G. L. Pease Piccadilly
(3.12)
Picadilly is a provocative blend of several Virginia tobaccos, delicately spiced with latakia, and finished with Louisiana perique. The alluring flavor is revealed in layers throughout the smoke. It's lighter and sweeter than the others, but still rich, with hints of cinnamon and citrus. A perfect "English Breakfast Mixture."
Notes: Piccadilly was released in March, 2003
Details
| Brand | G. L. Pease |
| Series | Classic Collection |
| Blended By | Gregory Pease |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Latakia, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.12 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 17, 2004 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
Piccadilly is an intriguing tobacco. Mostly bright Va?s with flecks of darker leaf here and there. I found a mixture of ribbon and fine cut pieces.
According to the tin, some of those dark flecks were Latakia. The tin aroma suggested Latakia. The flavor was more like an essence of Latakia. If you are considering this blend, but are put off by the idea of Latakia, don?t let that stop you. After the charring light, you may not even remember it?s there, because it stays well into the background providing a low-note base for the Virginias.
The Perique is ever-present, but well in the background. The Va leaf is most definitely the star of this show. The complexity of the Va is simply amazing. Every puff brings a new taste sensation. Subtle sweetness is intermingled with citrus-like nuances in a way that keeps you looking forward to the next puff.
Piccadilly burns well right to the bottom of the bowl, and in my most unforgiving briar I only had to use a pipe cleaner on a few rare occasions. As you reach the bottom, the Perique pops out for a little finale.
I tried DGT with Piccadilly a few times, ranging from 2 to 12 hours. At lower DGT times the overall flavor picks up a notch, and at 12 hours the Va becomes much bolder, but at the expense of the subtleties.
If it were possible to pull me away from my full English, Latakia-laden blends like Raven's Wing and convert me to Va?s on a regular basis, Piccadilly would be the best candidate for the task. While I appreciate the flavors the and superior qualities of this blend, it will not be something I smoke regularly. Based upon the rating criteria we use here, I have to give this blend only two stars, because I very well might try it again ? but I will not keep this wonderful blend on hand. It just isn?t the style I prefer. So, two stars ? but one of the finest two-star tobaccos you?ll ever run across.
According to the tin, some of those dark flecks were Latakia. The tin aroma suggested Latakia. The flavor was more like an essence of Latakia. If you are considering this blend, but are put off by the idea of Latakia, don?t let that stop you. After the charring light, you may not even remember it?s there, because it stays well into the background providing a low-note base for the Virginias.
The Perique is ever-present, but well in the background. The Va leaf is most definitely the star of this show. The complexity of the Va is simply amazing. Every puff brings a new taste sensation. Subtle sweetness is intermingled with citrus-like nuances in a way that keeps you looking forward to the next puff.
Piccadilly burns well right to the bottom of the bowl, and in my most unforgiving briar I only had to use a pipe cleaner on a few rare occasions. As you reach the bottom, the Perique pops out for a little finale.
I tried DGT with Piccadilly a few times, ranging from 2 to 12 hours. At lower DGT times the overall flavor picks up a notch, and at 12 hours the Va becomes much bolder, but at the expense of the subtleties.
If it were possible to pull me away from my full English, Latakia-laden blends like Raven's Wing and convert me to Va?s on a regular basis, Piccadilly would be the best candidate for the task. While I appreciate the flavors the and superior qualities of this blend, it will not be something I smoke regularly. Based upon the rating criteria we use here, I have to give this blend only two stars, because I very well might try it again ? but I will not keep this wonderful blend on hand. It just isn?t the style I prefer. So, two stars ? but one of the finest two-star tobaccos you?ll ever run across.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 12, 2004 | Mild | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I've been a fan of Dunhill's Early Morning for years. Now after alternating several half-pounds of Early Morning and Picadilly in my morning rotation, I've settled on Picadilly as my favorite. It's mild in strength, but delivers a rich, complex medley of flavors--never predictable, always offering some interesting new nuances.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 21, 2003 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
Piccadilly, for me, is a very light smoke with a neutral, nearly tasteless base, overweighted sometimes with Perique and other times with a bitter edge that I took to be Orientals. Since no Orientals are listed in the ingredients, I am at a loss to explain the bitter edge that comes and goes as you make your way down the bowl. Piccadilly smokes well, to a fine, dry, gray-and-white ash. It just doesn't do much for me. I can think of any number of other "breakfast blends" that I prefer. This blend may improve with aging (my tin is about six months old), but it doesn't strike me now as on a par with Greg Pease's best work, which I take to be Renaissance, Cairo, and Caravan.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 25, 2003 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I am a relative newbie at various tobaccos, so take this review with a grain of salt.
