Hangsen Dirty Neutral Base (DNB)

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Specs:

Type Of Tobacco

non-aromatic (*caveat - This is not a standalone, it's a support tobacco which should be used as an accent flavor)

Flavor Properties:

Relatable Flavors:

Latakia (the actual tobacco not synthetic flavoring)
straight up smoke, a bit more woodsy-campfire smoke than cigarettes but..
ashy, ash tray note
If you took the tobacco flavor out of tobacco and added a touch of charred wood, Dirty Neutral Base is what you would be left with.
No sweetness

Mouth Feel:

Off Flavors:

Position In A Recipe:

Suggested Percentage:

0.5-2% (2% will be drop kicking you in the taste buds so work your way up to Kung Fu senpai levels mkay)
it can and will overpower mixes above 1%

Pairings:

any tobacco blend that needs smoke
you could do some pretty interesting fruit recipes with this.. think grilled peaches, bbq pineapple, smokey plum, fig or dark berries

Conclusion:

This is the answer to all your smoke woes, if that's missing from your tobaccos, get Dirty Neutral Base (aka DNB).
It really tastes like how Latakia (real tobacco not synthetic) smells.
To me, it's not harsh like FA Black Fire at 3%. But 3% DNB is way high and will probably not appeal to most.
INW DNB and FA Black Fire are cousins and do share similarities.
INW DNB has some smoke to it but really adds that acrid ashy note which kicks in about halfway through a smoking a cigarette. It also has zero sweetness. Black Fire is smoke but no ash tray taste and it has a slight sweetness.
They can certainly be used together, low in the mix, to get you as close to burning tobacco as possible.
If I had to choose only 1, I would go with Dirty Neutral Base
I went in hard at 3%, it was uncalled for, I regret nothing.