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Old 06-14-2010, 01:19 PM   #1
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Default Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

I just ordered a 100g bag of the "already prepared" pipe tobacco. Normally these come in 3 inch ropes (they look like cans of food) and is reputed to be very strong in Vitamin N (although not Black XXX rope strong, apparently).

This tobacco is from Indonesia and also contributes to the Tambo Cigar blend. Anyone have any experience with it?
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Old 06-15-2010, 03:11 PM   #2
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Default Re: Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

I have heard about this stuff but never tried it. Is it hard to get? how did you get it?
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Old 06-16-2010, 02:29 PM   #3
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I have heard about this stuff but never tried it. Is it hard to get? how did you get it?
DITTO. I'd like to try it. Lets have the 411.
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Old 02-03-2011, 02:02 PM   #4
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Too strong for me. Was like smoking habanero peppers! Spicy to the max!
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Old 02-03-2011, 03:52 PM   #5
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I am ordering some in both the stick ant the pre chopped version in a group buy so I am excited to try it when it gets here.
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Old 02-03-2011, 03:56 PM   #6
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This stuff really packs a whallop!!
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Old 02-03-2011, 05:04 PM   #7
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Default Re: Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

I've probably smoked 75 g of Tambolaka, and it is certainly the strongest tobacco that I've smoked, but I like that. Eat before you smoke a bowl. If GH Brown Rope is a ten on the nicotine scale, Tambolaka is a fifteen.

If you buy it by the stick you get some 130 g for maybe a dollar more than the prepared tobacco. But be prepared for an arduous tobacco preparation-it took me 4 hours to prepare ~100 g the first time I tried it. That stick comes very dry and very, very dense.

For me, it's the most profound tasting tobacco that I've smoked.

Commensenseman on Puff.com has the most commentary about this tobacco online that I have seen.

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http://www.thetntshoppe.com/index.ph...15269e64c43dcf
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Old 02-03-2011, 06:59 PM   #8
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Default Re: Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

Does the rope have the same cat turd look that SG XXX black rope has?
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Old 02-03-2011, 09:35 PM   #9
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Does the rope have the same cat turd look that SG XXX black rope has?
No, it looks like a small can. Think like a can of peas or peaches.
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Old 02-03-2011, 09:52 PM   #10
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Next time you are home MJ, you'll have to let me try some.
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Next time you are home MJ, you'll have to let me try some.

i had thought I had given you a sample to try, but it seems I only THOUGHT of giving you a sample to try. Remind me again sometime when I'm home and I'll "hook you up" as they say.
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Old 02-04-2011, 12:30 AM   #12
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Default Re: Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

I have some of both presentations from a group buy gone awry if anyone would be interested. Same $ as the web $, I probably have three of each extra.
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How much is how much?
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Old 02-04-2011, 04:53 PM   #14
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I bought 100g for 15$. But that was in a group buy.
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No, it looks like a small can. Think like a can of peas or peaches.
I was thinking about the tobacco itself. XXX rope comes in a tin, but when you open it, well it looks like a turd.
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How much is how much?
$14 for the 130gr

$12 for the loose pouch

Shipping is not included in the price.
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I still have a 10 inch stick of this that I should prepare someday! I cut some and tried to smoke it like a flake.... Don't do this ;-)
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I was thinking about the tobacco itself. XXX rope comes in a tin, but when you open it, well it looks like a turd.



This was taken from the guy who ran the GB. There was a plastic wrapping around it, and the rope was used to keep it all bound together.
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I still have a 10 inch stick of this that I should prepare someday! I cut some and tried to smoke it like a flake.... Don't do this ;-)
Ummmmm what happened when you smoked it like that Jeff?
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Default Re: Tambolaka "Tambo" Pipe Tobacco

I got some Tambo in a group buy some time back----100grams pre cut. I loved the stuff.

So, when another buy came around, I ordered two sticks and a 100gram bag of processed. I got really queasy on every bowl I smoked. Surprising as I never had any problems with the previous sample. I sold it to another pipe smoker and he "got nailed" by it as well and passed it along to someone else.

Perhaps I turned into a wimp in between orders, I don't know. I chewed Skoal for 40 years so am not especially sensitive to nicotine I don't think.

Anyway, I was pretty let down as I so enjoyed the first bunch of Tambo. I've resigned myself to PS LNF and LTF which isn't the worst situation to be in

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