Borkum Riff Black Cavendish

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.

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.

This is one of my favorite aeromatics to smoke on a regular basis. It is not too sweet and has a smooth full bodied characteristic. It can be one demensional at times and have you searching for the flavors it presents but it provides a nice a roma that I enjoy. Most aeromatics I have tried are very sweet and smoke wet, they also tend to bite often. I don't have that problem with this blend.

This blend is full bodied enough for me to smoke in a pipe that has been designated for English or Balkan blends. It has never ruined the taste of the English or Balkan blends I enjoy. I have actully smoked this and Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian in the same pipe and have had no problems with the flavors mixing and ruining the experience of the other blend.

I highly recommend this blend for seasoned smokers who want to have an aeromatic around for a change of pace or if they need an aeromatic because of non smokers being around.

If you like alot of tongue bite go with this blend, or if you like a nice tin aroma this is for you

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.

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.

Very nice pouch aroma, mostly truffles and what seems to be walnuts. There was not a lot of Black CA, it was more of a half and half composition.

The taste was borderline bland, the nicotine almost inexistant and this mixture is very hard to keep lit despite the fact that the leaf is rather on the dry side.

Too bad because the taste was of rich but not very sweet truffles..

Tobacco is vey hard and dry. Aroma is ok. Burns hot, delivers litlle flavor IMO. Did not like it.

This tobacco was extremely dry in the pouch and this is a good thing for me because this is how I prefer aromatics, the flavor is indeed masculine and elegant, not sweet or syrupy, the tobacco tastes mainly burley, also the tobacco leaf was not black similar to some American black Cavendish, but there is some golden and yellow Virginia in the mix, the burning is a little harsh in the beginning of the bowl but this can easily be adjusted with slow puffing, the fruity aroma is something like red fruits with dark caramel but it is not too sweet like other heavy aromatics, it is just well balanced, the nicotine delivery is fair and satisfying.

Overall, this tobacco did not disappointed me at all as I was expecting it to do, but I was rather pleased with the good quality of tobacco and the low sugar casing, I did not try all blends from this manufacturer but I found this one was good enough to make me finish my pouch and I would buy another pouch in the future without any reserve.

If you ever buy a pouch of this tobacco try to enjoy it for what it is before reading the negative reviews below, or at least try to forget what you have read and make your own judgment.