They have created some classic blends over the last several decades. Very easy to light and keep lit. The fact is, however, that many people like that kind of stuff and if you are one of them - go for it. The best Black Cavendish that I've found. I've done all of these things with BCA and buy it in bulk quantities for such occasions. I find this blend particularly delightful on a warm summer night. Cornell & Diehl Dark Chocolate --- No taste or aroma of chocolate. I have a 50/50 mix of it with 1-Q that Ive had for 9 years that Im still trying to finish. This tin is headed for hybernation. I was hoping for a little more taste. This is one of my go-to tobaccos. 4 stars. Mellow and flavorful smoke. I dont taste the whiskey. of tobacco, I get a good double sealed plastic baggie. Purchased From: National Electronics (local store). I've found several other aromatics that I like better than BCA in addition. The wife loves it. This is what I reach for when I am in doubt and don't know what to smoke, but know I won't be able to focus on the experience. I'll probably take advantage of the cup-o-joes sale and get it for about $1.46/oz. As a result, Lane Limited is one of the best selling line of bulk pipe tobaccos in the US. The first few puffs always seemed a little harsh and toasty to me, but it settles down rather quickly into a mellow chocolate and vanilla flavor that wears well the rest of the way down. !--that was nice--why has it taken me all these years to discover that one?? This tobacco, this tobacco Francine, oh my God, this tobacco, oh my God!" If this isn't it, it's pretty close. I am completely new to the pipe tobacco community, but Ive always loved the smell of an aromatic pipe tobacco. This is it when I think of Black Cavendish. Gawaith Hoggarth & Co. Kendal Dark --- The small ribbon burns well and does not bite, but it has little flavor, aftertaste or aroma. When I am done with this tobacco, all that is left, is a nice gray/white ash, and a dry bowl. There are a few differences. After I purchased it I thought to my self, I can not believe I bought another Black Cavendish Tobacco. |Radio Show Room note is a hint of vanilla. They take half BCA and mix it with half Peter Stokebbye Whiskey. Smokes hot, difficult to light and keep lit, and lacking in flavor with a tendency to bite. Jet black cavendish that has been pleasing pipers for many moons. I smoked it in a small-medium BBB Dublin. I give this one a 4. I receive compliments about the aroma regularly. It is really good. Recommended. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of chocolate, sugar, liquor, and vanilla. Not sure if some of the bad reviews came from bad batches or not, but what I received is really good stuff. My impression is if you can't smoke this, you just need to lay the pipe down. o.k. As another company has said about their tobaccos, often imitated, never duplicated! I could really taste the rich flavor of the smoke and it came out in volumes. I'll be searching for other Black Cavs in the future, but I will always keep some BCA on hand. Like many here, I have tried others but always seem to go back to this blend. Pre Package it in 10 oz. I think I am going to start every new or estate pipe with a couple of bowls of BCA. Hell my wife couldn't even tell I smoked a bowl. This kind of reminds me of Captain Black without the Captain if that makes sense. It is also the mos t unique as it does not have the traditional chocolate flavor that is in most, but to me has the best chocolate like flavor. How many tobaccos have the room note and taste that match up and for the smoker? A strong but very pleasant room note that others around you will enjoy. when i have the money, i will be buying 5LBs of this, without a doubt. I did find that it gums up your pipe due to heavy moisture, but beyond that enjoy to the fullest with some Black English tea and a good book on a fall morning!! It's rich, it's creamy. They're usually made of Burley tobacco, the same stuff that's most commonly used in cigarettes, and that would certainly contribute to your aftertaste, though to some degree all tobaccos will leave you with a tobacco aftertaste. It is pretty far in the background. Similar Blends: Great Dane, any other chocolate/vanilla-based aromatics. Nonsmokers tend to like the fragrance of BCA, and often comment at some length about how they can't stand cigarette or cigar smoke but love to smell pipe tobacco, which they