Super Value Vanilla Cavendish

An OTC cheapo is the fare for the day by default. From Dream Castle Tobacco, manufactured by Sutliff, I present Super Value Vanilla Cavendish. Okay so I didn’t have much opportunity this week to exert much energy on as new blend review per say, so you get what you get. Vanilla Cavendish is budget bulk-packaged ribbon cut mixture consisting of 100% assorted varietal Cavendish lightly dressed in a sweet vanilla topping or as they would have you believe. Actually, it stands as a fairly respectable looking jumble of warm brown and cocoa strands. This wetter tobacco emits a somewhat feeble pouch nose, however, of passive vanilla mist, diluted cocoa, and a dominant punchy cigarette-like mélange of sweet Burley wood/tarty Virginian affluence.

First let me state this again, this particular blending is a budget-centered offering, so set your expectations accordingly. Now I don’t want to necessarily say that smoking this blend is close to a bowl of unflavored Cavendish but that would a fair comparison honestly. This incredibly mild mixture is significantly light in body with an overall taste profile that is essentially a tedious indulgence a weakened sugary air.

Specifically, the vanilla in itself is more a C- grade impression than it is a recognizable note. Calling the coating an actual registration is somewhat generous to be frank. It tenders more as a vague sweetness that is illusory in nature rather than a clean pop of classic vanilla that one should expect. As to the native influence not much happening there either. Aside from a fragile tinge of non-commotional tartness, earthy zest, and indistinct wood-like subtlety, the Cavendish’s inexplicit magnitude is fairly bland in persona and shrilling impact. In sum an uneventful undertaking lacking distinguishable taste unfortunately.

On a positive word, very nice mechanical features overall despite a bit of harshness in the texture and mouth feel. Vanilla Cavendish possesses a very smoky character, endowing a rich stream of dense gray pillowy smoke vapor. The room note is so relaxed and unobtrusive that I could easily deem this candidly tolerable to most onlookers. It burns reasonably tight and cool with a low level of nicotine residuals. Perhaps a good starter blend for newbies. As for me I use it primarily as mixer in a few “Jim-originated” concoctions which really helps to level out the convergence of different taste streams while adding more body to the smoke overall mix. You may love this stuff and if you do, then hey, ignore me and enjoy until your hearts content. Russ, I don’t think a trip to the Smokies will progress my assessment of this one, however. 1.5 Pipes

I would consider Super Value to be the standard when it comes to my experience with pouch blends. Not great but not bad. Tin note (or pouch in this case) presents only what appears to be a damp tobacco scent. The only vanilla I detect is in the room note and after aroma. Better than nothing if you’re in a pinch or on a budget but there are much better vanilla aros out there that are worth spending a couple bucks more on, Sutliff Panna Cotta being one of them.

I prefer this to S.Pride Vanilla. In my opinion, quite frankly, it's a better smelling, tasting, and smoking product (once dried for a day), in the marginal example of 2 bags that I have compared. I rarely smoke this independently, using it mainly as a blender. In saying that, when I do, I get an approving yet "mehh" nod from Maestro da Nares. I probably use it with their Peach and Cherry blends the most often (they seem to help each other), but sometimes their Chocolate.

Super Value - Vanilla Cavendish.

The name of this blend would serve well as a review!

A fairly coarse mixture of brown Cavendish ribbons. It has as potent aromatic aroma and very good hydration.

The smoke? Nice enough, but just another of the ubiquitous vanilla aromatics; sweet tasting Cavendish with quite a heavy addition of vanilla. So, that means there isn't much to deliberate on! Mechanically it does ok, slow burning at a steady rate. The only problems I find are that it can be a little warm, and I get a touch of bite.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: pleasant.

Super Value Vanilla Cavendish? To be fair it's an ok smoke, but like I said, it's just ANOTHER vanilla aromatic. Somewhat recommended:

Two stars.

What can I say...just some very ordinary vanilla flavor over some ordinary tobacco...nothing really special here....added this to my ":All Things Vanillia" jar. Maybe if you had a good burly to mix this with you may have something better!

Dry it first, or you will end up with some serious goop in your bowl. good taste. awesome room note. very good smoke on a budget.

This Dream Castle concoction was not quite the vanilla that I've been dreaming of. Like a double-edged sword, this tobacco cuts both ways: through the full, round flavor of vanilla, the familiar fist of tongue-bite is more than ready to T.K.O. an unsuspecting smoker.

As I have rolled the dice at the high stake of $2, I am duty bound to devise a use for these saturated candy leaves. Might be worth experimenting with drying the tobacco and blending it with a benign drugstore blend such as Carter Hall.

Either that, or I could make the wiser decision of fleeing the hot-burning scene of that "briar crime" so that my palate may live to taste another day.

In summation, the pouch is perhaps good for two bowls and the remainder may be prominently displayed amongst your tobacco collection as a cautionary tale for you and your posterity.

Super Value Vanilla Cavendish...very inexpensive, smells quite strongly of brown sugar with a good bit of vanilla in the bag, as does the room note when smoking; I must tell you it has a great, very agreeable room note with nice traces of the leaf showing up. It tastes mostly like a Virginia and Burley blend, nutty and tangy, with only quite small amounts of the aroma translating to taste. Body on the smoke is quite thin,which would be downright airy, were it not for the PG. Nicotine is detectable but mild for most smokers and probably undetectable to some. It burns cool, for the blend type it is, and I would recommend long, slow draws every 5 to 10 seconds. It's not bad and will definitely see use when I'm not particular as to what to smoke. Again, don't expect a lot of vanilla in the taste, smoke it in a cob and it does the job. Somewhat recommended because it burns decent, doesn't taste too cheap, smells great and is dirt cheap. Like with all tobaccos, one must form their own opinion.

The flavor is very nice and sweet. It comes very wet with very heavy casings, so you have to let it dry out a bit when you get it. This was my first and favorite tobacco for quite some time until I got into English tobaccos, and then later discovered high quality aromatics (Boswells). I brought this down to 2 stars as my expectations of aromatic tobaccos has increased. I ended up giving this stuff away for free.