Tobaccos Borkum Riff - Vanilla Cavendish (Sungold)

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	ifarghaly (13)	2014-04-13		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Stay away from this one guys, It buns fast, it kills the tongue and tastes more ash than vanilla. The only positive comment I can give is that the room note is very pleasant. It is a better blend to smell rather than smoke.

12 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	JimInks (3047)	2014-03-30		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

They say one of the toppings is whiskey, but I only get an alcohol, chemical taste from that. The vanilla is watered down, no richness. A hint of grassy, tart and tangy citrusy Virginia arises if you smoke it slowly. The Kentucky offers hints of wood, earth, and nuts as a secondary player. The lightly nutty, toasty, earthy, woody burley is noticeable, but doesn’t jump out a lot. The strength and taste levels are mild. Has little nicotine. It burns well, and will bite unless sipped slowly. Has a mostly consistent flavor to the finish. Doesn't leave much moisture at the bottom of the bowl, and requires few relights. The after taste and room notes are very short lived.

-JimInks

7 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	deodra (1)	2016-02-11		Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Please, stay away from this one. Spend a few more bucks on a tin, or pouch, of almost anything else. While it has an excellent aroma that lasts for quite a while, the taste is nothing like they describe. There's a strong chemical taste, bite, that you cannot shake no matter how you smoke this mixture. I was left wanting and felt cheated that I spent money on this one... Bummed.

Pipe Used: Churchwarden

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-01-17		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I felt the vanilla only when I opened the pouch. The vanilla taste is not present on the smoke. Unfortunately bite the tongue like a hungry snake, from the start to the end!

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	DrDyson (148)	2010-09-22		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable

Yuk. No. Absolutely not. This is filthy stuff - don't waste your money on it. I haven't yet come across a Borkum Riff tobacco that wasn't loathsome. I wonder if it's just me? As far as I'm concerned, this horrible dreck is hot and tasteless and decidedly not recommended. Clearly there's a market out there for it, though; somebody must love it. I, however, would gnaw off my own fingers before smoking it again.

4 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Greekpipesmoker (201)	2017-07-07		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable to Strong

Well the only thing i got from this blend was chemical aroma,chemical flavours while smoking,tomgue bite and bad room note.i didn't get any tobacco flavours unfortunatelly.i just can't get how this tobacco is processed to be that bad...my advise to co-smokers is not to waste their money in this blend.

Age When Smoked: When opened

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	BryGuySC (26)	2016-05-24		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable

The aging time has melded the tobacco into a brick. It broke apart easily into a nice mix of multicolored strands of tobacco. The pipe loaded well, and I headed outside to light it up! I got the char light done and began to enjoy this gifted jewel of the grocery store! Well… that’s about as far the enjoyment went. My tongue went numb almost immediately. I couldn’t pick up a note of anything, save a little vanilla and a bit of chemical. On the positive side, it did burn, and it did make smoke! The smoke was of a good consistency.

Pipe Used: “The Pipe” full bent and a Missouri Meershaum

Age When Smoked: 2 years

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Big Dave (1)	2015-05-02		Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

A few short words of advice with this tobacco.

1. Let it dry a little. 2. Be gentle, smoke slowly. 3. Churchwardens (the longer the better)

Follow this and you will have a lovely smoke. Break these instructions and you will not taste anything for a week...

Pipe Used: bent pear, 14" churchwarden

3 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pipenick (28)	2019-08-07		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

First things first. I smoke aromatics seldom, last time before this was few years ago. Got few pouches OTC blends from a corner shop as a gift. Borkum Riff with Bourbon topping was decent but not my cup of tea. This mild whiskey &vanilla cased burley dominated blend is ok...not top notch but smokable. The casing is quite light...with slower cadence whiskey is overpowering vanilla...burley plays dominance over the Virginia's...sipping it slow,no bite...needs to be packed with firm hand...quite pace changer from my regulars like 1792, Irish Flake, Commonwealth and Golden Blend...basic smoke,not bad as everyone is saying in this forum and yes been almost 30 years in this pipe puffing business and have noticed that certain blends are send down to Hades just because it's a correct way . . like everyone with self esteem should love Dunhills blends and dislike certain OTC.

Pipe Used: Pete's and Savinelli seconds

Age When Smoked: Straight from pouch

Purchased From: Gift

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	dbThomas (5)	2019-02-03		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

As far as I could find out, this is the one now known as "Sungold".

I wanted to compare the Sungold with the "Mac Baren - Vanilla Cream Loose Cut", which I smoke regularly.

I was disappointed when I opened the bag. The scent was not really pleasant. The tobacco is easy to light. Smoking is unspectacular. I stay with Mac Baren.

