I wipe the chamber out after every smoke and have only ever had to use a reamer on estate pipes.You better go with thorough cleaning than playing with a reamer ar this point.
I wonder if used loose tea leaves work just as well? We don't do coffee.I don't know who turned me on to the coffee ground trick but it is a great way of deghosting a pipe.
Cleaning the entire pipe, not just the inside of the bowl, is important too. Some use special tools to clean away in there, I just use a few vodka soaked pipe cleaners.
I knew I had a good reason for buying “vintage”!pufI'm doing it exactly the way as OP is asking. It works for a better taste but it does damage a pipe's chamber a little.
You better go with thorough cleaning than playing with a reamer ar this point. The cheapest reamers (the known set with 4 heads made of plastic) are bad, I broke mine 2 times.
Know anybody who uses a percolator? They use a coarser grind of coffee. (Usually)Writingraav I'm not so sure. The idea is that as the grounds dry, they soak up the oils in the bowl and shank. They are so fine that they can get down into the shank.
Sher Well, now there's no emoji, perhaps because it starts with an uppercase letter.S h e r, maybe a short form of Sherlock?
Yeah, a bit (or a lot) of a silly question, but how can you tell you have a sour pipe? How does it taste? (I don't think I've ever had that happen to me, and I'd like to know how to tell. Heh, just one more thing to worry about now, I guess...)