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Plum Pudding

Brand: Seattle Pipe Club
Blender: PipesandCigars.com (Blend created by Joe Lankford)
Tin Description: Say Hello to Plum Pudding? ! Ahhh, what an exquisite tobacco! This Seattle Pipe Club Blend was created by our own blending guru, Joe Lankford. Plum Pudding is simply a legend in our Club. Many members say it is their perfect tobacco. Delicious, smoky, spicy and positively addictive. Problem was, Joe nearly wore himself out blending so many special requests. So our friends at PipesandCigars.com are blending the precious mixture to Joe?s exacting specifications. Now our Club treasure is available to the world?in limited quantities. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Country of Origin: USA
Curing Group: Fire Cured
Contents:
Cavendish
Virginia
Latakia
Perique
Oriental
Cut: Krumble Kake
Packaging: 2 or 8 oz tins - not available in bulk.

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Average Ratings
Strength: Medium
Flavoring: Mild
Taste: Medium to Full
Room Note: Pleasant to Tolerable
Recommendation: Highly Recommended


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Showing reviews 1 through 20 of 41 reviews of this tobacco
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Dr. Scott 02/04/2013 Medium to Strong Very Mild Full Tolerable somewhat recommended
This "krumble kake" comes in densely pressed pieces that sometimes are quite hard to break up. Rather than try to rub it out, I break it into small chunks and fill the bowl by gravity, topping off with finer, well-rubbed ribbons. Think of it more like a very dense flake in terms of how it behaves. Good for a breezy day.

The Latakia is the dominant flavor. The Orientals provide a floral scent. If I focus, I can taste the Perique. It has a flavor profile that reminds me of Penzance, not that it tastes like Penzance, just a close cousin or sibling. There is no sweetness at all. This is strictly a savory and smoky blend with a floral bouquet from the Orientals.

Not as much nicotine as the Mississippi River blend by SPC.

The big negative is that it burns very hot. That could just be the casing. Puff very slowly or you will have a scalded tongue!

Recommended only for Latakia-loving English blend smokers.


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Perique 01/31/2013 Medium Very Mild Medium Tolerable highly recommended
An outstanding blend! All English smokers owe it to themselves to taste this. And non-English smokers (such as myself) will more than likely appreciate it just as much. A lot going on here, with the nice added touch of Perique and a bit of sweetness from the Cavendish. Tin note is spectacular. Don't miss this one.


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pacman357 01/25/2013 Medium None detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
Sweet Grandmother's Spatula, that's good. Picked up a few ounces. Most of what I could say has already been said in praise of this amazing blend. I'll just add that my largest purchase of any one tobacco was 16 oz. I went and got 3 lbs of this. I am not close to that amount in another other blend.


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hawky454 01/25/2013 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Full Pleasant highly recommended
This blend is among the best! It took me about two ounces before I fell in love with it. Perfectly blended, very spicy with just a note of sweetness. This is up there with Penzance, although they are very different blends in there own way. I'm smoking a 2 yr old 8oz tin so this may have something to do with it's brilliant flavor. All I can say is, if you like a spicy full flavored English blend than this should be right up your alley! This is not an aromatic.... It's not even a cross over blend. This wouldn't be a good blend to travel with because there is some maintenance involved with rubbing out the thick chunks of cake but in my opinion it's well worth it and serves its purpose as part of the ritual we pipe smokers like so much, even when preparing the smoke. Essential.


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thomasanswered 12/09/2012 Medium None detected Medium to Full Pleasant highly recommended
I have longed for a creamy latakia, a salty, smokey, creamy sort of tobacco, a tobacco malt, if you will, to contrast the salty, leathery latakias I love so well. Here it is.


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hobbit_monk 12/07/2012 Medium to Strong Mild Very Full Strong highly recommended
By far this is one of my favorite blends I have ever tried. I loved it so much that I bought 10 oz. in bulk, and cellared 3 oz. to age. You can tell immediately that this is going to be a good smoke. The smell of the kakes are incredibly rich, sweet, and tasty. Rubbing it out is such a pleasure too! It leaves a wonderful smell on your hands. The first puff is so incredible!! I love the full flavored taste. You can taste all the blends in a perfect harmony. When blown through the nostrils it brings an even fuller taste. Incredible. I enjoy this blend right down to the last puff, everytime!!!


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Mr. Big 08/04/2012 Medium None detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable recommended
Very , creamy, sour, salty, flavorful and BITTER, all in a good way. I think you could smoke this all day long as long as you are not looking for sweetness. Very slow burning, and excellent on the relight. I'm not a big fan of "Krumple Kake "cuts but this does make for a slow burn. The blend has a very nice balance between the Orientals , Latakia, with the Latakia more out front and with no bite (some spice from the Perique?).

