Customer Reviews (24 Total)
I bet you know this flavor already.
May 08, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
So many blends simply list "orientals" as an ingredient, but there are so many different varieties it's hard to know what flavor a blend will have. To make matters worse, they aren't all available straight for blending to familiarize our palates wit... Read More
h. But luckily C&D has this little gem, so I finally bought some Izmir to try not knowing what it would be like. Even after I opened the can I couldn't recognize the smell. It's a rather shaggy cut that likes to clump together, but was a perfect moisture level... the only words I can think of to describe the aroma is "buttery", maybe "nutty". Long story made short: once I got a nice bowl going and settled into a good rhythm I felt in a familiar place. I thought "I know this flavor!". Not only did I know it, but it's one I enjoy. If you enjoy rich English tobaccos, I'll bet you know Izmir's profile too. Reviews of taste can be so subjective, but it's a recognizable flavor in many well known English/Balkan blends I gravitate to. As for using it to blend your own, it should lend a creamy sour edge to blends, more musty than perfumy, and sweeter than spicy. It has characteristics of milder Perique blends and similar to Burley in it's creamy fullness, but also a sweetness I think would partner well with Virginias. But, I think I like it straight, just like this. Read Less
What a great surprise
May 17, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I was used to percive orientals as spicy, a bit sour, with a metallic taste. Actually this is true only when combined to virginias or other tobaccos. This one tastes a little like smoked wood, like a faint latakia, and it has sweetness. Sometimes it ... Read More
reminds me of the cigarette taste, but so much better. It burns beautiful to the end, leaving a nice ash, no tongue bites, no harsh spots. Goes perfectly with coffee. Stays in my rotation.
It blends very well with other tobaccos, but I think that there are allready lots of good oriental mixes on the market so i rather smoke it like that. Read Less
You're Going To Need This...
August 05, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Although I have had this tobacco in a blend, I wanted to try this straight to experience it. At first I was surprised with the nutty flavor, then sweetness, spice and something else. I couldn't put my finger on it, then it hit me. Corn silk. Now you... Read More
young whippersnappers don't know the flavor of a good Virginia with a little sweet corn silk. Too bad for you. The flavors lingered on my palette for some time. Mix this with your blend, sure. But try it straight, it's outstanding.
FYI...this tobacco is like the Perique of sweetness...I've tried a few blends with various degrees of Izmir...if you go to 10% it completely takes over the flavor...use it like Perique...3-5% and it gives a great back flavor and blends well with other tobaccos. Read Less
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I'm reviewing the bulk. It came very dry, which had me worried. But when I sampled it, I realized it was not a problem, it's just lacking any added casing for obvious blending purposes. It's pure. By itself, wow: It packs well and smokes easy, maybe ... Read More
a single ash dump and relight will be needed, but maybe not. The flavor is complex. It has a sour quality that reminds me of the aftertaste of a quality bourbon---none of the burn, just that sour goodness but with only hints of sweet way in the background. It can also produce some floral qualities, like bare hints of a rose way back there somewhere. Sometimes the slightest spice, sometimes just a bit of rich woodsiness (is that a word?). All that is going on, but it's not overbearing. Nic is minimal. When I first opened that bulk bag and saw something that looked like dry red Virginia and smelled ever so faintly of sour apples (but it hardly even had a tin or bag note at all), I was a bit disappointed. To my joyful surprise, this stuff is so good, so lightly pungent, so complex, and so easy to smoke all on its own. I originally got this to improve other blends, but I foresee smoking it pure just as much as I blend it.
EDIT: A touch of this makes many smokes better, even smokes I like such as Gaslight, Newminster Danish Gold, coin smokes, etc. Read Less
A good component
May 22, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
This made for a nice component to play around with other blends. I didn't care for it alone but that is a personal preference. It is a good tobacco with a distinct aroma and flavor.
Moisture
February 21, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I like tobaccos to come to me dry so I don't have to pay for water, which I can add if it needs it, Having some moisturizing stones I added or moisturized this tobacco to suit my preference. Tasty and smokes well. Should be a good addition to my Lata... Read More
kia blend. Read Less
Cedar And exoctic
November 03, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Exotic is a great word to describe this. I have been a fan of turkish blend cigarettes when I smoked them and this stuff is beyond anything I could have imagined a turkish could be.I really like this blend of flavor. Something unusually tasty I can n... Read More
ot recognize. I like it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. It's my favorite tobacco right now.Small of leaf, sun-cured, relatively low in nicotine, Blending specs and just might be perfect for your blending aspirations. Read Less
Cedar and Spice
September 09, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Lovely tasting tobacco, seemed to be mildly spicy with a nice cedar flavor on the snork. Ordering more soon.
