Super Value Natural Cavendish

(1.94)
Super Value Natural Cavendish is a cool-burning, gentle blend of tobaccos with minimal added flavoring for a mildly sweet and enjoyable all day smoke. It also is an incredibly good blending tobacco that will tone down an overly sweet Aromatic or for doctor up strong English blends.
Notes: Dream Castle/Super Value pipe tobaccos are manufactured by Sutliff Tobacco Company.

Details

Brand Super Value
Blended By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Burley, Cavendish, Virginia
Flavoring Sweet / Sugar
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 12 ounce bag, 1.5 ounce pouch
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Very Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Very Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

1.94 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 06, 2017 Very Mild Very Mild Mild Pleasant
The burley and Virginia are processed in the cavendish style, and provide a little nuttiness, grass, earth, toast, and a honey note or two. The sugar topping very mildly tones down the tobaccos. The nic-hit is very mild. Won’t bite, but gets warm on the tongue if puffed fast. Needs a bit of dry time. Burns clean at a moderate pace when dried a little, and has a consistent flavor from start to finish. Leaves too much moisture in the bowl, and needs relights as it burns wet. Has a plain, innocuous after taste. An all day smoke that can also be used as a mixer.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 29, 2016 Mild to Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
Bought this to use primarily as a blender. Smoked some by itself to test it. This is not bad at all. It has a pleasant but unobtrusive room note and flavor. It burns nice and mild with no tongue bite. It lights very well. It leaves no moisture or goop in the bottom of the bowl and burns to a fine ash that cleans up very easily. It can tone down a heavy blend or make a hot one burn cooler. This will make a nice all day tobacco if you want mild and mellow. If you want a lot of flavor or Latikia or Perique then this is not what you want at all. I am a burley smoker out and out. I've tried lots of burley's and burley blends. This one is very nice and well mannered as it's a Cavendish made from burley. Even in the house you are not going to have a strong aroma! I see a lot of reviews that talk about the quality of Super Value and the moisture in it. Stop and think about what you are giving verses the big names. No this is not Lane or Mac Baren but at these prices I don't expect it to be. It is exactly what I expect a nice pleasant smoke that you can use on its own or to tone down the flavor or burn of other blends with out masking the flavor. I keep several different Super Value blends on hand all the time. This will make a nice smoke for spring and summer by itself or year round with my personal blend that I make and consume as often as is possible. Try the small pouch and see what you think? It is not a Virginia Cavendish so don't expect the same flavor and burn.
Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Hardwood
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked: 1 Month
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 03, 2019 Very Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
Super Value - Natural Cavendish.

For the past few months I've had Sundays as my aromatic day. So, after a few morning bowls of Charatan Victorian Mixture (1: I love it, 2: I'm reviewing it for a UK store) I loaded up with this.

The ribbons are quite coarse, a mixture of different shades of brown, nicely hydrated, with a slightly sweet aroma.

The flavour from Natural Cavendish is perfectly inoffensive, although somewhat boring; honey-sweet Cavendish. Nothing to make a fuss about but nothing to moan about. It's the physical attributes which let it down. 1: it burns hot. 2: it bites bad. If it weren't for these points it would have been a relaxing Sunday aromatic. On the plus side once lit it requires very little maintenance.

Nicotine: not much. Room-note: fairly pleasant.

Natural Cavendish? Sadly the mechanics let it down. Somewhat recommended:

Two stars.
Pipe Used: Davorin Denovic Morta
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: Three weeks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 03, 2016 Mild Very Mild Mild to Medium Tolerable
***Update: I have recently bought this again on 2/2/2020. It would seem the cut and flavorings as well as the tobaccos used and cure have changed. For the way better. This blend is more than decent now. It starts off a little thin, with a good bit of tangy and a little earthy. These increase in depth as one smokes on. There is a trace of sugar, spice and liquor notes. Every now and then a bit of coffee or butterscotch floats in and out. It has a bit of a cigarette taste, which I find appeali g, perhaps being a former cigarette smoker. This is pretty similar to Prince Albert and Lane Limited BLWB. Can get hot if pushed but it isn't nearly as bad as before. This is a light aromatic and tastes mostly tobacco. The room note is similar to a Marlboro Red with a basically undiscernible to most people sweetness. If you like Prince Albert, BLWB, or cigarettes this isn't bad at all but I still advise a cob pipe. This has only a little complexity and is a basic, serviceable smoke that behaves well enough in a cob. I would not smoke this in a briar as it may easily get TOO hot. I really like it but I imagine most people would give it a 2 or 3 stars so do take my review with a grain of salt and form your own opinion of the seemingly improved Super Value Natural Cavendish. All things considered, I'm glad I gave it another chance. END OF UPDATED REVIEW. OLD REVIEW FOLLOWS FROM THIS POINT. Burns hot with very much tongue bite. Will probably leave soreness in your mouth. Very little flavor, despite having a rich, sweet smell in the pouch. Room note is probably the only plus here. Don't expect this to satisfy a nic craving, either. I would not recommend this to anyone, let alone a new smoker. You can do way better than this, even with drugstore tobacco. Yeah it could possibly be salvaged by blending or what have you, but why should you have to do that??? Invest your money elsewhere, and save your tongue the hassle. Why not peruse some of the great bulk blends on pipesandcigars.com?
Pipe Used: Yello bole Imperial Missouri Meer General bent
PurchasedFrom: Tobacco Plus
Age When Smoked: Not certain
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 06, 2015 Extremely Mild Mild Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant
I know that somewhere in here, underneath the PG and various other chemicals, there is some tobacco. I just can't find it. Would add a nice note to one's fireplace, or perhaps as potpourri.