feel is more "natural." I had heard great things about this blend both on and offline and finally came around to trying it for myself. Next time you order tobacco from Smokingpipes don't forget too ask for a sample. As for the Stokkebye Nougat, years ago after TB Peter had stopped in to visit with us, I was now working for a one shop B @ M and asked Peter, who at the time made about 85% of the TB blends. I've been smoking this blend for years and it's my go-to black Cavendish aromatic. Room note is nice with chocolate and coffee smells. Great stuff, i prefer to mix it with other tobaccos, very sweet smell and taste. I could get along happily with BCA alone if I couldn't get any other pipe tobacco, and not feel that I was missing a thing. Pipe Used: Brigham: Algonquin (223) Bent Billiard. The strength is mild, while the taste is just short of the center of mild to medium. Rich and full bodied, tastes similar to Captain black royal blend, but so much better. It may not be called BCA where you shop, but it is most likely in one of the bulk containers. When I travel, I take a paper bag, the kind you get at the local store when you buy a tall boy of beer, put a handful of this in there, and then sprinkle in some Five Brothers, shake it until well blended, then pour the mix into the travel pouch and roll it up tight. I love vanilla in general as a flavor and I have never smoked cigarettes, so I guess this fits my profile. For a change I may mix the following 1:Add about 25% of your favorite VA especially some fresh C&D bright va with a citrus flavor. Pipe Collecting | But if you are a fan of straight black Cavendish, than this should be on your must try list. Not my favorite ever as McClellands VBC has tons and tons more flavor with less PG. This is my first review and I have been trying to find a few blends to stock up on. Tasted even better while sipping an amaretto milkshake. The taste is extremely creamy with a definite chocolate vanilla soft serve ice cream swirl taste. He knows I am a new smoker so before he mixed me up a blend he said try this. I like it! Stronger/deeper flavors mainly. In a positive way. It may not display this or other websites correctly. However, this tobacco is much sweeter than "Firedance Flake". Yet, no hotness in the smoke at all. This was during the time when everyone thought their shop blended all their tobaccos. Criticise this all you want for its being an aromatic, but what's undeniable is how mild it is and how well it burns. I had a couple bowls of this at the West Coast Pipe Show and then ordered two ounces of it later. You can find this in any tobacco shop that does custom blends. 'Nuff said. Wasnt too moist, and had minimal relights. This could certainly be an all-day smoke, and SWRTW (She who rules the world) will love it. I'll hover between two and three stars on this as well. BCA gives large clouds of smoke, burns very steady, cool, and couldn't bite if its life depended on it! This is better than many of the aromatics I have smoked, however, so I will give it 2 stars based on that. I mention it a lot. Notice | Advertising This blend is another classic it I wish I tried sooner. |Privacy Slight amount of goop in the bottom of the bowl, but just a minor amount. It is the most mild I have tried. It also tasted like the pouch aroma. This is the blend for sweetness and a great tobacco taste. It was smoking hot, just wasn't enjoying it, lovely as it is. It is good for smoking while working as it requires no attention as there is not much there. Love it. I have a little Rossi Piccolo I bought a few weeks ago. |Retailer Directory There was no bite just cool and flavorful smoke . This tobacco has a fantastic room note. For the moments where the smoke needs to stay in the background. my favorite tobacco shop tobacco world in the flour mill carries this and they label it as dainsh vanilla. It is a little cloying in that sense, meaning sweet, a little chocolaty & sticky but not actually drippy, gooey stuff. Smooth as silk. This is a very pleasant tobacco. Burns fine and little bite. Fire-cured Cavendish tobaccos discreetly flavored to produce an extremely mild, slow burning cool smoke. This smokes & tastes better if you do that after you get a good burn rate started. Give it a try sometime. He never minds being interrupted. I certainly wasn't disappointed, and the others will have their work cut out for them to top this. The stigma that Black Cavendish