A word about the blends bitterness, it's not a bad thing, just diffrent, kind of like eating a 90% dark chocolate, not a bad thing, very flavorful just not sweet, ( I'm in shock with some of the other reviewers that find this blend sweet, knowing the knowledge of many of these fine reviewers, I feel this may be due too my chemistry).

Although, I'm rating this 4 stars , I do have other blends I like better. I prefer a little more sweetness.

updated 12/23/12- I've purchased another bulk batch, and now has about 3 month of cellar time (original review had about 9 months). I'm somewhat disappointed, this batch seems spicier and more muted in flavor than before. Not as creamy and not enough Latakia or Oriental for me, others may find this perfect. This may improve with more time but I'm reducing this to 3 stars


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bob-bennett 07/07/2012 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable highly recommended
Just another enthusiastic four-star review for Seattle Pipe Club's "Plum Pudding". I started out with a 4-oz. bulk purchase from PIPESANDCIGARS.COM (apparently the only purveyor of this blend). It was love-at-first-bowl. It had me at "hello". This was "the beginning of a beautiful friendship". [Okay, that'll do it for movie-related clichés.] Seriously, a wonderful tobacco. Other smokers may know of blends that are similar, but for my limited knowledge Plum Pudding occupies a tasty niche all its own.


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Tom Bombadill 01/22/2012 Medium None detected Medium Very Pleasant highly recommended
A pressed cake blend, the cavendish makes the smoke smooth and slightly sweet. The virginas and perique give it a nice spiciness that keeps it interesting. As for the "VitaminL"...

The latakia is pungently excellent throughout! For fellow latakia fans, I'd rate PP as a medium-latakia strength English blend. Smells great in the tin, tastes great smoking it, and PP smells great clouding up wherever you are when you are puffing away.

The best praise I can give Plum Pudding is that I really look forward to smoking it. I love latakia and this is the kind of English blend that makes me really enjoy pipe smoking.

Four stars amigos!


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SteelCowboy 10/21/2011 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium to Full Pleasant recommended
I have been smoking this on and off for the past year and a half and I find that it is the Krumble Kake that I keep going back to most often. I prefer it fully rubbed out and on the dry side. Although I like Penzance, IMHO Plum Pudding is simply better. It has a broader range of flavor and its easy to come by. The small amount of Cavendish lends just a slight sweetness to the blend along with some fullness. I find the Latakia, the Orientals and the Cavendish carry the day here with the Virginia'a and Perique in a distant support roll. I enjoy is best in a smaller bowl and sipped slowly to extract all of the wonderful flavors. Recommended.


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Pipestud 09/14/2011 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant highly recommended
This one lives up to its reputation in my book. I received a fairly fresh tin a few months ago and finally got around to opening it. Not normally a back to back Latakia smoker, I did down a couple of bowls of this in a hurry. The Perique is far in the background, the orientals smooth out any roughness and what I really found to be a terrific addition was the cavendish that gave Plum Pudding a full body.

When I first saw the name Plum Pudding, I was sure it was an aromatic. Strangest name for an English blend I've come across. It smokes evenly, burns well and does indeed leave a bit of a Latakia breath hanging around the mouth.


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Erik-Peterson 09/13/2011 Mild to Medium Mild Medium to Full Very Pleasant highly recommended
This is quite possibly my all time favorite tobacco. Upon opening the bag, (it is sold in bulk at pipesandcigars.com) there is a wonderful aroma of Latakia. Once lit, the room note is very pleasant, with a sweet leathery smell to it. A subtle english tobacco, yet very smooth and slightly sweet.

This is a great choice for any smoker, from the lover of rich English blends, to the new smoker who likes aromatics. This is a great smoke, well worth trying.


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TheSmokinDragon 08/28/2011 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
Oh-Oh it's magic...everything in perfect balance..Just like tin states: Delicious, smoky, spicy and positively addictive


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revcc1 07/22/2011 Medium to Strong Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
A perfect afternoon smoke. Not too heavy on the Latakia but enough to taste like a proper English tobacco. A nice subtle blend with oriental overtones. A very nice everyday smoke.


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Xeneize 05/02/2011 Medium None detected Full Tolerable to Strong highly recommended
Simply put, one of the best English mixtures I've ever tried. The main star is Cyprian Latakia, so wonderfully combined with sweet Virginias and Orientals and lightly spiced with Perique. So smoky, so smooth... You all really need to try this outstanding product.


