Cornell & Diehl - Kajun Kake pipe tobacco reviews

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Captain Pete	07/13/2007	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
It's been a tough time locating some Kingfisher at present, so I thought I would try Kajun Kake as a substitute. I did not expect it to be just like Kingfisher, mind you, but I enjoy the crumble cake style of tobacco. And a va/per mix is something I quite enjoy if it is blended and balanced just so. C&D Krumble Kake, in a word, is average. The two little lumps of cake sitting in the tin look impressive, and definitely smell of perique; well aged perique. It has that piquancy those familiar with genuine perique will immediately recognize. Sadly, this piquancy does not translate so well in the flavor. I'm not sure what red va. cavendish is supposed to be, but it isn't sweet. Halfway through my first bowl I began picking up whisps of sweetness, but more like what you get from a cigar. And the piquancy of the perique faded after the charring light. It wasn't bad, nor even unpleasant; just very average, just barely. It's not really fair to draw comparisons to other va/per blends, as this seems to be a very unique tobacco. However, in comparison to C&D's Bayou Morning, it is quite simply inadequate. It is unlikely that I will even finish this tin, as it just does not have enough to going for it to keep my interest.
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Dave	04/29/2007	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable to Strong
At times I find my favorite, Peretti's London Flake, to be a little on the strong, mouth burning side so I bought eight ounces of Kajun Kake in an effort to find a milder Virginia/Perique blend. It is milder but I find it has a little too much Perique in it for my tastes. It is a good quality tobacco and the little cakes wrapped in paper are a nice touch. I once smoked a bowlful of straight Perique and Kajun Kake reminded me a little of that. I feel in this stuff the Perique overwhelms the Virginias. Less of the Perique I think would make this a good blend for me.
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flaminbill'	02/17/2007	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable
This certainly is not what I expected when I popped the top of this tin. Talk about the power of suggestion: The two little bricks not only look like brownies to me, they smell like brownies. I think I may have my wife convinced that it smells like brownies. Of course the tobacco tastes nothing like brownies. I started this out in a Savinelli that is sort of squat and medium wide. The first few bowls reminded me more of a cigar than a pipe. That is not a bad thing; again, it just wasn't what I expected. I usually cut off a small porton (sideways) with a razor blade and rub it fully. Let her sit about 15 minutes and she is ready for fire. This tobacco burns reasonably well with maybe four or five re-lights per bowl. Kajun Kake has started to grow on me, but I don't know that it will become a regular. I do have one more tin in the cellar and it certainly won't go to waste. I like Virginias and Vapers a lot, and I try as many as I can. Kajun Kake does not conjur up any similarities with any of the blends of this genre that I smoke e.g., Pease, McClelland, Samuel Gawith or Escudo. Perhaps it is the cavendish element. Again, this is not a bad thing, it just waasn't what I expected. I'll give it three stars as I think it is an above average tobacco. It just wasn't what I expected.
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DrJohnNash	02/15/2007	Medium to Strong	Medium	Full	Unnoticeable
Apparently, I?m all about Perique. It seems that the tobaccos I like the most seem to have a least a hint of it in the blend I bought this because of the strength of the recommendations here, and I was not disappointed. I enjoyed the entire ritual, from crumbling to packing and, of course, the smoking of the kake. Wonderful. Unfortunately, in the dry summer desert air, it aged over time more like cajun rope. Once dried, there was noting I could do to reintroduce a bit of moisture and it became unsmokeable. Luckily, I had already lit up most of it . . .whew Definitely a colder season tobacco when the humidity is, like today, 24% and higher. Unlike other tobaccos, Kajun Kake did not cope well with 100+ days and 10% humidity. Best smoked on the bayou.
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NEWMAN	01/28/2007	Medium	None detected	Full	Tolerable
This blend comes in the tin as 2 pressed bricks ~ 2"x1"x1" that crumble easily for packing. The attention to the hand wrapping exemplifies that given to the tobacco preparation and overall quality. Lighting and packing were easy, relights not needed and a cool, dry, rich, even smoke without a hint of bite resulted. Intially, I thought the smoke was a little rough and it was quite a change from my normal, sweet VA flakes and this one has a greater Perique loading and also processed red VAs that I've not tried before in VA/Perique blends. Although I became more accustomed to the taste with additional bowls, I still felt the taste during the smoke and the prevalent aftertaste was too earthy and overpowering. But if you like hi-test Perique, give it a try since I think that in combination with these red VAs, it is a rather unique blend.
