Tobaccos Cornell & Diehl - Green River Vanilla

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	JimInks (3019)	2017-10-05		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The earthy, woody, toasty burley is fairly sublimated by the vanilla topping, and I’d say its effect is more of what you’d expect from a condiment. The vanilla topping lacks depth, and I get a slight sour note, sort of like a spoiled marshmallow in the mix. It’s distracting and has a hint of alcohol as well. Barely has any nicotine. Won’t bite or get harsh. Burns cool at a slightly slow pace with a very consistent flavor. You’ll have to wipe the bowl clean as it leaves some moisture in the bowl. Require a few relights as it burns wet. Has an unattractive short lived after taste. An all day smoke or a mixer.

-JimInks

12 people found this review helpful.

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	Smoke_Ring (158)	2013-05-02		Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

Cornell & Diehl Bulk No. 734 Green River Vanilla

Star Rating = 4

Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst

Pouch Note = 10

Room Note = 10

Flavor = 10

Bite = 10

Burn = 9

After Taste = 9

Raw Score = 58

Rated Percentage = 97%

Comment = Very Smooth, Very Mild, Mellow, great Vanilla Flavor, good all day smoke. This is one of the best vanilla tobaccos I have ever smoked.

12 people found this review helpful.

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	Gentleman Zombie (729)	2014-03-23		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

The vanilla flavoring is very nice, but I wouldn't mind a little tobacco flavor to go with it. There just isn't any. It's a real shame because the vanilla is about perfect.

Pipe Used: MM General, MM Country Gentleman

Age When Smoked: fresh bulk

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

11 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-07-03		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Green River Vanilla, is a mild all black cavendish, that is sure to please the aromatic smoker. If there ever was a all day smoke, this is it. Moisture level is perfect, and burns clean and dry all the way down the bowl. Not to sweet, but sweet enough. I think I will replace BCA with this wonderful blend, I feel it is that good.

9 people found this review helpful.

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	Pipestud (1829)	2009-07-08		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Wow, a Burley/Vanilla combination; what a concept! (-;

Actually, I like mildly Vanilla flavored leaf on rare occasions and last night I finally tried some of this. After about 20 puffs I decided maybe the pipe wasn't lit... It was. So, I mixed a new bowl 50/50 with Five Brothers and got a real smoke out of the deal.

Nice flavor!

7 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2075)	2017-10-25		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Cornell & Diehl - Green River Vanilla.

When this arrived I thought Smokingpipes.com had sent me a loosely pouched Sam Gawith Blend, but in all fairness, even Sam G's blends aren't as wet as this. I'm not kidding! But, after a LONG airing, it's not too bad a smoke.

The smokes flavour is mainly made up of vanilla and black cavendish, but there's a slight fire-cured note in support. The smoke has a heavy build, and although the aroma's pleasant you may want to open up a window or two! Providing it's been dried off correctly the burn from it's good, but should it be smoked fresh the flint will wear out on the lighter! The smoke's very cool.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: heavy but pleasant.

Green Vanilla Cavendish? Good, but not quite good enough for full marks. Three stars:

Recommended.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: Three months

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Captain bob (38)	2008-04-11		Extremely Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

If you demand exceptional quality in a pipe tobacco and you enjoy burley with a very mild and light aromatic, you must give this a try. I suspect there may be just a touch of maple to sweeten this exceptional vanilla aromatic. Absolutely, it is not overpowering as so many of this type are. Those around you will be pleased and comment favorably. Don't miss this exceptional treat in your pipe. If you do try it, you will likely order from C&D by the pound. Trust me, I have smoked just about everything from syrup to heavy latakia for 42 years. Moisture retention is perfect in an air tight container for a very long time. Ready to smoke immediately without any drying. Texture of this burley is unbelievable and beyond words to describe. Don't be fooled by the name, it is a jewel and worth a sample. What a treat this is!

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-04-08		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

UPDATED:

Tried this blend again and was pleasantly suprised. No dust and is seemed to burn much cleaner all the way to the bottom. Not something I'll smoke on a regular basis but nice to have around.

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Looking for a crowd pleasing blend I ordered 2 ounces as part of a sample pack and it was a pretty decent tobacco. Not a great vanilla but not bad. It burned cool with a fair amount of vanilla flavor and I was able to also taste the tobacco. This blend burned very fast and not cleanly.

As with all C&D products there was no PG which I appreciated.

