I think so although I certainly have been reviewing a lot of blends with Orientals in them lately so I'm sure it would be harder than I think. Seems to me blends with Orientals have become a trend this year.
Jim's C&D Steamworks (Small Batch) Review.
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Fair enough! You've assuaged my concerns in not having bought any. I had them in the cart but just couldn't proceed to checkout.
My unsolicited opinion - Steamworks has taken its place as my favorite C&D blend. The overall flavor reminds me of aged Gawith/Wessex Virginias.
I hope @jeremyreeves does more like this in the future.
I would also like to see more in the future like this. I agree that Orientals seem to be “the thing” right now, but this one stands out for me in a really good way.
Rather impressive. I'm in agreement in hopes of seeing more steamed blends in the future. For me, it was a matter of ingredients. I believe I'll love perique one day, but I'm sad to say that such a day has not yet arrived. I still regularly smoke perique blends, but with so many great limited releases in recent times and more on the horizon, I reluctantly landed on the negative for this one.
(For context, my favorite C&Ds so far are Crooner and Opening Night. Though Mad Fiddler and Joie de Vivre are fantastic blends too and they do include perique. As said, I almost bought. Just couldn't pull the trigger.)
I didn't mean it to be a negative comment. I gave it four stars out of four so I obviously recommended it. My comment only pertained to blind taste testing in the way it did because I must have smoked over twenty different new Oriental blends this year. Nobody could distinguish that many correctly in blind taste testing even if they reviewed them all like I did. I include myself in that last comment.
Oh, I know you didn't mean it in the negative. 4/5 is great, but not uncommon these days. There are a great many competent blenders and an ample supply of quality leaves. It's just that I have a soft spot for the strange. I can live with myself for passing up on a 4/5, but if you'd told me it was incredibly discernable, I'd have kicked myself for not buying.
Well dammit. I've read several of these and just figured he holds out the 5's for the rare gems.
Nope. Tobacco Reviews' highest rating is four stars.
Just tried this yesterday and today, holy crap...love this stuff. No bite, great flavor, sweet, and smokes easily.
I too have joined the "Steamworks has taken its place as my favorite C&D blend" club.
+1.
I’m really impressed with and enjoy the hell out of Steamtwerks.
This is the first C&D blend that has become a regular for me.
I haven’t heard of any issues. Buy one, open it up. If it’s bad exchange it.
I'm a fan. It's hard to win me over on VAs. Throw some stoved VA in there and/or some Oriental and that helps. I guess the steam treatment or whatever is kind of like stoving. I don't remember what they said they did.
But it's got a nice, sweet woody flavor and I like it.
But it's got a nice, sweet woody flavor and I like it.
I appreciate your review Jim. I'm a newer pipe smoker and I've grown fond of virginia blends and oriental blends. This will be the first tobacco I've purchased with intent to cellar some. It's currently available at pipes and cigars if anyone missed it or would like a few for later.