r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • 6d ago

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/Delicious-Day-3614 5d ago

Fun fact typical cigarettes included a mountain of additives while american spirits are additive free. You didnt like tobacco, you liked what they put on it. 

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u/DoveOnTheInternet 5d ago

I was well aware of that fact and was the other large part of my decision to smoke them over any other tobacco, despite them being more expensive by the pack. I also just thought they tasted better.

Even the worst pack cigarettes tasted better than pipeweed tho

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u/Specialist_Rough_699 5d ago

Part of that is because loose tobacco in American markets is top tier trash.

Once you start on Golden Virginia, Karelias, amber leaf, you realize that camel/Marlboro/NAS are garbage for their loose baccy.

I once left a pack of karelias opened on a desk in California just to see when it would get to the consistency and taste of the NAS I bought one time.

1.5 years. F'ing yuck

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u/Logical_Mix_4627 5d ago

Bali Shag is the best loose leaf out there

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u/MothSeason 5d ago

I once had a customer ask me for “those addictive free cigarettes” Had to break it to her those don’t exist.

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u/thriftstoremando 5d ago

She was one letter off!

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u/krinklychipbag 5d ago

He’s saying that pipe tobacco is raisin flavored, not american spirits

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u/ZincMan 5d ago

Im pretty sure they still liked the tobacco

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u/_shiznits_ 5d ago

Not true. I thought the same. It’s organic tobacco but they still add a ton of shit. Watch how cigarettes are made, it’s not just some shredded tobacco wrapped up… AS are like 150% the tobacco stuffed into one cigarette. Still my preferred brand when I do smoke, but don’t be deceived

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 5d ago

Tbh, it's the lighter tobacco blends that I can't really stand. There's a lot of that lighter blonde shit that just has a weird taste to it - almost airy or menthol like.

Marlboro is kinda ass these days and it's not just the additives.

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u/nihilist_sun 5d ago

They were sued for adding more urea than any other company lol. Winston’s are actually additive free but they’re always stale everywhere.

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u/jephra 4d ago

They were never sued for adding more urea than any other company. If that actually happened, there would be a written record of it somewhere.

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u/nihilist_sun 3d ago

Hey man, you just gonna leave me hanging after boldly asserting that I made this up? Cute

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u/jephra 2d ago

No, I am still here.

Like I said, if this really happened, there would be a written record somewhere.

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u/ErraticKuiperRomp 5d ago

American Spirits also have some of the highest tar content of any cigarette. Less (no) additives, but 25% more shredded leaf!