Age When Smoked: new

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Gaius Baltar (25)	2017-10-16		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

It was one of the first pipe tobaccos I smoked. Unlike other opinions, I do not think this tobacco is so bad, not good but it is adjusted to its price. It is presented in a ribbon-cut form. The degree of humidity is acceptable but it's worth drying it up a bit. The smell is to vanilla with tobacco. Watch out for the filling of the cups !, Too tight will clog and too loose will burn too hot. It lights up nicely, smoke, vanilla smell, vanilla flavor. The taste is not exalted but it is not artificial either. It has to be smoked carefully not very fast and then you can appreciate the flavors. If you smoke fast, your tongue burns. During the second half of the smoked vanilla flavor disappears leaving a burley flavor that ends flat. Not bad, could serve as daily tobacco, but requires too much care in smoking to not burn the tongue. I will not repeat.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum

Age When Smoked: New pouch

Purchased From: Tobacco shop, Barcelona.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Robdlouisville (10)	2016-02-01		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Not sure if all of the negative comments are a result of the manufacturer changing recipes. I think some of the dates are a bit old. But I find this to be a simple, tasteful smoke. Easy to light, good flavor. Not overly vanilla. Pleasant room note. I have smoked it plain and I have mixed it with some black cavendish which is a good combo.

Pipe Used: Peterson bent

Age When Smoked: fresh new

Purchased From: Cox's Cigar shop

Similar Blends: Borkum Riff original.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	FlatCapMatt (59)	2016-01-08		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Borkum Riff's Vanilla for me falls in between their Cherry Cavendish, and their Whiskey flavoured one. The Cherry for me was the best, Vanilla second, followed by the Whiskey.

The Vanilla has less flavour and room note than the Cherry, and doesn't bite as bad or make me feel ill like the Whiskey one did.

I don't really ever smell or taste vanilla when smoking this. It's an OK smoke. Burns quickly though.

It would do in a pinch, but at nearly $60 Australian for a 50g pouch, I feel extremely dirty buying this, rather than ordering something better, for less, online.

Pipe Used: Stanwell Bjarne Nielsen, Corncob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Smokemart

Similar Blends: Any other Borkum Riff tobacco..

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	maigret fan (76)	2012-10-27		Very Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

I had left at home my tobacco pouch with some fine tobacco (one Peterson special reserve) so desesperate to get something I bought this Vanilla Cavendish without much advice. Too bad for me!

In the pouch there is a dominant smell of wax (we could say fine shoe polish). Smoking is disappointing, it bites the tongue without much enjoyment.

Some pipe smokers are reluctant to try an aromatic tobacco, fearing it would be too strong or too full of unusual aromas. They should not fear that one! The vanilla touch is fully unnoticeable!

So I join the other reviewers about all they wrote!

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	albfneto (184)	2012-06-09		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Between the Borkun Riffs, this is the one of best. I enjoy this and also the Cherry Cavendish and the Honey & Orange. The smokers that like Vanilla and Aromatics may be give to this blend a chance.

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Dr.sadik (120)	2008-12-19		Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

its very good lend,,if u want to quit smoking indeed,,,first few puffs u get the vanilla n after tht comes the heavy casing which distort ur tongue,,nuthing bt the casing sweetness is there too many promises non fulfilled,,burn into white lumpy ashes,,constant tamping is required,,aroma is decent thu,,wont b on my list

2 people found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Nutty Slack (7)	2016-08-01		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I bought a packet of this tobacco whilst in France. It was pretty cheap and BR make an Admiral's Vanilla Flake which has excellent reviews... so I thought I'd give this a go. I'd probably rate it at 1.5 but was pleasantly surprised after all of the dreadful reviews so have gone for a 2 !

The tobacco compresses into a brick in the packet but breaks up easily and is easy to load. It burns quickly and is probably possible to smoke with one light (no need for a false light). I can imagine that some people find it bitey... but if you smoke it steadily you shouldn't have a problem

Unburnt the tobacco smells a bit peculiar... you get the vanilla but no sweetness. When smoked the vanilla drops away and I seem to get mainly burley. I've had worse tobaccos and will probably smoke the lot, but NOT buy any more. Or it may end up in my "compost heap" jar mixed with other tobaccos that I'm not overly keen on... they seem to mature, round each other off and miraculously produce something half decent.

Jan 2017 update: I'm still smoking this and haven't tipped it into my "compost heap" of rejected tobaccos yet. However it occurs to me that this isn't great value. It's cheap to buy (in France) but burns very fast. A decent flake may be more expensive but will last at least twice as long.

Pipe Used: MM corn cob

Age When Smoked: 3 months

Purchased From: France

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	wandyhee (16)	2015-10-20		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I would say this is good blend for beginner, won't hurt my wallet at all. But after a while when someone introduced me to Latakia blend tobacco, my interest to smoke this tobacco started to fade away. Somehow I still keep it 1-2 pack in stock just for refreshing my memory of why I started to smoke pipe tobacco..

