No need to worry because we have a winner for Latakia lovers. Such a concentration of LAtakia becomes unidimensional after a while, so it would gain to be mixed with something else to bring variety to it. to my last order tried a bit when it arrived and again it was a bit sharp but enjoyable. Pirate Kake, on the other hand, it pure Cyprian smokiness without the coolness. Im a latakia lover. Also, clean the pipe after each use, as this stuff will lead a silty residue. I smoke this after lunch in the office when I want to recharge the brain without too much of a nicotine fry ( nicotine strength is medium). So smooth I would describe it as creamy. It is true to its word, but C&D could tinker the blend and do better. Good stuff. Its one of the best, Very robust and authentic tobacco english..strong..wow. No, no, no. It is now my go to and hav at least one bowl per day. There is a sort of vague sweetness somewhere in the background, but smoking this is sort of like falling face-first into the moist remains of the campfire you doused the night before while sucking on a charcoal lozenge. Hours of Operation: Our website is always open and you can place an order at any time. A few firemen at the fire meeting asked me what died in my pipe - but, for a Latakia lover, this was an incredible blend. The latter of which adds a nice nutty sweetness to the blend. so in this case I like. The pressed cakes are good looking, somewhat moist and tightly pressed. This will be one of my favorites. It is almost certain to flunk the wife test, and it's very strong room note is possibly best taken outside. This is the first time I ever smelled a Latakia tin / pouch note. Latakia heavy at first (in a good way), then the orientals make their nutty, exotic spice appearance about half way in. I smoked a one ounce block of Pirate Kake in shot order now, in a variety of pipes. I concur (but in a good way). Very consistent smoke and taste throughout the smoke. This is an ideal evening, or after dinner smoke. Been a fan of this stuff for years was the other tin I picked up and opened for the road (Rattray old gowrie was the other). For me, this is my favorite Lat. This is fun in so many ways. A couple of Beauties. Smokes cool, slow, and extremely flavorful from char to dottle. Opening the fresh tin (080318 I love that C&D tins are so easy to date) the Latakia hits your sinuses straight away. I want caffeine and sometimes just need it. For me similar to Seattle P ipe Club Plum Pudding Special Reserve without the tanginess. Those Folks who Love a lot of Latakia in their pipe tobacco will Love it. Easily one of the best English blends available. Thanks to C&D, all the reviewers, SmokingPipes, and AbeIve been waiting for this!!!! This is the first latakia blend that i try, and i'm lucky this be the first and my favorite blend. The lat is very forward and pronounced in this. Loud and exhilerating in small doses but difficult to live with on a sustained basis. I revisited me old block of Pirate Kake about a week ago, and found it had dried quite a bit more than I wanted it to. This will really mess-up your hands when you break it up so I just did it once and keep it in a mason jar. Not an all day smoke,. There's enough sweetness and nuttiness to mellow out the high dose of Lady L. Pirate Kake offers leathery notes, smoky and woodsy tones and a grain of sea-salt, as well as some nuttiness and toasty, honey-ish sweetness. 60 (PK)/40 (Savinilli English) makes a great all day smoke but PK can certainly stand alone. It was rare for me to pick out anything but the lat. It is top notch Cyprian leaf with solid Burley and Virginia's. Of all the C&D blends I have sampled, this one indubitably stands head-and-shoulders (in the crows nest, matey) above all the rest. Somehow, none of the blends I tried hit the spot, offering only a mere tantalizing hint of the Latakia pungency that I was after. Its almost nothing except latakia. For the Latkia fan, its a must. Although an excellent smoke on it's own this also makes a great blender. I find the blend very relaxing and I am still working through the sample ounce I purchased. But this one is just waaaaayyy to much Latakia for me. If you like latakia, you will love this blend. Barely any sweetness in the blend, and if you do find it, it doesn't stay. Pirate Kake is like a car accident that you can't take your taste buds away from. I much prefer this blend over "Old Ironsides" or "Black Frigate" even though those are also worthy of sea rats and scalowags. ste es un tabaco para los Latakialovers. Lots of power. This lights well and burns at a great pace. Cornell & Diehl Bayou Night Pipe Tobacco $3.86 - $232.75. Smoked in Dunhill Shell Briar (5109) 2004. Taste wood, mildly sweet, some floral and smokey earthy flavors. Fantastic smoke. This blend is the same thing as sticking a bottle of Ghost Pepper hot sauce on a table full of men who have something to prove to each other. I am a huge English fan and I have smoked most of the unicorns. This is one of hte few English blends I really like. Well blended, the plug/kake smells delicious and rubs out well. weigh anchor, set sail and sip for a bit. Left a little oily residue on my fingers. Works well. . Free Shipping Well, Pirate Kake brings back fond memories of mother dear stewing daddy?s boots in the hard winter of ?78. The taste is a couple of steps past that. This is as close, however, to cigar smoke as the wife will tolerate, as the room note can be cutting and a little acrid. Just wanted to share as this is my first latakia experiance. However, 70% + of Latakia makes