Fantastic smooth spciy "exoctic"
May 20, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Exotic is a great word to describe this. I've been a fan of turkish blend cigarettes when I smoked them and this stuff here is beyond anything I could have imagined a turkish could be. Has nice bit of strength to it, it has a flavor like it came from... Read More
a far away land where they know what they are doing and have been doing it for eons. would make a nice blender or is fine on it's own. Close to the top of my list of all the different ones I've tried.
I tried a 50/50 blend of this and Mac Baren: Virginia No. 1 and they compliment each other nicely, I like the added sweetness of the Virginia and plan to experiment with percentages. They have a similar cut so they look like they were made for each other. Read Less
Spicy and Exotic
October 14, 2015
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I am having a bowl of Izmir Turkish on this beautiful autumn day as I am writing this review. The exotic spicy and flavorful taste of this tobacco goes well with the yellow and orange scenery of the trees and the crisp chilly air of the fall. Best t... Read More
obacco for the season for sure. Happy smoking! Read Less
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
还抽不出什么味道，后面追加品尝。
Great for blending
January 16, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
If you're into blending you should smoke the components standalone. No brainer right? Izmir by itself isn't overly complex. I taste mild grassy sweetness, but to me it has more of a light pine or cedar flavor to it. Again the aroma has a cedar qualit... Read More
y, very mild. I mix this with lati, golden Virginia and a pinch of black cav, and smile as I smoke my homespun baccy. Read Less
It Mimics Bright Virginia as a Blending Component
January 06, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
This tobacco goes really well with burley blends. It has a rather distinctive sweetness when you combine it with other tobaccos. The leaf is quite clean and I cannot detect any casings or added flavour. I think we are lucky we can buy this as a blend... Read More
ing component. Read Less
Sleeper
December 30, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish 2oz
I'll lead with the fact that I'm hugely surprised by Izmir and thoroughly enjoy it. Its a very flavorful yet manageable solo smoke in a loosely packed bowl. It has a nutty, almond sweetness and walnutty sharpness in parallel with a tea like woody, um... Read More
ami, savory note. Though there's sweetness, its rounded and balanced by a subtle sour tartness. A floralness in the first half of the bowl is replaced by cocoa and spice in the second half. Its cool and full. Its very consistent in the flavor profile but the number of different tasting notes provides an enjoyable complexity for me personally. Honestly it's surprising how many different notes present in each bowl from this single tobacco varietal. I find it more complex and enjoyable than my favorite Virginias.
One light with No bite! Keep in mind too, Oriental has the lowest amount of problematic chemicals so in relative terms its "healthy". My hat is off! Read Less
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish 2oz
Yo this is top hole tobacco great for blending got to purchase more.
Incredible taste !!
September 18, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Quickly finished. The best mixing component. Incredible !!
Pencil shavings in a bowl!
February 24, 2018
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I don’t like it straight but it is good for fooling around with your tobacco and also expanding your palate.
Confused
September 14, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
i expected more. I dont know but for me this tobacco its very dry and for that reason burns fast and without good smoke. The taste its good, spicy, different but for me doesnt burns well.
Well, I agree
August 22, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
As others have said, there is just something about this tobacco. Its not massively special, it just has this hook about it. The bag smell (bulk) is almost Virginia-y, the burning smell is trance inducing and the taste is just different. Different. Th... Read More
ats how I would acurately describe this. My rec. to you is to just give it a go. 3 thumbs up for something so basic in a world that always wants more. Read Less
Turkish Classic
June 28, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Essential component for your own Balkan blends.
Good and classic
May 02, 2017
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I like this one a lot when I want a "classic" smoke. Earthy and authentic. Even Old World cosmopolitan. Burns well too.
Greatly different
October 17, 2016
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I really like this blend of flavor. Something unusually tasty I quite can't recognize. I mixed some Gaslight with it to give dimension, and it is my favorite tobacco right now. Very good without the Gaslight though ;)
Turkish for Thanksgiving
February 19, 2015
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Great Turkish!
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Despite being a spice tobacco, that I only knew as an ingredient of English blends, it is not too strong, and is good on it's own. Of course, not complex, but that exotic aroma is fascinating. Flavor is good too, natural and pleasant. Something diffe... Read More
rent in my rotation. Read Less
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