Age When Smoked: New in pack

Purchased From: bintang plaza 1st floor shop, miri

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Horvat (5)	2015-04-20		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Ah, my first pipe tobacco ever. It was my bible in pipe tobbacos. I have to admit, after all these years, i really like to smoke some vanilla cavendish from time to time. Nice room note, not an overwhelming aroma, just gives a sweetnes to the tobacco. However, it can bite, and tends to be a little wet in the pouch, so you have to dry it. I recomend it for anyone!

Pipe Used: bent pipes

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: local tobbaconist

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	StephenB (3)	2014-12-16		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is nasty. It lacks flavor, has moderate strong tongue bite and has a persistent, bitter chemical aftertaste. It was relatively dry out of the package and burned quite hot and very quickly. I smoked 3/4 of a bowl and literally just dumped the contents of the pouch into my burning pellet stove 5 minutes ago; it stank in the backyard for a bit. (I don't think it liked it either).

Pipe Used: Comoys Trad Briar Billiard

Age When Smoked: Fresh out of package

Purchased From: A big indian teepee on I-40 in AZ

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	MiddleEarth Piper (5)	2014-10-31		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This tobacco is for somebody who wants mild vanilla tobacco without tongue bite. Flavors is vanilla and fruit and I found it very pleasant. I recommend it for beginners.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Mr. Motoyoshi (68)	2013-12-10		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Strong

I got several samples of Borkum Riff Vanilla Cavendish and Champagne from my tobacconist. It's pipe tobacco like this that gives all aromatics a bad reputation. It has a very synthetic smell out of the pouch and just seems to be a poor quality leaf that's mass produced.

I think Vanilla is one of the easiest flavors to do for pipe tobacco. Cap Black White, even the Pipa Vanilla Cavendish are leaps and bounds above this. But this cannot even do that correctly. It's a strong kick of unpleasantness. I tried to go as far down the bowl as I could but only made it half way. Tongue bite on top of a terrible flavor leaving a putrid room note. I will probably never buy this company's tobacco and now I don't know what to do with the Champagne.

Pipe Used: MM General

Purchased From: Free Samples

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-05-29		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Well as a beginners pipe smoker i'm just tasting pipe tobaccos right now. I really recommend this to the beginners pipe smoker. Specially when u mix it by your own with Alsbo Vanilla and Gold.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Lebanese (2)	2013-02-23		Extremely Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

I smoked it as I wanted to try it.I expected a strong vanilla taste of it but it gave no vanilla taste.It was a smell of vanilla with no taste.Not recommended and I will never smoke it again.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	ynrozturk (62)	2010-02-01		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

I think this tobacco is atrocious. Very strong bite and burn, and after the first few minutes all flavor is completely gone and it feels like you're smoking an exhaust pipe.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	FALCON (12)	2009-12-04		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I like this is the best vanilla i smoked.(i like cavendish)its got real tobacco flavour and you can feel little bit sweet vanilla no bite gonna buy again.one of my favorites in the aromatic list.this tobacco always get bad ratings that i not agree whit(can it be becuse this is a pouch tobacco) this is much better than macbaren vanilla that gets god ratings that i not understand.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-09-03		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Slight vanilla taste with tongue bite, my pipe smelled like cigarette ashtray after I smoked this. it has a bittersweet taste that feels artificial.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pipe4ever (204)	2008-04-09		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Burly based blend with slight vanilla topping, the black cavendish make it sweet and quit hot burning. require slow puffing to avoid bite. Try MB Vanilla Cream for a good vanilla blend

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Pipepundit (168)	2007-05-02		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Smoking this I regretted the somewhat terse review I gave Mac Baren`s Vanilla Flake. This is also Danish made, and for all I know made by Mac Baren. Difficult to recommend, difficult to smoke, it is best avoided. Compared to this many aromatics - by Mac Baren, Davidoff, Larsen et al - are works of high art.

1 person found this review helpful.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	SoundsOminous (11)	2022-06-17		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This tobacco does have its merits. Whereas another offering from the STG stable, Larsen Unique, fought a losing battle in de-ghosting most of my pipes after some Lakeland sauce (Grasmere flake), Borkum Riff Sungold wasted no time in returning things to normal. I am pleasantly surprised by this all-day smoke.

Pipe Used: Vauen Melvin MV 134

Age When Smoked: Fresh pouch

Purchased From: Spain

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	dr saeed (2)	2018-12-06		Very Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

not bad, just for beginners... thr biggest error is whiskey... there isnt any... but good smells, and its good just for testing, try it for one.

Pipe Used: peterson dublin edition 2018

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: denmark, hyper market

Similar Blends: any.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-08-26		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

A beginners choice since it is not expensive. A trampoline to other "expensive" vanilla aromatics in the market. Easy to smoke when drier.

