Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | Jeremy Reeves |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Oriental |
| Contents | Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin tin weight |
| Country | United States |
| Production | -- Unknown -- |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2023 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Strong |
The exceptionally tangy vintage sun cured Orientals include year 2005 Black Sea Sokhoum and provide an abundance of earth, wood, floralness, vegetation, herbs, some spice, leather, dry sourness, mild buttery, creamy sweetness, smoke, cigar, and a little nuttiness as the lead components. The spicy St. James perique offers plenty of earth, wood, dried plums, some raisin, figs, and a little floralness as a strong supporting player. The old belt (North Carolina and Georgia) orange, mahogany, bright, and six grades of red Virginias (with 17.72% sugar) are steamed to various degrees as secondary supporters. They produce a fair amount of tart and tangy citrus, sugar, bread, earth, wood, grass, tangy ripe dark fruit, mild vegetation, floralness, light spice, and touches of acidic vinegar. The red Virginias lightly lead the other Virginias. The strength and taste are fulsome. The nicotine is almost as potent. No chance of bite or harshness. Rough edges are very minimal. This broken flake mixture is a tad more than mildly moist, but as is my custom, I did not dry them. Your mileage may vary on this point. Well balanced, deeply rich and piquantly zesty, it burns cool, clean and a little slow with a consistent spicy, floral, herbal, creamy sweet and dryly sour, fruity, smoky, mildly cigarish, nutty, very tangy flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lingering after taste. The room note is pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires some relights. It’s not an all day smoke, and I recommend a small to medium bowl for this hearty blend. Four stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2023 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Whoa, someone put a cigar in my pipe!
Steamworks smoked as advertised, cool and slow. It came a hint moister than ideal and like JimInks I smoked it straight out of the tin without additional drying. This led to a little more moisture than I'd have preferred in the bottom 1/4 of the bowl , so the smoke got a little hotter towards the end and lost a little flavor, subsequently.
This only added to the cigar like experience. Like the hot tail end of an exceptional cigar that is finally coming to an end, alas, you can't put it down - determined as you are to eek out every last mm of the stick.
Someone took a spicier sun grown mexican wrapper and shoved it under the normal wrapper of Drew Estate Liga Privada No.9, unaged, then chopped it up and put in my Steamworks tin!
All I will say is, thank you, it's delicious. Deep leathery tones complemented with earth and wood comprise the body of this smoke, with occasional tangy notes. Spiciness oscillates in and out through the entire bowl, taking center stage whenever it pleases, wholly reminiscent of the spice from a cigar wrapped in sun grown mexican leaf. All this underpinned by an effervescent sweetness than bevels off any harsh edges that would otherwise seem forthcoming.
Steamworks smoked as advertised, cool and slow. It came a hint moister than ideal and like JimInks I smoked it straight out of the tin without additional drying. This led to a little more moisture than I'd have preferred in the bottom 1/4 of the bowl , so the smoke got a little hotter towards the end and lost a little flavor, subsequently.
This only added to the cigar like experience. Like the hot tail end of an exceptional cigar that is finally coming to an end, alas, you can't put it down - determined as you are to eek out every last mm of the stick.
Someone took a spicier sun grown mexican wrapper and shoved it under the normal wrapper of Drew Estate Liga Privada No.9, unaged, then chopped it up and put in my Steamworks tin!
All I will say is, thank you, it's delicious. Deep leathery tones complemented with earth and wood comprise the body of this smoke, with occasional tangy notes. Spiciness oscillates in and out through the entire bowl, taking center stage whenever it pleases, wholly reminiscent of the spice from a cigar wrapped in sun grown mexican leaf. All this underpinned by an effervescent sweetness than bevels off any harsh edges that would otherwise seem forthcoming.
Pipe Used:
Peterson X160
PurchasedFrom:
SmokingPipes.com
Age When Smoked:
1 month
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2023 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Unnoticeable |
C&D Steamworks- This Flake is very smooth but at the same time very hearty , tangy , spicy and crackling with flavor . The Virginias are sweet and tangy and earthy and no grassy hay notes or aromas to be had . Dark fruity and a hint of vinegar . The Virginias lead but the orientals come into play for sure . I sometimes get a few cigar like notes . Creamy and floral and slightly tart and savory . The Perique pops in at times but is in the background mostly . I was going to take a pass on this one as I usually like orientals with latakia but the blender hit a home run on this flake . Very pleased with my purchase, I wish I has bought more tins . This on will get your motor running ! 4
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Aug 31, 2023 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Rich dark flakes that smell like rich tobacco. I get some caramel flavor when sipped that is welcomed and separates this blend for me. I picked up a similar sweetness with Anthology. Nice casual smoke with Vit.N ready when you are. Smoked to bottom of the bowl and loaded another. We are fortunate to have C&D readily available.
