Two Friends Redwood
(3.06)
A mixture for Virginia lovers! We start with naturally sweet red and stoved red Virginia tobaccos, add enough perique to provide some body and spice things up a bit, and finish the blend with a pinch of unflavored black toasted cavendish. The color is reminiscent of the hues of a redwood forest; the flavor is rich and soothing, and the room aroma is as pleasing as a walk in the woods after a gentle spring rain.
Details
| Brand | Two Friends |
| Blended By | Craig Tarler & Gregory Pease |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.06 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 31, 2014 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The earthy, woody, lightly bready red Virginias are tangy, dried fruit sweet with a little sugar, floralness, light tart and tangy citrus, and a pinch of spice. Though they don't drive the flavor profile, they are the lead component. The sugary stoved Virginias are a little less sweeter as they provide stewed dark fruit, earth, wood, and bread in a support role. The earthy, woody perique is a minor, yet ever noticeable component, and is figgy, raisiny, with a mild spice note. The unsweetened black cavendish adds a touch of sugar in the background. Sounds more complex and sweeter than it really is, there's a certain dryness to the taste that somewhat offsets the sweetness. The strength is in the center of mild to medium. The taste is a step past the mark. The nic-hit is a slot behind the strength level. Won't bite or get harsh, but it does sport a few small rough edges. Burns clean and cool at a reasonable pace with a consistent flavor. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Has a decent, if kind of plain, short lived after taste. The room note is a tad stronger. Produces lots of smoke in each puff. A pretty decent starter blend or an all day smoke if you please, but it may leave experienced VaPer smokers wanting more than this offers, despite the high quality of the tobaccos. Two and a half stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 10, 2018 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
A dry tasting and clean smoking blend that seems almost entirely comprised of thin ribbon cut red Virginia. The tin note is promising with its sweet and somewhat tangy aroma. When lit, the Virginias come through as mild and earthy and have a light grassy quality but lack depth in flavor. I say this because there’s very little sweetness to balance here, or at least much less than I prefer. So what could potentially be a fuller more rounded out smoke, winds up tasting thinner than it should. The Cavendish definitely isn’t there for sweetness, so I would assume that its sole purpose is to help to tone down the rugged quality of the Virginias, which in my humble opinion are not very refined or well-aged and smoke a bit harsh as a result. The perique saves the day and helps to lift Redwood out of the doldrums by adding a delicate pepperiness to the finish. Unfortunately this is the only complexity I could find in a bowl of this average tasting mixture.
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 06, 2016 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This blend did not do it for me as much as I had hoped it would. It is a well done vaper, but I find that it is not as sweet as I would have preferred in this type of blend. I find the Virginia combination to be more earthy than sugary. This actually surprised me as I expected big sweetness in the combination of red Virginia and stoved Virginia. Don't get me wrong, there was sweetness, it was just wasn't to my particular liking.
I found the perique content to be heavier than average, but well below heavy. The blend does have a good amount of spice and is pretty biteless. It is also a pretty moist blend and despite a good amount of time in the tin (greater than a year), it retained this moisture til the last scraps were burned up. Overall, it performs well and is a quality leaf. The two stars represent my own desire for more sweetness and an abundance of vapers on the market that deliver said sweetness.
If you like an earthier, spicy vaper however, you may really like this and rate it much higher than I have. I won't be purchasing more of this one.
I found the perique content to be heavier than average, but well below heavy. The blend does have a good amount of spice and is pretty biteless. It is also a pretty moist blend and despite a good amount of time in the tin (greater than a year), it retained this moisture til the last scraps were burned up. Overall, it performs well and is a quality leaf. The two stars represent my own desire for more sweetness and an abundance of vapers on the market that deliver said sweetness.
If you like an earthier, spicy vaper however, you may really like this and rate it much higher than I have. I won't be purchasing more of this one.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 03, 2013 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I've got mixed feelings on this blend. For the record, the blend is fine in terms of moisture content. I had no problems with it being too dry as some of the other blends produced by C&D. The first few puffs were very sweet, but not overly so. The flavor became more complex as I went into the second third of the bowl; sweet, but not as sweet as when I started. As I smoked it sown, it became mort bitter and had a rather sour taste to it. If I was to judge this on the first 2/3 of the bowl, this would be a highly recommended blend, but I'm one who likes to smoke it down the bottom, so hence the 2 star review.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 06, 2009 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I tried Redwood when my tobacconist was out of Dorcester. The nicest thing about this blend was the note in the bag...like dates with a little port casing. A medium cut ribbon, mostly reddish brown and feeling slightly drier than "just right". The pack was a little springy...generally not a good sign in my book. On lighting, the first flavor discernible was cavendish and dates. The nicotine level in this blend is dizzying. I was unable to finish the 8 oz bag I'd purchased...next time I'll hold out for Dorcester or my new favorite, St. James Woods. The room note tried very hard to be pleasant...is that Myrrh? I know there are some who will love Redwood but I just couldn't find the music.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 05, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Butter smell, slightly sweet... in the pipe it's a decent more virginia forward tobacco and only has little perique. It is quite unidimensional but pleasant nonetheless. I would not recommend this if you love stronger VA/Pers
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 24, 2006 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is a sweet VA/Per that doesn't stand out in a crowd. It's more Pease than CD but otherwise.
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Images evoked include a private first class undead soldier doing rounds in the Evil Dead army with three companies of bone-soldiers.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 09, 2005 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Redwood is a solid Virginia/Perique with full flavor and a substantial nicotine hit. It stands in the "strong VA/P" category with Ashton Black Parrot, GLP Haddo's Delight, Escudo and Three Nuns. There are two reasons why it didn't get a higher rating. First, it isn't as good as the other four blends just mentioned, which, to be fair, are very good. If I was looking for this style of tobacco, I would smoke one of those blends. Second, there is an elusive element of this blend that is somehow, er, nauseating. I'm not talking about the nicotine, and it isn't just a flavor that I dislike. It could be a purely personal reaction, but it is a consistent one.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 07, 2022 | Medium | Very Mild | Very Mild | Tolerable |
a bland smoke , probably wouldn’t buy again, taste not very strong, seems something is missing in this smoke . it seemed a little dry out of tin but smoked good
Pipe Used:
corn cob
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