When I ordered 4 ounces it was a disappointment. The moisture level was fine but it was dusty. After 3 weeks there was so much fine dust it was unsmokable. I'm not sure if it was the bottom of the batch or something inherent to this type of tobacco but not one that I'll order again.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Latakia (70)	2009-01-23		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

Another one of the C&D sampler. Very black broken flake with a delightful aroma in the tin. The black cavendish is nicely flavoured with vanilla without going over the top. Think this will be a good smoke when smoking in a crowd of non-smokers. I have tasted other vanilla flavored tobaccos but this is mild. Burns dry and left a nice ash. Humidity when opened is perfect and doesn't drying out. For an aromatic, it is cool. Could be a regular when wanting an aromatic and need a break from my regular latakia. Nice morning smoke with coffee.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-08-23		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

This is a very nice blend of tobacco. When opening the tin, you are greeted by a mild vanilla scent which has no over powering traits. It is a very dark, broken type tobacco. it is soft, and mild and packs well. The humidity is nice. It may burn better with a 30 min. sit out, but still lit nicely. No overbearing sweetness detected, and not a burn or bite to it. I am an aromatic smoker, mostly and this one is an easy all day smoke.. I like the hearth and home egg nog as my number one smoke, but this is a very close second.. Burned evenly down to a nice ash and the room note its great. Try out out.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Capt (339)	2011-08-01		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Not impressed. Quality tobacco, but I expect that from C&D. I also expect better flavor, which was completely absent from this blend. Very flat and bland for an aromatic. Not recommended.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	doc pipes (106)	2021-09-03		Very Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

If you like cheap cigars, this may be an ideal blend for you. This reminded me of a Dutch Masters corona deluxe that had been soaked in vanilla extract. This was a bulk sample that, given its obvious moisture in the bag, I did not transfer to a jar for safekeeping. Yet, 6 months after sitting in the bag, it is still wet and sticky to the touch. The leaf is jet black, and when held up to the light is actually translucent from all the casing, and more chocolate brown in color than black. Amazingly, the casing actually stained the inside of the bag. It smells of artificial, chemically vanilla, and the vanilla topping barely comes through in the taste. I dried a couple bowls worth out by leaving it in a room with a dehumidifier running, and came back two days later to more manageable and smokable dark brown leaf. This tobacco tastes like your least favorite cheap cigar. It starts out with an inoffensive cheap cigar flavor profile that rapidly unfolds into a sour acrid mess. This marks one of the few times that I can ever recall saying to myself after half a bowl, “I am never smoking this again.” Visually it is appealing, and the idea of a simple vanilla aromatic isn’t unattractive. Don’t be fooled.

Age When Smoked: 6mos

Purchased From: SP

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Teza64 (1)	2020-06-17		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

I bought this as a sample pack here in Australia and could not believe how soggy and goopy it was, perhaps i simply drew the short straw and got what was left in the bulk bag . The burley is black as imagined from a fire cure with poor bag note other than a sour bitter tea smell , the bowl was difficult to light with the crackling sound of bacon on an over hot bbq plate , producing little smoke cloud and poor flavor to access and could not keep my bowl alight . Other C&D products i have bought from this Aussie distributor have been good but need to alert fellow Australians not to bother with GRV from this retailer.

Pipe Used: Meerschaum Cob

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: Alexanders Cigars

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Sybariten (61)	2017-04-14		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

This was quite a boring smoke, one dimensional and weak. Flat, I'd say. But, if one is after a very mild, plain vanilla tobacco with no trace of the leaf below the topping this might be for you. Mechanically it is a smooth blend, so if the lack of flavour does not deter you go ahead and try.

Taste: Vanilla, or at least something sweet. Nothing else.

Mechanics: Needs some drying but not much, burns fairly well and doesn't bite. Mild in nicotine.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-04-08		Medium to Strong	Medium	Full	Very Pleasant

Green River Vanilla is an excellent tobacco alone! Its full sweet and tasty,has no bite,and smells terrific. Theres just a little something missing,while testing other blends I tried #103 Big & Burley and loved it,but it was a little too much for me to smoke all the time.Then I had the bright Idea to mix a pinch of the B&B to a pipe full of GRV,what I did was create my all time favorite.When I smoke the B&B alone I cant really taste the latakia or turkish,but mixed with the GRV every now and then I get a hint of them both.Thanks to the B&B the nicotine gets a small boost,and combined with the GRV theres a flavor explosion. I love it and highly recommend trying it for yourself.

Update: I have recently tried a pinch of Burley flake #3 in a pipe full of GRV and its another hit for me! The flake/GRV mix is a little more refined and slightly sweeter than Big & Burley.Very rich and full...I love burelys!

