Cornell & Diehl Warped: Cloud Hopper
(3.53)
Finest Virginia, Cigar Leaf, & Perique Blended by aficionados Kyle Gelllis & Jeremy Reeves
An adventurous medley of AA Dominican Criollo, traditional Italian air-cured leaf, Yellow and Red Virginia tobaccos. Complex tones of earth, warm spice, coffee, and cream comfort weary travelers as a delicate sweetness and exhilarating notes of citrus give them the energy to keep pushing forward, A modest portion of Perique adds an unexpected stop along the journey, inspiring and enchanting all who wander.
Notes: Known for their boutique, Cuban style cigars, Warped is curated and supervised by founder Kyle Gellis, an entrepreneur and lover of all things bespoke and luxurious. He has a taste for finery and approaches his ventures with rigorous standards of perfection that are applied to the slightest of subtleties. Such a mindset translated naturally when Warped expanded into pipe tobaccos in 2019, seeing Kyle Gellis collaborate with Cornell & Diehl's Jeremy Reeves to create nuanced blends, marked by quality components and intriguing flavor profiles that align with Warped's "be exclusively different" mantra.
Cloud Hopper, another creation by Gellis and Reeves, now joins Warped's selection of pipe tobaccos as a regular production blend. It takes its name from Warped's Cloud Hopper cigars, which Kyle made with his brother to celebrate their shared love for travel. Cloud Hopper pipe tobacco features AA-grade Dominican Criollo cigar leaf (the same varietal used in The Haunting), married to traditional Italian air-cured tobaccos, yellow and red Virginias, and perique pressed and cut into flakes. The blend transports pipe smokers to an adventurous flavor profile of complex notes of earth, spice, and citrus, while hints of cream and coffee offer comfort along the road. It's a mixture free of added flavors, meant to showcase the natural profile of quality tobaccos.
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | Gellis and Reeves |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Cigar Leaf Based |
| Contents | Burley, Cigar Leaf, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin weight |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.53 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 15 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 01, 2022 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Tin note of tart plums, stewed figs and musty sour. The broken flakes are an orangish brown and may need some drying but rubs out easily. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is medium and nic is medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and consistent, with notes of cigar, cedar wood, very earthy, raisin bread, mild sweet grass, spicy, floral, bitter nuts, leather, dry herbal, mild stewed dark fruit, a mildly lemon background note, and a peppery retro. Dominican Criollo leads with Italian Air-Cured Burley supporting. Virginia and Perique provide back when needed. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used:
Wally Frank Limited White Bar Sandblast 128
Age When Smoked:
3 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2022 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
I could have sworn I've reviewed this one. Mine is just a little over 2 years old.
The tin note it sweet berries. Usually I get musty earthiness with cigar leaf but with age in a pipe blend, it gets a berry note.
Flavor is very consistent from beginning to end. Sweet, dark, creamy, cocoa notes, slightly musty and earthy with just a touch of spiciness. Burns nice and cool.
A very well balanced flake and smooth. Goes well with coffee or your favorite chocolate bar. I highly recommend.
The tin note it sweet berries. Usually I get musty earthiness with cigar leaf but with age in a pipe blend, it gets a berry note.
Flavor is very consistent from beginning to end. Sweet, dark, creamy, cocoa notes, slightly musty and earthy with just a touch of spiciness. Burns nice and cool.
A very well balanced flake and smooth. Goes well with coffee or your favorite chocolate bar. I highly recommend.
Age When Smoked:
2 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2023 | Very Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Ok ok ... need to say, I'm a big Warped fan.
Whenever I visit my sister in Dusseldorf, I always try and grab a few of their cigars.
I've got a stash of Kings Stride, Until the End, Sarto, the Red Hunt, and now Midsommar. However, I've never smoked Cloud Hopper.
This was rectified this weekend.
Tin note was strange ... it smelled like Paris during the trashmen strike. Garbage and chocolate. The garbage note is a combination of over-ripped red fruit left out on the kitchen counter during a warm summer day and the high humidity of the tobacco in the tin. After drying, it was mostly the earthy leathery chocolate combined with Perique and some Virginia hey and bread notes.
