Mac Baren 7 Seas Black

Bold, but still smooth

Great smoke. Mac Baren 7 Seas Black was recommended to me since I smoke Captain Black regularly. Enjoyed Mac in many of my pipes and will buy it again.

Everything about this was on point. Will be getting this again.

Very mild sweet taste with an excellent room note. My wife said she smelled a hint of persimmon.

A lovely, deep, rich pipe tobacco with hints of anise, with an under current of chocolate and coffee.

Currently this is my favorite aromatic. It does seem to need a little drying time before packing, but it pairs particularly well with how I take my coffee; sweet and plenty of creamer.

Wow! The tin note is of a Spice Gingerbread Cookie with a hint of Licorice. I also picked up hints of raisin and prune. Delicious tint aroma! The smoke is light, not harsh, tasty with zero tongue bite. The room note is superb. This is unlike a Black Cavendish. Not wet or "greasy", just perfect. I have to say this is my favorite blend to date.

Oh my oh MY!! It's like smokin' a marshmallow!!!

The 7 seas dark is very good smelling in the pouch the aroma is pleasant and sweet the flavor is light with a bite when the cadence is too fast I would choose a church warden I smoke a meerschum cob

Ok, I just fired up a pipe of 7 seas black. Well it is definitely a evening smoke. It's dark, I mean that it's very dark chocolate, espresso bean dark. I was chilaxing on the deck with the perfect drink, an oatmeal stout. The smoke enhances the ale and the stout enhances the smoke. Perfectly! Make sure you smoke it soft. Deep pulls cause heavy bite and cough. This needs to be savior slow.

Having recently returned to pipe smoking after decades, I have been experimenting with the dizzying plethora of tobaccos available hunting for that perfect blend. 7 Seas Black has moved up on the list of everday finalists. Plenty of flavor and a nice smooth smoke.

A bit hard to light, but once lit, a smooth and wonderful aroma.

Excellent tobacco...l like everything I have tried!

One of my favorites.

Absolutely wonderful tobacco. Dark fruit notes paired with a smooth smoke and delightful room note. This is one of my top favorites right now. And most importantly my wife loves the smell and taste after I smoke it. Most certainly recommend a try. You won't be disappointed

Burns good and not too hot. My wife likes the aroma

Smooth, no bite.

Smooth and sweet all day smoker which is reminiscent of nuts and coffee. It has a complex flavor and aroma; I'll definitely keep this one in my rotation!

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice. This black blend is about the best I've come across. Very mild & smooth. Also very good to add to other blends to help sweeten them. 2nd time I bought this & I will definitely buy again!

This has become a regular in my rotation. Love the flavor and no bite. It does have that licorice tint. I love black licorice

Very nice tobacco. Smells good, tastes good.

smokes well, there's a really nice flavor in levels. just a tiny hint of citrus ncream and if course black Cavendish.

My go-to blend. Consistent quality. Good price. Good all day blend.

Already a five star review as I am a black Cavendish and aromatic smoker and I also like using my old German Clay Pipe for tobacco like this and from what I am seeing on the reviews on here I can tell it's going to be a good smoke.

I purchased a pipe stand and some tobacco for my wife for Christmas to remember her dad who has passed away. He was a pipe smoker and she had a few of his pipes but nothing to display them on. I also bought a small amount of tobacco for her to occasionally burn a bit for the aroma. The stand and his pipes reside next to her monitor on her computer desk and she occasionally burns a small pinch of #7 in memory of her dad.

Smooth on the tongue, heat never rises above warm. I could smoke 3-5 big bowls every day.

A little too dark and spicy for me, but great aroma. I'll use it to blend with my other aromatics as it does have a really smooth flavor.

I love this blend. Real smooth, great aroma, no bite.

A nice, tasty mild smoke with a pleasant room note. No bite for me & I'm easily bitten. I smoke it every day.

I love this brand and everything they make! Always good!

Always the best!

A Light & very Smooth smoke. Great for that BIG pipe, will not overheat or bite. Even for a fast smoker.

I mix with other flavors to create a custom blend.

Delicious with a great room note. It does have a light licorice aroma to it that I don't like as much as 7 Seas Red, but fans of aromatics should try it and see for themselves.

Good quality and good taste.

I love the taste and cool smoking pleasure of this tobacco. Strong flavor but not over powdered with aroma. Great all day tobacco

Strong flavor. Great smoke aroma.

This was just okay for me. Out of the bag it was too damp to keep lit, but when dried it burned harsh. Taste was okay, so it might just be me.

Smooth and flavorful

Love it

Enjoyable and mild aromatic, definitely buy again.

The heavy smoke of this tobacco is my favorite thing about it. But With its heavy vanilla and coco flavor that makes it a great smoke in the morning with a Texas pecan coffee. This smoke burns smooth and cool, it has very little tongue bite of any at all. That depends on how hot you smoke it. But be careful not to draw to hard, this tobacco tends to have burnt flavor of smoked to hot.

