Sampoerna Cloves Cigarettes:

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The Beginnings Of Sampoerna Cloves Cigarettes

In nearly 1912 young Seeng Tee began blending and rolling cigarettes for a small kretek manufacture located outiside of Surabaya, Indonesia. He soon developed such a love for the job that he decided to set up his own business selling tobacco and condiments. Previously, Seeng Tee had sold his tobacco without any additives but he offered a variety of natural flavorings - chocolate, vanilla, nutmeg or clove - to go with it. Over time,

Seeng Tee came to notice that certain flavors and combinations of ingredients were more popular than others and so he came up with the idea of making pre-rolled cigarettes with a blend of tobaccos and condiments that reflected the preferences of his customers. These he sold as a packaged product which became an instantaneous hit and gave birth to the mother of all kretek, Dji Sam Soe.

Sampoerna is best known for its handrolled Dji Sam Soe and their successful 'A' range of machine-made kretek

By 1934, the Sampoerna kretek factory was up and running and this time there was plenty of room for every stage in the manufacturing process with spaces set aside for tobacco blending, clove processing and handrolling, as well as printing and finished-goods processing. After three generations, today, Sampoerna is best known for its handrolled Dji Sam Soe and their successful 'A' range of machine-made kretek. A-Mild - launhed in 1989 - was the first low-tar and low-nicotine kretek of its kind in the world. In their sprawling complex in Pandaan, south of Surabaya, they have some of the fastest Hauni rolling machines in the business and one of the most advanced research and
development facilities in the world. Despite the current management's love of technology, what is most amazing is that Sampoerna is still able to keep Liem Seeng Tee's original handrolled masterpiece firmly in the top-tier of all kretek on the market

(Contents and pictures are taken with permission from the book "Kretek" by Mark Hanusz, Singapore: Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte. Ltd. 2000)

About Sampoerna Cloves Cigarettes

These are a little airy for my taste not quite as much punch or spice as I care for, but friends that I have turned on to these smokes love them the usually smoke regular American cigarettes and if they smoke a clove it has to have a filter. Well not in this case they are smooth and well rounded.

Sampoerna is a balanced blend of costly Java aromatic, American and other high quality tobaccos. The distinctive flavor, taste and aroma comes from the addition of fine natural cloves. This quality cigarette is brought to you with pride and an uncompromising dedication from The House of Sampoerna.