Kendal Dutch Aromatic

Kendal Gold is the umbrella name for the shag-cut tobacco family Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. produces in the town of Kendal in England's Lake District. The family's body is built from Brazilian- and Indian-origin, heat-cured light Virginia leaf; largely stripped of stem, it's cut into fine golden strands. The producer steams and softens the tobacco, cuts it, toasts it on a hot cylinder, and then applies the top flavoring — so the family's members are versions of the same body offered with different scents.

The version known as "Dutch" carries a sweet, lightly spicy top flavoring familiar from Dutch-style aromatics; it's listed under this name within the producer's numbered Kendal Gold series. Beneath the aroma, the Virginia body carries a herbal, light-lemon sweetness.

The fine shag cut lights quickly and resists going out; since it burns fast, it calls for a slow tempo. Nicotine is measured. Suited to smokers wanting a mild, flavored tobacco that can be smoked all day.