Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake Pipe Tobacco in Review

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Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake Pipe Tobacco in Review

CATEGORY: English
BLEND: Burley, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish
FLAVORING: none

BLENDER: Craig Tarler
MANUFACTURER: Cornell & Diehl

CUT: Crumble cake
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 3 (black finish)
INTENSITY: Medium-full

NOTES:

Spices | Dark chocolate | Molasses

A study in Latakia with condiment-leaf flecks carefully placed to highlight certain lesser-seen areas. Another way to say that would be Latakia on steroids. Dominating but not bullying. Not an L-bomb per see, given the Orientals are easy 'nuff to see w/ their sweet&sourness + candied pecan notes. I'd say the Burley represents, as well--in a slow even burn, more nuttiness, softly-so. Smooth in smoke-hole, sultry in room-note.

I want tobacco with a slow (firm) hand
I want tobacco with an easy kick
I want some leaves that will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush

Speaking of slow tho, slow sipping guarantees you sweet inky depths. There, you taste dark chocolate & molasses smoky sweets. A nice reward made natural via a slow burn. Burn--so there's the usual emptying the charcoal briquettes from your Weber grill into a campfire then dousing the sitch in soy sauce sensation. Somehow, it's a fresh-crisp profile, tho... just maybe not super interesting. Some herky-jerky small shifts don't so much qualify as complex. 

I usually talk mechanics in this final paragraph, I'll break from the mold and trip the light pedantic: I don't buy this as an English blend. But I did so enjoy the show. I get some roasted orange and vague mintiness as the ash overtakes the leaf in my bowl. I already mentioned the slow burn; it's finicky too. Packs easily and rubbing out the pack made my hands look like I work for a living. Oily, dark, and full of character--probably not my hands there--maybe me--definitely this blend. A blend as self-indulgent as to warrant this equally self-indulgent review.

TASTE: A
AROMA: B+
BURN: B

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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