Cornell & Diehl Burley Ribbon Cut

(2.92)
Burley Ribbon Cut is a mixture of the specially processed burleys used in many of C&D's blends. Whether smoked straight, paired with a fine Virginia, or used as a cooling component in your blend, this is some of Kentucky and Tennessee's finest. Blending tobacco.
Notes: This was an Atlas Blending Corp. mixture. Cornell and Diehl bought the rights of all their old recipes.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By  
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Burley
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.92 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 24, 2017 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
This dry tasting, mildly bitter, rough burleys (one being white) have a fair amount of earth with a little wood, and a slight hint of nuts, molasses and cocoa. The strength is just past the center of mild to medium. The taste and nic-hit are in that center. Won't bite, and probably won't get harsh unless you puff it fast. Burns cool, clean and a little fast with a very consistent flavor. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires few relights. Has a dry, unattractive after taste, and a short lived room note. Not an all day smoke that was made for blending purposes, but not as much for smoking straight. Two stars as it is, three for being a mixer.

-JimInks
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Mar 07, 2015 Mild None Detected Mild Pleasant
This is a much milder blend than I thought it would be. I was planning to beef up some stringy Virginia blends that I have with it, but the idea ended quickly after I sampled a bowl of 518 straight. I am really not sure about this tobacco. It had a very light, almost airy taste with little nicotine punch. I am considering using it as a cutter for some of my more powerful aromatic blends to ease back on the heavy taste of the flavoring.

Pipestud
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 05, 2015 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I bought this just to sample some of the blending burleys out there, and I suspect this is a component of several C&D blends due to the taste. It has a fairly distinctive and pleasant earthy burley flavor. It is slightly sour and slightly bitter. I found it a pleasant and easy smoke. It was very cool burning for me. In terms of strength, it is more mediium than mild.

If you want an untopped Burley to try, this is one with some good flavor. I can believe it would blend very nicely with a sweet Virginia or provide some body to a blend that is "thin."
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 02, 2014 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
"A combination of Burleys that we put through a proprietary process that we also use as a component in many of our blends. Whether smoked straight, paired with a fine Virginia, or used as a cooling component in your blend, this is some of Kentucky and Tennessee's finest. "

The above is from the C&D website description. Although I did try a cob-load straight just to see what it's taste profile was I would say it's a blender for sure. Just good burley goodness and a cut far, far above the faux bagged stuff pretending to be pipe tobacco but really is cigarette tobacco dodging taxes.

I have used this to cut SG Squadron Leaders Lakelands (which I do not favor) and render it more to my liking.

I have also mixed this 50/50 with C&D Bright Virginia Ribbon (another blender, good as a stand alone too) for nice, down to earth, pleasurable smoke.
Pipe Used: Briars and corncobs
PurchasedFrom: smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: Current production
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 11, 2018 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Based on a single bowl smoked straight and a few blending experiments. Not nearly enough for an intelligent "review" but enough for me to jot down some thoughts. Thanks to a very good internet friend for the opportunity.

Ribbon cut as per the name, this is about as straight a burley as you can find. There may be a hint of cocoa, but what stands out is a very earthy, very dry and rather bitter burley flavor. This forms the base of many C&D burley blends, as the signature flavor is ever present. A little milder and less rough than many of their blends and even many of their less adorned burley blends. I found it to be lacking as a straight smoke and there are literally dozens if not hundreds of tastier burleys out there. Smoke it slowly or it will get even more bitter. As a blender, it helped a couple of aromatics I had lying around to taste more like tobacco and less like PG. I could see this as a competent burley blending tobacco but, again, there are better blends out there for this. If you enjoy the C&D signature flavors, you'll find much to enjoy here. I prefer others.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 07, 2018 Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable
Burley ribbon cut. The name says it all. This is a blending tobacco that is all it claims to be. A simple un-topped burley that can be mixed with other components. The flavor is neutral burley. The cut is consistent and a somewhat thin ribbon. Nutty burley flavor, producing a cool, thick smoke.

I love to mix this tobacco with goopy aromatics that don’t want to stay lit. It greatly improves the smoking experience, and it still let’s the toppings shine through.

I’ll give this one 4 stars. It’s a boring straight burley, but that’s exactly what it is supposed to be. Don’t smoke it on its own and expect an “experience,” because you won’t get it.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 26, 2017 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
Cornell & Diehl - Burley Ribbon Cut.

It's a fairly slight, medium brown, nicely hydrated, blend in the pouch.

The smoke from it's straightforward: no frills, nothing flashy, but nothing too boring: mild Burley. There's not a great deal to say regarding the flavour, really, it's steady throughout a bowl. The burn's medium in speed, is fairly cool, and there's no bite to be had from the smoke.

Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: pleasant.

Two stars:

Somewhat recommended.
Pipe Used: Levent Meer'
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 09, 2020 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong
It works for me. I'd be thinking about mixing this burley blend with CD's Bright or Virginia Flake, but it is fine if you smoke it on its own. It has a nice roast sort of creamy coconut flavour profile and the leaf quality is good. Some reviewers seem to be saying it is boring, but I do not agree with this statement. Blending with change the flavour profile, but improvement is a highly subjective category that depends on one's personal taste and preferences. If you enjoy Old Joe Krantz or Haunted Bookshop, I do not see why you would not enjoy this blend as it comes. On the downside, I'd say it tends to develop a sharp edge if you puff hard and the room note is quite cigarettish, but without the addition of any casing, this is to be expected. Yes, it is a simple blend without the quirks and complexity of other blends, but it does the job. It is a little bit run-of-the-mill in its current state, but you can tweak and improve the ratios if you buy CD's proprietary white and dark burley making your own. Back in the time, this is what many people would have smoked in their cobs without making a fuss, so I can hardly disagree with it. If you like burley blends as I do, just give it a go. You can never go wrong on this price tag.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 15, 2020 Strong None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable
I really liked this Burley. TBH when I first smoked it by itself it wasn't any different than my recollection of smoking Semois, so for that I think it earns four stars, but also as a blending element, the use for which it is intended. It does everything that you would want a blending burley to do; primarily, adding nuttiness and body.

This is strong in nicotine and flavor. In addition to nuttiness, it is earthy and cigar-like to my tastes. I mostly added this to aromatics I had that I disliked due to the fact that they lacked any tobacco taste behind the topping. The addition of BCR to these blends, not only made these blends tolerable to my palate, but I actually found I enjoyed them. This is what a blending tobacco should do. I have had a lot of luck with C&D blending tobaccos having recently finished the Bright Virginia Ribbon shortly before finishing this one. They do a great job on blenders.

So four stars for checking all the boxes and delivering what should be expected in this type of tobacco.
Age When Smoked: 1 year three months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 02, 2020 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Burley Ribbon Cut has an earthy, woodsy note in the jar. Looks like good burley should. Smokingpipes website seems to indicate that this should be med full but this is really at the top edge of mild to med for me. It does taste like the base of a lot of C & D's burley blends and I have no doubt that this is used in several of them. The taste is earthy and slightly woodsy with a hint or two of nuttiness. There is a very light note molasses and fainter still a little cocoa. The strength as note above is at the upper end of mild to medium. The nic hit is about that as well. The finish is short and has a little bitterness to it. If you like the base taste of many of C & D's burley blends this might be worth a try. As a mixer I am sure it is fine but why use it when C & D do a fantastic job of that on their own. Room note is okay but not outstanding. Somewhat recommended.
Age When Smoked: 6 months
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