The Smoke is cool and the flavor is delicious. This tobacco is awesome! High quality leaf and the flavor is not too sweet with a great tobacco taste. If you like aromatic smoking you will love this one.

A lite of bite. I would recommend packing a day in advance due to the moisture content. Didn't have any smells or flavors that I could dicect with my pallet or nostrils for that matter.

It burns evenly, smells fresh like a proper Cavendish tobacco ought to unlike the stuff you get in a pouch. Also, it has a blended cherry taste to it like other aromatics have, perfect for smoking in my Hobbit church warden pipe.

Subtlly sweet without the artificial taste some aromatics have. Perfect after dinner smoke.

A very satisfying blend !

Very nice room note , cool smoke does get hot easy on the draw. There is no bite a great all day smoke . One of the best I have tried . Will keep buy .

Excellent flavor and great aroma.

From the first puff after charring, it is a very pleasant taste on the tongue. It burns very nicely and evenly, not too moist nor too dry. Smelling it in the tin isn't remarkable but once you start smoking it you'll soon become addicted if you like the slightly sweet tasting tobaccos. I can't attest to how it's welcomed (or not) by non-smokers as I don't get out much where they are and only have my dog in the house and me, and she refuses to tell me how oggd or badly it smells inside. I personally like this type of tobacco and I *will* be getting more of this as I could smoke this all day. No bite, and not hot, even my little Bent Bulldog burns cool (although I have to admit I always take any stinger out of any pipe I buy that happens to have one...they *do* make a pipe get hotter, I don't care what you say or how you smoke it!) and I could smoke this in it all day long.

An excellent quality tobacco that is cool without much bite if any. There's no bells & whistles or flashy neon signs with 7 Seas Black, nor does it need any. It just does black cavendish the way it was meant to be.

For many years Captain Black original has been my go to tobacco. Although I have tried many others, I kept coming back to Captain Black. This is the first tobacco that I like as well or better.

good stuff

Norman Rockwell canister is excellent compliment to 7 Seas Black.

Rich, pleasant but not bitey

Smooth, very little bite

Excellent tobacco, mild and smooth with a very pleasant aroma. The whole 7 Seas series is a hit.

Excellent

Nice robust taste and smells great!

I’d sail around the world, to get to this fantastic tin of tobacco!

It's a very pleasant and mild smoke.

Very moist in the tin Let it dry a little and it is very enjoyable. No tongue bite. Good amount of smoke. Nice flavor.

Great taste and smells amazing!

Cool, flavorful smoke. Flavors of dark fruits and honey. If you are a fan of CB Dark you in to yourself to try this. In fact this one has richer tobacco flavor than the CB. One of my favorite automatics.

McBaren 7 seas is a great tasteing Aromatic with mainly a Vanilla taste and a hint of Fruit. It burns well, but if smoked to fast it will definitely bite your tongue. It burns well producing a thick creamy smoke. For me it’s a tobacco to smoke when you want something different and not a all day smoke.

Really great taste....smooth smoke...Refreshing!!!

I cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed this brand. I got it as part of one of the sampler deals and was very happy I took the chance on it. I will be ordering more. It has a great aroma, a nice mellow black cavendish taste, with a hint of spice and very low bite.

I have smoked this tobacco since 1965 and enjoy it

This is now my go to favorite aromatic blend. Hints of vanilla and spice make this rich, smooth, smoke stand out as one of best tasting blends I've had the pleasure of smoking. Great for relaxing on the patio with a glass of scotch. I highly recommend this blend.

smooth baby smooth

I sampled all 5 blends of the 7 Seas line. It was like ordering an "American style" cheeseburger in New Zealand and finding beet slices instead of pickles within (true story). There are good points to the 7 Seas blends: not too wet, lights easily, burns at a medium rate; not hot, and the tin art is beautiful. But the flavor is just....odd. Like trying foreign fruit from another part of the world...and deciding you never want it again.

I didn't particularly care for it. Too strong, harsh for me.

I enjoyed this although it needs to be dried out a little before smoking. The flavors are like a silky smooth crème liquor.

Slightly sweet, mild smoke. Nice for rotation but leaves me wanting a blend with a little more body sometimes.

I'm fairly new to pipes and am still trying a variety of pipe tobaccos. After smoking a full bowl of each of the MacBaren 7 Seas (minus Red because I don't like cherry), I tossed out the other tobaccos I had. The bar has been raised!

This blend burns well. It is not overpowering. It has a light sweetness on the tip of the toungue, but not much more in terms of flavor. The room note is pleasing. If this blend were a person, its conversation would be limited to small talk.

It is a little bit harsh on the tongue but not to bad. It does smoke good and down to a fine powder though. I also bought the 7 seas royal blend,and i like it much better.

