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Rum Chocolate by Martin Farrent
This one is not really a soapy at all, though it's akin to a well-known Lakeland blend. German carver Cornelius Mänz gave me some Bob's Choc to try, and I was truly impressed, while simultaneously a little disappointed. The idea struck me as fantastic, but the quantity of Latakia used seemed far too discreet - I had read that the inclusion of Latakia was this blend's claim to immortality, and was expecting more. Having reaped some encouraging comments on Irish Soap and therefore getting a little cocky, I decided to 'rectify' things.
First of all, I rubbed out 75 grams of Escudo and added 25 grams of Holly's Discovery, an extremely strong Latakia/Oriental flake produced by D.T.M. in Germany. Mix this with a sauce consisting of 50 ml rum (40% volume), two generous teaspoonfuls of real cocoa, ½ teaspoonful of vanilla sugar, 1 teaspoonful honey, 1 of liquorice essence and 1 of rose aroma. Also add 2 drops of bitter almond aroma.
This produces a fairly wet pile of tobacco, which should be left to dry slightly for a couple of hours. Then cram the lot into a 50g tin (I use the one that comes with the Holly's), seal and wrap with copious amounts of sticky tape. Put a clamp on the tin, and shove it in the fan-assisted oven for three hours at 60 degrees Centigrade (140 F.).
Once the tin is cool, loosen the moist tobacco and allow to dry in a shallow bowl, mixing and re-loosening the leaf frequently. It can take several hours for the moisture-level to reach smoking condition. When dry, you will detect a surprisingly mild scent of chocolate and rum, faintly sweetened and perfumed by the other ingredients. In combination with the Latakia, you have a smoke that is a 'manly' kind of dessert - a companion for red wine, spirits or coffee, rather than beer. It reminds me of Christmas, though I'll probably smoke it all year round.
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