2 people found this review helpful.

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	FlatCapMatt (59)	2018-06-28		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

It's just OK. Smooth, vanilla sweet, with maybe something slightly sour. Like a vanilla green tea almost? Doesn't bite, nothing nasty, makes a lovely room note.

Not one I'd really want to get again though.

Pipe Used: Corncob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: tobaccoblends.com.au

1 person found this review helpful.

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	WillBrown (137)	2014-11-04		Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

You can quote my Peter Stokkebye's Dansk Black review almost word for word for this blend. And now I have to come up with at least nine more words! (oops! that was thirteen).

Pipe Used: Leonessa Capri

Age When Smoked: ?

Purchased From: Pipes&Cigars

Similar Blends: Dansk Black.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-09-09		Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Being a fan of aromatics, such as myself, i try hard into giving my best shot on each blend that i try. Most are pretty good and some just does nothing for me. This blend from C&D just doesn't cut it. I was rather hoping that it could at least give MacBarens Vanilla creme a run for its money and taste, but it falls way short of even being a delightful aromatic smoke. Upon opening my tin of this promising stuff, i found that it could most definetly air out for a few days. It was hard to light and stay lit and normally i don't have a problem with that. G.R.V reminds me of a few Mclelland blends that i've tried. Too moist and goopy to even think about burning a bowl. Sorry, but this just doesn't cut it for me.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Sorringowl (8)	2010-07-28		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

The 2 oz tin I got of this was just a tiny bit on the moist side so, I usually let some air out before smoking. This has a very mild Vanilla flavor and for me, it tasted more like a mild liqueur. What you mostly taste, however, is a quality Burley that burns nicely and doesn't smoke hot so long as you're not a huffer and a puffer. This was one my first pipe tobaccos and I would recommend this to most beginners. I might buy this in the future again but probably not right away as the taste is, well, maybe not one dimensional, but more like two dimensional: good burley and mild, not overpowering flavor. Still, a good, quality tobacco from C&D.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-01-31		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I think this is the best of the several vanilla black cavendish aromatics I have tried. It beats Planta, MacBaren, Stanwell, Sweet vanilla honeydew. The vanilla flavor lasts to the bottom of the pipe. Nice room scent afterward.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	huffnpuff (53)	2009-11-21		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

Yep another sampler pack sample. green river vanilla is a good blend and a new favorite for my aromatic rotation. the all black tobacco is all you see when opening the tin, wish the coffee filter was in the tin like some of the C&D blends have. The wife test past for the aroma of vanilla is her favorite,I do add some latakia to it for more robust flavor.

huffnpuff

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-07-01		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

The tobacco in the tin is very dark and somewhat rich smelling. No real problems packing it, but there are some larger pieces. The room note is very nice and pleased my wife. The taste wasn't really vanilla for me. It was there just really mild. Overall, a nice mild tobacco that doesn't goop up the bowl. Worth a try, if you don't want in your face vanilla taste.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-12-20		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

There is nothing unpleasant about GRV, and it is actually a very cool, dry smoking, black Cavendish pleasing to others in the room. It is perfect to keep the office or home free of tobacco odor the day after the fire goes out.

There is genuine tobacco flavor and genuine vanilla flavor, but little of each due to the nature of the leaf chosen, the processing, and flavoring applied. This is its style, and I have no criticism.

The cut is a bit stiff and therefore takes a little care to properly pack into the bowl. The dry consistency makes for an easy light and steady burn with few, if any, gurgles.

I will keep this around to cut the power or heavy flavor of otherwise respectable blends, but I like more oomph if I am smoking straight Black Cavendish.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-01-09		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

If you are looking for a very good vanilla tobacco, I recommend this without hesitation! Another very good C&D aromatic, this is probably one of the best vanilla aromatics I have ever smoked. Very pleasant tin aroma, packs well, but did require several relights. ( I believe this to be "the nature of the beast" for most vanilla aromatics ) Fantastic room note, this would please even the most die hard anti-smoker type in the room. Recommended!!