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pipelovingcalvinist 04/05/2011 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable highly recommended
Uncharacteristic of most tin descriptions, Plum Pudding's description is spot on for me. "Delicious, smoky, spicy and positively addictive" There's not any more I can really say.

soli Deo gloria


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zulujerk 02/21/2011 Medium Mild Medium to Full Tolerable recommended
First, a complaint. Strangely, my tin was primarily composed of ribbons, but buried deep beneath that top layer was a single compressed brick. WTF? Is this a quality control issue? Did someone get lazy and simply decide to forgo bricking the remaining tobacco?

Well, aside from my initial anger here, not quite getting the advertised product, I actually do prefer its present state. In truth, the brick is only a pressed block of ribbon, anyhow, the same as many C&D crumble cakes, and seems mostly an aesthetic alternative that adds no particular dimension to the flavor. I just find it somewhat random to see a tin of tobacco in such confused disarray, from the good people at Habana Premium, of all places.

As for the taste, this is wonderful stuff. It's a solid English mix, with plenty of strength, a pronounced sweetness, owing perhaps to a topping of some kind, and it has a nice, spicy prominence no doubt characteristic of the Oriental component. What's not to like? The proportions are well balanced-- the sweet smokiness drives the blend, with dark leaf comprising roughly half the tin, the remainder, a dark, reddish brown assortment of Virginias and Orientals. There are no high notes here, but instead a deep meaty flavor, with a heightened strength most likely a product of the added Perique.

And yes, this is the rare, cased English, of which I have tried a couple, namely those in the Frog Morton Series, which I find too light in body, and Perfection, which, while stronger, had a strange aftertaste that didn't quite meld, in my opinion.

There are a handful of Cavendish laden Englishes out there, Black Mallory comes to mind, and of course, 965. But I'm terrible at placing the leaf--hell, I can't even begin to describe how 965 differs from Standard Mixture, though I'll admit to loving the both of them. For all I know, a cased Cavendish might be the source of Plum Pudding's sweetness, rather than a straight topping. Though I'm not an expert on these matters. I will say, however, if you want a sugary English with some decent body, this is your best bet.

Well done!


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SMOKETSES 12/16/2010 Medium Very Mild Full Pleasant highly recommended
One evening I read at http://forum.pipeclub.gr about some tobaccos made by the Seattle Pipe Club. All 3 blends were brought to me. Plum Pudding was by luck the first one I’ve tried. I haven’t smoked many cakes. I was impressed by the different color alternations it had: red, brown, black and a bit blond. And an undetermined scent. It contains Cavendish, Virginia, Perique, Oriental and Latakia. None of it makes its presence detectable, but they compose a very well balanced mixture, sweet, piquant with full flavor. Flavors that interchange very pleasantly. Also, although for me Perique does not leave a pleasing aftertaste, in this mixture it didn’t occur. For my first smoke I used the “small cubes” technique. In my second, I cut a piece and rubbed it. It seems to have high levels of humidity which however does not influence the tobacco. That is to say it didn’t need to dry out in order to smoke it. Moreover it lights very easily and it smokes slowly. Fortunately I have one more tin; otherwise I would feel very insecure, as I usually do, until another tin was brought to me. The room note does not cause grange faces as other Latakia tobaccos cause.


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regulator3 06/24/2010 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable recommended
This was my first taste of an English/Balkin blend, I am trying to broaden my horizon as a smoker. When I opened the tin the scent of the tobacco about knocked my socks off. It was a very earthy smell and the fact it was pressed cake, I had never smoked a cake before so I wasn't sure, I used to smoke christmas cheer 2000 so i rubed it out like i would that. loaded it up in one of my bent apple shaped pipes and lit. I had a hard time keeping it lit it took me 4 char lights and then i got it going for about 5 minutes and then had to re-light and re-light. Altough i think the tobacco was moist hence the trouble keeping it burning it never gurgled in the pipe. The flavor was out of this world though. I enjoyed what i associated with a nutty kind of flavor like the after taste of a cashew, and that spicy sweetness you get from the virginia's, The people around me didn't seem to mind the smell of it burning, I think I am going to mason jar cellar this tobac for a while and then dry a little bit before i get carried away with it. Definately would reccomend this as an early morning with first cup of coffee kind of blend or maybe an after dinner kids are going to bed and i am about to head that way after my pipe kind of smoke.


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smoking-rob 05/01/2010 Mild to Medium None detected Mild to Medium Tolerable recommended
I have just uploaded a picture of an opened tin of Plumpudding as this should show why it is called so. Nothing further to add to the reviews here but I will mention that I do not detect any aromatic flavouring of any kind.


 
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