Appreciation For C&D Crumble Cakes

[Zeno Marx]

A tin of Night Train is $11.90. If you average 3 grams a smoke, that's $0.71 a smoke. That's still great value.

Not that long ago, it was like $32/LB. I believe it was $67/LB the last time I looked. *I hope I'm remembering taht correctly. $11.90 might seem like a steal when people are paying $15+ for tins, but if you started out paying $5 just a handful of years ago, it would seem steep.

 

[seanv]

Not that long ago, it was like $32/LB. I believe it was $67/LB the last time I looked. *I hope I'm remembering taht correctly. $11.90 might seem like a steal when people are paying $15+ for tins, but if you started out paying $5 just a handful of years ago, it would seem steep.

There are multiple ways to look at things. I still feel that $0.71 per smoke is a bargain. What else costs less than a dollar per hour these days?

 

[NomadOrb]

I have not tried a lot of their crumble cakes but the Tuskegee Airman crumble cake is great. It's interesting smells like dirty socks in the tin and smokes wonderfully and sublimely. I don't know if this is normal but sometimes I just put a nugget not rubbed out in my pipe and it smokes better then you'd think it would.
I have to admit that the company in terms of what I smoke is probably what I smoke the most of. I think the worst blend of theirs I have tried was still pretty good and got finished.

That wasn't on my radar, I'll check it out.

I've done the same with their crumble cakes, but I do prefer to rub them out.

 

[kcghost]

They make a decent crumble cake but it's hardly anything to write home about.

 

[NomadOrb]

They make a decent crumble cake but it's hardly anything to write home about.

How about writing to the forum?

 

[augiebd]

I appreciate a good crumble cake that burns with no fuss. Lots of good recommendations to take from this thread.

 

[fightnhampster]

There are multiple ways to look at things. I still feel that $0.71 per smoke is a bargain. What else costs less than a dollar per hour these days?

The cost of pipe smoking vs other taste focused pursuits (cigars, cooking, drinking) is ludicrously low. I love it!

 

[MikeDub]

Night Train is one I have in my cart, along with 5'oclock shadow and Redburn.

I have to stop myself from trying every cake they have.

5 o’clock shadow is amazing. VaPerKen’s are 2nd to straight virginias for me and that one is excellent. Exhausted Rooster is great too but isn’t a cake

 

[Steddy]

I am a fan. Briar Fox is a staple. I have a dedicated cob that makes love with it almost every smoke.

I like the crumble cake format in general, it’s very practical.

 

[rmbittner]

$11.90 might seem like a steal when people are paying $15+ for tins, but if you started out paying $5 just a handful of years ago, it would seem steep.

”A handful of years”? Maybe C&D blends have been priced unusually low until recently, but it’s been something like 25-30 years since I paid less than $8/tin for anything.

 

[yanoJL]

Agreed (OP).
I recently purchased Haunted Bookshop, as I too enjoy C&D burley blends. I opted for the cake version because, as stated, their cakes are very easy to handle and enjoy.

 

[Zeno Marx]

”A handful of years”? Maybe C&D blends have been priced unusually low until recently, but it’s been something like 25-30 years since I paid less than $8/tin for anything.

I buy it in the 1LB bulk blocks (not tins). My point is that it has doubled or so in my short time of buying it.

 

[krizzose]

I enjoy Redburn and Blockade Runner, but I do wish the cut wasn’t quite so fine. It’s almost a shag. It takes a bit more finesse to avoid burning too fast and hot. That’s just my personal preference, so YMMV. Both have a very nice rich flavor.