McClelland No. 710 Colombian Mocha

I do love a strong cup of coffee in the mornings. I also enjoy a strong bowl of tobacco in the mornings. After smoking a bowl of this concoction I have determined that I will never pour coffee in my pipe and I will not brew tobacco in my coffee pot.

McClelland's attempt here was admirable, but once I finished the load, the bottom of the bowl of my nice briar looked like coffee coconut sludge. Not a pretty sight. Hmmm, I think I've just described this tobacco's taste too.

McCelland Bulk No. 710 - Colombian Mocha

Star Rating = 1

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

Pouch Note = 7

Room Note - 7

Flavor = 0

Bite = 7

Burn = 7

After Taste = 1

Raw Score = 29

Rated Percentage = 48%

Comment = Strange Flavor, but no coffee or chocolate Flavor at all, Burns Hot, a lot of After Taste, this blend is terrible, yuck

The "tin" note is very nice, a combo of fruity bread and cocoa. Lights easily and stays lit. Moisture-wise it does seem to be a bit gurgly. While smoking the coffee flavors come out on top of chocolate-covered toast.

This strikes me as a not-to-challenging yet pleasant smoke. Nothin' wrong with that!

Update - I'm almost done with my initial two ounces and while the tobacco feels properly dried it still gurgles like hell. Not recommended.

I tried this a day after I had smoked some Captain Black White. CBW had more character than this blend. It just smells good with out smoking it. But when smoked, it has a weird synthetic taste to it. Aromatics should taste like nothing or have a slight PLEASANT aftertaste...not a weird plasticky/synthetic taste.

Ok, so the Columbian Mocha was kind of a bust for me. I smoked it for about 5 minutes before dumping the bowl. There was already a puddle forming in the bottom of my briar after that short period of time! I may have to scrap this blend or mix it with something else that smokes drier. I'm not sure if I will put in the effort though. Maybe I'll try to dry it over night and see what happens.

In the end coffee must be drunk and tobacco must be smoked. I love a cup of Greek coffee. I also enjoy a bowl full of tobacco in the morning.

After smoking this tobacco I have decided that I will never spill my coffee in my pipe and I will not boil my tobacco to make coffee. It also burnt my tongue.

Good effort by McClelland, but when I finished smoking the bottom of my pipe looked like the bottom of a cup with Greek coffee. Not a pretty picture.

Wow! This is the goopiest tobacco I've ever tried. And this is a shame because 710 had the potential to be a good tobacco.

I remember the taste as being nice, but I couldn't really taste any coffee flavoring. I probably would've noticed the coffee taste if I had smoked more than one bowl of this stuff. As for the smoking characteristics, this tobacco seemed to have a nice, even burn. Also, there was no tongue bite.

Now for the cons of this tobacco...

After a pleasant first bowl, I was horrified when I looked at the bottom of my pipe. There was a PUDDLE of goop at the bottom of the bowl--and that's no exaggeration. As an aromatic smoker, I expect a little moisture in the bowl, but this was absolutely disgusting. This tobacco stayed dark & moist for as long as I had it. When I finally dumped it, I noticed that the little clear plastic baggy it came in was actually stained yellow with goop. This would be a nice tobacco if it wasn't sopping wet with humectants.

I recently tried this tobacco in a experiment to remind myself of why a world class blender like McClelland can't make a decent American style aromatic to save their ass!

It's quite a shame, as this tobacco actually taste pretty good, but is absolutely ruined by the overwhelming use of poly-glycols as a preservative. The burn is cool and flavorful, but fouls the pipe in a pool of wet dottle. Drying doesn't help! You can leave this stuff on your kitchen counter for a week and it still wouldn't dry out enough to consider keeping.

Needless to say, this tobacco is for newbies only and I wouldn't recommend it at all, because there are much better tobaccos out there that aren't so chemical laden. This review is harsh - but then again this is rubbish.

I desparately wanted to like this. I love aromatics and love coffee. I have been looking for a coffe flavoured pipe tobacco for some time. When I took a whiff of this, I thought I had found it!

The aroma in the jar smells like you could pour some hot water over it and make a good cup of coffee. As others have mentioned, this is soaking wet with PG. Drying will not happen in our lifetime, so I decided to let it sit out for a day and see if it could be smoked (that coffee smell was beckoning me constantly.)

Once you get it lit, that first blast is definitely coffee! There is a background note that I can't quite put my finger on. No one has been able to tell me what happens to PG when it burns, maybe it does impart some unfortunate flavour when used in this quantity?!

As you work through the bowl (and it is work), keep your lighter handy! It is very stubborn about going out!

Did I enjoy this tobacco? Not a lot (sigh). I really did want to like it. I eventually mixed it 50-50 with some Peterson's Irish Oak. I did make for a more interesting smoke, but I probably won't buy any more of the Columbian Mocha.