Be careful: It bites and bites HARD.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-11-24		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Still wondering where the vanilla is. Maybe because I was expecting more ... I don't know. Easy to smoke and it did not bite the tongue.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Raines (52)	2012-11-11		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Strong

The strength is not strong, but it's why I like in this tobacco. The taste is not strong either. I would recommend this tobacco to novice smokers.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-07-14		Mild to Medium	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

This was my very first pipe tobacco, and if I thought all pipe tobacco tasted like this one, I would have thrown away my pipe! This tobacco has a nice smell, but that's about it. It bites like a snake, burns a bit unevenly, and tastes like a petrol product.

PS: Avoid Borkum Riff

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-02-07		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

This bites, and bites hard. Tried in several pipes but keeps biting, a no-go from me.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-10-23		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

when I opened pouch, it's smell something like cheap vanilla extract. Smoking at first time it bite me like a monster. not recommended.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-08-23		Mild	Extremely Mild	Medium	Tolerable

It says vanilla .....!!!!!!!!!!! the vanilla vanish in the 1st 3 pufs and then it is gone lots of tounge bites i believe if you have one dont get rid of it just blend it with some regular english tobacco it will become some how tolerable

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-08-02		Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

I start with the smell in the pouch: Not what I had hoped for. Doesn´t smell much of vanilla! It´s not really a nice smell.

However, the room note is what I would say is the best about this blend, clearly vanilla.

It´s alot of bite, even if I did puff slowly.I guess it would be really bad if I smoked it without a filter.

I sure hope there are better vanilla blends out there, that smell nice in the tin, no tounge bite, nice room note. Need to say I only tried this once.

It´s 40g pouch, not 50g

------------------------

update -I change to not recomended. It´s not good!

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-09-17		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Where is the vanilla? this one is as tasteless as a bad cigarette.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-07-07		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Living as I now do now in SA Asia and having been a user of English blends for many years I despaired of finding a decent smoke.This is very different to what I am used to and is a much slower smoke(to avoid bite) but having mastered it I would recommend it as a good daytime smoke as long as you are prepared to take you time

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-07-02		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable

This is a kind of tobacco that I usually recommend for beginners, and as I see it is heavily criticized, and so I wouldn't have bought it ever, although some one made me a present composed of 5 pouches of this stuff, I had to give it a try and so I did. I have to say that is not as worse as people say arround, if you like mac barren you just might like this, I got no tongue bite from it, but no great satisfaction either. I won't throw it away though, I'll keep it as reserve for harsh times :).

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-04-28		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I was wondering why the guy at the counter had a smile on his face when I bought this. Perhaps I had the word sucker written on my forehead.

I tried one bowl of this and tossed it into the closet. I told my wife not to open the closet door because there was a monster in there that bites. I wasn't kidding.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-07-25		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I enjoyed this tobacco very much. The aroma is great, burns well, delivers a good flavour and aroma throughout the whole bowl and burn to fine ashes... Nothing to complain about here. As a side note, it is one of my wifes favorite room notes as well...

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-07-16		Mild	Very Strong	Full	Pleasant

Artificial flavor, bites and burns very hot with high humidity. Very bland, has in its favor as it has very good room note.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-09-16		Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

If you're looking for Vanilla flavor, go some where else buddy. Aroma like some candy stuff, easy bite. Please try it if your don't want to smoke pipe no more.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2007-12-30		Very Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

This one is very mild in taste, with the vanilla being barely noticable but definately present. I would smoke this over any Mac Baren products any day. I know there are better smokes out there, but this isn't one of the worst I've tried.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-12-25		Medium	Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant

In my opinion, this tobacco brings to the extreme all the features that I noticed in other Borkum Riff's reviews. Vanilla taste is not as strong as in its "brother" Mc Baren; you can rather feel a sweet-sugar taste as in a grandmother cake. The sweet smoke is always coupled with a rather bitter after-taste; that sometimes gets even stronger than the main bouquet. Burley is present and stingy to the point that sometimes the smokes becomes really unpleasant. This is one of the worst vanilla tobaccos I ever tried. Probably I wasn't able to understand it, but for sure I will not buy it again.

Nobody has rated this review yet.

	Reviewed By	Date	Rating	Strength	Flavoring	Taste	Room Note
	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-11-09		Very Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

It's been a while since I smoked some of this, but let's just say that I don't keep any fond memories of it, nor have I ever bought any more of this ever since. It's kind of dull and artificial tasting, the vanilla used here doesn't taste that great anyways. I've tried so many other vanilla cavendish type of tobaccos, and this one was one of the least impressive to put it mildly. Among its group, go for something like sweet vanilla by pete stokkebye or even Mac baren's vanilla cream, those are so much better tobaccos. maybe for the novice, but why bother when there are many better brands making better stuff. Even Captain black seems a more reasonable choice than this one.

Nobody has rated this review yet.