Cornell & Diehl Bayou Morning Flake

(3.07)
A Virginia/perique lover's delight! The folks at C&D start with old belt red Virginias, add 25% perique and press the whole thing before slicing it into Bayou Morning Flake.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By Bob Runowski
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Virginia/Perique
Contents Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Broken Flake
Packaging 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium to Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.07 / 4
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5

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 14, 2015 Very Strong None Detected Very Full Tolerable
I bought a half pound of this delicacy, not sure if I would enjoy *that* much Perique. When I opened the tin the scent was delicious and complex. Every time I loaded my pipe I had to pause to enjoy the scent. It was easy to light a lightly rubbed out flake, and it stayed lit. The taste reminded me of plum pudding. I used to have a problem enjoying Virginia because I didn't know how to smoke it. That lesson having been learned by smoking several pounds of SG Full Virginia Flake, now I can smoke these blends without any bite. This blend, in particular, has absolutely no bite. The nicotine content was very high, so I normally smoke this one in a smaller bowl. I was sad to get to the bottom of the tin, and ordered more. This stuff is amazing!
Pipe Used: Peterson 302,303,313,314, Nording freehand
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 07, 2014 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium Tolerable
I really like this one. A great strong Vaper for the seasoned Vaper or Perique lover. The perique is pervasive, but not overwhelming as the stoved Vas are there adding their cider like sweetness to the mix. It is tasty and strong. They must like them strong on the bayou if this is how they choose to start their day.

Characteristic to C & D, the flakes are thick, but this does not bother me. It takes a little to get it going, but once lit it stays that way. Looking back on my notes I noted how I had four bowls of this in one day back in October and all were fantastic. This leads me to believe that this would also make a great all day smoke. It is not often you can say that about a nic heavy blend.

Another hit by C & D IMO
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 01, 2017 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
This is similar to Bayou Morning without the addition of any bright Virginia. There is plenty of fruit and plum coming from the red Virginia with a high sugar content. It offers some earthy notes too. Waves of spice join in from the 25% perique. I get both red and black pepper through the nose. This flake has a pretty potent nicotine hit! A fresh tin will show some harshness and lack of balance halfway through the bowl but finishes strong. I've smoked this in briars and corn cobs but had my best bowl in a meerschaum.

I recently opened a tin from 2004. Bayou Morning Flake with over a decade of age on it will remind you why you smoke a pipe. The Virginia and perique are completely married and any rough notes are gone. The strength has mellowed and the flavor has sweetened with more pronounced fruit notes. One of the best smokes I've ever had!
Age When Smoked: 1 to 13 years aged
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 26, 2012 Medium to Strong Very Mild Full Tolerable
Bayou Morning Flake is the quintessential morning smoke for the vaper lover. The red stoved VA offers a wonderful mellow sweetness, with the Perique providing some spiciness and strength. I find that this blend needs some moisture, else the strength will knock you of your chair. This is my go-to morning smoke, never failing to deliver that deep & tasty smoking experience.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 30, 2007 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable
First off, if you are a smoker of stoved va.s, or va/per blends, and you do not like this flake, you need to clean your pipe or something. The tin aroma is a little like a McClelland without the ketchup smell, with just a whiff of perique. If I'd had even the slightest of stuffy nose, I would never have caught the perique in the tin aroma. It smells predominately of stoved dark virginia, and it smells delicious.

Now, this flake is not the easiest to rub out. It is a thick broken flake, and my sample tended toward the leathery in consistency; a bit like an extra thick slice of Gawith flake. But lighting it was no problem. Thick clouds of smoke immediately billowed forth, gradually settling down to a nice, comforting stream of that familiar va/per aroma. The flake exhibited no tendency to bite; A+.

I smoked this in a nice sized Oom Paul, so I expected that it would be a troublesome affair keeping it lit. But, the tobacco continued burning with no problem, requiring only one relight toward the bottom of the deep bowl. I liked this flake. The pipe aroma was inoffensive; rather more pleasant the the acrid smell I am accustomed to with other va/per blends.

The flavor of this tobacco was that of a very high quality stoved va. with undercurrents (that's undercurrents, not undertones-like a river of...) of the best perique I have ever experienced. The perique, while by no means subdued, managed to provide a generous peppery texture to the va. without being overbearing. The perique used in this flake tended to make me think more of hues and textures than flavors. And that's a good thing; means it's working on several levels of my senses of smell and taste. The flavor was warm and seductive, like a woman from a far off exotic land. The sidestream smoke tickled my nostrils like a musky perfume.

For any fans of va/per, especially flakes, give this a try. If you are looking for a daily smoke that gets you by without a lot of effort, put it away for special ocassions. This tobacco should only be smoked if you have the time to truly appreciate it.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 08, 2021 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
Although I haven't tried all 2,346 blends Cornell and Diehl produces, I would venture to say that this is their best. Sure, they have a lot of good blends, but this one is unlike many blends on the market. It is a Vaper with both flavor and gusto, not to mention a ton of perique. The high amount of perique brings out some wonderful darker notes without detracting from the Virginias. I'll repeat that oft-repeated truth about perique: after some threshold percentage in a blend, perique goes from being spicy and conspicuous to rich and nuanced with a subtle flavor profile all its own. Plums and figs often abound, at least in the tin note, and it lends the Virginias a lovely ripeness. This is what this blend is about, no question, and it works very well.

