Cornell & Diehl Elegant Emu

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A Runowski/Tarler blend of White Cubed Burley, Latakia, Red Virginia, Perique and Black Cavendish. Those who have visited us will recognize our neighbor who inspired the name and label design! One of our new "Simply Elegant" Series and the Chicago Pipe Club Show Blend of the Yeat for 2007.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Series Simply Elegant Series
Blended By Bob Runowski / Craig Tarler
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type American
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 2oz Tin
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.00 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 27, 2014 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
This blend was my first encounter with cubed white burley. I only wish i'd found this blend sooner. The white burley is the prominent flavor in the blend. A sweet hay-ish flavor. The latakia and perique add undertones of smoke and spice while the cavendish smooths the edges. This blend tastes like a summer afternoon by the lake. Come summer time I will be enjoying a cob full of Elegant Emu while out fishing. Just a lovely blend for those relaxing moments in life.
Pipe Used: Cob
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 13, 2009 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
An American light English.... almost. This one has Perique, Burley and Cavendish as the headliners with Latakia only playing a limited supporting role. The flavor is not heavy but this one does have some strength. It is easy to pack and keep lit due to the cut and barely there moisture content.

Not as powerful as an Ostrich, but indeed resembling the lighter and more elegant Emu.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 20, 2021 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
Pipe smokers are continuing to thin down their holdings. In a fortunate buy just prior to our 2021 NASPC show, a single tin of Cornell and Diehl Elegant Emu came my way. I put it on my tables thinking that it would certainly disappear, but, it didn't. So, I'm opening it now. After fourteen years of shelf aging, there was little evidence of off gassing pressure and plenty of evidence that some wonderful type of chemistry had occurred in the tin. This blend was so aroma filled that I thought it must be an aromatic. Rereading the ingredients list proved otherwise; it had the profile of an American English. It tricked me into thinking that it was an apple flavored blend with some roasted nut aromas in the background. Nope, as this is what a White Burley that has aged into "ripeness" gives us and my tin had it to the four star level. Eventually, as time passed, the tin off gassed most of this wonderful aroma. Those first smokes were five star quality and subsequent bowls showed that the White Burley had sweetened into a soft American English four star smoke. I like American English blends and this one rocketed into my top five right away. I don't know if all fourteen year old Elegant Emu tins smoke this way, but, if one ever comes around - I'm buying it!

Pipe Used: Ashton LX Sovereign bent octagon billiard
PurchasedFrom: a fellow pipe smoker
Age When Smoked: tinned 7/19/07
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 02, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I recently cracked open a two year old tin of Elegant Emu from Cornell & Diehl and I can say that I certainly find this to be an appealing blend that is quite cohesive and smooth. First and foremost it's definitely a burley blend with cubed burley and unsweetened black cavendish setting the tone with a nutty, slightly sweet base. On that base is added some red Virginia which adds a bit more sweetness and fruitiness along with perique that builds throughout the bowl and provides some stewed fruit and nose tickle at the end. There is latakia in there but it only comes in wisps and is definitely in a supporting role. If you're looking for latakia in any quantity then this will not provide that but if you only like it in condimental quantities then this will appeal to you.

The nicotine strength is right in the medium range and definitely satisfies but does not overload. Most of all this blend is very well integrated and smooth. If you're looking for complexity you will not find it here but the smoke does change gradually throughout the bowl with the perique coming into the forefront at the end. I enjoy perique in my burley blends so this is a plus for me. There is no tongue bite to speak of and this blend does well in a nice large bowl. Overall a great blend that I definitely recommend. If you're a fan of Old Joe Krantz then this is a great blend as well that has the addition of two other types of tobacco. I'll certainly be ordering more!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 23, 2011 Medium to Strong Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable
This is my third go of C&D mixture. First was Pennington Gap, then Black Duck. Some are saying below that they detect a lot of Latakia in this blend, whereas I think the Latakia plays a supporting role that takes the background against the predominant Burley, Virginia, Cavendish and Perique. In the tin I smell a very slight fermented and yeasty quality suggesting a small addition of whiskey and on the whole smells like raisin bread without the cinnamon. While smoking the flavor is even with the fruity notes from the Virginias, nutty Burley, and piquant Perique. The Perique gives a slight peppery raisin flavor backed up by the deeper richness and spiciness from the Cavendish and Latakia. The side stream smoke off the bowl has a slight chocolaty scent from the Latakia as well. Overall, I taste the Perique the most out of the five components of this mixture. The nicotine kick ( I think mostly from the Perique) comes into play near the end of the bowl for me. While most have said that C&D blends are too dry in the tin, I think the moisture is perfect. Overall a nice blend. I wouldn't categorize this as an full blown "English" blend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 08, 2011 Medium to Strong Extremely Mild Full Tolerable to Strong
An outstanding combination of tobaccos, Elegant Emu is velvety, smoky and smooth. According to the description, one could define this as an "American English" mixture, but it tastes as a classic English with a dominance of Latakia, spiced by a subtle favor that enhances the taste of Virginias and Latakia, providing a character that is seldom found in English mixtures.

Highly recommended. The best Latakia mixture I've tried from C&D, along with Billy Budd.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 22, 2017 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This is one of those betwixt and between blends i fear. Its not a traditional English blend...or rather its a very very light english if you prefer. Its one of those the whole is less than the some of the parts. Its not very memorable but the quality of the ingredients is certainly above average. Solid nic hit. Can burn a bit hot if your not careful.
PurchasedFrom: 4noggins
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 27, 2014 Medium None Detected Full Tolerable
Yes. Yet another C & D favorite. I bought this blend reading the description expecting a very complex mix. However it seems very simple now. In my opinion I taste an excellent burley with supporting latakias. The other tobaccos included just give it an even wider taste.

The strength is also less than your average english tobacco. It's one I feel like, as an experienced english smoker, I could smoke all day every day. Which I might.

The casing was not existent. The taste however was something gorgeous. Very simple and almost sweet.

The room note is also a lot more tolerable than your average english. A very simple smell with an english overtone.

In the end, one of my new favorite C & D blends, a must have.
Pipe Used: Corn Cob (Large), Nording Freehand
PurchasedFrom: Pipes & Cigars
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 11, 2011 Medium Very Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I only smoked a small sample of this, but I didn't really care for it. I'm not a huge burley fan and I don't tend to like mixes of Latakia and Perique with Burley although I do enjoy the first two without Burley. For me the blend was just kind of all over the place, it was kind of like when you mix too many colors of paint together and you just get this sort of mud color, that's how it tasted to me. May be better for others, or perhaps I didn't give it a strong enough go, only having a small sample.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 16, 2010 Mild Mild Mild Strong
At last, my friend “erinmore” suggested to me a tobacco that I didn't like. Proportion 1/10. I will continue to trust him of course. We went for a coffee with my friend “tso-giannis” and I realized the room note was very very bad. This mixture contains Latakia, Virginia, Black Cavendish and Perique. The Latakia is intense in the tin aroma but not in the flavor, when you smoke it. Overall I would say that it is not so easily detected. While opening the tin a scent of vinegar overwhelms you, but it fades away if you live it open for about 15 minutes. It should be left open even more because it is rather soggy. It is cut fairly thickly, which assists it not to burn so easily. It does, though, light very easily too. I was stuffed by its flavor, which I found rather intensely sour.
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