Cornell & Diehl - 416: Plantation Evening pipe tobacco reviews

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jackhackett	01/31/2006	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable
Another masterfully-blended keeper from C&D. In the tin the range of colors from the light golden turkish to the dark latakia makes a compelling visual; the tin note itself is understated but promises something the blend actually delivers on when smoked; the construction and moisture is spot-on for perfect smoking out of the tin; and the smoke itself is nice and rounded, with the latakia and turkish actually helping to set the stage for an unusually well-joined note of perique and VA to linger, rather than just blotting it out. Gorgeous to look at, fantastic to smoke.
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smokey	02/18/2005	Medium	None detected	Extra Full	Tolerable
What a fabulous blend this is! Craig Tarler has hit a perfect balance between the Latakia, Perique, Turkish, and Virginias. The smoke is wonderfully complex, with the sweetness of the Virginias, the smokiness of the Latakia, the creaminess of the Turkish, and the spicyness of the Perique all having a chance to shine through. We've all heard those hypothetical "what tobaccos would you want with you on a desert island" questions. If I was only allowed four tobaccos, this would be one of them. Four BIG stars!
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SopwithCamel	12/29/2004	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
I really like this tobacco. It's pretty in the pouch, smells good, and tastes great! Well balanced, smokey, spicey, nutty, goodness. A real winner. C&D blends are very well crafted, and bargain priced. I have read that some feel they may have too many varieties. Personally, I would rather have too many choices than not enough. This one and Yale Mixture are my favorite English blends at this time. Update: I have read that Craig Tarler came across this blend by making a mistake on a batch of Oriental Silk. Be that as it may, it is still one of my favorites. You could spend a lot more money, and not have a blend this good. Give it a shot!
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Spike	10/19/2004	Medium	None detected	Full	Tolerable
I found this tobacco to be more than middle of the road owing to the liberal dose of Perique. I will update this review if warranted after finishing this container. Later 10/19/04: This is a light colored ribbon cut tobacco with lesser amounts of light brown ribbon. It also contains various sizes of black more chunky tobacs so some care must be taken to ensure that an average amount of the black gets into your bowl. My sample was leaning to the moist side of the spectrum but smoked fine. This is a fine blend when you want something lighter than a 965. I thought it was about a 3 of 4 stars for me. My pouch is still very young and will probably improve with some aging.
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Beer	10/01/2004	Medium	None detected	Medium	Tolerable to Strong
Perique in a latakia mixture always makes me suspicious, but this is a good tobacco: medium strength, nice body without harshness, a creamy and not pungent taste. It is so smooth that you might be tempted to inhale! If you enjoy the concept of GLPease Samarra but would like a tastier, richer version of it... you will be delighted by Plantation Evening!
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Pipestud	09/24/2004	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Tolerable
I tried to like this tobacco because the cut, humidity level and aroma in the tin all said, "Yes." Once lit, however, my palate said, "no." I could find little variation in the flavor which was mundane and quite one dimensional. The Virginia component was particularly weak. There are many fine Latakia laden blends on the market today. I just don't think this is one of them.
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chaplikc	07/28/2004	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable
This is very good . As others have mentioned the description is accurate. This is perfect when I am in the mood for a medium english blend with slightly pronounced turkish features. The turkish in this realy shines through but is not over bearing. This blend has alot of qualities in it that remind me of yale mixture which is one of my favorites from C&D. It is interesting that another reviewer had some of the same observations that I have on this one, I feel that this is a variation of Yale mixture. Chances are if you enjoy Yale mixture you will enjoy this as well. Highly recommended for english lovers.
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CaptnDan	04/26/2004	Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
The description offered by C&D is right on the mark. This is truly a midd-of-the-road English blend. Plantation Evening is a visually appealing tobacco, and the pouch aroma is light and interesting. I could see this as an all-day smoke. Nothing overbearing, just a very nice mix of flavors. No one leaf dominates. Smooth and tasty to the very bottom of the bowl. And the flavor stayed enoyable all the way down with no suggestions of bitterness. A nice cool smoke to the end. Burned very clean and dry. So dry in fact that I tried it in a Kirsten just to see how much moisture the aluminum radiator stem could catch. There was a surprisingly small amount. Overall, good stuff. Not overly critical of technique, so it will let you get away with a bit of inattentiveness without searing your tongue.
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omegapd	05/06/2003	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
This was my Holy Grail of tobacco when I first started trying English blends. I bought a pound and put half away to cellar. That was in May of 1999. Today I filled up a huge Peterson freehand with the stuff and surprisingly, it's not any drier than it was when first purchased. It lit on the first try and burned as good as anything. The tobacco did not "meld" as well as I expected, though. It's not harsh or anything, just the same as when bought. Overall, it's a very nice, light (to me), English blend. The different tobaccos each come out in the smoke, but in a very subdued way. My palate needs more flavor than this on an everyday basis, but for a newbie looking into English blends, this is the ticket.
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CJ	04/23/2002	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
General Comment for All C&D Blends. So far, all my samples have burned clean and dry. They contain quality ingredients. If purchased fresh from C&D, I find that I must adjust the moisture content, and let them rest for 3-6 months before sampling. They change flavor dramatically in just a few months. My sample of Plantation Evening is now a bit over one year old. It has aged into a delightful blend. All in all, it fits its description as a "medium English blend with a delightful flavor". In many ways, it is comparable to a more meaty, somewhat less refined version of the Dunhill Standard blends. It has the same colorful composition, but is coarse cut rather than ribbon cut. The tin aroma is a bit less pungent than the Dunhill's. It has a lower nicotine strength and less zing than the other C&D blends that I have tried. The taste is consistent throughout most of the bowl, and gains quite a bit of strength at the bottom. The Orientals and the Latakia are the dominant flavors. It burns clean and dry leaving a darkish gray ash. It is a tad too strong to be an all day smoke for me. If you think Dunhill Standard is too light, try this. If you find Plantation Evening too strong, try the Dunhill.
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Paul Tatum	01/18/2002	Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
A tasty and economical alternative to Dunhill Standard Medium . Good for buying in bulk and sealing in mason jars for the cellar .
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Rev. Smoke	03/06/2001	Medium to Strong	None detected	Full	Tolerable
A full spectrum of tobacco colors, from bright Virginias to dark Latakia with some brown hints in between make this blend is pleasing to the eye. A nice well-balanced blend this appears to be from the aroma upon opening the bag; lightly smoky and you can smell the perique if you close your eyes and concentrate, while the natural citrus sweetness of the Virginias tickles lightly in the background, a complex blend with no predominate smell. It seductively calls, “Smoke me!” While I thought this was a bit drier than I appreciate (not crumbly), and since I didn’t want to over moisten it, I set some tobacco overnight in a tupperware container with a sponge lightly moistened with distilled water. In the morning, the sponge was almost dry, but the tobacco was perfect - still much drier than most. This tobacco packs very easily and took a flame very well after the initial char. As a grey-white ash slowly filled the bowl, smoke blissfully rose from the bowl. I wanted to smoke eagerly, getting all the flavors I possibly can dancing upon my palate, but I held back. Gently puffing, it burned so smooth, dry and cool. This is not an overbearing English blend, yet a smoky spiciness tantalizingly punctuated each puff. There was the hint of sweet nuts that ethereally drifted in and out of the entire bowl. Wonderfully complex. This is one that begs to be French inhaled and enjoyed. It smells of roasted black walnuts.
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