Hearth & Home Classic Burley Kake
(3.11)
Classic Burley Kake is a new blend that pays homage to old time burley flakes and cakes. Using Tennessee and Kentucky burleys, ranging from lighter white to darker mahogany, and a bit of matured red Virginia, this sliced cake tobacco is a traditional American style blend. We start with four different types of burley, the aforementioned Tennessee and Kentucky, plus two different premium white burleys. Then we add a red Virginia for a maple-like sweetness. Then we use all natural flavors: cocoa, rum and anise and steam the tobaccos with the flavorings and firmly press and slice it. The aroma is mellow and pleasant, and the taste is lightly sweet with a large volume of smoke. Hearken back to a simpler time when the sight of a pipe in someone's mouth while walking down the street was common, and the scent of pipe tobacco was everywhere.
Details
| Brand | Hearth & Home |
| Series | Signature Series |
| Blended By | Russ Ouellette |
| Manufactured By | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Kentucky, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Anisette, Cocoa / Chocolate, Rum |
| Cut | Krumble Kake |
| Packaging | 1.5 ounce tin, bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.11 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 34 of 34 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 03, 2012 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium | Pleasant |
The discription on the website left off any mention of added flavorings. I am not a fan of aromatics, so I was initially disappointed with this blend. I used to love Edgeworth Sliced and I was hoping for a substitute less pricey than Solani's wonderful aged burley flake. This is nothing like Edgeworth at all. That said, I do appreciate this blend for what it is - - a rich, smooth, cool-smoking aromatic with respectable nicotine strength and no bite. The flavorings do tend to steamroll over the burley flavor, but they are pleasing nonetheless and the virginia does express itself fairly well. For me, this blend is a diversion that reminds me that not all aromatics are atrocious.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 20, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
This one took me awhile, not being a pure burley smoker at first , but now I Stock up on this and other "quality" burley bacci (Solani Aged Burley Flake, can't wait to smoke it based on reviews here as well) for sure. Being somewhat new to pipe smoking, I'm finding it to be an art and science to smoking a pipe....not just fold/stuff and puff 😉 everything must be right (tobacco being correct moisture level, correct pipe for specific tobacco, smoking method, time of day, mood of smoker, etc the list goes on and on...but MAN when it is all in check WOW, I'm honored to be a pipe-smoker...when it is not, it means more work is needed on my part....so enough babble and on to my reviewof CBK
CBK reviewing an 8oz tin, came in broken kake, moisture was high on first tin- pop, casing super strong, hard to keep it burnig and overpowered by casings which I don't like in my bacci ( I like the Med-full English as well as our Vs and Vaps)...now with that said I put out a few pipe fulls for a 24hr dry time..after that this stuff is GREAT, smoked it in a big rusticated Boswell OPaul, just gravity-fill pipe with a light tamp....and off you will go.... pure bliss is given from this stuff, nice toasted nut flavors along with deep dark and rich chocolate flavors...all I hear from quality burley and LONG finish...Mmm-mmm-Mmm....
CBK reviewing an 8oz tin, came in broken kake, moisture was high on first tin- pop, casing super strong, hard to keep it burnig and overpowered by casings which I don't like in my bacci ( I like the Med-full English as well as our Vs and Vaps)...now with that said I put out a few pipe fulls for a 24hr dry time..after that this stuff is GREAT, smoked it in a big rusticated Boswell OPaul, just gravity-fill pipe with a light tamp....and off you will go.... pure bliss is given from this stuff, nice toasted nut flavors along with deep dark and rich chocolate flavors...all I hear from quality burley and LONG finish...Mmm-mmm-Mmm....
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2023 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
Jar note of cocoa and anise liquor. Tobacco is brown Krumble Kake. Moisture content is ok, some may want to dry it out a bit. Kake breaks apart and rubs out easily. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild to medium. Flavoring is mild, with notes of cocoa, rum and anise. All but the cocoa disappears rather quickly. Taste is medium and somewhat consistent, with notes of chocolate, very woody, toast, marshmallow, molasses, creamy, sweet vegetation, bitter, leather, rich dry earth, sugar, spicy, nuts, mild tangy, a zest lemony background note, and a peppery retro. Burley is leading with Virginia and Flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Bard Rusticated 221 Fishtail
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
3 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 04, 2019 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
Hearth & Home - Classic Burley Kake (Signature Series).
Although this is badged Aromatic, the stalwart tobacco flavours keep this from being too analogous with that group. They give it a 'kick'!
The beginning: leafy pieces of tobacco pressed into a kake. Apart from the occasional fleck the colour's medium brown. The moisture's good, but this was supplied in a pouch from Tobaccopipes.com; so a tin might differ.
The anise works wonderfully with the obdurate tobacco flavour; the sharp, herby, slightly hot character compliments them well. A chocolate sweetness comes through after about a third, up until then the anise rules. The rum misses me for the whole smoke; no molasses sweetness or alcoholic sharpness. Even though the Kentucky and Burley are headstrong, they don't banish the Virginia; this gives a definite fruitiness which placates the roughness from the other leaves! Mechanically it's good: slow, even, medium temperature, and bite free.
Nicotine: medium. Room-note: not great.
Classic Burley Kake? Listed as an aromatic but not one for newbies; too heady! But, it deserves three stars:
Recommended.
Although this is badged Aromatic, the stalwart tobacco flavours keep this from being too analogous with that group. They give it a 'kick'!
The beginning: leafy pieces of tobacco pressed into a kake. Apart from the occasional fleck the colour's medium brown. The moisture's good, but this was supplied in a pouch from Tobaccopipes.com; so a tin might differ.
The anise works wonderfully with the obdurate tobacco flavour; the sharp, herby, slightly hot character compliments them well. A chocolate sweetness comes through after about a third, up until then the anise rules. The rum misses me for the whole smoke; no molasses sweetness or alcoholic sharpness. Even though the Kentucky and Burley are headstrong, they don't banish the Virginia; this gives a definite fruitiness which placates the roughness from the other leaves! Mechanically it's good: slow, even, medium temperature, and bite free.
Nicotine: medium. Room-note: not great.
Classic Burley Kake? Listed as an aromatic but not one for newbies; too heady! But, it deserves three stars:
Recommended.
Pipe Used:
Peder Jepessen
PurchasedFrom:
Tobaccopipes.com
Age When Smoked:
New
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