G. L. Pease Cumberland
(3.04)
Robust and possessing a subdued sweetness, Cumberland is a delightfully orchestrated suite of American tobaccos, featuring a rare and exquisite mahogany Kentucky, aged in bales for twenty years. Red and matured Virginias establish a theme; the Kentucky and a pianissimo of perique create the variations. Pure, natural tobacco flavors are harmonized by delicate arpeggios and underscored by deep, resonant tones. The coda is lovely and lingering - a perfect finish to a rich performance. Best savored slowly.
Notes: From GL Pease: July, 2012 UPDATE: Just now, I responded to an email from a chap wanting to know when the aged Kentucky would likely run out. I'm a little embarrassed to say we actually ran out of it some time ago. I didn't even know until some months after the fact, and then, I completely forgot about updating the site and the labels, and there you have it. I've since smoked the new KY alongside some of the aged stuff I have in the library, and am hard pressed to tell much difference, straight, and when blended, they're almost totally indistinguishable to my palate, so we can all stop worrying about when Cumberland will go out of production. As long as we can get dark-fired KY leaf of this quality, we can keep producing it.
The new stuff has been in use for long enough that I can safely say that if anyone was going to notice, myself included, it would have happened, so there it is. I'll change the labels for the next print run, and scrape the egg off my face.
Cumberland was introduced in April, 2002
Details
| Brand | G. L. Pease |
| Series | Original Mixtures |
| Blended By | Gregory Pease |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Kentucky, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
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
Average Rating
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3.04 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 27, 2002 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Very Full | Pleasant |
Best savored slowly. That is the key phrase in the description on the can. It reminds me a little of Solani 633, but without the 'processing' taste and with a hell of a lot more dimension and subtlety. The harmony of the flavors is incredible. My analogy would be to Beethoven's Grosse Fugue. Not a piece of dinner music nor something you would listen to as ambient music, but something that requires attention to appreciate the interplay of the parts which make up the whole. If your looking for an ?all day smoke?, move on, this tobacco will be wasted and your taste buds will be fried.
I plan on hoarding this tobacco, and when I have the time, savor it, one bowl at a time.
I plan on hoarding this tobacco, and when I have the time, savor it, one bowl at a time.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 24, 2002 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This review is based upon smoking half of a tin, a very limited sampling to say the least, but some response at this point is better than no response at all. Upon opening the tin I was greeted by one of the most pleasant bouqets I've encountered. This is truely a natural tobacco blend, very complex, and very different. I can understand why GLP says it is an "American" blend. It has a certain fresh and direct taste that is American rather than a more reluctant and reserved European approach to these tobaccos. It's sort of the New World Symphony vs. Bach. The Kyntucky is middle tones rich, the Virginias are sweet and citrus like, while the Perique is the spice. The tobacco is beautifully cut and packs like a dream. It lights without effort and burns down to a powdery white ash. The blend needs to be smoked slowly to fully enjoy the variety of flavors. The overall taste, well there isn't anything like it that I can think of at the moment. The citrus of a McClelland 5100, the middle tones of Barbary Coast, the zing of Perique, all mingle together to form the organic whole of this blend. If you truely appreciate natural tobacco taste then this may call your name. It will not suit everyone of course, but that's ok because no one blend ever does. I'll smoke this tobacco regularly and often. Congratulations Greg, this is an American original that could be framed and put on the wall, but better to smoke it. For my next bowl I'm going to listen to The Nashville Bluegrass Band (Dvorak would approve) and feel like I'm on a back porch in some old holler just waiting for my buddies to come by with some good ol white lightnin to sip on.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 18, 2021 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Un gran tabaco, muy complejo, yo dirÃa que debes invertir tiempo en conocerles un tabaco que exige un ritmo lento de fumada, es como tener una conversación con un buen amigo, inicia en forma casual, pero conforme avanza la platica esta se vuelve compleja, asÃ, la fumada, pasando un tercio de la pipa es increible, cada bocanada de humo es completamente diferente a la anterior, ya te lleva a un poco de picor a un ligero amargo como de humo de habano, a pasar a un humo dulce propio de los virginias, como en una buena charla, pasando de un tema a otro, regresando a uno anterior pero con sutiles diferencias. Eso sÃ, es un tabaco celoso, debes estar al pendiente y ser sutil con un ritmo lento, su complejidad hace difÃcil pensar en el maridaje ideal, un vaso de agua simple es lo que recomiendo. Quizá lo mejor es que tras terminar la fumada, el sabor sigue evolucionando en el paladar,. Gran tabaco,
Pipe Used:
Chacom
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking pipes
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