Speaking of Kleve...
Lynch thought of Pure Gold among the pure colors, the kind of top-tier pure color that comes from a neighboring country, reportedly with very complex processing techniques.
The various components within the top tobacco leaves are higher in content than ordinary leaves. This results in the top Kleve, if made into products directly without processing, giving a somewhat overly astringent and spicy taste when smoked.
To alleviate this, during tobacco leaf processing, they would soak the leaves briefly in milk to neutralize the overly stimulating components, making smoking less uncomfortable.
This led to the creation of three top-tier Pure Gold Kleve varieties.
Original Flavor—short soaking neutralizes those components, and then they are air-dried in segments, rolled into Kleve, wrapped in gold foil, and boxed.
