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Cornell & Diehl: Captain Bob's Blend Pipe Tobacco
Product Number: 005-459-0072
Named for friend and customer Capt. Bob Coffey, Captain Bob's Blend from Cornell & Diehl is a mixture of Virginias and Burleys with just a dash of Latakia and Perique, finished with a refreshing flavor.
- Components: Virginia, Latakia, Perique, Burley, Orientals, Black Cavendish
- Family: English Aromatic
- Cut: Ribbon
Customer Reviews
Captain Bob’s Blend
April 28, 2025
By:
The HP
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
10 months , one week and a day.
At some point someone - I’m thinking Merlin the Magician - found a way to make an innocent looking brown ribbon blend, flecked with black pearls , from a laundry list of tobaccos : Virginia, Latakia, Perique, burley, orientals and black cavendish. Then just to make the tobacco version of the Upside Down, they have added some magical concoction of flavorants that’s quite beguiling.
If you haven’t figured it out - this review is not going to be in my normal format. But this tobacco isn’t in any normal format so what’s fair is fair.
Aroma. I say Grape Fanta , herbals spices , candy floss and smoke. My wife says Cherry Blow Pops and fresh brewed tea.
This is the weirdest blend I’ve ever tried to date. I swear it tastes like grape soda one second, and somehow like freshly grated ginger the next. Grape ginger ale? Yes , please.
Am I having a stroke ? Nothing in this makes me think pipe tobacco. It’s weirdly like being on a trip , not to grandmas but a “trip” trip - where you see past what’s there to what’s really there, man. Far out.
I’m freaking enchanted. I went to the site to reread the description. “Finished with a refreshing flavor”. Uh huh. Because they couldn’t say “finished with a weird technicolor boat trip of taste sensations”.
I texted no less than 5 people about this blend. I ordered a pound, too. I want this to give friends as a sample - just to watch them and see if they “get it”.
Oh - the ginger thing whatever ? That’s a bit of the after taste , too. And when you try it - because you need to try this - enjoy a glass of cold water with it. I swear it amped up and broadened it.
It’s just funky. And I love it.
Is this an American Lakeland ? Is this 1792’s crazy yankee cousin?
That’s what it’s closest to to me - 1792 - oh! Firedance ! It’s like thier cousin. And I love them, too.
Anyway - bravo. What a way to hit blend number 40. With a weird funky sweet fun crazy psychedelic trip of a blend that’s like eating sushi ginger and chasing it with a Nehi soda.
Easily my favorite blend of the 40 so far
I have so many questions ….
My rating : 5- this is great - I already ordered a pound
This underground garage rave of a blend is the 40th blend of 101 C&D bulk blends I am reviewing for this project....Read More
At some point someone - I’m thinking Merlin the Magician - found a way to make an innocent looking brown ribbon blend, flecked with black pearls , from a laundry list of tobaccos : Virginia, Latakia, Perique, burley, orientals and black cavendish. Then just to make the tobacco version of the Upside Down, they have added some magical concoction of flavorants that’s quite beguiling.
If you haven’t figured it out - this review is not going to be in my normal format. But this tobacco isn’t in any normal format so what’s fair is fair.
Aroma. I say Grape Fanta , herbals spices , candy floss and smoke. My wife says Cherry Blow Pops and fresh brewed tea.
This is the weirdest blend I’ve ever tried to date. I swear it tastes like grape soda one second, and somehow like freshly grated ginger the next. Grape ginger ale? Yes , please.
Am I having a stroke ? Nothing in this makes me think pipe tobacco. It’s weirdly like being on a trip , not to grandmas but a “trip” trip - where you see past what’s there to what’s really there, man. Far out.
I’m freaking enchanted. I went to the site to reread the description. “Finished with a refreshing flavor”. Uh huh. Because they couldn’t say “finished with a weird technicolor boat trip of taste sensations”.
I texted no less than 5 people about this blend. I ordered a pound, too. I want this to give friends as a sample - just to watch them and see if they “get it”.
Oh - the ginger thing whatever ? That’s a bit of the after taste , too. And when you try it - because you need to try this - enjoy a glass of cold water with it. I swear it amped up and broadened it.
It’s just funky. And I love it.
Is this an American Lakeland ? Is this 1792’s crazy yankee cousin?
That’s what it’s closest to to me - 1792 - oh! Firedance ! It’s like thier cousin. And I love them, too.
Anyway - bravo. What a way to hit blend number 40. With a weird funky sweet fun crazy psychedelic trip of a blend that’s like eating sushi ginger and chasing it with a Nehi soda.
Easily my favorite blend of the 40 so far
I have so many questions ….
