i got a scare because the first couple of bowl were unpleasant, with all the components closed and giving a sour, spiky smoke with little going on. much like a closed wine.

luckily the tin came into its own shortly after for a smoke i can only describe as complex, deep and comforting.

on the downside, the tobacco dried up rather quickly and the last few bowl were burning out quickly and with somewhat less complexity.

perhaps a bad patch given the early scare and the late disappointment?

I definitely recommend this to anyone that is considering trying an English for the first time. Don't let the smell of the tobacco in the tin fool you, it tastes and smells nothing like what you would expect from the smell of the tin. Think mild cigar for the room note, and simply good natural tobacco, with hints of sweetness and a very light hint of pepper for the flavor.

A decent amount of vitamin N that aids in the relaxing nature of the smoke without being overpowering.

TASTE: Satisfactory flavor and mild-to-medium complexity. Clean, natural tobacco aroma with a nice hint of spice. No artificial flavoring detected. Tolerable aftertaste.

EASE OF SMOKING: Very easy to smoke. Stays lit and smokes cool and dry, with no tongue bite.

OTHER: Tolerable room note. Fine ash and tolerable smell left in bowl.

For a "mild" smoke, I recommend this above Dunhill Standard Mixture Mellow.

This is my go-to blend. I have an old painted tin that I constantly refill from a big sealed glass jar. I buy it by the pound. I take it almost everywhere. The girlfriend loves the smell, and even loves the flavor when she enjoys the occasional pipe (once every three weeks or so).

So, what does it taste like? Great nutty flavor, some say too nutty. I say, perfectly nutty. Goes well with your morning cup of joe. Great after-breakfast smoke (or any meal, really). I love to relax in my chair, stuffed full of eggs and english muffin, and enjoy the interplay of orientals with VA (very subtle, to my taste). Just a sprinkling of latakia, methinks? But enough to be a great all-day pipe. Doesn't bite or wear out your palate with its intensity.

For some reason, I enjoy this in straight pipes (a Peterson Dublin, or a Savenelli billiard are my preferred pipes for this blend). Burns all the way down to the heel of the bowl if sipped properly, leaving a fine white ash and a satisfying buzz of N.

Five stars.

Early Morning Pipe is great on its own, but I found it wanting a little help from its big, grizzled brother, Nightcap. Adding some Nightcap to Early Morning Pipe is like putting a leather jacket and red bandana on Basil Rathbone...

About a month ago I found myself in a curious predicament: I had half a tin of Dunhill Nightcap and about three-quarters of a tin of Dunhill Early Morning Pipe. The Nightcap was a tad too strong, the EMP was a tad too soft. So what did I do? I mixed them together in a large mason jar with the intent to establish a nice medium-bodied Dunhill English. And the result has been absolutely wonderful! Matter of fact, it's the blend I smoke most often.

I've ingeniously dubbed it: "Early Morning Nightcap."

So if you, like me, find Early Morning Pipe to be ohhhh soooo delicious but maybe a bit too soft, mix a little Nightcap in there with it, christen the blend "Early Morning Nightcap," and there you have it, a beautiful Dunhill medium-bodied English blend that smells and tastes as good as you could imagine.

While not predominately an English smoker, if I had to pick only one, this would be it.