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DoctorThoss	11/24/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable to Strong
This a perique-heavy blend with just enough VAs to keep it interesting. The VA's start out as semi-sweet, kind of like unsweetened chocolate, and get sweeter as the bowl progresses. This has a very peaty, dark flavor that I've come to appreciate. It also has a decent nicotine hit. It lacks the bright notes and subtlety of blends like Escuodo, replacing them with a sense of depth. Not quite a classic and I doubt it will appeal to everyone, but I've come to prefer it over many of the more traditional VA/PERs. Three stars.
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ajaj	08/11/2006	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a new blend from C&D which was introduced at the 2006 Chicago Pipe Show. I've smoked alot of it recently and have concluded that it is very very similar to Bayou Morning Flake in most categories. There are subtle differences, for instance, BMF is a little more sweet and a tad less earthy. However, BMF and KK are almost identical. Earthy and peaty; kind of like the smell of a thick lush forest after a heavy rain. Group 1 or 2 pipe bowls suit both blends well. aj
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Young Piper	06/06/2006	Mild to Medium	None detected	Very Full	Pleasant
Wonderful Crumble Cake of Red virginia cavendish and perique. In the tin, the blend comes as two little bricks of tobacco red and black in color. The bricks are packaged in a very unique way, i just love how they come wrapped like a christmas present in paper. It must take alot of time to wrap each one and fold the edges like an envelope but its exactly the quality we have come to expect from C&D. The blend starts off a little harsh on lighting so i char the top layer and let it rest for 5 minutes or so then light her again. The flavor is a deep chocolate mixed with an earthy soil aroma that just makes my mouth water. The bowl finishes with a grey ash and no dottle. What sets this blend apart from other V/P blends is the use of red cavendish as opposed to a "regular" matured red virginia. To me this alleviates the bite and increases the sweetness to offset the perique.
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Talonr1701	05/21/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Full	Tolerable
Wow, I get to be first?! I had the distinguished honor to get to try this the week before the Chicago Pipe show. I was visiting C&D the Friday before Easter- In the throes of TAD, when Mr. Tarler passed me a bag with a black cake in it and advised me to ?Stick this in your pipe?- Who am I to argue? On Char light I got a blast of a deep, rich, sweet and spicy blast of sheer joy. Did I mention I love Perique? As the bowl progressed the flavor got richer, and fuller- Not one to wax imaginative, but I had the most peaceful vision of a night in the mountains under a full moon??then I was informed the name was Kajun Kake. Fitting I thought..... I'm ¾ down the bowl and it just gets smoother?.Its about this time I realize I?m getting tunnel vision. See- I had a Kaywoodie ¼ bent bulldog, and it?s a fair big bowl. When Mr. Tarler says stick this in your pipe- Well I did. I was having such a good time, I didn?t realize I had been smoking it for about 45mins. So give it some respect?..finishes as good as you could wish. This is such a great blend- I can?t say enough. It?s become my favorite VaPer- As a side note- I dedicated that Kaywoodie to it. Laissez les bon temps rouler!!!!!!! ***Well I was first- Seems when you go back to fix your bad spelling- you get thrown to the head of the class..What a revoltin development... :(
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writer_robin	05/19/2006	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant
Oh, my! I stopped by my local B&M to replenish my dwindling stocks and my tobacconist said, "You like Perique; fill a bowl with this." He then handed me a tin of Kajun Kake. Fortunately, I had my Peterson with me, so I indulged him. Was it good? Did I like it? Well, I'll say this: it is the first time I bought a tobacco _before_ reading its review on TRC. In the tin, it's both earthy & fruity. In my pipe, it's a pleasant pirogue ride through the lazy backwaters of the bayou: relaxing, thought-inspiring, a mini-vacation from the cares and woes of everyday life. And isn't that what a pipe session should be? However, I must admit that this lovely blend plays straight to my prejudices: After sampling what's on the radio these days I'm becoming even more firmly entrenched in my belief that the only music worth listening to is reggae or Zydeco. Kajun Kake supports my view that for me, any blend I smoke is a disappointment unless it's got a splash of Perique. God, I love that tobacco! As for the comments in the first two reviews, asll I can say is, "You right about dat!"
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