is good for starters and then "better" blends can be explored is unfair. A very mild, tasty smoke. As others have mentioned, this is a great mixer. Lane BCA pipe tobacco blends fired-cured Cavendish tobaccos to create a mellow, cool, smooth experience. The whiskey is sweet, and not a major player by any means. it mixes very well with some of my other favorites and makes them better! I have been smoking a pipe for 39 years, I can't believe I have never tried this one. Mild, Mild, Mild. I started with this blend when I picked up a pipe about 10 years ago. Yup! When I weighed the bags on a postage scale I was relieved that they didn't and saved myself what would have been a very embarrassing phone call. I had some H&H left over, so last night a mixed up a bowlful, and WOW!! For some reason, It will not let me give it the five stars it BCA is one of my faves. I recently started letting it dry out for 5 minutes before smoking and I have no problems. WARNING: Smokingpipes.com does not sell tobacco or tobacco related products to anyone under the age of 21, nor do we sell cigarettes. The nic-hit is very mild. Aroma when open bag is a chocolate raisin. No bite, great flavor and aroma, incredibly smooth. I jarred up half the pound, threw a random handful carelessly into my aromatic "pensioner's jar, I mixed a bit into some random English crap in another jar. so cheap, so good. and now I have a sweeter English that's worth smoking, some great dessert smoking and who knows/ Sorry H.L. First class black cav. It's that good. I have smoked BCA for so long, I should have wrote this long ago. Bag 2 oz. Very inexpensive in bulk, so I don't feel like I'm wasting tobacco there if I don't finish it straight to the bottom. The flavor is sweet and mild and the room note is wonderful. Lane Limited BC-A --- Good but not quite as flavorful as the Mac Barens or Sutliff Casanova nor as good a room aroma. Excellent for a beginner and great for the veteran smokers. I've bought better black cavendish in bulk from the cigarette store. The more you smoke it the more the flavor grows. Policy | Terms A smoker should really have a separate pipe for this - a moisture absorbing meerschaum would be ideal. i think these two tobaccos compliment each other.you get a creamy caramel, dark chocolate,vanilla taste.you can`t go wrong smoking a caramello chocolate bar (with zero calories)as far as i`m concerned.if you like a good mild vanilla tasting aromatic tobacco give this one a try.if you want to kick it up a notch add the autumn evening or blend it with one of your favorite tobaccos and see what you get.this is a great black cavandish tobacco with a nice light casing.its my all day tobacco. I feel at the same price point, the Stokkebye Black Cherry Cavendish is much better because it has no bitterness and no bite. You will enjoy it, Not much to say, that hasn't already been said. The flavor was sweet but it did not burn like many aromatics do. BCA is a mildly sweet and pleasant aromatic cavendish. It burns cool, less goopy than I anticipated, and it stays lit quite well. It smokes cool & mild & after setting my pipe down a good while to cool I picked at it a little and noticed that it was still smoldering. Although it smells and looks as though it would be a goopy aromatic. This is really becoming my new favorite go-to! Lots of goop! I found it most satisfying, so I began to experiment. A lot of folks find aromatics in general to be bland or slightly chemically tasting. and smoke bowl after bowl. I have smoked many black cav tobaccos. From pipesandcigars.com: Lane's BCA is a fire-cured and steamed Cavendish tobacco with an amazingly rich yet pleasant aroma that is so easy on the tongue that it can easily be smoked all day. Purchased From: California Tobacco; California, MD, USA. A nice smoke. Not bad. This is a very mild smoke that will not offend anyone. It smells fairly nice just won't jump out with aroma. I'm very much into black cavendish and have been for years. I've found dedicating a pipe to this blend (or a pipe to heavier aromatics) works best. 2000-2023 Laudisi Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. 