August 23, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Reminds me of a good cider and mead. Pairs well with hard cider (no surprise), mead (again, no surprise), apple juice, port wine, and a good cuppa strong tea.
Good and really mysterious
December 25, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
I bought a tin to try the thing cause I adore C&D , American Blends (the composition of the blend is almost classic AM, besides maybe Cavendish), and also mysteries: as the description says, this blend is dark and mysterious...
Which actually turned out to be true: you really feel something dark and mysterious when smoking it, but in a good, adventurous way.
The blend is of middle strengh, and the smooke is smooth, cool and satisfying. The smell from the tin is just amazing - one of the best tobacco' smells ever.
The only problem is to understand the taste. To describe it is even more problematic: it's great and interesting, but still mysterious and confusing, though all the blend components are familiar to me.
And this aspect is both plus and minus to this tobacco: on one hand, people like puzzles and mysteries; on the other hand, we feel ourselves good only when we resolve those, even if after some time.
I guess I need more time and bowls to understand this tobacco till I come to my final conclusion....Read More
October 19, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Didn’t care too much with first bowl but after smoking for awhile, I can say that it is in fact improving and I’m finding myself hitting this up as a Sunday sampling with persistence.
September 01, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Although somewhat ordinary smoke. Solid ripened Virginia with good bready taste, no bite, no bitterness. Tin note is fantastic. It's just that many blends are like that, and this one in not standing out. In the "old ones" series the mad fiddler is similar, but better and more interesting. Otherwise, good solid smoke....Read More
Mouthful of Deliciousness
July 26, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Runs the gamut from sweet to spicy, and everything in between. Plug is gorgeous, slices smoothly, and the scent is fruity, fecund goodness. Shaved thin and packed medium in the bowl, burn rate and moisture level’s perfect, top to bottom, with minimal tamping. The real pleasure is the constant intermingling of flavors while smoking, from burley bass notes to katerini tympany and everything in between, with the accompanying round sweetness of Virginia and cavendish and the omnipresent, fruity grape or plum goodness… Altogether a good smoke....Read More
April 09, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Plugs. Good times! The latest tin had a gorgeous plug, super dense and tight. Cut like a dream. As for the tobacco, still figuring it out. First couple smokes were underwhelming. Everyone is talking about powerful flavors... I'm not engaged in the right pipe apparently. I find it to be a fairly light smoke ... so doing something wrong???
Update: Ive moked most of the plug at this point and don't get anything anyone has talked about. No Apple or fruity topping at all. For me this is a very smooth smoke, little bit of barnyard funk in the background, smooth retrohale. The proportions are well balanced, maybe to well balanced. I can't make most of varietals out. The Cavendish, booze and Virginia is obvious but the rest is too subtle. Very smooth and cigar like. Not going to make my rotation however....Read More
January 15, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
PUR brand natural chewing gum has a Pomegranate Mint flavor. To me the predominant casing note is identical. I'm with Ben F's review; you have to get through the first quarter bowl before you form an opinion. This is not a polite, relaxing smoke. It seizes your attention like the choking incense of an insane and blasphemous rite which you have stumbled upon and cannot force yourself to flee....Read More
August 29, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
If you have ever wanted an apple cased blend worth smoking this is it.I'm a natural smoker through and through. But when I want something fruit cased this is it. Being a natural smoker I would call this a aro. It will ghost. Even so it is worth it. One or two bowls of something else will burn the Spector right out....Read More
November 27, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
Tin note of spices, mild barbeque, and sugared Rasins. The dark brown, tan and black marbled plugs need cut thin with a razor or thin sharp knife. Rubs out easily, may need a bit of drying. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. Flavoring is medium, with notes of licorice and stone fruits?. Taste is medium to full and consistent, with complex notes of dry earth, sweet raisin bread, floral, herbal grasses, lemon zest, peaches, spice, sour plums, smoky charred wood, toasted nuts, mildly spicy, sugary background note, and a moderately peppery retro. Team Virginia & Perique are barely leading Team Katerini & Cavendish with Kentucky supporting both. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is my jam....Read More
November 18, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Dreams of Kadath 2oz
I’ve sat in this tin for about 4 years. It got lost in the cellar. I should have opened it and bought more. It has a good base of tobacco taste with a fig/raisin finish. I will be buying more, should have bought them years ago.