Micha's Cake

Micha's Cake is a cake tobacco made by curing select toasted Virginia leaves with twelve-year-old rum and then pressing them. It is sold in block form; it is cut into thin slices with a sharp knife and rubbed by hand before being loaded into the pipe. The casing is natural and measured, so this entry sits somewhere between straight tobacco and aromatic.

In the taste, Virginia's citrusy tartness runs alongside the rum's resinous sweetness; pressing concentrates Virginia's sugars and slows the burn. The maker describes its strength as three out of five, i.e. medium-bodied. A fitting entry for smokers accustomed to pressed Virginia construction and light-level flavoring, who don't mind the effort of slicing and rubbing.