Cornell & Diehl: Red Odessa Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 005-459-0014

For Red Odessa, the folks at C&D combine Red Virginias, Turkish, Latakia, and Perique to form a superior English blend of medium body and superior balance. This is a fine all-day smoke.
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  • Components: Virginia, Latakia, Perique, Orientals
  • Family: English
  • Cut: Ribbon
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
4.2
23 reviews
Average
December 14, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
Nothing special
Splendid Balkan
November 18, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
This is rather splendid Balkan blend.
The interplay between Orientals and Virginia takes the mainstage of this mix. Orientals provide slight creamy/buttery sweetness, fragrant, lightly sour, incense like taste. Red Virginia provide its regular dark overtones and sweetness. I especially enjoyed th
e taste of Virginia in this blend. Smoky Latakia present throughout but never too much in front. It never diminishes or overcomes taste of other components. Perique is more of condiment here IMHO. At very least I couldn’t really taste it.
Blend is well balanced and not spicy at all. It is not pipe dependent. Tasted pretty much the same in briar or meerschaum regardless of pipe shape.
I really have enjoyed smoking this blend and definitely will order it again.
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First bowl but great so far
July 10, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
As i finish up this bowl, i tasted sweet , a lil smoky, grassy sour, and creamy smoke! This is a fine smoke, exactly what i was looking for, i may post an update sfter i get to know this blend some more but tell you what this first bowl i can tell its a winner, i smoked a fair share of engine 99 but i like this better...Read More
A classic
May 02, 2024
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
This has been a firm favorite for years. A classic, rich English taste and aroma. It’s spicy and smoky and I can taste the Latakia and orientals in it. It smokes cool and there is a buttery and creamy essence to it, like a good English blend. Reminiscent of the Dunhill and Balkan blends....Read More
Loses Luster
September 10, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
Impresses me less and less the more I smoke it, especially when I compare it with premium blends from Peterson, Gawith Hoggarth, Samuel Gawith, hell, even Rattray's. It's not exactly gross, not repulsively bad, just not very good either. For a rough-around-the-edges high-volume factory blend, it's just okay. It's a bit crude, it smells bitter when lit, and it coats the palate with scum despite not being very flavorful. In the jar it smells deceptively inviting, and its mixed shag & ribbon cut packs like a dream, but all that just makes it so much more disappointing once it's burning. Okay, if it were somehow the last tobacco on earth I'd still smoke it, but as long as I have anything else I'll leave it alone....Read More
Take your time
December 03, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
First impressions: Nice Oriental forward smoke. The red virgina adds a good bit of sweetness and hay to the nutty Oriental. The Latakia is very subtle in some parts of the bowl, to the point where I can sometimes feel it more than you I can taste it. The perique adds a dark fruit note and some pepper, but as a condiment only. The blend is well balanced. It's best early in the morning. The complexity is most notable in those early smokes. However, later in the day, when busy and multi-tasking its a more subtle smoke....Read More
Blown away
April 09, 2021
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
This is very much a Balkan style blend (Hence the name) but there is something more to it. It has sort of a sweet red apple scent coming from the bag and an absolutely outstanding flavor. A little sweeter than others with just a little kick of Latakia, but light. I love it and will likely order more....Read More
Pleasant smoke
July 28, 2020
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
I've smoked Odessa before and it was good, but Red Odessa is outstanding. Such a smooth smoke. Nothing harsh or rough about this blend. A real pleasure to smoke. Sure to become a standard in my smoking routine. Highly Recommended.
Great mid day smoke
March 19, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
Excellent for mid day/afternoon. Tin note is reminiscent of cheese. Like a light Swiss, slightly smokey. Not a lat bomb by any means but you can tell it's there. Cut of the tobacco packs well and burns even better. Decent little burn on the retro, but not crazy on the perique. Will not make it into my daily rotation but it is a decent try non the less....Read More
Subtle
January 24, 2019
Product: Cornell & Diehl Red Odessa Bulk
Light blend with some Oriental sweetness and just enoigh Latakia to make the team.
An excellent morning smoke. Go slow and you will enjoy it.
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