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- Components: Virginia, Latakia, Orientals, Black Cavendish
- Family: English
- Cut: Ribbon
About This Pipe Tobacco
Cornell & Diehl's Stratfordshire, a medium strength blend of Virginias, Latakia, and Turkish, is evocative of long strolls through the hills and the moorlands of its namesake.
Customer Reviews
Stratfordshire
May 22, 2025
By:
The HP
Product: Cornell & Diehl Stratfordshire Bulk
"sweet" somewhere.
Sampled in a MM Missouri Pride.
Interesting to me that this blend follows Star of the East - mainly because its just serendipity - they are both rated 4.1, and they fall this way alphabetically within the rating tier - and Stratfotshire has the same components as STOE , plus the addition of black cavendish.
Not going to lie - I thought that the addition of the black cav might hurt the blend - I can't seem to get set with if I like it or hate it sometimes - but this sampling shows it's the right answer for a question that was not even asked.
This blend is softer than STOE - either because of the black cav or maybe the latakia and or Orientals were tweaked - but it's a welcome softness. Whereas when I sample STOE I said " Man, i like this", when I sampled Stratforshire I said " Oh - damn! This is GOOD!"
The Virginias also seem more prominent here - tangy and sweet and fragrant while wearing the smoke leather of the latakia like a bathrobe. Noce thick fragrant smoke here ,and on the retro hale it's a but sharper to the nose than it into the sipped sampling.
I say it is softer - and it is - and it's kind of a "less is more" result - like the sum of all these parts exceeds that of STOE. Its only fitting if STOE was a 4, this would have to rate a point higher. This is good - I'll cellar some for sure.
My rating: 5
This is the 62nd of 101 blends I am reviewing for this project....Read More
Sampled in a MM Missouri Pride.
Interesting to me that this blend follows Star of the East - mainly because its just serendipity - they are both rated 4.1, and they fall this way alphabetically within the rating tier - and Stratfotshire has the same components as STOE , plus the addition of black cavendish.
Not going to lie - I thought that the addition of the black cav might hurt the blend - I can't seem to get set with if I like it or hate it sometimes - but this sampling shows it's the right answer for a question that was not even asked.
This blend is softer than STOE - either because of the black cav or maybe the latakia and or Orientals were tweaked - but it's a welcome softness. Whereas when I sample STOE I said " Man, i like this", when I sampled Stratforshire I said " Oh - damn! This is GOOD!"
The Virginias also seem more prominent here - tangy and sweet and fragrant while wearing the smoke leather of the latakia like a bathrobe. Noce thick fragrant smoke here ,and on the retro hale it's a but sharper to the nose than it into the sipped sampling.
I say it is softer - and it is - and it's kind of a "less is more" result - like the sum of all these parts exceeds that of STOE. Its only fitting if STOE was a 4, this would have to rate a point higher. This is good - I'll cellar some for sure.
My rating: 5
This is the 62nd of 101 blends I am reviewing for this project....Read More
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Superb English, Strong Flavors
April 16, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Stratfordshire Bulk
A fine English blend filling the mouth full of banana nut bread and blueberry muffins. Those are the flavors pulled from this tobacco after cellaring for about 8 months, delicious.
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Disharmonious
September 17, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Stratfordshire Bulk
. Curiously, the first flavor coming through is the cavendish, with its earthy, soily, gritty taste. Next the latakias and orientals, then the virginias. I don't find anything incredible here, but I seem to be in thr minority....Read More
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Just right
July 31, 2023
By:
Justin Iceguy
Product: Cornell & Diehl Stratfordshire Bulk
Flavorful, sophisticated. Exactly what I want every time I open the cabinet.
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Great and strong
January 10, 2023
Product: Cornell & Diehl Stratfordshire Bulk
Great smoke albeit imperfect. Satisfying English flavor with plenty of body, enjoyed very much and could have turned another bowl immediately, only one relight but probably due to poor packing, definite go-to smoke.
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