this blend unidimensional. Full in taste but medium in strength. But nothing less. Palette: Smells of rich peat, ash, campfire and a little spice. But I wouldn't smoke this on a regular basis. The taste on the palate apparently does not translate as far as room aroma; my wife does not much care for the aroma but she does not complain, bless her heart. Try it, now. Pipe Used: vauen, Savinelli, stanwell, brebbia, peterson. And that is how i know i have a 5 star smome on my hands. Puff in front of me fire place. I have come to enjoy Latakia mixtures for the most part. Just beaucoup latakia from beginning to end. This perfume burned off some where in the upper third and the rest of the smoke proceeded down the bowl as, believe it or not, a light English. I really wanted to like this tobacco, but I find the heavy latakia blend to be too parching to enjoy regularly. I just finished a sample of this that I have had for a while even though it was a pretty small sample. L, , My #1 favorite that titillates my taste buds. To my suprise the unburnt aroma is quite sweet, nutty and not overly Latakia-ish. Second mistake: Burley has no proper taste; its a neutral tobacco without a specific taste. I smoked it in two different briar pipes: a medium-sized Orlik Captain Black billiard and a small Orlik pot. I fear that I packed the top third too tightly. I received an neat little 1/2 ounce cube of this as a gift from Smokingpipes.com in an order that I had placed. I had it with my morning coffee and when I lick my lips it tastes like there's a sweet creamer in the coffee, which there isn't as I take my coffee like I take my tobacco Black and delicious. Heck, outside the pouch as well. If this has 75% latakia, I guess I could smoke pure latakia. It is sweet, cool and almost minty. As always YMMV. Very Piratey. This one is just not for me. The Latakia is pretty much is the main driver, and the orientals do give some tea like qualities. Only had about eight bowls so far but i'll buy more. The kake is very crumbly, easy to break into chunks or rub out. View All (167) Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake 2oz Reviews. Its now at the top of favorite list; not sure I can make it through my rotation of 50 blends before getting to it again, LOL. I think all Cornell & Diehl blends are aggressive in your taste, but this the proof that i was wrong. The smell in the package is very bold and the taste is so bad. Tin note if a face full of campfire and creosote, and love it! Pirate Kake is a good tobacco to close a late evening, to compliment a strong cup of coffe, or when you just need a strong latakia fix. For a while I drifted away from the Smokey One, as my taste buds craved more complex blends. I like them when they're blended together. MSRP: $68.00 I might jump that to highly recommended for the latakiaphiles out there. Although the Burley adds body, it's the distinct flavor of Orientals in the mix which makes this blend enjoyable beyond just tasting like a smoky campfire. Relights are much less frequently on the bottom half of the bowl, in fact, it is burning quite well. Not a rush but a steady buzz- nice in this dept. Verso la met si sente un lieve pepato e tostato, segno delle altre componenti, ma un accenno, nulla pi. Easily four stars with pleasure. In any case, after finishing a bowl I often felt sated for quite some time. I can't get over how smooth it is. As a former cigar smoker this was right up my ally. Its an all dayer imho. Very reasonably priced in bulk form; I'm slowly chipping away at a pound of it. Pirate?s Kake is a tease that ultimately leaves one unsatisfied. Ahoy! It's smoky but honestly not as strong as you would believe being 75% Latakia. It took a little work to get it going, but once lit, it stayed that way. Still one star off for not having any other notes that I can discern. This will keep you going. I plan to keep several tins on hand. Ive had straight Virginias with a stronger flavor overall, therefore I'm dropping pirate kake to two stars. I have not had the need to dry mine out and it smokes exceptionally cooly and dryly. Its not easy to get over here so Im glad I got some friends overseas who are willing to help out. I love Latakia. This would probably be great for coloring a new meerschaum. Not an everyday smoke, but a great cold weather pleasure, to mix up the rotation. Awash in Latakia! Pipe Used: meer. NOTHING. This was fine until I hit midbowl and quite honestly grew tired of it. I tried this in my well broken in corncob while I was outside gardening on a fairly windy day. Again, I cannot imagine an english lover not liking this C&D english. The smoke is smoothe and leaves a cool yet warm creaminess on your palette for hours afterward. can coax a fair deal more complexity out of it than I recall from the old days. I guess I am one of the lucky ones, I can smoke Latakia in the house. I couldn't smoke this all day or even two days in a row but on a cold winter day this really hits the spot. There are too many others which I enjoy more. Goes well with my one Halloween costume, which is a pirate, you should know that. It does have, as others have mentioned, quite a punch but is great for when I am in a contemplative mood. Perfect moisture content out of the tin for breaking a piece off the cake and stuffing. It does smoke cool with no bite. My water smoker smells like this if I do too many pork shoulders in it without scrubbing the poor thing down once or twice. Rating: 5 out of 5 big hoop earings and cutlass', Enjoy. Smoothness and richness of the smoke is here in good measure. Pipe Used: Stanwell Bjarne Nielsen, Peterson, Corncob. I must confess I bought this tobacco because I liked the name and the graphic. Im sipping on a bowl right now and I can honestly say this is the best pipe tobacco Ive ever had. Pipe Tobacco. Age When Smoked: Fresh off the Pirate Ship. Smoke it after it has dried, pack it loosely, prepare for many gentle (and I do mean gentle) re-lights. I really don't think I will buy again as this is very one dimensional. 