This is not a purposely inflammatory post, but I've had such an atrocious first experience with C&D tobacco I feel it necessary to ask what they put in it and what's going on at the factory. And I've given them enough money by now that I should be entitled to honestly appraise what I've bought.
For starters, every one of the 12 blends I have smells like a different version of wet dog. Same musty smell in all C&D and GLP blends, unpleasant and permeating.
Everything I've smelled so far from Peterson, the entire MacBaren HH series, and Peter Stokkebye has had its own signature brand smell across different blends, but they all have smelled quite pleasant.
First red flag: I found not one, not two, but many grey hairs, presumably beard hairs, in multiple different C&D blends. This is not ok. We all know hair is one of the fouler smelling (and tasting) things when combusted, and finding several of them interspersed with something you plan to ignite is just bad business.
Bigger red flag: inhaling through the unlit pipe irritated my mouth like a mild allergic reaction. So far I've tried about 30 different blends from different brands, not one of them has this effect. Every single C&D tobacco has this effect on me. I get this may just be a "me" thing, but nonetheless, if it's only happening with C&D and nothing else, they must be putting something odd in their tobacco that others aren't.
The lit taste of the C&D blends I tried is similarly and predictably acrid and disgusting, and irritates my mouth more significantly. Needless to say I did not make it through a full bowl of any of the 12 blends I bought.
This is beyond dislike of flavors or nuances, this stuff is flat out poison -- for my body personally at least -- and I can't wrap my head around how it's popular in any way. The high ratings for nearly every GLP blend baffle me beyond comprehension.
I guess my question is, does anyone have any idea what C&D would be putting in their tobacco that makes it so uniquely vile to me, but that other people seem to be unaffected by?
For starters, every one of the 12 blends I have smells like a different version of wet dog. Same musty smell in all C&D and GLP blends, unpleasant and permeating.
Everything I've smelled so far from Peterson, the entire MacBaren HH series, and Peter Stokkebye has had its own signature brand smell across different blends, but they all have smelled quite pleasant.
First red flag: I found not one, not two, but many grey hairs, presumably beard hairs, in multiple different C&D blends. This is not ok. We all know hair is one of the fouler smelling (and tasting) things when combusted, and finding several of them interspersed with something you plan to ignite is just bad business.
Bigger red flag: inhaling through the unlit pipe irritated my mouth like a mild allergic reaction. So far I've tried about 30 different blends from different brands, not one of them has this effect. Every single C&D tobacco has this effect on me. I get this may just be a "me" thing, but nonetheless, if it's only happening with C&D and nothing else, they must be putting something odd in their tobacco that others aren't.
The lit taste of the C&D blends I tried is similarly and predictably acrid and disgusting, and irritates my mouth more significantly. Needless to say I did not make it through a full bowl of any of the 12 blends I bought.
This is beyond dislike of flavors or nuances, this stuff is flat out poison -- for my body personally at least -- and I can't wrap my head around how it's popular in any way. The high ratings for nearly every GLP blend baffle me beyond comprehension.
I guess my question is, does anyone have any idea what C&D would be putting in their tobacco that makes it so uniquely vile to me, but that other people seem to be unaffected by?
