Borkum Riff Black Cavendish
(1.92)
Rich and powerfully masculine with an elegance and seriousness that entirely befits its status as a premium quality tobacco, Borkum Riff Black Cavendish is an intensely aromatic mix of dark Kentucky and burley tobacco with a touch of choice bright Virginia leaves. The blend is heavily fermented to give a full-flavoured, cool smoke with an intense, gratifying aroma enhanced with hints of truffle, nougat and nuts.
Notes: Package States: "The Black Cavendish recipe consist of 50% Black Cavendish from Argentina and India mixed with ripe Virginias from Africa, Brazil and India. Flavoring: A hint of Prune and Plum."
Details
| Brand | Borkum Riff |
| Blended By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Manufactured By | Skandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Kentucky |
| Flavoring | Nougat, Nuts / Beans, Other / Misc |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch, 250 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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1.92 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 20 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 04, 2012 | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable to Strong |
I decided I'll be the smart one. It cannot be that bad as all reviewers say, everyone must get this tobacco wrong. I tried the slow way, the fast way, 4 different pipes, with and without filter. Still always the same results: It's very hard to get lit. If you smoke it slow, even some taste is noticeable, but needs permanent relight. By permanent I mean you need to have a match or lighter burning at all times on top to make it stay alive. It acts angry on relights, giving a burning rubber sandal aroma. If you smoke it any faster the taste turns to bite and bad smoke, sandals creeping up your mouth too. It does not burn evenly even in case of extra care. I also tried to mix it 50-50% with some very nice other brand hoping to help it stay alive, but no luck, this little bastard still need relights, and kills the good one completely.
As you might guess I don't recommend this under any circumstances, maybe under war conditions only. It just doesn't worth money, spend it on a stick of gum and you'll do a better business.
As you might guess I don't recommend this under any circumstances, maybe under war conditions only. It just doesn't worth money, spend it on a stick of gum and you'll do a better business.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 20, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I decided to give another risky try to a cheap pipe tobacco, and again I made myself to the common belief that the cheap tobaccos are a piece of crap! Even with briar pipes, it still continued to smoke like fire, furthermore the taste was awful. Highly not recommend!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 06, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
This stuff is fair-poor at best. I don't mind the dryness of the tobacco or the room note and the flavor is not bad at very first. But if you have to relight it becomes the most horrible tasting stuff ever. I can't describe how bad it is. Maybe you'll get lucky with no relights. But I never have. Would not buy this again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 19, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
This is the worst of the BR blends. The pouch fragrance smells like a compost heap fermenting. It tastes as though sweaty gym socks were used in lieu of tobacco. It's horrible stuff.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 13, 2010 | Extremely Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
If you like alot of tongue bite go with this blend, or if you like a nice tin aroma this is for you
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 24, 2010 | Extremely Mild | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Very Pleasant |
Despite being one of the best casing aroma I have ever smelled, this mixture has no detetctable taste and is very hard to keep lit despite the fair proportion of light coloured leaf.
It is not powerfully masculine despite the Kentucky.
It is not powerfully masculine despite the Kentucky.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 13, 2010 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
This was my first try at smoking a pipe. I relished the Cavendish blend that my friend had bought in the states, and decided I wanted my apartment to smell the same. While the aroma was similar, and not in whole unpleasant, I could find no way to smoke it without leaving my tongue in misery for four days, and the smoke was always bitter to me. I even had my friend pack it because I assumed that I was doing it wrong. I gave it 5 tries over two months, and ended up tossing the lot. There are better tobaccos out there, and I would rather not smoke than try this again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 25, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
Tobacco is vey hard and dry. Aroma is ok. Burns hot, delivers litlle flavor IMO. Did not like it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 17, 2006 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Rather plain and boring, not awful but it turned bitter halfway through the bowl, as some cheap aromatics sometimes do. There are so many good and decent aromatics out there do not limit yourself to this.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 12, 2006 | Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium | Extra Strong |
Well, the first time I saw this tobacco I wanted to try it, but at the time I saw it on store, I had a previous recomendation, so I didn't buy this blend for 4 months (totaly forgot) a few days ago however, to my surprize, I found this blend, and so, my expectations were high indeed. From reading the Title description I was expecting to feel a real tobacco and the aroma, it was self intitled as black, so a serious tobacco. The nougat, truffle and the nuts made me think of a Nordic tobacco, heavy and full of flavour, I was mistaken, this tobacco is packing away with nicotine, making it almost poison (3 bowls and you pass out), about the flavour, the doping on the tobacco produced a very unpleasent flavour, (some may enjoy it), and about the smoke it was a tongue torture, if you light it well , you'll have your tongue itching and soaring in no time. Still have the tobacco, smoked about 40 g of it, an experience I don't advise anyone to.
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