Lane Limited BCA

The first few puffs always seemed a little harsh and toasty to me, but it settles down rather quickly into a mellow chocolate and vanilla flavor that wears well the rest of the way down. The whiskey is sweet, and not a major player by any means. The tobacco taste is light as it's sublimated by the toppings, but it does account for the toastiness and grass. Has very little nicotine. The strength is mild, while the taste is just short of the center of mild to medium. I never got tongue bite from this one. Burns at a reasonable pace, cool and clean with a very smooth, consistent flavor. Requires few relights, and leaves a little moisture in the bowl. Has a pleasant, short lived after taste and room note. An all day smoke. Sold at various places under the same or similar names.

-JimInks

There’s a reason why Skand/Lane sells so much of this aromatic. It is a tasty, very sweet black Vanilla Cavendish. Beyond the vanilla, there are some other flavors there too that I can’t put my finger on. I don’t taste the whiskey. BCA needs quite a bit of dry time in order to get the best out of it. For the most part, BCA doesn’t give off a lot of chemical flavor that some mass produced aromatics often give off until the latter part of the bowl. At that point it does start to show itself. I tend to prefer aromatics that are made with Burley, Virginia and brown Cavendish or a combination thereof. Given the choice of BCA or 1-Q, I prefer 1-Q to BCA. But if you are a fan of straight black Cavendish, than this should be on your must try list.

The old Black Cavendish Aromatic (BCA)! Who hasn't at least tried a bowl of this? This is one of my "go to" aromatics when I just can't take another VaPer or English. It's a light, tasty smoke that doesn't overwhelm me with flavor and isn't too hard to keep lit. Yes, it's a gooey aromatic and smokes wet. A smoker should really have a separate pipe for this - a moisture absorbing meerschaum would be ideal.

I've smoked several other sweet black cavendish tobaccos and none hold a candle to this, the original. I smoke about 4 oz of this a year and it's very good at what it does. Nice room aroma, light pleasant taste and easy to smoke. Definitely something for any smoker to try.

Ahhh BCA. This is it when I think of Black Cavendish. Not my favorite ever as McClellands VBC has tons and tons more flavor with less PG. But VBC adds caramel and butterscotch, this blend BCA is all about vanilla . Very cool smoking, like an ice cube and gets better as you go down the bowl. I mix mine, 4 ounces of BCA to 4 ounces of 1-Q which tames the golden Cavendish and gives the BCA flavor. Let sit for 90 days, Nirvana

This is one of the better all black cavendish blends out there. It has a nice balance of nut & fruit fusion, unlike the typical vanilla & cherry all black blends out there. BCA is moist, but not wet and it will dry out if left to do so. It can be smoked by itself, or used as a blending tobacco. Best smoked in a smaller bowl to keep cool and burn as complete as possible.

A premium Captain Black, is how I have heard this bulk blend by Lane called. If you have a favorit tobacconist, and he has a tobacco bar, chances are BCA is on it. You may not know it, but it will be there, just under a propriatary shop name. And I am willing to lay odds, that as long as you are not a a tobacco snob, who shuns aromatics, you have smoked this tobacco, and liked it. Very black in color, vanilla in flavor, and no matter how hard you try, you can not be bit by this tobacco. This must be the most cool smoke on the planet. My pipe almost feels fridged in my hand when I smoke this tobacco. Ok, that was an exaggeration, but even in my "hot" smoking pipes, all I get is a plesent warmth to my hand. When I am done with this tobacco, all that is left, is a nice gray/white ash, and a dry bowl. I know there are those who say this tobacco leaves the bottom of their bowl wet. All I can say to them, is work on how you smoke it, because it sure is not the tobacco.

This is the mildest smoking tobacco that I have found. The room note is excellent. The flavor to me is not a whole lot. This is highly recommended for someone who is just being introduced to pipe smoking. My impression is if you can't smoke this, you just need to lay the pipe down. Absolutely no tongue bite and burns very cool in a cob pipe.

What is there to say about this tobacco that hasn't already been said previously? It's smooth, even burning, and smells great. I started with this blend when I picked up a pipe about 10 years ago. The local tobacconist called it "Midnight Magic". I liked it because it was so mild and smelled really good. I still keep 3 or 4 ounces around (actually in a leather pipe bag) and smoke some around this time of year. It brings back a lot of good memories.

All in all, it isn't a bad smoke. It will gunk up a pipe a little once in a while, and it can burn pretty damn hot if smoked too fast. It can also have that slight ammonia taste to it if smoked too hot like many PG-loaded tobaccos have. If proper technique is used, however, aromatic smokers will enjoy it. I would recommend this to anyone who is just starting out with pipe smoking, as well as to anyone looking for a very mild tobacco with a barely noticeable nic hit.

Lane Limited Bulk No. BCA

Star Rating = 3

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 = 6

Raw Score = 46

Rated Percentage = 77%

Comment = Very Mild, Smooth, Mellow, good Flavor but a little After Taste. McClelland's VBC is much better.