Good Unsweetened, Unflavored Black Cavendish?
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RL-Green River Black - Sutliff Pipe Tobacco | Smokingpipes.com
Sutliff's RL-Green River Black consists of unflavored Black Cavendish that is darkened to bring out its naturally sweet flavor and pleasant aroma.
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Sweet. Thanks guys. I’ll give both of those a whirl. ? BC isn’t something I usually smoke on its own, so I didn’t know what was good.
For a little more $$ some higher quality is Rattray’s Dark Fragrant (contains Perique), Black VA, and McConnell’s Rich Dark Virginia. ?
Btw I’m posting European Style (VA) Cavendish. The green river is American Style (Burley).
Never tried it, but I’ve been smoking the hell out of some C&D Winchester lately, especially in the morning with coffee. Supposedly they’re similar. I might play with some of that for now, since I have it on hand, but I was planning on giving the Dark Fragrant a whirl anyway.
Yeah, I’ll probably get some of each. I like both.
I've been smoking the C&D version lately and find it good (albeit slightly medicinal). It's certainly easy to get and worth trying. Whether it's the best version out there I couldn't say.
507s is just stoved VA. I know it looks like Cavendish but it's not.
From my understanding, cavendish is a style based on process (steam/heat).
I bought a pound of 507s earlier this year - it's decent but the cut size and bag odor remind me of fish food.
I mixed equal portions 507s and MacBaren VA#1, added 1/4 tsp red wine vinegar and 1/2 tsp dark rum, then pressed the living shit out of it for 5 weeks. If smoked in a dim lit room after a few drinks I can almost pretend it's my dearly beloved Dark Star.
I bought a pound of 507s earlier this year - it's decent but the cut size and bag odor remind me of fish food.
I mixed equal portions 507s and MacBaren VA#1, added 1/4 tsp red wine vinegar and 1/2 tsp dark rum, then pressed the living shit out of it for 5 weeks. If smoked in a dim lit room after a few drinks I can almost pretend it's my dearly beloved Dark Star.
Cavendish can be made out of any leaf so I imagine there could be a stoved VA cavendish out there. Warped, for example, is using cavendish made from cigar leaf. But it's more typical for unflavored black cavendish to be made from burley. It doesn't taste like stoved VA. It doesn't even really taste like burley... it's got it's own thing going.
I think locale has some bearing on nomenclature. What gets called “stoved Virginia” here may be called “cavendish” in Europe, since they typically make theirs from Virginia, and we make ours from Burley. I could be wrong though ?
I like them both anyway.
I like them both anyway.
Stoved VA is Cavendish too. ??
Not from my understanding.
So what’s the difference? Steam vs dry heat?
Stop asking these questions. Poor misguided BROBS has not yet accepted the one true Cavendish. Please don't follow his sad mistake.
I second the McConnell Rich Dark Virginia! It’s a good smoke on it’s own.