Cornell & Diehl Apricots & Cream

A friend suggested that I give this a try. Lights well and burns well a lot of smoke, cloud like. I can't make out what kind of fruit this is I'm not getting apricots at all I'm getting artificial perfume like.... But It smell very good I believe that's why he suggested I try this. I do like the way this tobacco smells very pleasant. The aroma stays with you throughout the bowl. Passerbyers seem to enjoy it as well. I'm surprised how effortless this tobacco smoked, it doesn't goop up. There is no tongue bite here, the one thing that bothered me was the taste there's a bitter flavor that builds as you smoke this and gets worse at the end, it leaves a very bitter kinda bad after taste in your mouth that I don't like at all. And taste is very important when smoking a tobacco. I don't know what is causing this I can only speculate, This is not my cup of tea.

Goopy, wet, heavily cased, and not a bad smoke at all.

Tin note is what the name says, particularly apricots. Reminds me of these healthy apricot yogurts. Very nice smell.

Crackle noises as you first light it, due to the heavy casing. You don't really get any flavor from the tobacco itself, only the toppings. It's a very nice taste and while it diminishes as you go down the bowl, it stays fairly noticeable throughout. A bit of a slow burn.

It comes very wet. I suggest to experiment with drying it out. For me, couple of hours of drying before anything is enough. Flavoring is pretty strong, but the blend as a whole is very mild in strength and mild in body. I haven't gotten any tongue bite, but in any case for getting the most out of the flavors and keep it lit, get into a moderate sipping cadence. No heavy puffing for this one. Tamp lightly too. Surprisingly only requires couple of relights for me. Best in a small bowl for me. I go for a Stanwell 242 (small pot) that is dedicated to aromatics.

Everytime before packing a bowl I feel like I just want to finish this tin and get over with it. However, once I get it going I remember that this is actually a pretty good blend. Not sure I'll buy it again, but who knows. 2.5 stars.

Why? Because I just wanted to see… and the interwebs seem to like it. Jet-black Cavendish (the Cavendish process starts with Burley which is fermented under-pressure with either steam and or a hot ‘sauce’, then dried and flaked); the apricot smells great, not confectionary or coarse. Smokes light and innocuous.

OTHER: I just recently experimented with some BB1938 from Match + some of this + 1Q by Lane: FANTASTIC!

I enjoyed #300 since it burned clean and did not require a swabbing with a pipe cleaner during any of my smokes. The aroma was complimented and I can see how this could be called a marriage saver but I prefer vanilla, chocolate or maple aromatics to fruity ones, in fact I usually do not like fruity aromatics so this was a surprise for me. This really deserves 2 1/2 stars but gets three from me since the quality is there and does not goop up a pipe, that said I won't order it again since there are better aromatics out there (for my taste)

Opening the tin...wow nice smell. I want some for dessert. Light up a pipe...well, I guess it's ok, mild, nice room note. It's not grabbing me. It's not saying, Fred, you need me in your rotation. A pleasant smoke, fruity. A nice cavendish blend soaked in whatever. I give it a 3

This blend works best when fresh; I found it to go flat when dried out a bit. So if you like this mixture, smoke it up pretty quickly or it will fade into tastelessness. The aroma is fruity, but I detected some kind of "perfumey" note, too; and I found that note a little less than pleasant.

Govern Yourself Accordingly.

A lovely stoved cavendish with a natural apricot aroma casing the tobacco. Cool burning with minimal tongue bite even if puffing hard. Ash burns to a lovely gray, and leaves minimal dottle in the bowl. Lighting is easy and the apricot is very noticeable on the charring light. As the bowl progresses mild virginia flavor comes through from the quality leaf. It leaves no residue in the bowl as lesser quality aromatics will. An overall excellent example of a quality aromatic and quality leaf.

I like to smoke this outside on a cool evening, Friends enjoy the aroma

A very pleasant and tasty smoke indeed. Just take your time with the puffing because it can get very hot very fast. Room note is very nice too. A++