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St. James Perique Tobacco
$17.99 – $33.99
Back in stock.
Perique is a rare, slow burning tobacco. With high nicotine content, we suggest blending it with other tobaccos. Perique is often used as a condiment tobacco and lends a fruity/spice flavor to the blend.
Perique is a rare, slow burning tobacco grown and processed in St. James Parish, Louisiana. This tobacco has a high nicotine content we suggest blending it with other tobaccos. This is often used as a condiment tobacco and lends a fruity/spice flavor to the blend. The leaf is both stretchy and springy.
Whole Leaf Tobacco purchases these damp leaves packed into a barrel. We vacuum seal this tobacco to preserve freshness and prevent oxidation and mold growth.
This product is sold in ½ pound bags and priced accordingly.
DeluxeStogie @ FairTradeTobacco –
The new Perique (“Grand Point Perique”) comes, like all Perique, as soggy, whole leaves packed into a barrel. Both this new Perique as well as the currently offered Perique are authentic St. James Parish Perique. The current one is from a much larger scale operation that sources its leaf from multiple regional growers.
It is my understanding that Grand Point Perique produces only 3 or 4 barrels of Perique per year. So this is special stuff. It is artisanal St. James Parish Perique.
The leaf is both stretchy and springy, so it was a challenge to measure. The somewhat spread leaves below are the same leaves shown in the first Perique photo.
The Perique is not suitable for a solo run, I made up one of my favorite blends to sample them together- the Pearl of Sharma:
WLT Lemon VA: 5 parts
New WLT Stacked Basma: 4 parts
New WLT 2017 Latakia: 4 parts
New WLT Perique: 3 parts
I can’t say that the new Perique is “better” than the other WLT Perique. The apparent nicotine content seems similar. It’s alkalinity seems the same, or maybe a touch more alkaline. The pouch aroma of the new Perique may be slightly fruitier (compared directly). The smoking aromas (also compared directly) seem similar.
tullius –
Received a small sample with a recent WLT order. This perique is outstanding: stretched out the moist leaves, stacked it with various other tobacco leaves (mainly virginias), rolled into a rope, tightly bound it, left for a month and then sliced into thin coins and aged another month. Dead ringer for unaged Escudo tins. Highly recommended.
freedompiper (verified owner) –
The best, freshest genuine perique available. No mold problems. Great price.