Cornell & Diehl Halav U'Dvash - Milk & Honey

If you find it -buy it. ifound it very similar to the high quality aromatic mix of "schorch" from swizerland. i like it

I tried this blend in a group 5 Wilke billiard. The moisture level of the blend seemd to be what it should be. Although it lit easily enough, it required some efort to generate an adequate amount of smoke. As previous reviews suggested, it does burn very dry and clean. As far as burning characteristics, it would be hard to beat the performance of this blend.

The flavor is pleasant enough but somewhat flat and bland. A decent all day smoke because fo these qualities and lack of bite. However, for those concerned with flavor, you may want to seek it elsewhere because you won't find it here.

I have had about 5-6 ounces of this over the past 6 months. I am so intrigued by this blend. I really love it. There is no one paticular tobacco that stands out, but, you get a full flavor of of exotic, quality tobacco with a hint of frankinscence(?) or allspice - not sure but I really do recommend it

No bite, no gurgle, no downfalls at all and it contains no preservatives or additives. A real good, honest, unique, smoke that will allow you to transcend the moment.

Do you know what you get when you combine Rabbi Ira Stone and the fine folks at Cornell and Diehl? GENIUS!! What a fantastic blend. I recently acquired a 5 tin sampler pack and this was the first one I opened. Having smoked several of C&D's fine blends in the past, I am hooked. This is a great all day smoke that in my opinion tastes a little like dark chocolate as I smoke it. NO tongue bite, smokes cool and leaves NO dottle! I dump the pipe out and hardly anything falls into the ashtray! A very pleasant nicotine content, that is not overpowering, in my opinion. And as for room note, my partner says it is very pleasant and smells "just like a good tobacco should" Highly Recommended!!

One of a few C&D blends in the Hebraica series. I am quite impressed with the blends which have made me a real C&D fan.

In the pouch, it is a very dark blend, I suppose from the black cavendish and the orientals, with a perfect moisture content. No sign of any humectant or any real casing. The aroma is slighty like raisins, but very subdued. In the bowl, this is an extremely satisfying smoke. Smokes rich and creamy. Not quite an aromatic, nor an english blend, but unique maybe tending towards bland, but in a good way. Smokes extremely cool, and has many faces as the bowl proceeds, not sweet, yet not so dry either. Gentle draws seemed to pull out a delicate earthy flavour. It is described as an "aromatic", but I find nothing flavoured about it. Maybe it is just a topping for the aroma that the smoker himself cannot discern? The room note was not offensive, but not for indoors amongst non-smokers either. This is for those who love the leaf.

This blend sounds and smells promising. Perfect moisture level for instant smoking. Unfortunately for me, the taste was rather bland. Every so often I got hints of what I thought it would be throughout, but in the end, I finished the 1/2 pound disappointed.

Pretty bland. I did not like this blend, even for an "all-day" tobacco.

This came in the C&D virginia sampler pack. I think it was mis-described as an aromatic type. This is a perique mix and will not appeal to aromatic purists. It permanently colored my Butz Choq 3 star pipe with it's flavor. Not happy about that. I tried cleaning the pipe with vodka to remove it and the flavor is still there. Got up into my sinuses and could still smell it 2 days later. Flavor was of pine pencil shavings. Given the orientals and perique, this not an aromatic in my book. I'm not really sure how to classify this one. Without latakia it's not english or baltic, without virginias its not a vaper. With the orientals and perique its not an aromatic. I'm just confused with this one.

Halav U'Dvash is not one of those tobaccos that I would just pick up randomly. However, this tin came in a sample pack from smokingpipes.com and I have to say that I really enjoyed it, I didn't think I would because I'm generally not an aromatic fan by any means. This, however, is not your typical aromatic, I hesitate to even refer to it as such because though it has a nice room note and tastes really good, you definitely get the true tobacco tastes as well. The orientals and perique are just wonderful in this blend.