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Love the white blend but didn't care for the black blend at all. Hardly any flavor profile.

Decent tobacco with a flavor of liquor, possibly Brandy, to it? Not for me though.

Kind of damp when it arrived. Tends to have an aftertaste, not a lot but noticeable. Letting it dry some before retrying. Mild, Nice smoke, but will probably stay with my Lane BCA and RLP.

It was very good, ILL USE again

It's dark and mysterious. Real smooth. Hard to light but once it lit it stays that way.

Absolutely wonderful taste, and cool burning as mentioned by others. My powers of description are not all that, so I won't really try to describe flavor. If you are looking for something smooth, sweet with a great room note, you can't go wrong.

Upon opening the sac of jet black goodness, it reminded me of a sweet ocean smell.In a good way,not a dead whale on low tide way.Amaretto,licorice,vanilla,chocholate whatever anybody else might be smelling ,I am reminded of being a kid in New England traveling to the Cape .When you start getting close,you smell the ocean.Out of the sac it is a little moist but still burns with a very enjoyable, rich, buttery smoke without bite.

A good middle of the road aromatic blend. Its a lot like a more upscale version of Captain Black. Nothing extraordinary or too dull about it. It was a little too moist for my tastes when I first got it, so I air dried it a little to reduce the risk of tounge bite and it improved the flavor immensely. Take heed to remember that the Cavendish in this in this blend is made from Virginia tobacco which has a tendency to bite easily so smoke it slow. I bought a pound of it and experimented with half of it by mixing a little perique in at a ratio of 3:1 to spice it up and give it the nicotene 'oomph' I like and further reduced its bite. Takes it from a dark creamy fruity taste to a dark spiced rum.

Great service. Plan to visit store soon.

Good smoke. Will order more

outstanding

Nice cut, Not to sweet, nice thick creamy smoke.

Great tobacco. Mello with a nice aroma. Mac Baren never disappoints.

I'm a relative newbie, only been a pipe smoker for 3+ years now, but I love this tobacco. I have probably tried twenty-five to thirty tobaccos from this site and others, and this is the first time I have ordered more of the same tobacco. I've been looking for a rich, deep, "old fashioned" smoke, and this one has it all: a treat for the nose before you even light it; a smooth smoke with tons of character and it doesn't get too hot. I know taste is very subjective but for what it's worth, I think this one is a gem.

Cool smoking great tobacco

This is a mild and cool smoke. I found no bite and my pipe stayed cool with each bowl full. The flavor was well balanced and the nicotine level was low enough to encourage a relaxed feeling. I will order more in the future.

Good smoking tobacco mild

I'm pretty new to the pipe scene but thought I'd give some input anyway. As others have said, this tobacco is very moist from the start. Once you break the seal it doesn't take long for it to tone down. As far as smoking, I loved it! I've burned several bowls now and each one has been very enjoyable. I would buy again if there weren't so many other tobaccos/flavors to try!

Very pleasant note upon opening. Starts with an amaretto flavor (the reason I bought it), later in the bowl I started tasting the licorice. Overall a very pleasant experience.

This is the first time I have tried this tobacco. Opening the tin, you are presented with a chocolate, vanilla and what I would describe as like a Bailey's Irish Cream/Other creamy liqueur aroma. It is a very rich and a VERY pleasing smell. I could sit and just smell the tin and be content. One thing I noticed right away was how moist it seemed. Compared to other tobaccos, this had a very dense and moist feel in my fingertips. It was easy to pack, but not so easy to light, I imagine because it was so moist. With a Zippo pipe lighter, it probably took about a minute to get it lit sufficiently. Once I got it lit though...oh it was SO smooth. Drawing it into my mouth was silky smooth and moist and carried with it great flavor and texture. The way it drew in, lingered and then exhaled was so smooth. It almost had a weight to it and you could feel the smoke glide out of your mouth and over your lips. A very pleasing and relaxing sensation. The smoke itself had great flavor. Mostly I could subtly taste the chocolate/liqueur flavor and once it heated up, it had a wonderful hint of citrus-like flavor. The deeper you drew, the stronger the citrus flavor became. As the smoke progressed, I noticed a mellow walnut-ish flavor. It was very mellow and never became overwhelming and never really grew in intensity once it was there. This is the type of flavor I notice with other tobaccos that tends to be the lingering aftertaste that isn't so pleasing after a while, but this flavor lasts for only a short while and doesn't leave the less-pleasing aftertaste that other tobaccos can leave. As far as the room note, I smoke outside and it was slightly breezy, so I didn't get a chance to really enjoy it to its fullest potential, but it was pleasant from what I could tell and should be pleasing to most others around you (my wife and son enjoyed it). It smoked cleanly and completely, despite how moist it was. I was prepared for a sticky mess, but there was none.

I enjoyed the hearty flavor! This is a good afternoon or evening smoke.