I was wanting to try a light English blend, in order to diversify from the stoved Virginia flakes I normally smoke. I was given a sample packet of Picadilly to try. My first bowl was lovely, and subsequent bowls have been equally good. A light, mild tobacco, with a nice citrus taste on the tongue. Refreshing is a word that comes to mind. I'm typically not a lover of latakia, but this was very nice. I like the way you can taste the various ribbons of tobacco fire up. The tin notes say this is a good morning tobacco, and I concur. I can see this becoming part of my regular rotation. I recommend this particularly for VA smokers looking to expand their horizons.
I was wanting to try a light English blend, in order to diversify from the stoved Virginia flakes I normally smoke. I was given a sample packet of Picadilly to try. My first bowl was lovely, and subsequent bowls have been equally good. A light, mild tobacco, with a nice citrus taste on the tongue. Refreshing is a word that comes to mind. I'm typically not a lover of latakia, but this was very nice. I like the way you can taste the various ribbons of tobacco fire up. The tin notes say this is a good morning tobacco, and I concur. I can see this becoming part of my regular rotation. I recommend this particularly for VA smokers looking to expand their horizons.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 23, 2024 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
What a wonderfully balanced English blend. Medium in strength, it could be a morning smoke, but i prefer it on the evening, and fresh over aged. It doesn't sway too far in any direction, swimming the English seas without going too deep. Though I would not call this blend shallow. The fresh tin note is akin to sitting around a late-night dying down pine and cedarwood campfire within a fall orchard, where much of the fruit is a memory, but a faint fruit and pepper jam redolence breaks through now and then. The smoke is flavorful, earthy and rich but dry, with a consistent virginia subnote of sweetness. The bulk of the bowl brings a tasty and consistent smoke; rather than picking the flavors of each component out of the smoke and retro, the parts add up to something more then the sum of their individual notes. A cedarwood aroma melds with a smokey, earthly fullness that lasts through the whole bowl and is the most forward and discernable flavor. There is a whisper of smoked clove, mellow white pepper, and ceylon cinnamon. This is no lofty byzantian blend aimed at pleasing the palates of debutants light-mindedly lounging in a study with rumps upon puffy leather chairs; $900 pipes in palms. No. This is a working man's English. Hardy without pretense, subdued but not tame. Simple though not pedestrian or plain.
All in all, I recommend this for just about any pipe smoker, but especially for folks who want to dive into the English channel, without a laboriously labyrinthine swim in the darker waters of the English soul - which this may well lead to, but even so, you'll find yourself visiting Piccadilly quite often in any case.
All in all, I recommend this for just about any pipe smoker, but especially for folks who want to dive into the English channel, without a laboriously labyrinthine swim in the darker waters of the English soul - which this may well lead to, but even so, you'll find yourself visiting Piccadilly quite often in any case.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Christmas, Chacom Jazz, cob.
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh and three-year.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 09, 2024 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I opened this tin with about a year of aging, and was greeted by notes of sweet bread, the really distinctive and incredibly inviting G.L. Pease/C&D Red Virginia odor. The ribbon cut is easy to pack and smokes very cool. This is certainly a great morning blend to have next to a cup of coffee. The smoke is predominantly Red Virginia flavours, that sweet bread makes it appearances most distinctively over everything else, but there are more dimensions offered such as woody, grassy, earthy; clearly owning themselves to the variety of leaves in here. The Latakia is hard to detect, more of the salt on your eggs opposed to something in a heavy proportion. It becomes more noticeable towards the middle-end of the bowl. The Perique takes a far backseat, but is very detectable in a retrohale where it blends nicely with the sweetness of the Virginias. Overall, this is a highly enjoyable blend, but it won't be making my list of favourites — 3/4
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 11, 2022 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Tin notes of mildly smoky, sweet wine, and resin like spice. The tobacco is a ribbon cut and has a small amount of tan, a moderate amount brown-red and small amount of black. Tobacco is moist, so no drying needed. Burns is normal with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and consistent with notes of lemon grass, tart fruit, raisin bread, earth, slight smoky wood, slightly floral, and a peppery retro. The Virginias are leading with Perique and Latakia supporting harmoniously. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used:
2013 J.M. Boswell Poker
Age When Smoked:
7 years
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