I noticed this box of Liushuiyin Herb Blend cigarettes at a coffee shop one day. It's an unlicensed product - there's no MY watermark on it and it's imported in by a Sarawak based company.
The box says Liushuiyin but the Chinese characters read as Zhong Nan Hai or Central South River. The actual translation should be Central and Southern Seas or Sea Palaces. Liushiyin translates to flowing water music.
This product is made in The People's Republic of China; or just China damn it, no point in typing five words when one would do just fine. ;)
Here's what the cigarettes look like - the traditional white filter for mild cigarettes instead of the brown filters for full bodied cigarettes. I noticed an array of air intake holes at the filter point. The name of the cigarette, which is Central and Southern Seas, is printed on it.
There's also a strange serial code of some sort towards the end of the cigarette. Yes, I pack it, smokes better, lights better. Anyway, all the serials in the pack are the same T4 - 31. I don't know if it's a batch code or something.
I sacrificed one of them to look at what this "herb blend" is all about. There's something else inside besides tobacco, but not psychoactive mind, just a flavor additive. It actually tastes like sweet herbs when you smoke it. It's good for a fun smoke, but I'll pass for daily smoking - it doesn't pack much weight in the nicotine department.
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