Super Value Natural Cavendish

Super Value - Natural Cavendish.

For the past few months I've had Sundays as my aromatic day. So, after a few morning bowls of Charatan Victorian Mixture (1: I love it, 2: I'm reviewing it for a UK store) I loaded up with this.

The ribbons are quite coarse, a mixture of different shades of brown, nicely hydrated, with a slightly sweet aroma.

The flavour from Natural Cavendish is perfectly inoffensive, although somewhat boring; honey-sweet Cavendish. Nothing to make a fuss about but nothing to moan about. It's the physical attributes which let it down. 1: it burns hot. 2: it bites bad. If it weren't for these points it would have been a relaxing Sunday aromatic. On the plus side once lit it requires very little maintenance.

Nicotine: not much. Room-note: fairly pleasant.

Natural Cavendish? Sadly the mechanics let it down. Somewhat recommended:

Two stars.

This lacks flavor but has plenty of moisture. I believe this is the most bland tobacco I have ever tried. This might make an introductory blend but only if the expectations were very low.

10-05-2021 I tried this again. Good flavor, but very moist from the pouch. Required numerous delights. Drying would help greatly. Could be an all day smoke.

Not a great tobacco, but Not THAT bad, either. Way too moist due to the PG. Doesn't seem to bite. So, dry it out (considerably) and add some Perique, and its smokeable.

This is some really bizzare tobacco. I get a free sampler of this every time I order up a few pounds from pipesandcigars.com and I tried it yesterday for the first time. It's like smoking....nothing. It has no taste hardly at all, no nicotine whatsoever. If it weren't for the smoke coming out of my mouth I'd say the pipe went out LOL. If you really stoke the pipe and get it hot it kind of burns your mouth and nose, but goes away quickly leaving no nicotine buzz. If you want to smoke all day long this may be your bacca, but it's not for me. I like a good tasting tobacco, latakia, virginia, even a mild aromatic is better than 'nothing'. On the flip side, if you have a blend that is too strong in taste or nicotine, or perhaps too heavily cased, this stuff would be a fantastic blending tobacco to thin out other tobacco. I didn't know what a mild tobacco was until I tried this, you should try it at least once. I have some extra if you want some!

Another of my forays into "budget" tobacco. It reminds me of a toned down version of Walgreen's Black and Burley. This is understandable, as the Super Value brand is blended by Altadis as are the Walgreen blends.

This is a very mild Cavendish cut Burley/Virginia, with a bit of toasted black Burley Cavendish added to it. It is mild with a bit of sweetness because of the toasted Cav. It burns surprisingly dry, but can burn a little hot, so sip gently on it.

The downside is that it has an ashy finish, and can bite pretty badly. That will keep it from being a regular for me. It is a commendable option if you are on a tight budget, or live in the middle of nowhere. Thank goodness for the internet!

Nice smooth tobacco. Builds a sweet note early in the bowl, and carries throughout. Surprisingly tasty. Definitely NOT a cigarette tobacco, although if you go to town on it, it's liable to get ashy and bland. Probably bite at you some. As a slow roller, it was fine to me. I put this EASILY on par with some non-aromatic OTC blends I've had. Honestly, some famous ones. Sugar barrelish. I smoked a couple bowls as is, and was very happy with my purchase. Admittedly I did let it air awhile, but not a ridiculous amount. Maybe 5 hours. I think a light application of simple sugar or honey was added as a top coat. I detect no cocoa, spices or molasses. Again, it's a surprisingly good smoke on it's on, but my main reason for purchase was as a blender. Within it's own brand "family", I like to blend the S.V. Cherry, Vanilla, and Buttered Rum with this Natural Cavendish in different ratios. I'll be quite honest, any of the above mixed with the Natural, or 1/4 of each of the above shaken together is a pretty darn good puff. I like a 50/50 mix too with plain black Cavendish as well.