I was given an opened tin of Crumble Kake vaper a while back and I've taken my time finishing the tin as to check it out as it gets drier
The super quick " review " is that it's good and that I prefer it fresher than drier , which isn't out of the ordinary for me . Many folk like blends quite dry and almost brittle . I also enjoyed it more in an average or larger pipe . The smaller pipes, it was warmer and had more edges to it
The cut of the blend is similar to what McClelland did with their flakes , as far as thickness , but the Sutliff cut breaks down pretty quick ... thus the Crumble Kake deal .
The colors are ... well , check them out yourself . The picture shows more red and bright than what appears to the eye . Th eyes a litle cavendish prefer into it but it isn't flavored as far as I can tell and it isn't alot .
The Aroma in the tin is unadulterated for the most part . It smells like a trpypical brown virginia , and when it was fresher , it had a touch of the Red Virginia aroma for a bit . The Perique is quite present in the aroma as well.
Unadulterated in the sense that there isn't much as far as the Hay , grass , fig or Lemon fragrances that we're used to hearing / smelling ... this one is prety straight in the aroma department and the flavor department .
It's not very complex nor refined
You can't help but let this blend break down a bit . The drier it gets , the easier it wants to break apart
It taste like a Vaper. It's a little rough on the edges . It got rougher on the edges as it dried . The edges were smoother when fresher
There's not much sweetness to this blend . It's a blend that would give purists something to talk about , as uninteresting as that would be .
If you've had F&T brown Virginia and the Drexel flake ... combine them , youd have something similar in fllavor to the virginia in Crumble Kake , just add a litle red and lessen the sweetness
I'm writing this at the end of the tin . I should have written it at the beginning because the flavors of the Red stood out , along with the brights being little high flavors here and there . As it's gotten drier , the nuances have diminished and it's basically a brown virginia with very little sweetness and a decent Perique presence .., straight forward , unadulterated with some sharpness on the edges
Is it Germains Royal Jersey Perique ... no .. but what is . Is it Escudo .. nope , it doesn't have the range of flavors and sweetness of Escudo . Is it Sutliff Crumble Make Vaper... yup , it's it own thing and if you're looking for something stripped down a bit so you can get the "core " flavors of a brownish red virginia and perique ... it's one to try
I'm going to state my rating scale as this ....
Most tobacco is good , some are lame and some are great
Lame is 1 ☆
Good is 2 ☆☆
Great is 3 ☆☆☆
SUTLIFF CRUMBLE KAKE VAPER ... ☆☆
