Okay, you've just had a Hunan beef with cashews and bean sprouts and your mouth is still
tingling with the experience. You can clear your taste buds with biotene or sorbet, but how
do you follow the meal with a pipe? I'd say, you don't want anything with even a whisper of
bite. That's going to jazz up the already assaulted gums and tongue. I'd suggest something
mellow and bland, however you experience it, like Carter Hall, 1Q, or a low key English like
Sutliff's Westminster. Let the tobacco gently take over, and relax. Trying to upstage a really
spicy Chinese, Thai, or Mexican meal with a spicy tobacco is overkill.
Old saying: The people of Szechwan are not afraid of spicy food. The people of Hunan are
afraid of any food that is not spicy.