Cornell & Diehl Steamworks

Opened my tin and to my relief there wasn’t any mold. Others weren’t so lucky. The flakes are typical C&D soft loose brokenish flakes. The aroma from the tin is fruity and sweet. Fruit, wine, vinegar, with some barn yard hay, vegetation, and wood. Moist, harder to pack and light unless dried out a bit.

The taste is rather mellow but with a bigger mouth feel. Buttery, wood, cedar, spice. More wood, earth, vegetative, floral, buttery than fruity and peppery. Little if any tart or tang. It has a nice sweetness to it. Gets more woody and peppery as the bowl continues. Something different than the usual vaper orientals I usually go for. Nicotine is medium and I wouldn’t smoke on an empty stomach. No harshness or astringent mouth feel. A rather pleasant smoke with a slight pepper after taste.

I see some people get hints of cigar with this and I can understand that. Definitely more wood earth pepper flavor with a mellow creamy smoke to it like a Connecticut cigar. It’s an interesting smoke.