Cornell & Diehl Bayou Morning

While I enjoyed this blend, I did not see it distinct enough in a crowded VaPer field. The blend smokes well and has fine flavor. It burns well. It is a "me-too" blend in the VaPer world.

Very smooth, tangy & peppery smoke. Great flavor for entire bowl. Full bodied and a medium-high nicotine content. Tin note was of BBQ sauce. Satisfying and relaxing.

Smoked it once and was charmed. Picked up some more to go deeper, and became convinced that for my tastes this was too much ("morning" does not always indicate mild). A deceptively strong VaPer, but with the competition of Escudo Navy Deluxe and St. James Flake, I don't think I'll return to this admittedly worthy tobacco.

ORIGINAL REVIEW 10-29-2015

I received a pretty good sample of this from a forum friend and liked it. I did not like it as much as I did the bayou morning flake as I enjoyed the added sweetness that one delivered with the stoved vas. This one is more on the earthy side of the Virginia sweetness, but does not fall full into the burley tasting vas that C & D seems to often deliver. Still this will not give off much grassy or citrus tones, but still delivers a good amount of sweetness.

The amount of perique seems to be spot on to my tastes. This is good for C & D who occasionally gets a little heavy handed with the stuff. I would say that this could be a great all day type vaper. I liked it, but did not love it. Still I will reorder and might possibly revisit this review at a later time.

UPDATE 4-29-2019

Some time passed after the original review and on one of those "all C&D Bulk 25% off" type sales occasionally run by SP, I ordered 4 ounces of this. I split this into two jars. I opened one after 2 yrs aging and it was substantially better than the sample I had in 2015. Every bowl was tasty, the Virginia had much more sugary sweetness even though there was no signs of plume anywhere.

I only updated this to say that this has improved significantly to my tastes with just a little age. It will be interesting to see how the other jar fares with more age and I shall return to this review after I have had a chance to experience it. I still don't think this is a four star VaPer, so my three star rating remains. unchanged.

I have recently, the last six months, renewed my friendship with my pipe. Before this time I smoked it occasionally, due to smoking cigars, and then it was only aromatic tobacco. I have found that I love VaPer blends and this one is excellent. It is blended well and delivers good firm perique taste. If you like perique blends, try it.

This is my favorite VaPer by a long shot. Tin note: raisin bread. Moisture level: slightly damp - perfect for aging in a glass jar. A gorgeous medly of Virginias mixed generously with pungent perique. The most recent batch (8/2015) is beautiful, perhaps the nicest tobacco I've ever seen. Dry this stuff, then preen the larger chunks before packing. When properly prepared, you get an easy to smoke pipe with lasting sweet peppery flavor. Strength is respectable, certainly enough N to please most of us. Bayou Morning is free from annoying suggary additives and burns nice and cool. No tongue bite or chalky mouth. It's great fresh, which is a good thing because I haven't ben able to leave it on the shelf long enough to age it.

This was my first vaper blend. Also my first introduction to perique. This blend is very very good. There are sweet, creamy, and meaty/earthy notes throughout. The flavor is a little hard for me to describe. Smokey, creamy, spicy, but absolutely amazing. The flavor richly coats the pallet and can be tasted a good while after the smoke is complete. This blend has become at this time my go to blend. A large bowl of Bayou Morning after a good meal is icing on the cake.

Citrus, freshly cut grass, plus bread crust when to added heat. But then the Perique enters very suddenly and overrides all this notes. The perique content is too high for me therefore I rate it of two points. And also I felt that the BM taste and smell like a cigarette. PS: I have put the tin to aging. Hopefully BM would be mellow.

I was given a 4oz sample of this at the pipe show several years ago. In my true form I stuffed it in a jar and forgot about it. Some months later I found it and in the period of a week smoked the whole damned jar. My only problem I had forgotten the name of the tobacco. I met the vendor again at my B&M an he remembered me and the sample. He gave me two tins and I have had this in my rotation ever since. It is a very soft and mellow tobacco. I never dry here. Just stuff and puff. Lights fast with a wonderful char. Smokes like a dream. Great with morning coffee or afternoon snack.