What you get is synergy here - this blend is more than the sum of its parts - neither Virginias nor perique subordinate the other, but they form an amalgamation that is quite delicious and completely its own thing. It's strong and fully flavored, but balanced - from sweet to sour, from spicy to smooth, there is a yin for every yang, which makes this blend tireless. I've been primed enough by the labeling to not only smoke this in the morning, but smoke this every morning. I cannot imagine starting my day without it - as soon as I open my eyes I think: coffee, Bayou.

Oh, the tin aroma is unique too, not unlike a musty barn: hay, manure, equal parts acrid and sweet. (My wife thinks it smells like horses, but I'm a city-slicker, so I cannot attest.) And yes, FIGS. The real kind.

And yes, the flake is better than the ribbon. Better behaved, better tasting, and ages better. Although it is excellent fresh - preferable to me, actually - like a well structured Bordeaux that stays sturdy and balanced after a decade, you can squirrel this away confidently; it will repay with dividends.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 06, 2020 Strong None Detected Medium Tolerable
Opening the tin brought out an intense smell of apricots and stewed plum, some little hay and some mustiness. I knew I'd like it as I haven't come across a VaPer I didn't like. Perhaps I was looking forward to the change as I've been VaPer-less for about a month.

The cut is thick broken flake pieces which break apart very easily and are not sticky at all, unlike some European flakes.

Takes light easily, and didn't need a relight until the heel, no moisture in the pipe either so ready to smoke immediately.

The taste is strong, strong pepper in fact, particularly on the retrohale, and semi sweet. The plums and apricots show up every couple of puffs, the mustiness thankfully does not. There's more pepper than spice here, as expected with 25% Perique, but it is great for my tastes. Stays very consistent throughout the bowl, and very pleasurable. This is not DLNRs, this is its young, strong, loud American nephew. A bit rougher around the edges but an overall great guy to hang out with.

For me this is a 4 star product, as although my first love after Latakia were Dunhill DLNRs and Solani 633, I often wished they had some punch. Well this packs the N punch for sure, and doesn't lack in flavour. Some may be put off by its strength but this is my review, so highly recommended.
PurchasedFrom: Smoking pipes
Age When Smoked: 11 months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 04, 2020 Medium to Strong Very Mild Medium to Full Tolerable
C&D’s Bayou Morning Flake is the strongest and most full VA/Per I’ve smoked, just nipping GLP’s Fillmore at the wire. In the tin one finds red-ish brown and darker brown well-broken flakes that smell like a musty version the premium Corsicana, TX fruitcake that we always keep in the house over the Holidays . My tin is dated 08-12-18, so it has had a chance to age, and sitting in its ‘re-sealed” tin after opening it has also helped the best of this fine blend to blossom. I load it loosely in a #4 VA/Per briar and it lights and smokes down without a hitch. The sour, slightly musty Perique dominates, smelling and tasting like truffle with spices that are more of the intense, exotic bakery variety than pepper, however, there is some cayenne and some paprika melded with the baking spices. Either the red VAs are air cured or they are lightly stoved, or they are a blend. They are like moist , bready, fermenting barley, along with dark fruit leather beneath, and they are well chosen as a complement for this Perique-rich blend. The lot both smells and tastes bready, yeasty, musty, sour, and surprisingly sweet for red VA. Strength develops to medium and heads on to strong. Tastes develop over ½ a bowl to full the way I smoke it. Room note is tolerable. Aftertaste is a lingering best of the smoke.

Bayou Morning Flake is an easy smoke for me, and an easy 4 stars. But then, I am a geezer and a codger, as well, so YMMV. Though anyone who’s careful might smoke and enjoy this blend I guess it’s best suited to experienced Perique lovers. I’m pretty confident predicting time will make this blend even better, aged in tins and jars, alike.
Pipe Used: VA/Per briars
PurchasedFrom: Liberty Tobacco
Age When Smoked: 1 year, 4 months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 25, 2019 Medium None Detected Medium Unnoticeable
I bought this one a few months ago and have smoked it on and off. It has a wonderful musty worm dirt tin note, nice dark/medium brown broken flake. I was expecting an actual flake hence the name but instead it was course ribbon like tobacco. A little moist in the tin at the time but has dried out a little bit this past month. I did not jar this. This smokes fantastic but at times does lose some of the sweetness around half the bowl down. The Perique and Virginia in this one is excellent. Wish I had a campfire to sit around while smoking this one. I do like this one better than the Bayou Morning ribbon that I have smoked. A definite try in my book, especially if you like Perique. I did not find this too strong in the nic department either. I am seriously thinking about buying more. The tin date on this one was 082018.
Pipe Used: Altinay Meerschaum Poker
Age When Smoked: 1 year
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 02, 2019 Very Strong None Detected Full Tolerable
FLAKE is written on the package,but the cut is a broken flake, wtf? ok.. no matters,it's not the first time that happens ,with other brands too.

The smell of tobacco is intense, Virginia has a sweet scent and reminiscent of dried fruit and sweet cocoa, very pleasant! The whole is well balanced by perique that gives it a pungent note. In pipe the smoke is full-bodied ! the two tobaccos are well blended, but it is very easy to recognize both of them (Perique 25% !). I liked it a lot, because in my opinion the tobaccos used for this Bayou Morning are of the highest quality and i love blend that have full body and rich aroma like this one. For now it's my favorite VaPe, recommended! To smoke at least once. Bravi!
Pipe Used: Mastro Grandolfo briar pipe
PurchasedFrom: Dubini shop, Chiasso - Switzerland
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