Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish (Ruby)

Rough smoke, tickles my throat in a bad way. The first time I smoked this months ago I thought maybe it was my inexperience and threw it away thinking it was just horrid compared to my other tobaccos I bought. Gave it a try one more time because I do remember getting these few but pleasant hits of cherry like in a candy way. Went alot slower, still rough on my throat, cherry is kind of there in this pack not like the last, Ill review again when I let it sit.

Made my pipe stink, room note doesn't smell that great as the smoker, don't know about surrounding people.

Overall I don't recommend, there is a 'presence' of nicotine and there is some artificial candy taste, but rough on the throat and messes up your pipe, DO NOT use it in a pipe you care for.

This was the third tobacco I tried when I picked back up the pipe, and I have to agree with many others on here: utter garbage. It smells wonderful in the pouch, got me excited loading the pipe, I'll even say the first few puffs kept that excitement going. But, I don't think I lasted 5 minutes before I was scraping it out. Horrid flavor, wicked bite and left my pipe smelling like an old ashtray. Never again.

I'm not a fan of heavily aromatic blends and after smoking this blend I remembered why.

It burns hot and bites like a rabid dog! Leaves a ghost in the pipe that will stay as long the pipe exists.

I believe that if you like aromatics there are better blends out there to be tried.

One word decribes it all : Booby Trap. "A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a person, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim." It did indeed. No need to tell you that I am a relatively new smoker. Mistakes were made. As it was not enough, it funked my beloved Peterson. The taste brought me straight back to my Chemistry class. It was pretty close to eating Maynard's Sour Cherry Blaster. Amen.

Nasty. Dry in the pouch, sickly sweet smell. Strong artificial cherry taste, like cough medicine or burnt candy-floss. Burns hot & fast. Never again. Not recommended.

I like aromatics, had never tried a cherry tobacco, so I gave this a try. The smell that comes from the pouch is very chemical, doesn't smell like a tobacco. The flavor is very artificial, very sharp, no matter how slow I smoke it, it bit my tongue. I've been told that the room note is quite good, but other than that, this tobacco is terrible. Not recommended.

Apesar de ser um principiante na arte do cachimbo, já provei algumas misturas para me sentir bem a vontade para falar sobre esse tabaco.

Não se iludam pelo belo aroma , isso é tudo que essa mistura tem a oferecer!é uma luta para mante-lo aceso, e requer luz constante; e justamente por isso morde como uma víbora,requer um constante calcar, oque ao meio da tigela da a impressão de estar calcando pedra pois ele fica muito duro.

O fundo do fornilho vira um pântano! interessante é que o primeiro 1/3 é até agradável com alguma doçura, mais dai pra lá ele declina terrivelmente chegando até a amargar .

Em fim é como dizem os mais velhos: desconfie de aromáticos com um aroma pesado em geral escondem porcarias! parece ser esse o caso desse tabaco.

Fiquem longe dele!

I bought a sample pack of Borkum Riff. Cherry Cavendish is the worst of the pack of bad tobacco. After smoking it twice I took it out to the compost pile - at least this way it wasn't a total waste.

My first Borkum Riff review said avoid this brand, so why am I writing a second review on a different blend?

well, my friend brought this the other day and I thought, why not give BR another shot?

By Golly, this smells, tastes, smokes, and bites times worse than the Vanilla Cavendish.

BR should stop making aromatic blends; now I don't even want to bother and try other BR non aromatic blends... YUCK!