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
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3.07 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 61 - 70 of 98 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 03, 2019 | Medium to Strong | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
The presentation is rustic, and the flakes are broken. It's something I enjoy about Cornell & Diehl's flakes, as well as Gawith & Hoggarth's flakes as well.
The smell in the tin/jar is musty, sour, and kind of like some kind of dough, and there is hint of sweetness in the background.
This blend is strong, it's peppery, but don't let that scare you. It's an interesting blend. If you wonder what a lot of Perique can do to a blend, this is a good example. I feel like the Perique outshines the Virginia in this blend. The sweetness is there, but it's fighting the Perique's brashness. The Virginias in this blend are good, and even better with age. There are some dark fruit notes, some red wine notes, plum, raisin, and the mustiness and nuttiness that I detect from Perique. There is also a resinous, sour note that I get in this blend. It's almost like mint. There is a bit of the cereal and molassess note I get with Virginia blends, and some cinnamon notes develop, even some cocoa. Overall the taste is interesting because of the high Perique content.
The strength is strong, and the nicotine is high in this blend. I advise you to have a full stomach and maybe some water, or something sweet to drink while smoking this, unless you are a heavyweight. I never smoke on an empty stomach, and I did not find Peterson Irish Flake to be that strong. Bayou Morning Flake is strong.
I would recommend this to the person that like strong flakes and strong blends, even earthy blends, but not necessarily to the person that likes Virginia Perique blends. There is a lot of Perique, and it changes the character and expectation of the typical Virginia Perique blend's taste profile.
The smell in the tin/jar is musty, sour, and kind of like some kind of dough, and there is hint of sweetness in the background.
This blend is strong, it's peppery, but don't let that scare you. It's an interesting blend. If you wonder what a lot of Perique can do to a blend, this is a good example. I feel like the Perique outshines the Virginia in this blend. The sweetness is there, but it's fighting the Perique's brashness. The Virginias in this blend are good, and even better with age. There are some dark fruit notes, some red wine notes, plum, raisin, and the mustiness and nuttiness that I detect from Perique. There is also a resinous, sour note that I get in this blend. It's almost like mint. There is a bit of the cereal and molassess note I get with Virginia blends, and some cinnamon notes develop, even some cocoa. Overall the taste is interesting because of the high Perique content.
The strength is strong, and the nicotine is high in this blend. I advise you to have a full stomach and maybe some water, or something sweet to drink while smoking this, unless you are a heavyweight. I never smoke on an empty stomach, and I did not find Peterson Irish Flake to be that strong. Bayou Morning Flake is strong.
I would recommend this to the person that like strong flakes and strong blends, even earthy blends, but not necessarily to the person that likes Virginia Perique blends. There is a lot of Perique, and it changes the character and expectation of the typical Virginia Perique blend's taste profile.
Pipe Used:
bent apple,billiard,lovat,canadian,lumberman
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com, 4noggins.com
Age When Smoked:
fresh,~one year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 16, 2019 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
I really enjoy vapers as many do 1st off. I smoke every one I can get my pipe around and I would say I'm still searching for that perfect one. Almost all of them turn out to be a little weak or a little strong and bayou morning is in the latter category for me. I've come to enjoy tobaccos that are in the medium range. This one is good and well put together, but is a little bit overwhelming to be something I can smoke on a regular basis. I find that my tastes for blends change fairly drastically and it is really hard for me to find a blend that stays consistently good to my mouth and mind. It's weird, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. That said, I've come to understand what blend types should age really well and I'm hoping a few years down the road all the tins of bayou morning I've got stashed just might end up in that coveted #1 va/per spot. I will try to remember to update when that time comes.
PurchasedFrom:
P&c
Age When Smoked:
March 2018
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 23, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Cornell & Diehl's Bayou Morning is a good blend I especially like the high perique content that gives this blend a sharp spiciness that plays well with the Virginia's. I recommend this blend .
Pipe Used:
Kaywoodie Pear
PurchasedFrom:
pipes and cigars.com
Age When Smoked:
non aged
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Feb 07, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Perique is the star in this blend. Upon opening the tin, a deeply fermented aroma wafted up—akin to an aged maduro cigar with some perique funk. There is a slight ammonia aroma, but I think the smell derives from the mustiness of 25% perique and does not carry into the smoke.
At first light, the perique dominates. There is some spice, but the flavor profile of the perique differs from the other va/pers that I have tried. Here, the perique offers less dark fruit and spice flavor notes, and is more musty with a slight cucumber-esque crispness to the smoke. I wonder if this flavor profile has to do with the process in pressing the flake. The Virginias offer a good amount of sweetness that helps keep the blend from devolving into a perique-bomb. The flakes rub out easily and the moisture was near perfect to my standards, needing only a little time to dry out. Overall, Bayou Morning Flake is a decent va/per from C&D. That said, I enjoy G. L. Pease, Telegraph Hill much, much more.
