Amber Leaf Blond ( UK )

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This is my first rolling tobacco review and probable one of very little of them as i don't really tend to smoke them.

Also to regular viewers the duty free cigs i promised a review on have all been wrote up and will be published in the coming weeks.

Overview.

Amber leaf is a brand new product brought out to extend the Amber leaf name not to long ago all the packs still have the new on the wrappers. Amber Leaf is one of the top selling rolling tobacco's in the UK. Produced by gallaher group of Japan tobacco. ( JTI ) One the pack it reads as though Richard lloyd & sons.
From the press release they say there a cigarette like Virginia blend.

There available in a 12.5g crush proof box ( what i have ) and a 25g pouch.

Here in the uk more and more smokers are taking up rolling there own to save money as cigarettes are now going onto £7/8 a pack.

Price 

At the moment they are price marked packs so its £3.74 for the box and £7.31 for the 25g. Not bad at all when they both come with 50 rolling papers , much cheaper than cigarettes when you look at how many you can get out of a pack.
The packs once the price marks have all gone will go to a RRP of £3.87 for the box  and £7.57 for 25g.

- The crush box contains 12.5g of tobacco.

- Filters are not included although papers are if you want to smoke them with filters you will have to buy them separate.

Packaging.

I don't like the normal amber leaf pack , but this is a nice pack , looks like some work has gone into it all goes together well. The Amber Leaf logo on the white back ground goes together well. Its not the best there has ever been , but its not bad at all.
7/10

The cig.

First thing we see from the pack when you look at it i its a mellow cut and a smooth taste so we will see if that is the case. On the little tobacco pouch inside it reads ( it goes on forever ill cut it down to the important points ) they say it has a paler colour to normal Amber leaf its cut into longer strands for easier rolling ( helps to some extent not much difference ) from the worlds premium tobacco fields then its says we can expect a easy roll and mellow smooth flavour. Plus loads more crap on the back so lets get lit up. 
first drag it is smooth so we can tick that one off its also very mellow so we can tick that off but to me it seems a little to mellow very easy to smoke no harshness to them  ( harsh without a filter though ) Very sweet flavour , a few have said there is not much difference between the normal Amber leaf , its nice to have a pure tobacco and no FSC good a nicotine rush from them.

- A little to mellow
- Nice flavour
- Very smooth smoke
- Good rush off them.
7/10

Artical about the launch and pic of the pack
http://www.talkingretail.com/products/product-news/jti-unveils-new-edition-for-amber-leaf