Cornell & Diehl: Haunted Bookshop Cake 2oz Pipe Tobacco
Product Number: 003-016-0352
Among Cornell & Diehl's most popular and celebrated mixtures, Haunted Bookshop is a staple in pipe tobacco cellars around the globe, celebrated for its expert combination of fine Virginias, nutty Burley, and spicy Perique. Available in convenient 2oz tins and presented in crumble cake format, Haunted Bookshop Cake elevates the original mixture by combining all of the benefits of the pressing process — including increased aging potential and an enhanced melding of flavors — with the ease of preparation enjoyed from ribbon-cut blends. Pipe smokers can simply tear off a delicious chunk and load the bowl. No nonsense. No fuss. Just a terrific pipe tobacco blend in a new, user-friendly composition.
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- Components: Virginia, Perique, Burley
- Family: Burley
- Cut: Cake
same deal. here's what i don't get about hb... i'm a cig smoker, smoking pipes trying to cut back, and this tastes like cigarettes. not camel lights, mind you, or anything fancy, but cheap, old... you ever see those harley davidson cigarettes you could buy for 89c at that one weird gas station with the wall of pickled pig parts? those. take a pack of marb lights, get them slightly wet, toss them on the dash of your car and leave them there through at least one summer, and *skablam!* you've got hb.
i'm wondering if folks that gush over this stuff have ever tried a cigarette, because the nic hit is the only thing hb has going for it, and the common "it sucked at first but it really grew on me, weird!" response makes more sense if you're used to far more light and fluffy stuff.
update.. i've found that mixing hbs and cult cherry 4:1 or so makes them both smokeable, so that's something. lol....Read More