Medium Flake is an attractive, sandy, straw-colored plank that rubs out beautifully and loads consistently well in any size bowl.  There is a romance in the tin that is nearly a lemon bunt cake aroma, but this aroma is fleeting and will not survive being rubbed out.  The flake also carries a sweet and active Virginia taste to the palate, with a fine, black pepper presence that slaloms unpredictably through the other flavors.  Medium Flake may impress you as "simple and straightforward", but exercising a little extra discernment will open the subtleties of this tobacco, leaving you very, very satisfied.