Cornell & Diehl Green River Vanilla

Another one of the C&D sampler. Very black broken flake with a delightful aroma in the tin. The black cavendish is nicely flavoured with vanilla without going over the top. Think this will be a good smoke when smoking in a crowd of non-smokers. I have tasted other vanilla flavored tobaccos but this is mild. Burns dry and left a nice ash. Humidity when opened is perfect and doesn't drying out. For an aromatic, it is cool. Could be a regular when wanting an aromatic and need a break from my regular latakia. Nice morning smoke with coffee.

Cornell & Diehl - Green River Vanilla.

When this arrived I thought Smokingpipes.com had sent me a loosely pouched Sam Gawith Blend, but in all fairness, even Sam G's blends aren't as wet as this. I'm not kidding! But, after a LONG airing, it's not too bad a smoke.

The smokes flavour is mainly made up of vanilla and black cavendish, but there's a slight fire-cured note in support. The smoke has a heavy build, and although the aroma's pleasant you may want to open up a window or two! Providing it's been dried off correctly the burn from it's good, but should it be smoked fresh the flint will wear out on the lighter! The smoke's very cool.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: heavy but pleasant.

Green Vanilla Cavendish? Good, but not quite good enough for full marks. Three stars:

Recommended.

UPDATED:

Tried this blend again and was pleasantly suprised. No dust and is seemed to burn much cleaner all the way to the bottom. Not something I'll smoke on a regular basis but nice to have around.

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Looking for a crowd pleasing blend I ordered 2 ounces as part of a sample pack and it was a pretty decent tobacco. Not a great vanilla but not bad. It burned cool with a fair amount of vanilla flavor and I was able to also taste the tobacco. This blend burned very fast and not cleanly.

As with all C&D products there was no PG which I appreciated.

When I ordered 4 ounces it was a disappointment. The moisture level was fine but it was dusty. After 3 weeks there was so much fine dust it was unsmokable. I'm not sure if it was the bottom of the batch or something inherent to this type of tobacco but not one that I'll order again.

Cool smoking and mellow. Vanilla reminds of sugar cookies. Usually a bit wet and benefits from some drying. I always have some on hand. There is nothing remarkable, but it is a solid gental smoke or a decent mixer.

The 2 oz tin I got of this was just a tiny bit on the moist side so, I usually let some air out before smoking. This has a very mild Vanilla flavor and for me, it tasted more like a mild liqueur. What you mostly taste, however, is a quality Burley that burns nicely and doesn't smoke hot so long as you're not a huffer and a puffer. This was one my first pipe tobaccos and I would recommend this to most beginners. I might buy this in the future again but probably not right away as the taste is, well, maybe not one dimensional, but more like two dimensional: good burley and mild, not overpowering flavor. Still, a good, quality tobacco from C&D.

The tobacco in the tin is very dark and somewhat rich smelling. No real problems packing it, but there are some larger pieces. The room note is very nice and pleased my wife. The taste wasn't really vanilla for me. It was there just really mild. Overall, a nice mild tobacco that doesn't goop up the bowl. Worth a try, if you don't want in your face vanilla taste.

There is nothing unpleasant about GRV, and it is actually a very cool, dry smoking, black Cavendish pleasing to others in the room. It is perfect to keep the office or home free of tobacco odor the day after the fire goes out.

There is genuine tobacco flavor and genuine vanilla flavor, but little of each due to the nature of the leaf chosen, the processing, and flavoring applied. This is its style, and I have no criticism.

The cut is a bit stiff and therefore takes a little care to properly pack into the bowl. The dry consistency makes for an easy light and steady burn with few, if any, gurgles.

I will keep this around to cut the power or heavy flavor of otherwise respectable blends, but I like more oomph if I am smoking straight Black Cavendish.

If you are looking for a very good vanilla tobacco, I recommend this without hesitation! Another very good C&D aromatic, this is probably one of the best vanilla aromatics I have ever smoked. Very pleasant tin aroma, packs well, but did require several relights. ( I believe this to be "the nature of the beast" for most vanilla aromatics ) Fantastic room note, this would please even the most die hard anti-smoker type in the room. Recommended!!

UPDATE 1/09/07*****

I find as I smoke this that it is still a great tobacco, but very "one note" in the depth department. For Christmas this year I recieved a 1 pound tub of Sir Walter Raleigh from a friend. I enjoy SWR, it is a classic American Drugstore Blend, also a "one note" blend, but I am not complaining. NOW, I took the two ounce tin of Green River Vanilla I had cellared, and blended it in with the one pound of SWR, and let it sit for about a week...And,WOW!! This is a great marriage! The vanilla really dresses up the SWR and makes it an extremely pleasing blend! I know that some tobacco "snobs" out there will scold me for this, but I must say, this is a very nice combination! A very nice change of pace, and, the tobacco does burn evenly with few relights. Also, no tonguebite whatesover, burns to a nice grey ash with very little dottle. And the room note I have been told, is quite pleasant! Give it a try, I feel you will not be dissapointed!!

I've seen searching for a nice Vanilla cavendish for some time and I believe I've hit on one with this blend.

The previous reviewer compared this to Fred Stokers "Vanilla Custard." Looking at samples of the two in front of me right now, this CD blend is dark brown, rather than black as is the Stoker product. The CD product, while moist, is much less so than the Stoker product

While the Stoker product is indeed very heavy vanilla, the CL product is lighter, but tastes better, with an almost nutty background, and allows a bit, although admittedly not much, of the background tobacco taste to come through as well.

Very enjoyable occasional smoke.