Customer Reviews (38 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
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
Exotic; Akin to Milk Oolong Tea and Hay
June 19, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
This is NOT a mediocre leaf, and it's an absolute pleasure to smoke, and one of only a few to be smoked neat. It possesses a silky/creamy mouthfeel, while the taste encompassed in that creaminess consists of a buttery verdant sweetness, with just a ... Read More
touch of woodiness... akin to Milk Oolong tea and hay. I expected more sourness, but received none. I detect the slightest bit of spice, but no sharpness, At times, it goes right to the edge but never gets sharp. The room note is light; verdant and slightly woody. Nicotine is a bit stronger than expected, but then I'm smoking this on an empty stomach, and so I'll place this at 2.5 out of 5. 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,
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mami, 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
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
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
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Izmir Turkish的Orientals包含一种神秘的微妙香气，有点像不那么辛辣的Perique放大版，很讨喜！至于用它进行自制混合，那一定是一项复杂的工程，我也许可以在有些经验和兴致的时候尝试尝试^_^
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
还抽不出什么味道，后面追加品尝。
More than a blending component!
October 13, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
If you enjoy Oriental style tobaccos, you owe it to yourself to enjoy this one on its own. Smooth, buttery, semi-sweet, and faintly smoky-sour. Lots to savor in this one. Light and satisfying, a great option for your rotation or cellar.
ipsum bonum
March 27, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Sweet and sour...probably going to be good for blending. I think Emperor Constantine would approve.
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
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
This is sort of a simple blend but there’s so much flavor going on. It has a herbal/floral vibe going on and it’s sweet and savory. It took a few lights to get going but after that it was smooth sailing. No bite or tingle just a nice easy going smoke... Read More
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awesome!
January 01, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Jar note of musty sweet, sour, and spices. The tobacco is a yellowish tan, brown and dark brown. It's a ready rub or tumbled out flake, moisture is good, rubs out easily. Burns slow with a few extra relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. N... Read More
o flavoring detected. Taste is medium and consistent, with notes of spicy, nutty, sweet and sour, very dry, bitter wood, floral, spice, musty herbal hay, mild orange peel, tangy stewed fruit, a tart sour background note, and a peppery retro. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great. Read Less
Choice Quality Stuff!
May 26, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
This is some good smoke, I don't care WHO ya are! I smoke it straight or mixed with other Turkish tobaccos with a somewhat finer cut- RYO roller's dream tobacco. Reason I sometimes cut it with other turk/oriental is because of the coarseness of the ... Read More
cut for RYO. Definitely fine tobacco on it's own or mixed. Tobacco from the Smyrna/Izmir region is IMO, the best in the world! Just sayin... Read Less
Very Pleasent!
March 22, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Great smooth cool smoke! First time smoking oriental by itself, because I’m not a fan of English mixtures, I was hesitant to try it. I’m glad I did and now I know it’s Latakia that turns me off in English mixtures, tastes and smells like a more int... Read More
ense version of the way a pencil smells. Read Less
I love this
January 26, 2022
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Just "finished" my first bowl, out of a freshRopp vintage briar. I quote finished as I thought I'd smoked it all the way through, at 40 minutes for such a small chamber, but I found about a quarter of the bowl worth of scarely warmed tobacc... Read More
o at the bottom! I'm thinking I must've packed it a bit too tight, something I'll learn from in later bowls. What a first impression though! It's deliciously sweet and, some fruity I feel? Like figs but with a fruit that's not plums I'd say. A kind of deep, dark, rich flavour. I couldn't get it to bite even though I was puffing a bit hard and fast, my having to do so another sign I packed it too tight. The cut is surprisingly long ribbons, making it a bit hard to get into the smaller bowl, and I'll certainly be trying differently sized bowls. I retrohaled a lot more than normal with this one as it was such a gentle smoke, barely stinging my rather sensitive sinuses. Perhaps because of that it left a bit of an odd feeling on the back of throat and tongue. I certainly hope I'm not somehow allergic to this tobacco, as I love its scent and flavour so much. Overall, while I'll experiment with this one in blends, especially interested in how it'll compliment a burely, I'll also be smoking straight a good bit too. Highly recommend it. Read Less
Again, very strong
July 22, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
Don’t hammer this or you will get the meat sweats quickly. This stuff is great but packs a punch. I would add this to anything beside Virginia’s. I find it gets sour if mixed with Virginia’s. Other than throat have at it and go slow. Boom!
Excellent Condiment
April 20, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
This stuff is a great condiment or blending component. A little flat on its own, but adds a very nice depth and dimension to any blend. Really good stuff for home blending. Mix a pinch in with some red Virginia ribbon and some bright flake, then spri... Read More
nkle on some burley and DFK with a little perique? Then you’ve got yourself one helluva bowl. Read Less
خفيف و عطري
April 01, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
ممتاز للخلطات ولكنه يلذع ولم يعجبني كدخان لوحده, جربته مع فيرجينيا وكانت الخلطة 2:1 ممتازه
Ideal base blender
March 02, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Izmir Turkish Bulk
I was working on my own little alchemic mixture and used this as my base, very lovely and smooth with the upmost purity and quality. Scent reminds me a bit of tea leaves before being mixed.
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
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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