Most folks will not be aware but the UK is having something of a mini heatwave at the moment and not being a great fan of heat I have all my windows open to get some through draught.
Yesterday however was a rather still day breeze wise so I dug out my desktop oscillating fan (that stopped oscillating just out of warranty due to being made in China :roll: ) to create some air movement around me as I read my book and enjoyed a bowl. Due to excessive clutter on pretty much every flat surface I had to resort to putting the fan on the floor. Betwixt the fan and me is a coffee table and the lovely breeze it created came wafting up from underneath said coffee table. This was most welcome.
But there was something else, a benefit I hadn't anticipated. I was smoking a large bowl of Gawith & Hoggarth's Westmorland Slices which is a robust dark Virginia flake whilst reading and I noticed I was enjoying the bowl more than usual. I can't quite put my finger on it but it seemed as though I could taste much more flavour than usual. I noticed that the draught of air coming up from under the coffee table was gently wafting over the bowl and wondered if that was making a difference or if it was just in my mind.
Fast forward to today. Same situation though with a different pipe and this time filled with Bold Kentucky and the very same thing is happening...it tastes that much better! Could it really be the air passing over the bowl that is making the difference?
In my two years of pipesmoking I have had no more than three bowls out of doors, the rest indoors with no obvious breeze.
I'm rather puzzled.
Regards,
Jay.
Yesterday however was a rather still day breeze wise so I dug out my desktop oscillating fan (that stopped oscillating just out of warranty due to being made in China :roll: ) to create some air movement around me as I read my book and enjoyed a bowl. Due to excessive clutter on pretty much every flat surface I had to resort to putting the fan on the floor. Betwixt the fan and me is a coffee table and the lovely breeze it created came wafting up from underneath said coffee table. This was most welcome.
But there was something else, a benefit I hadn't anticipated. I was smoking a large bowl of Gawith & Hoggarth's Westmorland Slices which is a robust dark Virginia flake whilst reading and I noticed I was enjoying the bowl more than usual. I can't quite put my finger on it but it seemed as though I could taste much more flavour than usual. I noticed that the draught of air coming up from under the coffee table was gently wafting over the bowl and wondered if that was making a difference or if it was just in my mind.
Fast forward to today. Same situation though with a different pipe and this time filled with Bold Kentucky and the very same thing is happening...it tastes that much better! Could it really be the air passing over the bowl that is making the difference?
In my two years of pipesmoking I have had no more than three bowls out of doors, the rest indoors with no obvious breeze.
I'm rather puzzled.
Regards,
Jay.
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