Lighting it was a breeze , smoke was dense and creamy. The Dominican Criollo leads the way , with the Italian in second place. VAs and Per provide sweetness and support.
Brilliant smoke. Had a great time smoking it. This is the perfect crossover tobacco that would bring a cigar smoker over to the pipe hobby. tons of smoke, retrohale was peppery and a little spicy and you could feel the perique playing with the cigar tobaccos. Smoke was consistent, very few relights were required and it burned to grey/white ash without leaving condensation on the button of the chamber.
It's a brilliant evening tobacco. Full of nicotine and full of taste.
My friend had a bowl and we had to resuscitate him with some sugar as he wasn't expecting "vitamin N" to be so abundant in this blend. Please smoke on a full stomach, with some glucose in your bloodstream.
Again ! Kyle and Jeremy didn't disappoint.
Stocked the cellar with 3 more tins.
[F O U R S T A R S]
Whenever I visit my sister in Dusseldorf, I always try and grab a few of their cigars.
I've got a stash of Kings Stride, Until the End, Sarto, the Red Hunt, and now Midsommar. However, I've never smoked Cloud Hopper.
This was rectified this weekend.
Tin note was strange ... it smelled like Paris during the trashmen strike. Garbage and chocolate. The garbage note is a combination of over-ripped red fruit left out on the kitchen counter during a warm summer day and the high humidity of the tobacco in the tin. After drying, it was mostly the earthy leathery chocolate combined with Perique and some Virginia hey and bread notes.
Lighting it was a breeze , smoke was dense and creamy. The Dominican Criollo leads the way , with the Italian in second place. VAs and Per provide sweetness and support.
Brilliant smoke. Had a great time smoking it. This is the perfect crossover tobacco that would bring a cigar smoker over to the pipe hobby. tons of smoke, retrohale was peppery and a little spicy and you could feel the perique playing with the cigar tobaccos. Smoke was consistent, very few relights were required and it burned to grey/white ash without leaving condensation on the button of the chamber.
It's a brilliant evening tobacco. Full of nicotine and full of taste.
My friend had a bowl and we had to resuscitate him with some sugar as he wasn't expecting "vitamin N" to be so abundant in this blend. Please smoke on a full stomach, with some glucose in your bloodstream.
Again ! Kyle and Jeremy didn't disappoint.
Stocked the cellar with 3 more tins.
[F O U R S T A R S]
Pipe Used:
2003 Ashton pebble grain billiard
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes dot com
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Dec 11, 2021 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
This blend is a reason to get into pipe smoking.
This is a very unique blend with a very distinct flavour. I detect a peaty taste similar to Laphroig Single Malt or some other Islay malt. There's a sweetness overall to the blend with a hint of pepper from the perique. I swear the pepper has that slight hint of English mustard...wow.
I also get notes of licorice and expresso. It doesn't seem strong but there is a mild nicotine hit.
Overall very well-balanced and distinct from other blends I've tried. Perhaps it's the cigar leaf that gives it this distinct flavour but it's definitely not like smoking a cigar.
I would call this a very smart, contemporary, well-crafted blend.
The broken flake is easy to rub out and pack. But it could use some drying time. I found it's best to leave it on a plate for 45 minutes otherwise it crackles or won't light.
This is a very unique blend with a very distinct flavour. I detect a peaty taste similar to Laphroig Single Malt or some other Islay malt. There's a sweetness overall to the blend with a hint of pepper from the perique. I swear the pepper has that slight hint of English mustard...wow.
I also get notes of licorice and expresso. It doesn't seem strong but there is a mild nicotine hit.
Overall very well-balanced and distinct from other blends I've tried. Perhaps it's the cigar leaf that gives it this distinct flavour but it's definitely not like smoking a cigar.
I would call this a very smart, contemporary, well-crafted blend.
The broken flake is easy to rub out and pack. But it could use some drying time. I found it's best to leave it on a plate for 45 minutes otherwise it crackles or won't light.
Pipe Used:
Stanwell #3
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2021 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Un buen tabaco, por supuesto que te recuerda a un buen puro, pero con sabores más sutiles, la quema no es del todo regular, pero es manejable, hacia la mitad de la pipa el sabor se hace más sutil y es una fumada agradable.
Pipe Used:
Chacom
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking pipes
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