Where is Gregory Pease?
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And Mr. Astin is still alive, and filming at age 85, whereas Julia is in the cold, cold ground. Thanks for heads up.
Some of Mr. Pease's blends don't impress, but most do. I find that he not only puts a blend together with complexity, but also finesse. There always seems to be an extra touch of savor, and to me there is also restraint. He pushes for a taste, gets it, and stops; a precision, if you will.
There are many fine blenders at work, and just now I'm smoking a dozen of their tobaccos. Mr. Pease has a big name and his work is often praised, so it would make sense to say that his tobaccos caught my notice when I started, and have kept it for the same reason. Smoking at this time and in the US, then, it is natural, by availability that I would buy his work.
But at $70.00/lb it seems to me that he offers great value. I love other tobaccos that are available only in tins, but at double the price I perforce must buy less of them.
One blend that I've come upon in the last year that I plan to cellar deep is Chenet's Cake, available from smokingpipes for $50.00/lb; and it certainly was a fine gesture to make it available in bulk at $20.00/lb less than tins. I love perique but have only smoked two such blends, but of the two CC is clearly superior, a tasty complexity that weathers 35% perique. They say it will peak at 10-15 years; I'll be lucky to keep my hands off it that long and to enjoy it aged.
Make no mistake, however, this is for the nicotine addicts, and I happily count myself as suffering from that affliction. Gimme power! I want smoke to come out of my ears! As strong as Dark Flake, perhaps brown rope.
There are many fine blenders at work, and just now I'm smoking a dozen of their tobaccos. Mr. Pease has a big name and his work is often praised, so it would make sense to say that his tobaccos caught my notice when I started, and have kept it for the same reason. Smoking at this time and in the US, then, it is natural, by availability that I would buy his work.
But at $70.00/lb it seems to me that he offers great value. I love other tobaccos that are available only in tins, but at double the price I perforce must buy less of them.
One blend that I've come upon in the last year that I plan to cellar deep is Chenet's Cake, available from smokingpipes for $50.00/lb; and it certainly was a fine gesture to make it available in bulk at $20.00/lb less than tins. I love perique but have only smoked two such blends, but of the two CC is clearly superior, a tasty complexity that weathers 35% perique. They say it will peak at 10-15 years; I'll be lucky to keep my hands off it that long and to enjoy it aged.
Make no mistake, however, this is for the nicotine addicts, and I happily count myself as suffering from that affliction. Gimme power! I want smoke to come out of my ears! As strong as Dark Flake, perhaps brown rope.
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