CAO Cherry Bomb

I am a big fan of cherry flavored tobaccos. This one is at the top of my list. Now, I will say the cherry in this is more like a cherry jolly rancher than actual real cherry. From the tin the cherry scent hits you (KAPOW), makes me think of cherry slushies and long summer days. The flavor is amazing It's sweet, and juicy with a clean crisp finish. The flavors remains from beginning to end of the bowl. From the tin it was ready to smoke, this one will be in my regular rotation.

Well folks I like this one 4 stars,,,, and why you might ask? Well its a solid well flavored cherry aromatic. The black cavendish is of the best quality too which makes all this possible. CAO knows how to choose a base tobacco for their full cherry topping. There can be vanilla undertones at times which is simply wonderful. This one has also smoked better and better as the tin empties and the remaining tobacco becomes more dry. I have always enjoyed aromatics as well as some English and straight VA blends, and this one will be in my rotation from now on. It may be one of the best aromatics I have ever tried. I am now excited to try the other CAO blends and plan to order a tin of each of them soon.. Cheers All..... !!! 🙂

Vanilla splashed with Maraschino Cherry

This tobacco gets an unfair shake because of it's misleading name: it's not a cherry-flavored tobacco in the main, rather, it's vanilla with a hint of cherry.

If you're after a nice vanilla, this one should definitely be on your list to sample. It's a rich tasting top-shelf dark Cavendish tobacco blend, first and foremost, with the occasional hint of unsweetened vanilla sweet maraschino appearing in the background. I think the cherry note gives it a little more dimension than other, more straight-ahead vanilla blends. A fun, good-time tobacco to have on hand for those who enjoy the flavor of good tobacco unencumbered by heavy flavored casings but packing a solid, rich room note. Hopefully for you a very pleasant departure from the usual vanilla blends. Thank you for your time.

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.

This is the first cherry tobacco I've tried. And this is my least favorite CAO tobacco. That being said its still a good one. I'm just not a big cherry tobacco person. Additionally I would buy it again if my Tobacconist was out of the other CAO flavors. Now that I've tried all four of their pipe tobaccos I may try mixing several of them together. ie. Bela Moontrance, Eileen's Cherry Bomb, or Bela Bomb. You get the picture.