Ecuador from Real Tobacco Extracts -
After sitting for only a day or so I decided to give this a go today.

Very nice! This is a really full and rich tobacco extract. It's bold with a rich earthy front with hints of a peat like sweetness, think scotch & water. The retro hale reveals an essence of cocoa that is reminiscent of Perique but much more subtle. Occasional notes of black pepper are showing through the sinus.

This really reminds me of flavors that made me a fan of Nicaraguan puros. The ones that were exceptional after a good steak with a heavy pour of Bourbon or Cognac. I would have guessed this as a Nicaraguan extract rather than Ecuadorian had I not know the origin. Joya de Nicaragua are amazing cigars but if I smoked them early in the day they would kick my ass every time.

Anybody looking for a real tobacco?

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I found this site (Real Extracts) looking for a tobacco vape that wasn't flavored with anything but tobacco. I've tried various extracts (which will blissfully remain unnamed) and wasn't really all that impressed. I bought a range of juices from this site not all that optimistic.

I got the shipment in a couple of days fired up his Virginia English blend and finally tasted what I've been missing since I started vaping 5 years ago. I also have been enjoying a Virginia/Burley blend. The juice is clean, no after smell, great throat hit, mouth feel, and finish. It isn't cheap, definitely not for cloud chasers, but if you folks have been missing a vape that I think comes really close to the Old Gold, Camel, Lucky Strikes like they were made in the pre '60's era they're worth your time.

So I want to start off by communicating that I don't think the english language is a very good one for relaying scent or taste, very limited in fact. This is why you can read entire paragraphs of buzzword laden juice reviews / descriptions and be left scratching your head. The word "premium" comes to mind as one example of such a buzzword (whats premium taste like anyway?) .

With that in mind I'll attempt to give a fair shakedown of this line of NET's upfront, and then follow it with some semblance of a characterization.
So first overall : I did not go into this expecting real great things, thats not to say I went in expecting the opposite (poor quality juice) not at all, Its just after tasting everything on the ECF "A list" of companies as far as NET's as well as some of the B list stuff and having extracted just silly amounts of my own I've tasted it before.

I was pleasantly surprised!

So with real tobacco extract they shy away from casings / sweeteners and other additives that are already present in lots of "processed" leaf. These extracts are made from "unprocessed" (unadulterated) leaf only.

Why did I go into this flavor sampling not expecting much? well , I played with leaf only extracts a bit myself and found these extracts to be more akin to "enhancers" than something to base an entire blend on.

In my hubris I closed myself off to a world of flavor.

English classic (Bright Yellow Virginia) : Captures the sweetness of virginia without any cloying (over the top) sugariness. Crisp. This tastes how dunhill "light flake" smells (and I extracted dunhill light flake and it becomes cloying because of the casings so thats a point in RTE's favor!)

Not a cigalike but an easy all day vape.

Cowboy (Virginia & Burley ) : Subtle overall but IMO unbalanced, then again I was more of a camel man when I did smoke cigarettes. Dry. Not an all day vape for me but I can think of a lot of people who would want just this. A good nightcap i'd say. Almost a hint of "wheat" , so again not a ciga-like as far as I'm concerned NET wise but it hits those grassy notes that are missing from extracts using casing laden pipe tobacco.

Cognac Burley Tobacco : What I will say is that I personally have great difficulty deriving executable flavor from aromatics involving liquor flavors (I presume they added in the cognac after the fact on top of leaf only Burley) BUT this was a masterfully done blend by the company.

Black Prince : Full disclosure - I am not a Perique fan - its acceptable when its truly used as a "spice" just a hint, this one was burley base and Perique forward. Its done well not overly rich but the Periques right their to be tasted. The current offering states "Burley leaf with a touch of Turkish with a Perique spike" so maybe I'm not the only one in the crowd with this taste.

Overall these folks are clearly tobacco connoisseurs and they make a fine product. This was a wake up call for my old burned out taste buds and this stuff is a pleasure to vape.

Real Tobacco Extract - A Great Natural Product

I smoked hand rolled fine tobacco for about 25 years and quit through vaping last August. I really found this reddit thread helpful, so I thought I would pass on something valuable to anyone new and stumbling around to find a high-quality eliquid. In fact, this is where I found Real Tobacco Extract when I was trying to find something good and natural to vape.

