pipesandcigars.com Green River Black Cavendish

(3.25)
This is another very versatile component. Green River burley is treated with sugar water and toasted until the sugar caramelizes and the tobacco is almost black. It has a mild brown-sugar flavor and a slightly sweet note. In Latakia blends, it will mellow the flavor. In Virginia or Virginia/perique blends, it adds a warm softness, and it can sweeten burley blends without adding flavoring. Moderate in nicotine, average burn rate.

Details

Brand pipesandcigars.com
Series Blending Tobaccos
Blended By  
Manufactured By pipesandcigars.com
Blend Type Other
Contents Black Cavendish
Flavoring Sweet / Sugar
Cut Coarse Cut
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Extremely Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Very Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.25 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 14, 2015 Mild Extremely Mild Very Mild Pleasant
By itself: Very nearly flavorless with mild body and just the slightest amount of sweetness.

As a blender: It doesn't work very well adding sweetness to a blend. It does smooth out blends that are rough around the edges and that is the only use I've found for it.

Comes a bit dry with no stickiness. Burns well. Mild in body. Very mild in flavor.
Pipe Used: MM Diplomat 5th Ave, MM Patriot
PurchasedFrom: pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: fresh bulk
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 20, 2019 Very Mild Mild Very Mild Pleasant
This was recommended to me for blending, as in the past whenever I needed a black Cavendish for my home blends, I used BCA and dried all the vanilla flavoring out of it. This is a dark black chunky cut with a slight scent of something I can't place. The person that recommended this to me sent me some later that may or may not have been from the same blending house but any differences escaped me.

As a straight smoke, this is unremarkable. A very slightly dark sweet character with some mellow roundness. Bordering on tasteless but with some caramelized sugar. In my muddled blending experiments, this is exactly what I wanted. It added some body and a bit of sweetness to oriental/perique blends but where I preferred it was mixed with red and stoved Virginia, orientals and light latakia in what I would call a Scottish mixture. It didn't add much but it was the cherry on top of the milkshake, as it were. Without it my blend was closer to ordinary. I spent many an hour working this into some pre-made blends and it usually didn't do much that I noticed but on my homebrew Scottish, it provided the perfect rounded counterpoint. Nice stuff!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 17, 2018 Mild Very Mild Medium Pleasant
Summary: add a warm maple syrup flavor to sweeten blends with this versatile component.

Green River Black Cavendish (GRBC) proves a favorite ingredient of many blenders. Burley is sprayed with sugar water and roasted to caramelize the sugars. This mimics the "second half of the bowl" effect where Virginias get heated and become gently sweet. In Burley blends, this adds a background sweetness, and in spicier blends, it blunts the edge and smooths out the flavor profile. A small amount works wonders. For fun, mix this one part to four parts dark Burley and one part white Burley, then heat some vanilla beans in 70-30 distilled water and Everclear and spray it over the top. This gets you the classic smell and taste of drugstore or house blend tobacco.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 27, 2022 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
Jar note of brown sugar, tart dark fruit, and earth. Tobacco is black course cut and a bit moist. drying may be needed. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is mild and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of caramelized sugar. Taste is mild and consistent, with notes of brown sugar, mild nuttiness, dry earth, wood, toasted bread, mild spice, dry vegetation, a sugary background note, and a smooth retro. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is good.
Pipe Used: 2015 XXX Ashton Brindle Author
PurchasedFrom: pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: 5 years
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