Cornell & Diehl - Sunset Harbor Flake pipe tobacco reviews

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ADz Pipes	05/11/2012	Medium to Strong	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Tolerable to Strong
This is the bomb - took a tin to my local pipe club in Nottingham UK - and almost brought home an empty tin!! Very nice stuff indeed superb in every respect - strongish stuff and full of flavour, burns well but takes a bit of lighting - but then it burns to white ash, and is a mega smoke, not a wife pleaser or female nostril attracter !! But for the Latakia, Perique Oriental lover - this is a power house and easy smoke more than one bowl of it! My very good pal in the US has got me two more tins - this is why I say we don't have much choice in the UK! Miss it - miss out - nuff said!
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Sea Green Sky	11/10/2010	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Tolerable to Strong
Sunset Harbor Flake has a strong flavor and decent ingredients but lacks any real depth or complexity. I keep coming back to the tin every so often hoping that it was the wrong pipe or I was in the wrong mood the last time I smoked it. Nope. Just a very mediocre blend where the components never seem to get on well with each other. I am continually unimpressed with C&D offerings and this one is no exception. It has all my favorite ingredients but, like the half dozen other C&D blends I've tried, it just has little to recommend it over much better offerings from other blenders. (Which is odd because Low Country's Cooper Flake is made by C&D and it is outstanding).
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jankoez	12/27/2008	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
Quite dry blend which burns almost to quickly (maybe it was just my tin...). Anyway, it is good tobacco, but without any thrill. Cornell & Diehl has better mixtures.
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varg winter	09/07/2008	Medium to Strong	None detected	Full	Strong
I've opened a tin from more than one year old and smoked a pipe of this. Not so heavy in latakia in my opinion. A very good and sweet taste coming from the latakia and oriental spiced with perique. Not a latakia boost like Pirate Kake but the latakia is clearly there. Broke up the flake almost completely, very slow burning, one lightning.
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p4p4	08/04/2008	Medium	Medium	Very Full	Tolerable to Strong
An excellent balkan flake rich in latakia and orientals but with a tender and placid sweetness. Good flavour and very good taste. It remains very very very long time in your mouth:a great pleasure! For relaxing moment. Four stars, of course !
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RCUSElder	04/23/2008	Strong	None detected	Full	Strong
Another fine blend by C&D It reminded me a bit of Penzance, but not as complex. This is a rich heady blend that still remains to be complex enough to keep me smoking it. Upon opening of the tin, you will notice it needs some drying time. The flakes do smell delicious. Rub them out, let them dry on the tin cap for 15-20 minutes, then pack and enjoy. Warning: This blend gets very intense at the bottom of the bowl and it will occlude your tastebuds for a good long while. But, it is worth it...... Yes, it is Latakia heavy, but still highly recommended. BTW it will scare people away with its room note, so enjoy with fellow pipers.....
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BigMonsterTruck	02/03/2008	Extremely Strong	None detected	Extra Full	Pleasant
This is a very nice, full flavored flake. I can't stress enough that this is big huge full power. I smoked it during the day once, and am afraid to smoke it again during the day or when driving because this knocked me on my a**! But this tobacco is full of flavor and I do recommend it. Just save it for the evening.
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Pipestud	02/03/2008	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant
The touch of Izmir made this an interesting smoke. Since Izmir Orientals are usually reserved for cigarettes, I guess I thought this would be more cigarette and less pipe in taste. I was wrong. Although this one did not hit me with the knockout punch that other reviewers here received, it was a palate paster and I knew I'd been involved in some serious smoking. This blend is dry upon opening the tin and burned very cool. I am sure I would have liked it better with more Izmir and less Latakia and Perique, but that's just me. Overall, another nicely done C&D offering.
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thedstnguishdgntlmn	12/28/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Full	Tolerable to Strong
I you would like to try Cornell & Diehl's version of the McClelland Blakeney's Best Latakia Flake ,this is it. Draw your own conclusions.
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Stan	12/09/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable
A Balkan broken flake, with a varietal, Izmir. Cool, dark and having all the savory properties of a decent Balkan or good full English. Somewhat comparable by me to Penzance but not as intense. Not much more to say, other than I like it. Let's see what others add.
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Talonr1701	12/09/2006	Medium	None detected	Full	Tolerable
I have become a bit leery of Englishes. I have a pretty low threshold for latakia. But I recognize a good blend when I smoke one. I first tried this as a broken flake, and later as a normal flake. They smoked about the same. this will undoubtably change with ageing. My suggestion is buy 2. Open one and hold off 6 months on #2. Start up light does bring the latakia to the front as expected. But rather than being overpowering, it as a nice exotic backbeat from the izmir. Once cruising speed is reached, the perique adds some different spice, while the latakia calms a bit....Strength increases a bit toward the end, but not unpleasant. Overall this is a nice english flake. The overall effect is a plus. Nice estetic tin, Great presentation, Flavor is perfect for after dinner or a stroll in the cooling winter air.
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