My rating : 5- this is great - I already ordered a pound
This underground garage rave of a blend is the 40th blend of 101 C&D bulk blends I am reviewing for this project....Read More
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Septic Tank
December 09, 2023
By:
CaptainMike
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
buzz, that almost convinced me to do some house work, yet I just had another bowl.
Plug your nose and give it a try, its completely different after you light it...!...Read More
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Refreshing!
May 11, 2024
By:
Ponytail Piper
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
Smooth, delicious, tangy - sweet grape 😋flavor is truly unique and satisfying! I really enjoyed it! I highly recommend you try it!
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A Completely Happy Surprise
December 29, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
said that, I appreciate blends that deliver their own unique flavor consistently, and always those which are easy to smoke, affordable, and readily available... so the ones I choose are almost always bulk.
Captain Bob's Blend was an impulse buy for me largely because it was just so darn interesting, and I wanted to understand why these flavors would be put together.
The grape/citrus flavor is there... but it works (smells and tastes wonderful by the way) and the latakia is there... but it works, and the amount is extremely small. Everything comes together to deliver something unexpected, and somehow exactly what I was hoping for. A mild, balanced, flavorful, aromatic, and completely satisfying smoke.
Captain Bob and his buddies and C&D worked some real custom magic here. I can't believe, and won't deny how much I like it, or how quickly it grew on me. I smoked through my first 4 oz sample so fast it actually made me sad to think I'd be out of it.
When they say a "refreshing flavor" they're right. The taste and overall experience is extremely comforting, but new and different. It's easy-going, every bowl delivers the same, it works in every pipe above tried it in, and it smokes cool, slowly, and dry... the wife loves (and is amused by the grapey aroma, which she compared to grape big league chew bubblegum) but it doesn't taste like that. It tastes like good tobacco, well-blended for balance and a particular palate- a palate I apparently share, to my complete surprise.
It will not be for everyone. You have to like and appreciate (and know how to smoke) aromatic blends... and you need to be open to a unique vision.
It is a masterpiece that might not be appreciated by everyone, but one I absolutely do. You might too, but you won't know until you try it. But if you do, give yourself a few bowls to give it a chance to show you how uniquely special and charming it really is. It just might surprise you just like it did me....Read More
Captain Bob's Blend was an impulse buy for me largely because it was just so darn interesting, and I wanted to understand why these flavors would be put together.
The grape/citrus flavor is there... but it works (smells and tastes wonderful by the way) and the latakia is there... but it works, and the amount is extremely small. Everything comes together to deliver something unexpected, and somehow exactly what I was hoping for. A mild, balanced, flavorful, aromatic, and completely satisfying smoke.
Captain Bob and his buddies and C&D worked some real custom magic here. I can't believe, and won't deny how much I like it, or how quickly it grew on me. I smoked through my first 4 oz sample so fast it actually made me sad to think I'd be out of it.
When they say a "refreshing flavor" they're right. The taste and overall experience is extremely comforting, but new and different. It's easy-going, every bowl delivers the same, it works in every pipe above tried it in, and it smokes cool, slowly, and dry... the wife loves (and is amused by the grapey aroma, which she compared to grape big league chew bubblegum) but it doesn't taste like that. It tastes like good tobacco, well-blended for balance and a particular palate- a palate I apparently share, to my complete surprise.
It will not be for everyone. You have to like and appreciate (and know how to smoke) aromatic blends... and you need to be open to a unique vision.
It is a masterpiece that might not be appreciated by everyone, but one I absolutely do. You might too, but you won't know until you try it. But if you do, give yourself a few bowls to give it a chance to show you how uniquely special and charming it really is. It just might surprise you just like it did me....Read More
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simply the best
October 03, 2021
By:
Karel S.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
One of the best tobaccos I've ever tasted.
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How Interesting.
April 15, 2021
By:
Michael J.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
-grape' flavor. But the light Latakia and the Sweet Virginia's work surprisingly well together. Little to no bite and a pleasant enough room note. Smoked in a MM Huck Finn....Read More
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Soft and welcoming
September 26, 2020
By:
John72
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
He lacks more character........I'm not a friend of aromatic tobacco...........
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Grape Soda English with sewer-like Retro
January 22, 2020
By:
James Marc R.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
omination!...Read More
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Pleasantly surprised
October 17, 2019
By:
Thomas G.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
topping.
Everyone should give this one a try....Read More
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Secret Favorite
October 08, 2018
By:
Richard C.
Product: Cornell & Diehl Captain Bob's Blend Bulk
e aroma screamed drugstore aromatic, but the flavor whispered american/english blend. All in all, a welcome surprise and I wouldn't be without it in my regular rotation....Read More
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