Peter Stokkebye Natural Dutch Cavendish (No.301)

It always cracks me up when people say a certain blend of pipe tobacco tastes like cigarettes. I also smoke cigarettes and wish they could taste like this blend. Honestly, if you think this tastes like cigarettes then they either sold you a bag of "faux" pipe tobacco or you've never had a cigarette. I don't say this to be harsh, I say it to make it clear that it is IMPOSSIBLE to mistake this for cigarette tobacco.

The jar smell reveals some kind of topping, maybe vanilla. This blend, however, isn't heavily cased and you can taste the tobacco. I would qualify this as a lightly aromatic cavendish blend. The taste and aroma develop into a creamy coconut type flavor, and the last third is more reminiscent of a plain burley blend, but slightly sweeter.

A simple whiff at the jar will convince you it won't taste anywhere close to a cigarette.

As a smoker who enjoys sail regular, and skandinavik regular, I find peter stokebye natural dutch cavendish to be very similar to sail regular, and a lot less expensive. It also reminds me of the old amphora regular, as well as I can remember it. It is a good flavorful all day kind of smoke,without all the goop and additives of some of the other brands like lane, and mcClelland's.Granger rough cut,sail regular,stokkebye luxury navy flake,and mcBaren virginia no.1, are the favorites in my rotation,although i've found myself smoking p.s.natural dutch cavendish 90% of the time. If you like sail regular,or the old amphora regular, this is the blend for you. I buy mine from for $12.50 per 8 oz. Natural dutch cavendish may become the only tobacco I buy in bulk in the future,except for an ocassional can of granger rough cut,as I enjoy a good burley with my morning coffee. I give p.s.natural dutch cavendish four stars.I've also found this blend to be bite-free.

If natural flavor is what you are looking for, stop and listen. To me this is pretty natural so much so that I have a hard time understanding why aromatic is associated with this blend. I never get true tobacco taste from aros

The Virginia's are classic sweet, Burley's mild but just packed with flavor neither are over bearing, seems to compliment the Cavendish. If there is ever a all day smoke this is by far the closes I have found.

Very few relights, if any, no dottle. I like this best at the end of the day when all is done and not feeling guilty about rewarding yourself,

Update 8/28/17

I needed just a touch more burley, so have been adding some PS cube cut , wow just a delightful smoke , if you find you need just a touch of burley this maybe your ticket , Enjoy.

I really enjoyed this Cavendish. Its name pretty much says it all. I was not aware of any casing, it tasted like nutty, flavorful tobacco. It's mild and doesn't pack anything beyond good tobacco flavor. I'll definitely use this one to temper some of my stronger aromatics.

The room note was quite pleasant, warm and nutty. The tobacco smoked dryly and never bit; even with aggressive puffing.

While my favorite Cavendish is Savinelli's - this one rates four stars as well.

Very impressed. I bought a couple of oz's in my search for an economy work day smoke. At $24 a pound ($1.50 an oz) i think this is excellent value. While not complex at all there is reasonable depth and flavour to this. Better than many much more expensive tobacco's ive bought. I'll definitly get some more. Good working man's smoke.

This is my first tobacco review. The fact that I've chosen NDC I guess is because it has slowly become my go to all day smoke. I enjoy a wide variety of blend styles. The price is right and the bulk only product has always remained consistent in my opinion. When I'm in the mood for a nice Vaper I should say that I mostly smoke PS Luxury Navy Flake (Maybe my next review). Again the consistency with it always keeps me coming back for more topping off my jars when needed.

When I want anything aside from a vaper I find myself going for NDC. It has made it to my ''smoking desk'' where only a few other tobacs have landed (LNF flake and Plum Pudding SR being the others). It just hits every mark for me satisfaction wise with the only exception being that of Latikia because there is none here obviously.

For some reason I always think of this blend as the Danish version of Half and Half. The cut and the taste are not exactly the same but the similarities for me are this: Half and Half used to be an all day walk around tobac for me and now NDC is. And the toppings are similar to me. I could never quite put my finger on it with H and H and the same goes here with NDC. Nonetheless I quite enjoy it and if pressed to describe it would be a sweet smoky and nuttiness. I'm not usually drawn to anything with Cavendish in the name either as it is not typically what I am looking for. I'm glad I went for it though about a year or more ago and have stuck with it. The room note is tolerable but does seem a little bit like cigarette at first but mellows quickly enough to a more pipe like smell. One of my only drawbacks with this blend is that it is bulk only as far as I know. I would love to have a go to blend that has a ''label'' or be able to have a few tins around. This is not that bad of a drawback however... I'd give it 3.5 stars.

A top notch smoke! I really enjoyed this sitting on the patio on a nice February, Houston morning. The Virginia and Burley mixed in nicely with the Cavendish to give a flavorful smoke from start to finish with no re-lights. This one definitely will have a spot in my rotation.