawi. After being pressed it’s cased in Cocoa and Chocolate before finally being rounded off with sweet notes of Vanilla and Whisky. 50g.
VirginiaandBurley tobacco pressed into a hard cake and sliced. The air-cured tobaccos within give a taste reminiscent of cigars with a natural sweetness. No flavouring has been added. 50g.
Four Squires is a classic, unscented, straightVirginaflake garnering Virginia tobacco from Brazil and Malawi. These tobaccos are treated through a process of flue-curing and sun-curing, adding richness to the flavour. 50g.