McClelland No. 710 Colombian Mocha

Many years ago, a friend of mine offered me a sample of Vauen Espressotabak, and I enjoyed it very much and bought some for myself. I wanted to try another coffee flavored blend to see how it would compare, so I picked up a few ounces of this. The aroma in the bag is pleasant, and was what one would expect given the name of the blend. It's a bit moist, but I had difficulty drying it out. I guess this is one of those blends that just retains moisture. It will smoke a bit wet in a briar, so I like smoking it in a cob, as it seems to absorb the excess moisture. It lights and smokes well and should satisfy anyone looking for a coffee flavored aro. No tongue bite, which is surprising given the level of moisture. Non aro smokers should probably steer clear as it's stereotypically goopy. Not a bad smoke if smoked in a cob or filtered pipe to keep it dry, but with blends like Espressotabak on the market, I don't think I'll be buying this again unless I can't afford better tobacco.

Tastey little Aro...However, may be a bit too tastey...Mocha flavoring, which I like, tends to overwhelm the Virginias...Needs to be toned down and evened out...Maybe needs a bit more Cavendish and/or Stoved Virginia.

A good smoke but it gets old fast, the Mocha is definately there just to much there. I agree the it is a bit synthetic in taste, but not like the Captain Black Playdoe taste. I like the Black cavadish in this blend could use more cavadish and less mocha, In my opinion, then again I really liked good old lane limited Bulk Black Cav. Room note good smells great smoke taste just not as good as the smell.

I must agree with most of Briarabbit's review of this blend. I wish I could meet him, but I don't know who he is. We live in the same town apparently and visit the same pipe shop.

This blend has a great but strong bag aroma. The tobacco comes extremely moist and absolutely will not dry out. The flavor of the topping comes through in the smoke and tastes good. At first I really liked this blend and thought I had found a regular daily smoke. I like coffee and I like chocolate, so I had found the best of all worlds. Unfortunately, the more I smoked the less fond of this blend I became. The taste is good, the aroma is good, but the wetness and goopiness of the blend when smoked is not good. If you like aromatics and coffee this might be worth a try if you've never smoked it, you might very well like it. If you try it I would suggest a corn cob pipe because just as the esteemed Pipestud said in his review, this blend will leave a coffee/coconut sludge in the bottom of your pipe. To me, the dottle resembles a melted coconut haystack candy that I remember my grandparents always having on hand when I was a youngster. Two stars for Columbian Mocha.

A nice aromatic. Not as sickly as I might have expected. I smoke both aromatic and non. Though it is cased and has plenty of PEG, not too goopy in the bowl and burns well if aired out and aged a bit. Nice change of pace if you're in company and are prudently keeping your latakia's in the cellar. There is too much tobacco to try out there to buy this again, but it may be your thing if you're a coffee lover or need a smoke for acceptance of bystanders.

Ok I'm the odd guy here who liked this. I really like this a lot! ( see update) I just got back from my favorite Tobacconist in Jackson,Tennessee at "Ye Ole Pipe Shoppe",and he had just got some in from McC. It's high quality leaf in ribbon cut,with dark cavendish,and bright Virginias laced with good coffee and good Chocolate flavour. I smoked this in a small bowl Canadian that I reserve for aromatics. The blend was silky smooth,lightly sweet but not too sweet,and the aroma and taste of the Coffee was great,and I don't even like aromatics.

Update------- (gee wiz I hate having to agree with pipestud) haha,-but this blend was on the goopy and wet side. The aromatics in the tobacco seem to seep out like a ghost and make anything thats close to it smell like it.Yes, even sealed in the bag, it comes out and will contaminate any tobacco near it.It does taste good,but so does a cup of coffee.Maybe thats what I really wanted when I smoked this...a cup of coffee.In my opinion,a good blend as far as aromatics go.

well definately very mocha a kind of captain black of the McClelland brand with lots of PG and the usual bitter harsh and soggy bottom and well...the drugstore tobacco problems. Not bad if you go for that stuff so if you like Captain black and want it in mocha then go for it or you might find some use for it but I will stick to sunset breaze in the aromatics of at least blue note. I had to clear my pipe out with several bowls of some Arcadia to burn out the PG. I should have tried it in a corn cob first.

Being a McC. blend I really wanted to like this tobacco, and I did for a while. When I first discovered it, the tobacco had been tinned and given another name. I liked it enough that I purchased a 3-pack. I liked the taste, the aroma in the tin as well as the room, the tobaccos used and hey, it was McClelland, right? But, like hornsmoker said, this stuff just wouldn't dry out at all. I'm glad I only used a couple of pipes to smoke it in, because the "task" of smoking to the bottom of the bowl became to much to bear. I used the open tin on the coffe table as a potpourri (gotta try something) and that poly-glycol just held on and held on. It really is sad, I feel this blend had potential. IMHO it's better than some drug store blends, it did burn fairly well, and I do know 1 or 2 guys who smoke(d) it all the time, but I doubt that I will. That BITTER taste nearing the bottom of the bowl is to nasty to deal with. McC blends are a big part of my tobak cache, but not this one. Anyone want the unopened tins let me know, they're good and aged.