I cannot say enough good things about Real Tobacco Extract. I have been buying products from him (the owner and chemist) for about 6 months now and I have not been disappointed yet. The tobacco flavors are fantastic and natural - Cowboy and English are my favorites, and the teas are really mind blowing. But for me, the best line are the new fruit flavors. Black Cherry and Black Berry are my main vapes now - and so is the Banana (yes, Banana!) flavor. Evan even mixed them to my liking: 70/30 and 24 mgs of nicotine.

If you are new to vaping and want something natural and of exceptional quality from the start, I would recommend RTE without hesitation. It is really good.

So far I've really enjoyed everything I tried, including the teas—I'm not really much of a tea drinker, but I like vaping it—it has a REAL flavor with minimal sweetness. Gyokuro is my favorite. I can even imagine myself eventually reducing the nicotine.

The real revelation has been the tobacco flavors. It's been a year since I started vaping and stopped smoking and until now the worst part of quitting has been finding any flavor vape that was satisfying with coffee or after a good meal. Until I quit I was smoking a Perique blend of American Spirits so I’ll have to try your Perique next.

I don't think I'll even be going back to the unfinished bottles of Five Pawns!

Thank you,

P.S. Thanks for the samples!

... I think I've doubled the lifespan of my coils and wicks.

Smoke free for a whole year! I don't know who is more amazed, me or my family and friends. Yet, I'm still able to enjoy one of the loves of my life, great tobacco! I sat with colleagues here in Vegas tonight while they enjoyed cigars as I was completely happy and satisfied with your PA Oscuro. We chatted and lied and laughed and my life is improved in ways I never expected.
I owe this new chapter of my life in large part to you. Your commitment and passion to bring the essences of great tobacco to those of us who would sorely miss its presence in our lives is appreciated in ways that escape mere words. Vaping would have come and gone by now had it not been for your hard work.
Your success at this endeavor goes well beyond fiduciary measures. You may have extended lives and made those years more enjoyable for those your work has touched.
With each draw on your vape, as you critique and evaluate your work, you should be gratified with what you have accomplished.

OMG! The Banana Tobacco is incredible. It may not be a traditional tobacco flavoring but it should have been. Smooth fruit notes are married with the Virginia leaf making an exquisite vape.
I have never experienced anything like it. I'm hooked.

Jean B.

I liked the Virginia foob, but put it aside for a few months just because I'm trying to finish off a large inventory of juices. So, now back to it, and it's wonderful. Clean, delicious tobacco.

Your berry tobaccos are the best sweet thing out there man…ordered the raspberry first because it's so unique. Mouth hit under the tongue.. Wow!… It's official, I'm done with the rest (artificial flavors).

Been quite a while since I've hit the forum (ECF), but I saw this thread and wanted to mention Real Extracts. I found this site looking for a tobacco vape that wasn't flavored with anything but tobacco. I've tried various extracts (which will blissfully remain unnamed) and wasn't really all that impressed. I bought a range of juices from this site not all that optimistic. The day following my order I got a call from Evan (the owner) asking me about my tastes, vaping history, smoking history and what I liked. It turned into about an hour conversation where he described to me his experience and what he was doing with his juice.

Turns out he has a strong chemistry background has traveled all over the damn world smoking various tobaccos and has a unique way of processing. Basically a neat guy.But that's not why I felt like making this post.

I got the shipment in a couple of days fired up his Virginia English blend and finally tasted what I've been missing since I started vaping 4 years ago. I also have been enjoying a Virginia/Burley blend. The juice is clean, no after smell, great throat hit, mouth feel, and finish. It isn't cheap, definitely not for cloud chasers, but if you folks have been missig a vape that I think comes really close to the Old Gold, Camel, Lucky Strikes like they were made in the pre '60's era they're worth your time.

He's got what must be a hundred different types of leaves that he gets from brokers from North Carolina to Amsterdam and has a partner in Cali that processes fruit in the same fashion. I have always hated fruit, but he included a sample of Raspberry and, believe it or not, it was Raspberry not an interpretation of Raspberry It was fruit.

It's impossible for anyone of us tobacco lovers to try every vape out there, but I was impressed enough with this juice and the way the guy is making it, to feel compelled to post about it.