McClelland Vanilla Black Cavendish

Being not too big of a fan of straight Cavendish blends, This was kind of set to fail. So just my opinions, the taste was awful, and it did burn quite a bit. You can counteract this just by smoking slower, but just kind of ruins the point of such a light tobacco.

For the good parts. It does smell pretty good. Yeah.

...While not a Black Cavendish smoker for the most part, I decided to assess 10 different Black Cavendish tobaccos... the last time I smoked a BC tobacco was in 1978.

Overall, this is a very good tobacco...not as "goopy" overly sweet, or the heavy casings/toppings you normally see. Burn characteristics are quite good and the taste and aroma are first rate.

Of the 10 tobaccos I've tried, this would rank in the top 3. A bit more smoking over the next few weeks and I will update this review.

If you're a BC fan...this is a great one to consider. All my testing has been in a group 4-5 size pipe.

...a pipe is to be savored...

Simply put - This has been my favorite vanilla aromatic so far. No complaints at all. I want to sleep on a pillow full of this stuff!

This is a great blend for the novice pipe smoker. As one of the first flavored blends I had ever bought this one holds a place on my shelf to this day. It is a very sweet tobacco with strong vanilla flavoring that to me, was very pleasant to smoke. I had read somewhere that VBC tends to get stale and bitter after you've kept it around a while but I have never had this issue with it.

The room note is fantastic and the flavor kisses the tongue with every puff. There is no bite from this one and to me, it encompasses everything I imagined pipe smoking should be growing up. I will warn this one is VERY sweet. A dessert tobacco to be sure. I would certainly give this one a try. I love it.

If I only had VBC to smoke it would be allright with me. This Tobacco burns well, has good flavor and good tobacco quality. This is much better than BCA. This is very close to Midnight by Tinderbox with Midnight having a better smooth Cavendish Tobacco flavor. The price is good for the quality at paylesspipes.com.

Three stars and maybe four.

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After 45+ years of smoking a pipe, I have finally found the aromatic I have been looking for. It burns white ash to the bottom of the bowl, and the taste is constant from the beginning to the end. The taste to me is like Butterscotch and Vanilla, a truly pleasant mixture.

I personally really did not enjoy this tobacco at all. I found it almost sour tasting and I tried it out of multiple pipes. I will try blending and see what happens...

I love this stuff. I feel like I'm smoking vanilla ice cream. The flavor is a little bland,however. I could use heavier tobacco and vanilla flavoring,but definetly an aromatics dream!

UPDATE***

The more I let this stuff age the worse it gets. I just threw the remaining aside and if any one would like this last 2 OZ please let me know. It was very good at first but now with taste buds becoming stronger It feels like I am smoking vanilla flavored wood.

I ordered a few ounces of this based on the recommendations here. I love vanilla and am always looking for a new one to try. When I opened the bag, this about knocked me on my ass. It smells like candy in the pouch. Sadly, this aroma does not translate off the match. It is not bad, just so very mild that the vanilla does not come through on the room note or taste. This is very pleasant smoke. Nothing offensive about it at all. It burns very clean for such a very dark cavendish. I agree this would be a great blending ingredient with say, a good, rich burley. I don't think I would buy much of this to smoke just on its own. But if you like aromatics and want to know what "just" vanilla is like, this is a good choice.