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 10, 2010 Very Mild Extremely Mild Very Mild Tolerable
I'm kind of new to pipe smoking and I enjoy it so far but this wasn't so great. I got it as a gift from a friend, "Here to help you get started" he said.... Well if this is what I have to go off of for tobacco smoking then I think it would help me stop instead.

I opened the pouch and it smelt pretty good, so I started to pack my pipe. A few minutes later I'm on my back porch lighting up, the first puff was underwhelming by far and it only seemed to go downhill from there. It has a very neutral taste bordering on bland, and it burns rather hot for me. I couldn't just give up on it immediately though, over a few days I smoked several more pipes of it and it never got any better sad to say.

But all in all it was free which is great and as I'm still getting used to the tobaccos out there I think this may help calm down other blends as it was so lackluster on its own. As this is a natural blend I shouldn't fault it as much for the mild flavoring but the taste of the tobacco isn't stellar either. So, I don't recommend smoking it alone however in a mix it may help tame other bold flavors.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 26, 2009 Very Mild Very Mild Very Mild Unnoticeable
Lucky for me, Pipesandcigars sent this as a sampler so I didn't have to waste my money to try it out. Another baccy heavily laden with a casing of anti-freeze that comes sticky-goo and will not dry out which Dream Castle seems to be noted for.

Tried to dry on a cookie sheet for over 24 hours to no avail. Tried smoking it anyway. Packing was a chore due to the stickiness, lit OK, stayed lit OK but started to gurgle within the first quarter of the bowl. Taste and room note were not offensive and did not leave any bad taste or odor in either the pipe or the mouth. Gurgling just got worse and worse and had to wipe the bowl out after the finish.

If it were not for the humectant, would make an OK blender for harsher and bad tasting baccys but, this stuff scares me health-wise, and I will never bother to order more.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 18, 2019 Extremely Mild None Detected Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant to Tolerable
This lacks flavor but has plenty of moisture. I believe this is the most bland tobacco I have ever tried. This might make an introductory blend but only if the expectations were very low.

10-05-2021 I tried this again. Good flavor, but very moist from the pouch. Required numerous delights. Drying would help greatly. Could be an all day smoke.
Pipe Used: Various
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 11, 2017 Very Mild Very Mild Mild Tolerable
Not a great tobacco, but Not THAT bad, either. Way too moist due to the PG. Doesn't seem to bite. So, dry it out (considerably) and add some Perique, and its smokeable.
Pipe Used: Missouri Meershaum Morgan
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked: 2 weeks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 23, 2009 Medium to Strong Extremely Mild Very Mild Unnoticeable
I just got back from the post office where i was expecting a box of cigars but instead found a white envelope. i didn't expect this so i figured it was from someone in the youtube pipe smokers community. after i read a couple reviews i remembered signing up for a free sample online not remembering "ya' get what ya' pay for"

I opened the pouch and gave it a wiff, it didn't smell too bad so I stirred it up, still not too bad but i've smelled better. the common note on here is that it's quite wet/sticky,I too find the same result. I closed the bag and read a few more reviews to get a general idea of what i was getting myself into, then I went to get my meerschaum as I am fresh out of corncob pipes. i'm typing this little by little as I must go outside to smoke it. so now i'm going to pack up my pipe.

it packs like a turd in a punchbowl.. soaked and lumpy... plenty of hard stalks (stems) to go around... thank "god" this meer isn't anything special to me. and now time to go outside and see how good anything called "super value" can be.

Using the 2 match lighting system I got the bowl fired up immediately and had no trouble keeping it lit. the bowl started to gurgle right away and i noticed tongue bite kicking in just as quickly. i decided to try and find some flavor but it just wasn't there. i tried a few more times and a very slight hint of something came through but i couldn't figure out what it was. I decided mid-way through this pipe that i was done giving "Super Value" a chance and dumped it out. the sound of it hitting the sidewalk was quite loud. DO NOT EXPECT A VIDEO ABOUT THIS BLEND! I would only recommend you give this tobacco to an enemy because if you give it to a friend they'll likely hate you for it.

IS THERE A ZERO STAR RATING ON HERE?!?
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