Cornell & Diehl Espresso

(2.75)
The same tobaccos as Apricots & Cream with a heavy coffee flavor.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By  
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley
Flavoring Coffee
Cut Coarse Cut
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.75 / 4
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3

Reviews

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 22, 2014 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Very Pleasant
This one's not over the top sweet, with caramel and a slight vanilla note bolstering the espresso topping. They dominate the tobaccos to a fair extent. The toasted, nutty, earthy, woody burley is in the background, and the unsweetened black cavendish has a little brown sugar. The strength is at the center of mild to medium. The taste is medium. Has little nicotine. Won't bite or get harsh. Burned fairly dry and slightly fast with a very consistent flavor. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires few relights. Has a pleasant after taste and room note. Not really an all day smoke as it has a little punch. Deserves two and half stars, but three stars when compared to other coffee blends, so I rate it at three for that reason.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 24, 2010 Mild Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
NICE aromatic! I was so disappointed with C&D's Coffee tobacco that I didn't have high hopes for this one. I was pleasantly surprised! This uses black cavendish as a base and it's wetter than Coffee but not too moist. A slight drying period (about 10 mins) was all that was required.

Along with the coffee flavor was strong hints of toffee and caramel - really a delightful combination! The room note was fairly subdued as aromatics go, but it was extremely pleasant. But the best part of this blend was the taste. Really excellent, with bursts of dark roast coffee at the forefront but enough tobacco to let you know you're smoking our favorite plant. This did not leave a wet heel. I may not appreciate all of C&D's aromatics but there is no question that they know how best to blend them so they please those around us but not at the expense of our taste buds.

If you like coffee, pass over C&D's #909 Coffee and go straight here! This is a treat! Certainly one of the best aromatics I've ever smoked.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 31, 2003 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
I have been on a 20 year quest to find a tobacco that truly delivers to my palate, the same taste sensation I get every morning when I enjoy my first pipe of the day with coffee. So, naturally I included Espresso with my C&D sampler pack.

Whew, once the tin is open you will most certainly smell coffee! At the match, you will most certainly taste coffee! The blend does settle down after the first dozen or so puffs and tobacco flavor does come through. A very nice effort on the part of the blender, but, like so many others of this type, it fell short of satisfying my tobacco/coffee desire.

Oh well.....
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 16, 2018 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant
Cornell & Diehl - Espresso.

Although the aroma suggests a heavy casing the coarse ribbons aren't sticky to the touch, or wet. The ingredients are a very dark brown.

The moisture content enables easy ignition, and I find the taste lovely; but I do enjoy my coffees! C+D Espresso has lots of coffee, but it isn't too sharp, bitter, or piquant a flavour. Behind the espresso there's a touch of soft vanilla, a little sweetness, and some Burley nuttiness. The burn from it's exemplary: cool, quite slow, and independent. Even if I take my puffs harshly, in quick succession, tongue bite eludes me.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: nice.

Cornell & Diehl Espresso? A definite four star aromatic:

Highly recommended.
Pipe Used: Peterson Sherlock Milverton
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 13, 2016 Medium Strong Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong
Blech, the initial smell is strong of fake coffee, like an overly sweet chemical additive in say a McDonald's Mocha Latte (where any espresso is buried under all sorts of garbage). The initial few puffs were not as syrupy as I expected, but there was nothing good here. A few minutes later it gave way to a dry cheap taste that reminded me of no flavor I wanted to smoke. I'll likely not finish it all for fear of a sore throat.

At it's best the espresso taste was closest to old wet coffee grinds left in a filter for a few days (that dank stale smell).

As someone who really knows good espresso (I make a proffesional cup each day), this was a sad proxy. To think tobacco can taste like coffee might be the same as expecting real fruit taste from a strawberry car freshner.
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 13, 2015 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Pleasant
This is pretty good tobacco. Dark roasted coffee. A hint of vanilla and a little sweetness. Goes very well with a cup of Kona. Not much else to say really. Just a simple great tasting smoke.

Mild to medium in body. Medium in flavor. It's a bit chunky and needs rubbing. Fairly dry and ready to smoke. Very smooth and cool.
Pipe Used: MM Diplomat 5th Ave
PurchasedFrom: smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: fresh bulk
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 07, 2017 Mild Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I don't know what this is but its not espresso or coffee for that matter. Smells strange and does not taste very good, This is the only coffee tobacco I have had but I am certain there are better ones out there.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 24, 2019 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Very Pleasant
I am writing this before reading any other reviews, so my opinion isn't influenced by anyone else's. I love this stuff. Love it. The taste is just as rich and Delicious as the tin note, which is just as good as the room note, and round and round. It burns evenly and easily, despite being fairly moist when I bought it. Nice velvety taste and thick creamy smoke, the espresso (and a hint of chocolate) are noticeable, but not overpowering. I will be buying more of this stuff for sure. Pipe tobacco reviews are very subjective, so of course your mileage may vary. Good luck.
Pipe Used: Molina
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 26, 2001 Mild Medium to Strong Medium Very Strong
This is probably my favorite C&D aromatic. While I have by no means tried all of their available aromatics, this blend stands out from those I have sampled. It comes very dry, of course, like most C&D blends, with a very strong coffee odor, present even through the mailing package! It is very dark, almost granular in appearance, with a very short (but not cube) cut. It packs and lights easily and, as per usual with C&D aromatics, the taste is no where near as strong as the smell. I can certainly taste coffee, and perhaps chocolate(?), but under the casing I can clearly make out the natural tobacco flavor. For the first third of the bowl, the casing is strong enough to compete with the very mild, soft tobacco base; but in a pleasant, rather than overwhelming, way. This tobacco burns cool and seems to stay lit very well, especially for an aromatic. In the second third of the bowl, the casing begins to burn off and the base tobacco flavor becomes stronger. It's a very mild, slightly sweet cavendish, not very complex compared to English mixtures, but certainly not the Lane's style goopy black crap. In the last third, the tobacco starts to get slightly wet, but this not at all severe and no pipe cleaner is required. This mixture provides a delightful room aroma, while not overwhelming the flavor of what is a very good tobacco base. The tobacco flavor may be a little mild for those used to GL Pease or Dunhill blends, but it makes a nice alternative to heavier tobaccos. And if you like milder cavendish tobaccos but hate the goopy mess, you'll love this one.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 03, 2020 Extremely Mild Extremely Mild Very Mild Tolerable
There was a funky smell that came along with this bag, I'm not sure what it was but it definitely wasn't espresso. Some kind of gross almost rotten smell.....

As Aromatics go it's one of the lighter smokes I've ever had and I found the topping to be nonexistent (despite the horrible smell) with only light tobacco flavor noticeable.

I might press this into a plug and let it sit for a few years to see if it becomes anything worthwhile, but for now I only needed one bowl to know this one is not for me.
Pipe Used: Brigham Algonquin
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes
Age When Smoked: Fresh Bulk
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