Borkum Riff Vanilla Cavendish (Sungold)
(1.63)
Borkum Riff Vanilla Cavendish is a premium quality refined mix of dark Kentucky and burley tobacco enhanced with the finest vanilla. The blend is heavily fermented to give a balanced, harmonious smoke with a fresh, accessible nature.
Notes: Due to EU regulations, this is renamed and sold in those countries as "Sungold".
Details
| Brand | Borkum Riff |
| Blended By | Swedish Match |
| Manufactured By | Skandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish, Kentucky, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Alcohol / Liquor, Vanilla, Whisky |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch |
| Country | Sweden |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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1.63 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 28 of 28 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 23, 2011 | 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
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
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 02, 2011 | 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!
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!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 17, 2010 | Mild | Extremely Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Where is the vanilla? this one is as tasteless as a bad cigarette.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 28, 2010 | 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.
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 16, 2009 | 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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 16, 2008 | 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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 25, 2006 | 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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2006 | 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.
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