Cornell & Diehl Hearthside

This stuff does NOT age well.

The tin in question was aged 2 years, it was puffy, and gave off the telltale hiss when popped that indicates fermentation has occurred.

Tin note is definitely chocolate heavy, with a spice and fruity note. Cocoa Pebbles cereal with cardamom, nutmeg, and allspice dumped on it. There was a hint of something else I couldn't quite place, and honestly; I really couldn't be bothered. It didn't smell bad, just, weird. Almost as if someone threw the contents of a spice rack, and a pack of instant cocoa onto a seasoned Yule log fire.

The moisture level was pretty damp, and the latakia was quite prevalent in the flakes. Big chunks of it.

After rubbing the broken flake out, and allowing about 20 minutes of airing out and drying; the entire room smelled rather pungently of chocolate, and spice. It wasn't terrible, but the cat ran out of the room gagging. That may have just been a hairball, but I digress.

Loaded up the bowl, and did the charring light. I was immediately awash with scents of chocolate, and spices. Tamped and true lit... A pleasant flavor of cocoa, and snickerdoodle type cookies, but then; Every nasty gas station incense smell (Nag Champa, Sandalwood, Frankincense, Myrrh, camel dung, and grandma's over atomized perfume) created a dense, cloying, noxious cloud in the room.

No tobacco could be tasted, just toppings and incense. Five bowls in and a week of jarring netted no change.

If you are at an office Holiday party, and wish to evacuate the building; then this tobacco is for you!

Absolutely terrible.

Now, what shall I do with the other three tins of it I have taking up space in my cellar? I know! Put them in the stockings of the naughty. A lump of coal would be preferable.

The Pipe used was an old Don Gustavo that now has a permanent Ghost of Christmas Past residing in it that will definitely remind me to never smoke this filth again. Not only did it ghost the pipe, but it ghosted my study.