At first light, the perique dominates. There is some spice, but the flavor profile of the perique differs from the other va/pers that I have tried. Here, the perique offers less dark fruit and spice flavor notes, and is more musty with a slight cucumber-esque crispness to the smoke. I wonder if this flavor profile has to do with the process in pressing the flake. The Virginias offer a good amount of sweetness that helps keep the blend from devolving into a perique-bomb. The flakes rub out easily and the moisture was near perfect to my standards, needing only a little time to dry out. Overall, Bayou Morning Flake is a decent va/per from C&D. That said, I enjoy G. L. Pease, Telegraph Hill much, much more.
Age When Smoked:
about a year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jul 21, 2017 | Overwhelming | None Detected | Full | Strong |
So I thought this tin of Picayune I had ruminating in the cellar would be the strongest smoke I'd ever get to...eventually (Picayune smokes were known in the old south to put hair on the chest back in the gap) but what could top this?!
I mean this was not a toby on my wishlist list...the same one I diligently update on here year to year-hoping against hope that 'she who does no wrong' might eventually look at it before father's day. And since we live very close to a Bayou she thinks it's gotta be good, I guess.
So this tin brought about many bouts of SVTs, and many episodes of nausea b4 I got it through my thick skull that this blend is way strong. Finally I read up and followed yalls lead, teeny tiny meer did the trick. By tins end I decided these Vas are actually cigarette tobacco, and very strong cigs at that! Seriously, once the perique softened due to aging while opened I distinctly smelled cigarette tobacco. Can't repeat what 'she who purchased it' refered to it as 🙁
It's too strong, end of story.
I mean this was not a toby on my wishlist list...the same one I diligently update on here year to year-hoping against hope that 'she who does no wrong' might eventually look at it before father's day. And since we live very close to a Bayou she thinks it's gotta be good, I guess.
So this tin brought about many bouts of SVTs, and many episodes of nausea b4 I got it through my thick skull that this blend is way strong. Finally I read up and followed yalls lead, teeny tiny meer did the trick. By tins end I decided these Vas are actually cigarette tobacco, and very strong cigs at that! Seriously, once the perique softened due to aging while opened I distinctly smelled cigarette tobacco. Can't repeat what 'she who purchased it' refered to it as 🙁
It's too strong, end of story.
Pipe Used:
Meer-tiny one hitter (LOL)
PurchasedFrom:
Pipes&Cigars
Age When Smoked:
2 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2015 | Strong | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
It has been a long time since I get knocked out by nicotine. Well, this one did the trick. Half bowl was enough to mess with me.
Not a bad tobacco, tought. Just too much strenght for me to handle with pleasure. The high amount of perique gives this a different taste, instead of grassy flavor you´ll get a more earthy one. If you like nic-kick and is looking for something with a unusual taste, go for it!
Not a bad tobacco, tought. Just too much strenght for me to handle with pleasure. The high amount of perique gives this a different taste, instead of grassy flavor you´ll get a more earthy one. If you like nic-kick and is looking for something with a unusual taste, go for it!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 24, 2012 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable |
So far so meh.......sorry, I really wanted to like this one but it just seemed more than a bit disappointing. Not a lot of flavor/zip to it...and I was hoping the perique would take the drivers seat or at least ride shotgun but it just didn't even seem to be in there anywhere. I will give it another go in a meer and see if I can find the hidden perique.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 13, 2009 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable |
This is rather heavy on the Perique-I am used to adding blending Perique to my usual VAs and VAPERs but this one really got up my nose, so to speak. I don't think I will smoke it every day. Very good as an occasional diversion, and I may find I like this blend once in a while, but I can't see myself buying more than two ounces at a time. A word on the cut of C&D-it can be a little bit coarse, but you have to dry it for at least two hours and rub it out thoroughly for best results. Or just get it to the perfect moisture level and stuff the flake, though this doesn't always work for me with C&D.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Feb 14, 2008 | Medium to Strong | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This rubbed out, packed, lit and stayed lit very well. The virginias in my tin looked more yellow than red. The tin aroma was like apple cider. I found the flavor to be much less complex and tending toward the upper registers as compared to St. James' Woods, which I recently reviewed. A bit grassy, sweet and fruity, with a touch of toastiness. Not bad, but not interesting enough to bring me back. I could get a bit nauseated smoking this, but I think it's more my particular reaction to perique than the nicotene strength (which of course comes with perique) or any other flaw in the tobacco itself. Somewhat recommended for va/per fans, especially those with a sweet tooth.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 08, 2008 | Medium | None Detected | Very Mild | Tolerable |
These comparative broad, thick flakes had a good moisture content and presented no packing problems even without rubout. Initial lighting was a bit difficult but minimal relights were needed and a cool smoke without bite resulted. I prefer a stronger Perique influence if I choose a Va/Per and thought this blend lacked that, flavor and sweetness from the VAs from start to the end.
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