1Q probably gets more praise just because it is so common and readily available. A very good occasional after dinner smoke! This can smoke wet and hot if not careful. BCA is appealing to smell, both in the pouch and when being smoked. It would work great for lighting firecrackers or used as kindling to easily start a campfire with a flint rock. after a long smoke. The nose differs from the actual taste and retro-hale. I could taste roasted marshmallows. First introduced in 1958, Mac Baren's Mixture Scottish Blend is a true Danish-style Aromatic, medium/mild in strength and with a good bit of sweetness and a light, pleasant room note. Always have this on hand. carver Part of the Furniture Now Mar 29, 2015 625 3 Belgium Sep 3, 2016 #3 This famous blend from Lane is widely distributed. This stuff is fantastic to say the least. This is a great tasting tobacco with what I currently consider a full body and great flavor, on top of that it smells just as good! Good socially, Good in Private. If you are new to pipe smoking, try this. Bag 5 lb. I know there are those who say this tobacco leaves the bottom of their bowl wet. Pretty new to pipe smoking, left cigars and never looking back! A single tobacco component - black cavendish - and a little topping? i`d be sitting with wilson enjoying the view and smoking this mixture all day long. I was moved enough by this blend to sign up and make this first reveiw. It burned fine. Smokey-sweet notes and rich tobacco undertones combine, leading to a unique taste that's distinctive and highly enjoyable. Has a pleasant, short lived after taste and room note. So, I got a little more aggressive and smoked it into a smokey inferno. It didn't require having to be aired out on a plate for a while like several Macbaren aromatics I enjoy. (he,he), Did alot of reviews on BCs, this is a fine smoke for blending, not bad, not horrible, yea, try it, its pleasent alone, brightens up some blends. So anyway rock on with your tobaccos and enjoy ( what ever the name is )happy puffing! Cup O' Joes Pipe Collecting | 3: Another awesome favorite and addition is about 25% RLP6 from lane limited. i`ve been smoking this 50/50 mix for a few weeks now and it is pure bliss.do your self a favour and get some 1q and mix it with your bca.you will be a happy pipe smoker.oh yeah,pipe smokers always ask each other what would be your desert island tobacco? Shimon ;). Rough cut flake, and somewhat moist but I expected that. Want a real conversation with your pipe?, pack it with BCA,it will never interrupt,always eager to please like any friend .Taste is as near to pure pleasure as you can get,vanilla,Carmel maybe a bit of chocolate.mild nic. A great smooth smoking blend for the experienced smoker as well. A really good tobacco to keep on hand. It does smoke a little wet so a little drying or aging does make it better. I have come to smoke this blend the most and also find it awesome when mixed with other tobaccos. This is an easy compromise. It was great on his own and I added to each of those as well. Still my favorite tobacco! I've heard that a 50/50 mix between Lane 1-Q and Lane BCA is pretty good, you could start there and branch out. This is one of my top picks after twenty years of pleasant puffing. Burns perfectly albeit not billows of smoke but a nice steady stream. For a tobacco whose room note is not overly appealing, you can use this (sparingly) to spice things up without interfering too heavily with taste. Add to this a bit of black licorice aroma and I think that's a reasonable description. I came across some BCA that I had in a Tupperware container from some months ago, and that heavy stickiness had faded. But there's nothing wrong with that, is there? This particular Black Cavendish is moist, overly sweet, contains only one type of tobaccoall things that most pipers frown upon, and yet this remains a best seller. You won't regret it. And so here it is . When I finally got interested in trying aros, and if you're new to pipe smoking or aromatic blends yourself, it seems everyone suggests BCA. This blend is just a delicious treat for me. Easy smoking, easy packing, easy on the pallet. It has a nice finish. Its been a long time since Ive had it on its own, but I remember really liking it because it was the only aromatic that I had tried at the time that didnt bite me. Burn = 8; The tobacco was a little hard to light but most black Cavendish tobaccos I've tried a re and really not a huge complaint. I will try and use it for blending but by itself it is a waste of time. Lane pipe tobacco provides reliable quality . Then, Lane adds the lightest top notes of Dark Fruit and Vanilla. It is a wonderful combination. 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