Jim's C&D Folklore Review.

[kschatey]

Not enough to build a house, sadly.

Dog house then?

 

[Slow Tri]

I would love to review this for the VaPer Showdown but C & Ds vapers are always hit or miss for me. I’m not committing to a whole pound.

However, if someone buys one and wants to split I’ll gladly pay for that.

 

[Piping Abe]

I would love to review this for the VaPer Showdown but C & Ds vapers are always hit or miss for me. I’m not committing to a whole pound.

However, if someone buys one and wants to split I’ll gladly pay for that.

I’m sure if someone doesn’t like it, they could easily trade away some to a few people here.

 

[Ozark Wizard]

I didn't take you very seriously, but a few will, so that's why you got that particular answer. I know you've always been supportive of my reviews.

It'll help if you buy blending components, smoke them straight and get familiar with what they do. Genetics and experience are the keys to understanding what you smoke. Understanding food flavors is a big help, and I used to be a chef. It took me many years to understand tobacco to the extent I currently do. I also posed lots of questions over the years to blenders like Russ Ouellette, Glynn Quelch, Carl McAllister and Per Jensen when I needed to learn particulars about varietals and how they affect blends. Understanding pipe tobacco is a long process.

Indeed!

 

[Yakster]

The tart and tangy citrusy, earthy, woody, toasty, floral and incense-like, herbal, spicy, mildly grassy, vegetative, sour, smoky cigar-ish, slightly clove-like Indonesian Kasturi is the lead component...

Jim, is the Kasturi clove note similar to GH Bosun?

 

[JimInks]

Jim, is the Kasturi clove note similar to GH Bosun?

I would say it is rather similar.

 

[Worknman]

Hi Jim when you describe the flavors you're getting from a particular component of the blend, do you list the adjectives in the order of their prominence?

For example in the kasturi description, is tart and tangy citrusy the main flavor, followed by earthy, woody, etc.?

 

[blackmouth210]

Looks like this release is limited to 1000 bricks.

For now. Who knows how many bricks will make up the next batch.
I like plenty of C&D blends so I'm not bashing.

 

[JimInks]

Hi Jim when you describe the flavors you're getting from a particular component of the blend, do you list the adjectives in the order of their prominence?

For example in the kasturi description, is tart and tangy citrusy the main flavor, followed by earthy, woody, etc.?

Mostly, I do. For instance when you see the word "plenty", everything that follows fits that description. When, for instance, "some" is the next descriptive, then everything that follows fits that observation until whatever I use next follows.

 

[Pedro]

You can't order it yet.

It's a lot of adjectives, but I taste what I taste and report it.

Hello Jim, I admire your ability to recognize endless nuances and I always read your reviews of the tobaccos that I smoke... but it happens to me that in some of them when I read them I get lost when you use the same adjectives to describe the different tobaccos that make up the blend... example... how do I differentiate the "woody" of kastury, virginia and perique?
I'm telling you this as feedback only...

 

[Slow Tri]

I’m sure if someone doesn’t like it, they could easily trade away some to a few people here.

True.

 

[JimInks]

Hello Jim, I admire your ability to recognize endless nuances and I always read your reviews of the tobaccos that I smoke... but it happens to me that in some of them when I read them I get lost when you use the same adjectives to describe the different tobaccos that make up the blend... example... how do I differentiate the "woody" of kastury, virginia and perique?
I'm telling you this as feedback only...

When I taste each ingredient in a blend, I look for what I am getting from it. It'd be very difficult to name the kind of wood each one has, and I seldom ever tried doing that. If wood is an essential component of a particular varietal, and I can tell it, I have to mention it or else the description is incomplete. I understand what you're saying though.

 

[SwampWeed]

I didn't take you very seriously, but a few will, so that's why you got that particular answer. I know you've always been supportive of my reviews.

It'll help if you buy blending components, smoke them straight and get familiar with what they do. Genetics and experience are the keys to understanding what you smoke. Understanding food flavors is a big help, and I used to be a chef. It took me many years to understand tobacco to the extent I currently do. I also posed lots of questions over the years to blenders like Russ Ouellette, Glynn Quelch, Carl McAllister and Per Jensen when I needed to learn particulars about varietals and how they affect blends. Understanding pipe tobacco is a long process.

I think my biggest difficulty is that I drink anything but water when I’m enjoying a pipe. The flavor of the beer/coffee/whatever can really compliment a blend but probably doesn’t lend itself to tasting nuances in tobacco. I’ll leave that to you!

 

[Pedro]

I think my biggest difficulty is that I drink anything but water when I’m enjoying a pipe. The flavor of the beer/coffee/whatever can really compliment a blend but probably doesn’t lend itself to tasting nuances in tobacco. I’ll leave that to you!

Good point... I love beer but I have discovered that it is not the best partner for the pipe... I appreciate less the sweet flavors and I feel that it "bitters" the tobaccos... I am opting more for Diet Coke

 

[Ozark Wizard]

Water from the well to pair.

 

[Pedro]

Water from the well to pair.

If only I liked to drink water everything would be different

 

[sfduke]

Looks like this release is limited to 1000 bricks.

Explains why WCC and TP sold out so quick. Assume each account only got 5-10

 

[BlueMaxx]

I think my biggest difficulty is that I drink anything but water when I’m enjoying a pipe. The flavor of the beer/coffee/whatever can really compliment a blend but probably doesn’t lend itself to tasting nuances in tobacco. I’ll leave that to you!

Coffee?!?!
Say it ain’t so...
To the gallows, heathen!

 

[JimInks]

I think my biggest difficulty is that I drink anything but water when I’m enjoying a pipe. The flavor of the beer/coffee/whatever can really compliment a blend but probably doesn’t lend itself to tasting nuances in tobacco. I’ll leave that to you!

When I review, I drink nothing but ice water and bergs. I make sure I have a clean palate, too.

 

[Falstaff]

Explains why WCC and TP sold out so quick. Assume each account only got 5-10

I think Tobacco Pipes had 100 bricks at the start of the midnight sale.