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Post by professorthroway on Sept 26, 2018 19:56:40 GMT -5
I bought this during a good C&D sale on smokingpipes.com a few years back and have been hesitant to open it. I generally am a sucker for latakia and perique blends, so I think that is why I must have grabbed it. However I don't think I realized it has a lot of black cavendish. I am not really a fan of sweet english blends for example I would much rather have Dunhill Standard or London mixture to 965. Anyway on a whim I opened it up.
The tobacco is all black, and even more haphazardly cut than typical C&D coarse cut. There were huge pieces of black cavendish and the perique appeared to be primarily granulated. The tin note was primarily latakia with a little sweetness. The tobacco was surprisingly wet for a C&D blend. I let it dry for a while before smoking.
Charing light and first few puffs, I really only got latakia. The cavendish wasn't as sweet as I was expecting. The perique was largely absent, maybe a nose tingle on retrohale.
The perique builds slowly but is never becomes very strong. It is more plummy than peppery and fits the blend well. It isn't a latakia bomb the cavendish keeps it balanced without becoming cloying or overly sweet. I am guessing it is the combination of oriental and cavendish that I don't like in sweet english mixtures because I didn't mind it here. It took the roughness off the latakia.
It bult in strength a little as it burned down, but the flavor was pretty monotonic and I was a little bored by the end. I probably wouldn't have smoked it down all the way if I wasn't watching some commentary and games from the World Junior Chess Championship (congratulations to GM Parham Maghsoodloo for winning 9.5pts out of 11 rounds).
One bowl isn't enough to get a blend, but I doubt this will surprise me or grow on me too much. It will likely be an occasional change of pace blend but I don't think I will be buying it again in the future.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 26, 2018 20:18:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the review. This sounds like something I might be interested in, since I'm a fan of English/aromatic cross-overs. Is it mellowed enough by the cav to be a "doing stuff while smoking" type blend (working in the shop, yard work, etc.)?
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Post by papipeguy on Sept 26, 2018 20:36:27 GMT -5
I've been smoking MM for years and really enjoy it. Don't let the color in the tin put any of you off It's a delightful blend IMHO.
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Post by sparks on Sept 26, 2018 20:40:12 GMT -5
Important to note, it’s unsweetened Black Cavendish, so there is no artificial sweetner added.
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Post by william on Sept 26, 2018 20:45:03 GMT -5
Thanks for taking the time to post a thoughtful review.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 20:45:21 GMT -5
Good review. I haven't had any of this one in some time but it and Plum Pudding always seemed good candidates to me for those looking for Frog Morton replacements.
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Post by professorthroway on Sept 26, 2018 21:11:20 GMT -5
Thanks for the review. This sounds like something I might be interested in, since I'm a fan of English/aromatic cross-overs. Is it mellowed enough by the cav to be a "doing stuff while smoking" type blend (working in the shop, yard work, etc.)? I think it would work pretty well as an in the background smoke, if you liked the sweeter english style. For me a good burley fills the role of a yard work pipe. |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Sept 26, 2018 21:26:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the review. This sounds like something I might be interested in, since I'm a fan of English/aromatic cross-overs. Is it mellowed enough by the cav to be a "doing stuff while smoking" type blend (working in the shop, yard work, etc.)? I think it would work pretty well as an in the background smoke, if you liked the sweeter english style. For me a good burley fills the role of a yard work pipe. I agree, but I like to switch it up. I'll give this blend a try. It wasn't even on my radar, so thanks for bringing it to my attention! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 21:46:21 GMT -5
Important to note, it’s unsweetened Black Cavendish, so there is no artificial sweetner added. Cavendish tobacco's are heavily cased. So there is some sort of sweetener used. So there is no Toppings added to the Black Cavendish. Glad I read this before I cracked the tin I have |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 21:58:51 GMT -5
Thanks for a well thought out review
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Post by beardedmi on Sept 26, 2018 22:15:20 GMT -5
Important to note, it’s unsweetened Black Cavendish, so there is no artificial sweetner added. Cavendish tobacco's are heavily cased. So there is some sort of sweetener used. So there is no Toppings added to the Black Cavendish. Glad I read this before I cracked the tin I have No cavendish is steamed, not all of them are heavily cased. Stokkebyes natural dutch cavendish and sail regular are both lightly flavored and not goopy by any measure. Some are over treated but not all. |
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Post by sparks on Sept 26, 2018 22:23:27 GMT -5
Important to note, it’s unsweetened Black Cavendish, so there is no artificial sweetner added. Cavendish tobacco's are heavily cased. So there is some sort of sweetener used. So there is no Toppings added to the Black Cavendish. Glad I read this before I cracked the tin I have Not all cavendish is heavily cased. Cavendish is a process, not a genre of tobacco like Aromatic. If you buy some C&D unsweetened Black Cavendish (which is what they use in Miss. Mudd) it’s very lightly cased with sugar water in the processing. My personal opinion is Miss. Mudd is not sweet at all. Savory, rich, and maybe monochromatic, but not sweet. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2018 22:40:29 GMT -5
Very good review, a good read, thanks for sharing your thoughts. Mississippi Mud is a blend I’ve enjoyed in the past, I definitely enjoy the smooth creamy rich smoke. Hardly any casing is used in this blend, the Cavendish used helps this fine blend smoke smooth and at a moderate pace without adding any sweetness. I still have a few in the cellar.
When you smoke another bowl let it air dry for about 30 minutes, might be a big difference to your liking this blend.
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Post by antb on Sept 27, 2018 2:27:00 GMT -5
Nice review. Thanks!
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Post by qmechanics on Sept 27, 2018 2:57:27 GMT -5
Cavendish tobacco's are heavily cased. So there is some sort of sweetener used. So there is no Toppings added to the Black Cavendish. Glad I read this before I cracked the tin I have Not all cavendish is heavily cased. Cavendish is a process, not a genre of tobacco like Aromatic. If you buy some C&D unsweetened Black Cavendish (which is what they use in Miss. Mudd) it’s very lightly cased with sugar water in the processing. My personal opinion is Miss. Mudd is not sweet at all. Savory, rich, and maybe monochromatic, but not sweet. Nice reply to an often misunderstood issue!! To expand on your point after the tobacco leaves are harvested, they are prepared for use as pipe tobacco. Sugar water is often used in this process. An aromatic takes the processed tobaccos (Burley, Virginia etc.) and in the production of a blend adds casing(s) or to avoid confusion topping(s) (to differentiate between the casing used in raw leaf processing from the casing added to make an aromatic). |
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 27, 2018 5:02:11 GMT -5
Great review. Well put together. Thanks for that.
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Post by slowroll on Sept 27, 2018 12:51:12 GMT -5
I've smoked MM, and I agree with this review. Nice job. To me, it's an OK tobacco where the Cavendish mutes the latakia quite a bit. Since I like the latakia to jump out, so not a tobac I'd buy again
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