UPDATE 1/09/07=

I find as I smoke this that it is still a great tobacco, but very "one note" in the depth department. For Christmas this year I recieved a 1 pound tub of Sir Walter Raleigh from a friend. I enjoy SWR, it is a classic American Drugstore Blend, also a "one note" blend, but I am not complaining. NOW, I took the two ounce tin of Green River Vanilla I had cellared, and blended it in with the one pound of SWR, and let it sit for about a week...And,WOW!! This is a great marriage! The vanilla really dresses up the SWR and makes it an extremely pleasing blend! I know that some tobacco "snobs" out there will scold me for this, but I must say, this is a very nice combination! A very nice change of pace, and, the tobacco does burn evenly with few relights. Also, no tonguebite whatesover, burns to a nice grey ash with very little dottle. And the room note I have been told, is quite pleasant! Give it a try, I feel you will not be dissapointed!!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2003-12-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I've seen searching for a nice Vanilla cavendish for some time and I believe I've hit on one with this blend.

The previous reviewer compared this to Fred Stokers "Vanilla Custard." Looking at samples of the two in front of me right now, this CD blend is dark brown, rather than black as is the Stoker product. The CD product, while moist, is much less so than the Stoker product

While the Stoker product is indeed very heavy vanilla, the CL product is lighter, but tastes better, with an almost nutty background, and allows a bit, although admittedly not much, of the background tobacco taste to come through as well.

Very enjoyable occasional smoke.

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	Buckeye Piper (3)	2023-02-05		Very Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

I wanted to like this tobacco. The tobacco is moist in the tin and sticks to your fingers. The first bowl or two were just okay. As I worked through the tin it become less remarkable. The last few bowls were nothing more than warm air with an ashy taste. There was no vanilla note present and it was never “sweet” as many described. In fact it had a bit of a sour note to the tobacco. There are plenty of other fine aromatics on the market. I wouldn’t spend time or money on this one.

Pipe Used: Various Cobs

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Smoking Pipes

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	Creek (17)	2022-06-17		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

Both a lady friend and I got the same nose seperately. White Chocolate. The taste is more Vanilla White Chocolate with very deep earthy undertones. Woody and Farm. I can taste the crop and soil. The wood is lighter than oak, perhaps it is hackberry or elm. Good blend that is a good combo of sweetness, taste and the woods and farm.. Very pleasant and mild. Sometimes the tobacco is very present, other times it stays back. I’d give it 3.5 stars instead of 4 because it would be perfect with a tad more of the excellent flavoring. It was moist, and drying is recommended. As it drys though you lose some of the flavoring. A great all day smoke.

Update: Bought half a pound and it is noticeable stronger and the taste is stronger. A true 4.0 now.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: 1 month

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	1979 (62)	2017-05-13		Very Mild	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Cornell & Diehl - Green River Vanilla

This tobacco is more boring than shopping with your wife. Two stars only because there's still worse out there.

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	atomicbuster (79)	2014-04-01		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This aromatic is just what it says it is, vanilla. As other reviewers have mentioned, it comes quite moist and clumpy in the tin. If you are a novice smoker, this means you have to let the tobacco dry out before you smoke it. For me this meant 4 days minimum of just drying. Right out of the tin it was nearly impossible to light and to keep lit, and the taste was somewhat underdeveloped. This tobacco is not heavily cased in vanilla, so it's quite mild. The leaf is actually quite good, not shavings or scraps. Recommended.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-09-06		Extremely Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

this is the mildest tobacco I've smoked. Good for a new smoker or anyone that enjoys Vanilla I'm just starting to enjoy Vanilla flavoring.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2004-07-09		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

When looking at the tobacco it is very dark similar to Planta Danish Black Vannila. There was none to very little aroma when opening the bag of Green River Vanilla, sort of hoping for a the sweet aroma of Vanilla.

Packing the pipe was very easy with the broken flake as it tumbled to the bottom of the bowl with little to no effort.

When I first lit the tobacco I sensed there was no flavor, but after the first few puffs my senses took on a delightful aroma. The taste falls in between a mild and medium, with a mildness at the first match to a medium taste as the tobacco burned towards the halfway mark of the bowl. Towards the bottom of the bowl the tobacco took on a sweetness with the Vanilla becoming more prominent.

This blend can entice your taste buds without a harshness, but could nip your tongue if smoked too fast.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2003-10-06		Very Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I was given a sample of this from a buddy when I was in a vanilla aromatic phase. This is high quality Burley and comes extremely moist for a C&D blend. It's all black and has a light topping of vanilla. It lit and burned fairly well and the taste was mainly burnt sugar more than anything else. Not a bad aromatic, but it smoked a little wet and there wasn't enough vanilla flavoring. Fred Stoker's Vanilla Custard (or something liike that) seemed identical and was half the price for a pound. I prefer C&D's Aromatics when they don't have a heaping of black cavendish...

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