Cornell & Diehl Kajun Kake

Tin note of pungent sweet, vinegar and spices. The black and dark brown Krumble Kake breaks apart and rubs out easily. Tobacco is moist and may need a little drying. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is medium to strong and nic is medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and consistent, with notes of mildly sweet dark fruit, dry earthy, bread, mild lemon, spices, very woody, burnt toast, mild raisins, bitter plum, a mildly sweet grassy background note, and a moderately peppery retro. Virginis Cavendish is leading with Perique closely supporting. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

Tin note Sweet citrus earthy. Solid cake needs to be rubbed out since my tin was new I let it sit for well over an hour to dry out a bit. Perique forward. The Kentucky is there in the background. Another tobacco to be puffed very lightly. This one will bite back if smoked hard. Very spicy with vey light sweetness. Burns fairly hot. Room note is spicy as well so it will depend on your audience. I will probably use this a a mixer. It has an abundance of flavor The Nic hit is on the strong side. I used a small bowl. Meerschaum. Defiantly not an all day smoke but a very nice treat on occasion.

This is not a traditional va/per! In the vast majority of va/pers, the virginia is in the front seat with perique acting as a mere condiment, but this is the total opposite of that, not that it's a bad thing. I absolutely love it! The perique gives the tobacco a ''mushroomy'' and ''cigar-ish'' flavor, almost making you believe that there is a certain degree of cigar leaf in it, but that's surprisingly not the case! The virginias and cavendish gives it a slight hint of sweetness that works in relative harmony with the perique. I absolutely recommend this blend if you like perique!

Smoked a couple of ounces of this about 15 years ago and wasn't too impressed. Thought I'd give it another try and it is growing on me. I've found that hard packing and hard puffing can ruin the subtleties of this blend. A light to medium touch is required. Very fruity, tangy, complex. The red Virginas and Perique seem to be well matched. The plum/fig/date like flavor as other reviewers have noted is the major player here, with hints of citrus and pepper. The pepperiness of the Perique is just the right touch for me. I find it impressive that C&D could reach this pleasant and complex flavor profile without any additives, using just straight tobaccos. Some reviewers have found this blend to be rather strong. After smoking McClelland flakes for many years, I find Kajun Kake to be milder, less full bodied and it is an all day smoke for me. What does it about this blend is the sweetness and complexity of the flavors. The scent out of the tin is very fruity and pleasant, but I find the room note to be rather bland, but no matter- I don't smoke for the room note. I do believe that this will be my "go to" smoke.

A kake made up of red virginias and a good dose of perique. I have heard somewhere that it also has a portion of Black Cavendish, but I can't tell if that's true. Quite a marked smell of ferment that is perceived even leaving the tin open at a distance of one meter. It is the tobacco that is the easiest to break down of the many I have smoked to date. Once detached from its block, the tobacco crumbles between the fingers as if it were a clod of earth. It is not necessary to dry, since packing directly from the tin the tobacco burns perfectly.

Once lit it produces generous amounts of velvety smoke. It reminds me of Chenet Kake in some of its characteristics, including the flavor of its ingredients but without the addition of the burley, although KK is milder, both in taste and nicotinic strength. I would say that in this aspect it is medium strength.

A high quality and very rich tobacco (one more from Cornell & Diehl), which I hope to repeat by buying a few more tin.

received a sample in my Tinsociety.com box.

Tin/Bag Notes: The cake was broken up in my sample mostly. Sample was dry to smoke without any more prep except to break up a little more. Smell was earthy and solid.

Smoke: Smoked in several different pipes. It seemed to like the bowl shapes that I usually smoke flakes in (flatter/shorter aka pot, etc..) and gave a great smoke in those. Easy to light, easy to tend.

The perique gave the bowl a spicy touch from start to finish. Similar taste to Bayou Morning, sometimes its hard to tell these C&D's from each other. The second half of the bowl seemed less spicy and just a bit bitter in a not bad way. Definitely feel the Nic in this blend.

Solid smoke but doesn't make it to 4 stars for me. I would like to get a couple of tins to age to see how it is after a few years.

This is my first review so take it with a grain of salt. When I opened the tin I saw a "brownie" looking square. It had an earthy sweet smell to it. I broke a pinch off and rubbed it out and then let it dry for about 30 minutes. Packed it into my Peterson Billiard and lit her up. This is about 30 days ago and it left no impression at all. Very bland. Placed in mason jar. I tried it about a month later and wow! It is now a very sweet, creamy smoke! I believe the perique adds a salty dimension in taste and a whole lot of nicotine! Can't explain where the nicotine was when I first tried it!?!

This will only get better with age. A very sweet creamy taste with enough nicotine to make your head twirl. What more can I ask for? 3 tins will be added on my next order for cellaring. I suggest you do the same!

Well for me.1/4 done and who tillted the world.Than I smoked Rabbit tobacco and it may killed all tolerances to tobacco. Anyway I like the smell out of the Tin, after that if you like strong than it's yours. "HJ"

The cavendish process bring to the VA the right correction for me, it improves sweetness, takes out this cigarette taste that makes VA unpleasant to me. PER is there, but not too spicy and saucy. A peat and earthy taste gives a pleasant bitterness that I appreciate being a latakia lover. A great option!