Cornell & Diehl Yale Mixture

A very good English. This was a bulk purchase and came on the moist side. The flavors are indicative of quality tobaccos. The Virginias and the Latakia are in proportions that give equal flavor. It's very tasty. Medium bodied and flavored. Not complex. I noticed that the Virginia leaf is very thin; like a single layer of tissue paper. This causes it to burn a bit hot toward the end of the bowl. You have to watch out for that or you'll get scorched.

Not a screeching Craven "Me Too! Me Too! blend, IMHO. A very nice basic English, without Orientals. Very straight forward, easily an all day smoke, if you are so inclined.

The Virginia and Latakia components maintain their integrity throughout the smoke. This one does not require your undivided attention to enjoy to its fullest. Nice.

Lightn English blend that I keep on hand. The Virginia is light and has a citrus taste, also some sweet hay aspects. The Latakia is Smokey albeit light. I get a variety of flavors ranging from semi sweet to a hint of sour. Smooth and well behaved throughout the bowl. Burns at a moderate pace with no harshness detected here. A regular morning smoke for me, just enough nicotine to get a normal day started. Solid 3 from this view

During Labor Day there was a sale on C&D bulk and I bought about four ounces each of seven different blends. This is one of them and I bought it solely on the name. It sounded collegiate. This has a nice sweet natural smell out of the jar with short crimped ribbon tobacco of brown with plenty of dark scattered throughout. This is supposing to be a remake of the famous Cravens blend expect this one has no Oriental or flavoring according to the description. I never have had Cravens blend and will take them at their word that this is similar. The is an extremely English light blend with the Virginias taking the lead and the Latakia in the background at least in my smoking experience of this blend. Every once in a while, I get the hint of Latakia probably depending on how much of it is packed into the bowl. I like it but as noted this is a really mild blend and was a nice way to start the morning. This blend is almost equally divided between 4, 3 and 2 stars. If you want a light Latakia blend then this one is the way to go. This reminds me of when I was not at Yale, wearing my collegiate sweater, Captain of the Football Team, Valedictorian, Class President, Homecoming King and standing outside smoking this in my Charatan’s Make Special pipe talking to two beautiful blond Cheerleaders as they enjoy my tales of campus life and the pleasant room note of this blend.:)

While Yale Mixture is a Virginia Latakia blend, it reminds me of things like My Mixture 965, Father Dempsey and Aperitif insofar as it mixes a woodsmoke like flaovur with an incense like flavour. That surprised me -- and pleasingly so.

There's a mild nic-kick to the blend at a certain point though not significant.

It comes dry so no need to dry it out. Absolutely no trouble lighting it.

Really a very enjoyable blend.

This blend strikes me as the perfect starter for someone just moving to English style blends. And it seems a good choice for regular English smokers who enjoy more than a bowl or two or three a day. To me it is well balanced with just the tiniest hint (just barely) of natural sweetness and with no component overpowering any other. My purchase was pretty dry (which the tobacconist told me was normal for the brand) and did quickly burn though to the end. I will try this next time in the largest bowled pipe I have and will try to get a tab bit more moisture in it. Otherwise, 3 out of 4 stars, maybe a little higher

Just a short update. I grew a bit tired of this one as steady, daily smoke fare and mixed it 60/40 with C&D's Byzantium. The result was wonderful. The Byzantium punched this one up the taste scale to an old 965-like experience. I'm not one who regularly experiments with home blends, but I thought whatever could be the harm with two mixed from same blender in same genre. It worked, this time.

I was looking for a lighter English that was not a total "Latakia Bomb", and was served up with Yale Mixture. I must say this is nice, and exactly fit the bill for me. I could see this as an all day English. Just the right amount of Latakia, which does not overpower, but complements a sweet, never spicy Virginia base. If you are looking to ease into the world of English/Latakia blends, this is a good entry.

My first latakia experience. This was an incredible tobacco full of tastes.I detected a hot pepper note, light frankincense/myrrh notes, at times sweet, and smooth and velvety from start to finish. I thought the taste could be described as full and complex. I can see why people enjoy English mixtures and I enjoyed this one throughly.

I cannot imagine an english smoker not liking this. It is worth atry for sure if you smoke english blends. I always looked forward to smoking it when I had my first tin going. I have another tin on hand and will buy another one or two eventually.