CAO Cherry Bomb

I had high hopes for this mixture. I generally like CAO offerings and I generally love Cherry-flavored tobaccos.

The tin note on Cherrybomb is odd. It doesn't smell of cherry or vanilla as much as much as it smells of harsh chemicals.

Happily, it doesn't taste like it smells. Unhappily, it doesn't taste like much of anything at all.

I think I'll stick with Cult's Blood Red Moon and Tewkesbury's Hobbit's Weed for my go-to Cherry Tobacco.

2016-03-05: I have pushed this jar to the back of my drawer for a couple months and tried it again. No change.

Good cherry flavor, burns well. This one will actually dry out of left open unlike many aromatics, so be careful. I tried a lot of cherry blends this year and this is one of the contenders. Not the top, but very good

Today I opened up a year old tin of cherry bomb. I am not a cherry fan. It was free. I always take it when it's free and try it. I had three tins. This is the third I have now smoked. I opened it at 7am. Smoked it at 1pm. Packed in light with half a pipe bowl. Lit it. Char was quick. Relight worked well. Flavor is heavily sprinkled in. Smoked it slow. Drank water and finished after 20 minutes. It had flavor of cherry. Very light. Smelled more than tasted. Folks next door came over to see what I was smoking. Loaded up two more bowls during the day. Put the rest in a jar to mix with something. Was ok. But had a strong chemical taste with it. . Smoked a little wet at the end. Same for all 3 tins. Might revisit in a month or two.

I like cherry blends but I definitely need to be in the mood for them. Cherry Bomb is no different. If I feel like it I'll smoke it. This may occur as much as once a week to once every two months.

Now to the Cherry Bomb. Opening the tin and smelling reminds me of the cherry car air freshener from the 90's. You know, the one they sell at the car ash next to the register. The tobacco is pretty moist and I'd say requires some drying time. But I packed some right away and lit it. The tobacco did cause my fingers to smell pretty good as it wssasather moist. And because it was moist it was a little more difficult to light And keep lit. It did burn hot. And I know it would have bitten if I smoked it quickly. Thankfully by now I know how to avoid being bitten. The blend tasted fine. Not much actual tobacco flavor. As for cherry flavor it tadted best smorking. Now after I smoked it a few times wet I decided to change the way of doing this. I took some out of tne tin to dry for a couple hours. This made a huge difference. Smoked better, cooler, smoother, maybe three relights and over all much more enjoyable. And finally a few more times I let this blend dry for at least 1.5 hourson up to 8 hours when I was si track ed on errands and house side projects. But every time I let it dry some made the blend taste better, and smoke better. A slow sip with a snork out the nose at a snails pace really brings out intricate flavors. The cherry is obviously tasted. Like a cherry powder cool aid. But very light, yet plasant. I even detect some sweet citrus and almost apricot notes. But only these notes with a very slow snork. When concluded I did have a wet heel in my pipe. A pipe cleaner inserted did the trick. It ashed fine. And I'd say about half the time there were a few flakes towads the bottom that never reached their destiny in burning. And all in all to me this blend is a 3.2 to me. So I gave it a 4 star as it's more deserving than the low score that's currently posted.

Because I prefer non aromatics, I was a bit reluctant to try this tobacco at first. The name "Cherry Bomb" implied a hot blast of cherry flavoring that would leave me with chemical after taste and a headache. I was dead wrong. Cherry bomb is pleasantly sweet and medium to full bodied. Most importantly, my wife loves the aroma. The tin note is impressive and smells of chocolate covered cherries.

I purchased this as in a package. If you like aromatics and cherries this is the one for you! Cherry Bomb is one of my favorites!

If you are looking for a strong aromatic to smoke in mixed company, this is the one for you. Once you open the tin you are hit with a wave of cherry and black licorice scents. I couldn't really taste anything special as I smoked it. The room note was wonderful, but powerful. My wife had insisted that I should by a tin (after her mother had regaled her with stories of my father in law smoking cherry blends) but has since confessed that the cherry note was too powerful and lingered far to long for her pleasure. I'm back to smoking my usual blends now, but I would recommend Cherry bomb to anyone looking for a strong aro.

CAO Cherry Bomb has a super sweet cherry flavor and the room note is fantastic. Being one of my first cherry blends, I was happy to find it actually tastes like cherries. A bit moist right out of the tin but after and hour of dry time it's good to go. It starts off with a desserty sweetness with a very subtle hint of the vanilla. I noticed the sweetness eases off to a more smokey flavor at the half bowl point but was happy to find the cherry flavoring still stuck around. My beard smelled amazing for the rest of the day! Burned a bit on the hot side but no bite.

Cherrybomb, 50g tin

Star Rating = 3.0

Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst

Pouch Note = 8

Room Note = 8

Flavor = 8

Bite = 8

Burn = 8

After Taste = 8

Raw Score = 48

Rated Percentage = 80%

Comment = Smooth, Mild, big Cherry flavor but no vanilla Flavor, bitter at the end of the bowl