Ever Go on a Tobacco Bender?

peckinpahhombre · Jan 6, 2014

I am not a very big smoker by many standards - average about a bowl a day, with a good chunk of that on weekends. With time off over the holidays though, I have been smoking far more than I usually do, and oddly, I can't get enough of the same blend: 2003 Christmas Cheer. I opened a tin of this just before Christmas, let it sit for a week, and once I tried it, I just couldn't get enough of it. I wake up thinking about the stuff. No other blend has ever had that impact on me.
The tin is almost gone.
My name is Peckinpahhombre, and I'm a Cheeraholic.

sallow · Jan 6, 2014

When I do it is in unison with a more conventional bender.

captainsousie · Jan 6, 2014

I've just gone through 2 straight tins of Pelican with no other tobacco smoked in between. I think I sort of understand what just happened to you.

northernneil · Jan 6, 2014

Peck, I too am getting to the bottom of a tin of 2003 Christmas Cheer, and I have to say I am having trouble with it. In the beginning of the smoke, everything is great. Tremendous flavour and a nice natural sweetness. But I find the futher into the bowl I get, the flavours become almost over bearing. Have you ran into this issue at all, or am I just getting carried away and smoking the 2nd half too fast?
Sorry about asking a question off you topic.

Perique · Jan 6, 2014

When I first tried Wilke No. 5 I went on a major bender.
Same thing when I first tried Angler's Dream.
Two very different tobaccos. Same reaction: couldn't get enough.

mso489 · Jan 6, 2014

It's always unexpected. Petersons Irish Whisky on one occasion, and Cup O Joes #5 another. Neither blend

was an immediate hit, but suddenly the enchantment just dawned on me.

petes03 · Jan 6, 2014

Oh yeah! I've done that with Blue Mountain, Mazatec, FM Cellar and On The Town, 1Q, Carter Hall, C. C. Cavendish, Northwoods, and Sugar Barrel to name a few! That being said, a lot if times I don't smoke the same blend twice in a row.

pylorns · Jan 6, 2014

My tobacco benders usually involve me smoking all day - not necessarily all the same blend. And when I do - I usually scorch my mouth....

peckinpahhombre · Jan 6, 2014

Neil - I haven't had that problem. The stuff is smoking way too easy and delicious for me, all the way down to ash on the bottom of the bowl. I did get a mouthful of ash last night as I didn't realize the bowl was done, but that was the only bad flavour I have had.

zack24 · Jan 6, 2014

Peck, I made the mistake of smoking 4 bowls of Stonehaven in one night...along with 3 rum and cokes...I took about 20 steps and passed out and hit the ground. The combination kicked my azz like I wouldn't believe,,,

cosmicfolklore · Jan 6, 2014

+1 Pylorns, I do the same. When I first found Astley's 109, I went nuts, chain smoking, and making my briars sing with that sweet Virginia and the aroma of the warmed briars mixing in. After a few days, my tongue could sand the paint off of Grateful Dead bus.

burlpettibon · Jan 6, 2014

I have done that with McClelland's/Ashton's Brindle Flake. I havent ever gone through a tin this fast but MAN is it good!

saint007 · Jan 6, 2014

I smoked 7 bowls of various blends on Saturday and couldn't sleep that night! I normally fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

wilson · Jan 7, 2014

Of course. I've done it with a number of blends, including some that might be considered pretty pedestrian. Sometimes, a certain blend just scratches the itch.

rlunderhill · Jan 15, 2014

If I find any tobacco that I can't get enough of, I order it by the pound. :clap:

Ever Go on a Tobacco Bender?

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