Pipe Used:
Sav Bings Favorite
PurchasedFrom:
sp
Age When Smoked:
fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2023 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
This is a weird one.
Out of the tin it is a beautiful thick, wet flake. I mean wet. C&D seems to have gone from smokable from the tin pop to wet rat, but that is okay, I am patient.
Tin note is kind of flat but nice: breads, earthy, woody with a hint of sweetness.
I smoked a tin and a half of this prior to review and I'm not sure that is enough. In a word phrase, I love this stuff! Disclaimer: I am a huge Oriental fan, huge VA fan, huger VA Oriental/VA fan. This is a COMPLEX smoke. I have never heard of this Oriental. I can claim cricket fart and sour old lady panties but this one is new and hard to put a few flavors I can't quite pin down. I find this to be a base of Orientals with some VA kicking in to make the favor profile rock. Never heard of a blend like this, but I have never heard of Sea Horse clam bake tobacco either (joke). There is a solid base of wood, saw dust, slightly sour, chalky (?), dry soda with some light floral notes. The Perique is clearly there in the spice and retrohale, even some figs in the distance
There is something else going on here: depth, nuance...some mottled hay cased with buttered rum??..not sure but this is some really good stuff.
If you are a lat bomb smoker this may not do it for you. If you like VA's or Orientals, or both this might be the best there is!
Out of the tin it is a beautiful thick, wet flake. I mean wet. C&D seems to have gone from smokable from the tin pop to wet rat, but that is okay, I am patient.
Tin note is kind of flat but nice: breads, earthy, woody with a hint of sweetness.
I smoked a tin and a half of this prior to review and I'm not sure that is enough. In a word phrase, I love this stuff! Disclaimer: I am a huge Oriental fan, huge VA fan, huger VA Oriental/VA fan. This is a COMPLEX smoke. I have never heard of this Oriental. I can claim cricket fart and sour old lady panties but this one is new and hard to put a few flavors I can't quite pin down. I find this to be a base of Orientals with some VA kicking in to make the favor profile rock. Never heard of a blend like this, but I have never heard of Sea Horse clam bake tobacco either (joke). There is a solid base of wood, saw dust, slightly sour, chalky (?), dry soda with some light floral notes. The Perique is clearly there in the spice and retrohale, even some figs in the distance
There is something else going on here: depth, nuance...some mottled hay cased with buttered rum??..not sure but this is some really good stuff.
If you are a lat bomb smoker this may not do it for you. If you like VA's or Orientals, or both this might be the best there is!
Pipe Used:
Briars and meers
PurchasedFrom:
Age When Smoked:
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 03, 2023 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
I'm a longtime fan of VaOr blends, so I was hyped up for this release. In a world where the majority of orientals in use are Izmir and Katerini, the 2005 Black Sea Sokoum is a welcome addition.
Six different Virginia leaves with varying degrees of stoving form the foundation. It's not often a Virginia based blend is considered complex, but this is as close as they get. Each Virginia leaf lends its own unique character to the overall flavor, so every puff sings a different note. Beautiful!
The orientals are all well aged and add both quick points of flavor, and some drawn out measures of lasting variance through the bowl. Fresh earth, worm castings, minerals, wood, and treacle are all present to varying degrees along the way.
The perique becomes most apparent in the second half of the smoke - with its spice and nuanced dark sweetness. Most importantly it provides extra body and nicotine to the blend.
Overall this may be my all time favorite release from C&D! It's a delight, especially when you're able to take your time and concentrate on the smoke.
Six different Virginia leaves with varying degrees of stoving form the foundation. It's not often a Virginia based blend is considered complex, but this is as close as they get. Each Virginia leaf lends its own unique character to the overall flavor, so every puff sings a different note. Beautiful!
The orientals are all well aged and add both quick points of flavor, and some drawn out measures of lasting variance through the bowl. Fresh earth, worm castings, minerals, wood, and treacle are all present to varying degrees along the way.
The perique becomes most apparent in the second half of the smoke - with its spice and nuanced dark sweetness. Most importantly it provides extra body and nicotine to the blend.
Overall this may be my all time favorite release from C&D! It's a delight, especially when you're able to take your time and concentrate on the smoke.
Pipe Used:
Various artisan briars
PurchasedFrom:
SPC, Kremers in Louisville
Age When Smoked:
2023
