As the weather gets warmer so has my taste. I have been smoking a lot this winter because of the schoolwork I had to read. Also, my wife lets me smoke in the apartment. One of the advantages of living in a pre-war building in NYC is the radiators get really hot. This allows you to keep the windows open without freezing your butt off. That said, Ive mostly been an aromatic smoker this winter. I smoked a lot on 1 Q mixed in with Anni Kake and Chatham Manor in the morning. I went for the light, aromatic lat blends like Frog Morton Cellar and Northwoods very rarely after dinner.
I find that since the weather has gotten better, I kind of crave the earthy, smokey taste of latakia and orientals. I'm back to where I started last year with Early Morning Pipe in the morning. This is a great blend. It has been sitting in the jar since the early fall, untouched. Man, it is good right now. Esp. with my coffee. Sweet, earthy, smokey. I think my cadence has improved too. Maybe that's why this bowl tastes so good right now. I've been smoking it for the last 45 minutes. No plumes of smoke. Just, tendrils of tasty smoke. What a treat. There's nothing like lat and orientals with coffee. I just love the combination of flavors.
Now onto Northwoods and Frog Morton Cellar. They are both really tasty, sweet, aromatic lat blends. I think there is Cavendish in them or some kind of topping. This is really not a bad thing. They are similar in that they are light and have a fruity, note. They definitely have to be puffed slowly or they will lose their flavor. I can tell when I am smoking too fast because it just turns to flavorless smoke. Esp with northwoods. When it gets hot at the bottom, I get a juicy fruit gum taste (PG?). When I slow down, its just goodness throughout.
My VaPer bleds have been sitting in jars (except for Anni Kake - for some reason I consider this an aromatic). I smoked them a lot in the late summer and fall. A few months is not really aging but I think they will be good when I smoke them again.
A forum member gave me a 14 year old tin of Pembroke. He's like the VaPer fairy. Just sprinkled my cellar full of VaPer goodness. I currently do not have any empty jars but the Pembroke is calling to me. Thanks again for that you know who you are. Latakia and cognac sounds really inviting right now. I wanted to open it before but its 14 years old. I felt it needed an occasion. But you know what, life is an occasion.
Enough of my rambling. Thanks for reading my thoughts. Happy trails. Happy smoking.
I find that since the weather has gotten better, I kind of crave the earthy, smokey taste of latakia and orientals. I'm back to where I started last year with Early Morning Pipe in the morning. This is a great blend. It has been sitting in the jar since the early fall, untouched. Man, it is good right now. Esp. with my coffee. Sweet, earthy, smokey. I think my cadence has improved too. Maybe that's why this bowl tastes so good right now. I've been smoking it for the last 45 minutes. No plumes of smoke. Just, tendrils of tasty smoke. What a treat. There's nothing like lat and orientals with coffee. I just love the combination of flavors.
Now onto Northwoods and Frog Morton Cellar. They are both really tasty, sweet, aromatic lat blends. I think there is Cavendish in them or some kind of topping. This is really not a bad thing. They are similar in that they are light and have a fruity, note. They definitely have to be puffed slowly or they will lose their flavor. I can tell when I am smoking too fast because it just turns to flavorless smoke. Esp with northwoods. When it gets hot at the bottom, I get a juicy fruit gum taste (PG?). When I slow down, its just goodness throughout.
My VaPer bleds have been sitting in jars (except for Anni Kake - for some reason I consider this an aromatic). I smoked them a lot in the late summer and fall. A few months is not really aging but I think they will be good when I smoke them again.
A forum member gave me a 14 year old tin of Pembroke. He's like the VaPer fairy. Just sprinkled my cellar full of VaPer goodness. I currently do not have any empty jars but the Pembroke is calling to me. Thanks again for that you know who you are. Latakia and cognac sounds really inviting right now. I wanted to open it before but its 14 years old. I felt it needed an occasion. But you know what, life is an occasion.
Enough of my rambling. Thanks for reading my thoughts. Happy trails. Happy smoking.
