just tried it
Probably the biggest disappointment in my pipe smoking experience was when I went to reorder my supply of Vanilla Black Cavendish and discovered it had suddenly been discontinued. I still have about 4 oz. that I enjoy on special occasions. I was disapponted once again when I went to reorder Match Hines Mixture and found it was no longer in production. It would be nice if they would let the public know when they were going to stop production of a blend so a person could restock a supply. I am like you in that I could have been happy with just the Vanilla Black Cavendish and unfortunately there is no equal.
Many of us have been through it several times and is why we advocate buying as much of favorite blends as one can afford whenever you're able to.
If you had bought more, do you think it would’ve changed enough with ageing that you wouldn’t enjoy it in later years?
Tightly packed in jars, aromatics seldom change. I've got Altadis, now Sutliff, aromatic blends from the early 2000s that are indiscernible from newer stock.
A recent addition for me that I LOVE is Sutliff Aged Maduro Cavendish. That stuff is the bomb, I like it even better than BCA. Not sure if it is vanilla enough for you, but please do try an OZ if you like the cavendish.
I'm with you on Cornell and Deihl vanilla black Cavendish. I bought two ounces of it and it was sopping wet in the bag. When I was trying to pack a bowl the tobacco had a weird greasyness on my fingers. I was suprised because I like C and D blends a lot. I got about 4 or 5 puffs in and I put it out and dumped the tobacco into the garbage disposal. I had to wipe out the bowl a few times because of the nasty glop that was in the bowl. I'll stick with BCA and Captain Black Dark.