4-stars. Maybe once a week. It's not unusual to get a two hour smoke out of this combination. It is a bomb in my assessment. I tried to smoke this once while sitting at the barneedless to say I had to switch; no one likes its room scent except other latkia fans. It does better with a little drying time than fresh out the can. Sometimes this is the only thing I smoke all day. Pipe Used: A bunch because it's a go to blend for me. I think the blend meets the goal of a fine tobacco that is easy for most to enjoy. As you progress, the burley makes its presence felt with a note that reminds of baking bread and rounds the harsh edges of the licorice-like (in looks and taste) black weed. And for the most part, it is. Let me say, up front, I'm a Latakia fan. An eye opener of magnificent flavor from the first draw to the last. Create New Wish List; Facebook; Email; Print; Twitter; . Although BLB is wonderful in its own right, I have to say that this blend takes the cake. Bout to go enjoy a bowl now!!!.. $11.90 - $36.98. Appearance is a pressed briquette ("krumble kake"), rubs out to a coarse mixture of pieces and ribbon. You will love it Has become my go to pipe tobacco. The room note is smokey and sweet all around a amazing smoke. SmokingPipes.com An occasional excess has its place in life, and Pirate Kake is an excess. Way too much for my taste, while I had taste smoking this sample. Pirate Kake starts off tasting like a lightly salted, buttered biscuit, the butter making a creamy filling for the pastry. It definitely smokes slow and cool- that half bowl i had lasted well over an hour. The nuttiness of the burleys barely come through. Initial Flavor: Latakia! At certain point, I just want a bludgeoning of Latakia. and ?This is the blend for the Latakia lover.? got two tins just in time Finally getting to share my review on Cornell and Deihl's Pirate Kake!!! In my opinion it is inconceivable a mixture with 75% of Latakia because it is impossible to detect any other taste. Pirate Cake is simply an infusion of Latakia. The Burley and Turkish help to smooth out the smoke and add faint delicious undertones, but the Latakia is supremely dominant throughout the smoke, and never falters. Few smokers will see PK as an all-day or even every-day smoke but it is what it is and if you want a latakia fix then this is nice to have on hand. Could replace G.L. Wow, this sure is a sucker punch in a baggie. Not a good tobacco for a newbie or someone who likes aromatics. It is somewhat similar to Ten Russians, but there definitely is a difference between the two blends and Pirate Kake is much, much better. I give it 3 stars. The small amount of Turkish and Burley stands up evenly to the seventy five percent of Latakia. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. 2000-2023 Laudisi Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Just rip off a hunk, rub it out and smoke yourself to contentment. 2oz Tin. Consistent flavor, good body, and lots of smokeyou can almost chew te stuff! Tecnicamente un prodotto eccellente, fuma in modo impeccabile, ma alla fine non rimane nel cuore, solo nella mente. It's almost what I had hoped Nightcap would've been. I love the slightly creamy and sweet flavor of this one. 0. All she said was ?that smells kinda strong.? A taste of old England! That being said, it is still something to go into with your eyes open. I took this to mean that the Pirate Kake was very moist - and that is the case. I guess a lot of the smell comes from the turkish as well, its like a battle between the latakia and the turkish in the smell, but in taste the latakia wins, of course. I poured about a tablespoonful of the rum into the bag and sealed it back up. I also detected an unusual Oriental scent when snorked, hold on.., it's a freshly split oak log with shellac coating scent ( Turkish?, Burley?),. I bought this because I found a 6 year old tin at a local B&M. Really good if you're hungry too. Recommended for Latakiaphiles. If you enjoy the smoky leaf and want to push the limit, I highly recommend this blend! E99 is not as sweet and doesn't bring much Oriental and is very one dimensional. But it is a flawed treasure. Although is is the Cake cut,it is easy to rub, burn easy and slow, and the pipe remains easy to charge. Pipe Tobacco Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake 2 Oz Tin Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake 2 Oz Tin Cornell and Diehl MSRP: $13.65 $11.60 (You save $2.05 ) (7 reviews) Write a Review SKU: 101-5995 Quantity: Add to Wish List Description A smooth, robust blend with LOTS (75%!) Strength is medium, body is medium, flavour is medium plus. It was a bit boring as there was no distinct taste for my buds. I've been perfectly happy smoking it consistently and plan on getting lots more. Like most lat-bombs the nicotine isn't noticeable at all, but the flavor is huge. in this blend that it tended to be rather 1 dimensional. This is a good blend if you really want to know what "Latakia Forward" means. This burns well and maintains my attention from beginning to end.
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