Cornell & Diehl Bayou Morning

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 purchased this item as the reviews here led me to believe I would really like it. Unfortunately, this did not turn out to be the case - now I did not abhor it - its just that to me it did not match up to the fanfare it has received. I've consumed an ounce so far and tried it straight out of the tin and after leaving it to dry for 30 or so minutes and although it was somewhat better after some drying the large component of perique was a tad too much as I never was able to discover the sweetness of the virginia's I had hoped to find. That said, the tobacco was not entirely one dimensional but the dimensions seemed limited to perique and not perique. The burn was very good - easy to light and easy to keep lit with a light gray ash and zero goop at bowls end. However, I found I really had to be careful not to increase my rate and duration of each puff in a search for the virginia signature. If you simply cannot find another VaPer with enough Perique to satisfy you then by all means give this a try.

For a brief moment it is bright and citrusy. But that stops and the Perique enters like a thief in the night. Not for the faint of heart. The nicotine from the burley stewed in nicotine soup (Perique) is staggering. My heart fluttered a couple of times. Not in comfortable way.

To me, a strong VaPer, hitting all the right notes when that is what is wanted.

A little swampy smelling, and very earthy. If you like the peaty end of the spectrum, this may be for you.

One imagines a Bayou Morning filled with much swatting of varieties of mosquitos so often in fact it would prevent a man from really enjoying the pipe itself. Sadly were it the namesake Bayou Morning that he was smoking as the blend isn't bad at all.

The tin note is not extraordinarily fragrant as many of my favorite VA VA/perique blends are, but the Virginia and perique is unmistakable. The note is light, sweet, organic, and fun.

In the pipe and lit the flavor and balance is modestly balanced and the perique content lends to the sweet VA profile. All and all a pedestrian blend for me that is a decent smoke that doesn't fatigue the palate. I see no fireworks as this is not a complex blend but a fine smoke indeed.

I wanted to step out of my normal latka comfort zone and try something new, different. Bayou Morning fit the bill and then some. I ordered mine direct from our sponsor (golf clap)... Wow! The first impression upon opening the tin was very pleasent on notes of color, texture and scent. I removed a ribbon and aired it a bit while I cleard the harbor mouth and headed out into the channel. Centered in the traffic lane, I loaded up my 98 Nording Beaver and added heat. The first draw was pleasing and oh so very smooth. The second draw felt like I had a ball of velvety smoke in my mouth with an ever so slight nutty taste, ah a pleasure! The third draw hit me, like surfing down the face of a forty footer in a fource 7 gale. I could only hope to steer to the trough without broaching her. I had to set the pipe down. I was firm about picking it up again as soon as my head cleared, which took a full minute. But, alas, too much woman for me lads. Ill have to come back at her again when I return to port.

Salty Sailor

25% Perique. As the can says “not for the faint of heart”, and they are not wrong. This is an experience.

I’m predominantly a vaper smoker and picked this up to better understand what it is exactly that the perique brings to some of my favorite blends. The pepper of the perique dominates.

The idea that kept coming to mind is szechuan peppers, and how they offer more of a physical sensation and less of a flavor. This smoke does not have the same tingling sensation that szechuan peppers do but leaves the smoking experience with more of a feel than a taste, in a similar way.

Smoking it really drives home how connected our mouth is to our nose. Even with zero retrohaling the peppery sensation fills the nostrils. After getting acclimated to the pepper you can pick up some damp forrest notes on the palate.

A very dry and relatively cool smoke.

The tin note is faint. Has a faint dark fruit (raisin, fig, etc) scent that is quickly overtaken by the peppery smell.

I can only assume that is produced with the idea of it being a morning smoke. Maybe if you are the type of person that likes to hit the ground running with a teeth rattling alarm and a cold shower this would be a morning smoke.

It is not bad, it’s just different. Leaves no aftertaste. I can see myself smoking this from time to time but I will probably end up cutting it with a something like OGS most of the times I reach for the can.

If tobacco has the concept of male and female, then this is male and St. James Flake is female, although there is a little vinegar here, but not enough to change the force, Prairie Wind does a good job of this, Enough vinegar weakens the tobacco's alkalinity.

I will say that these two rooms notes are not as good as St. James Flake, and smelly socks smell is something you have to tolerate