What Was Your First "I Gotta Buy 5 Pounds of This Stuff!" Tobacco?

[wiijj]

It is great fun & fabulous results. Try lots of mixes (prefer not to use the word blends). Burley is great when part of a mix including other than Virginia. And VaPers are made more complex & enjoyable also.

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Very interesting charts, thank you, I hadn't thought to try mixing different Virginias, although I have tried adding Izmir Turkish. Too soapy and thick for what I was doing even in very small percentages. Don't know where I could get other varieties of Orientals. I'd really like to make them work, but maybe there's a reason I usually only see them used in Englishes and Balkans.

 

[eljimmy]

Bob's Chocolate flake was my first.

 

[pruss]

Haddo’s, then Escudo, then HU Director’s Cut.

— Pat

 

[captainsousie]

Haven't found one yet. Unless you consider the ones I have that I couldn't get 5 pounds if I tried.

 

[Stah]

Not the bag, not at once... But I think, it counts. And still goes on.

 

[The Benedictine]

For me it was Sutliff's Mark Twain. Favorite aromatic I smoke. I hope STG keeps it around.

 

[ThermionicScott]

For me it was Sutliff's Mark Twain. Favorite aromatic I smoke. I hope STG keeps it around.

I’ve got bad news for you…

 

[The Benedictine]

I’ve got bad news for you…

 

[sparker69]

I've never bought 5lbs of anything. Max I've bought has been four tins at a time, usually making one a stock up on something I've liked along with newer blends I want to try. First one I did that for Savinelli Doblone D'Oro. Great blend.

 

[WirelessSmoke]

I took up the pipe about a year and a half ago, and I'm still in the try everything phase. I might have a bit more than 5 pounds of tobacco in total. I haven't yet felt the desire to buy 5 pounds of any one blend, but I have repurchased a handful of blends that I enjoy. The most I have of any one blend is Watch City's Old Dominion at around half a pound. I don't smoke enough to have a vey deep collection, so I've gone more wide. With so many blends out on the market to try, it'll be awhile before I start cellaring deep.

 

[The Benedictine]

I took up the pipe about a year and a half ago, and I'm still in the try everything phase. I might have a bit more than 5 pounds of tobacco in total. I haven't yet felt the desire to buy 5 pounds of any one blend, but I have repurchased a handful of blends that I enjoy. The most I have of any one blend is Watch City's Old Dominion at around half a pound. I don't smoke enough to have a vey deep collection, so I've gone more wide. With so many blends out on the market to try, it'll be awhile before I start cellaring deep.

I don't cellar and I've been smoking for about 5 years. Tobaccos come and go. I figure I'll find one I like at any given time.

 

[blueeyedogre]

It wasn't an option when I could and now it's discontinued but I would love a cellar full of Beacon Extra.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

I don't have 5Ib of anything. But if I did it would be F&T Cut Virginia Plug. I'd take 4Ib of McB Virginia Flake. 3Ib of McC Scottish Flake. 2Ib of Germains Rich Dark Flake. 1Ib of HU Dockworker.

As it is, I have barely any of the aforementioned in my 'cellar', and have instead all manner of shite blends I scattergun purchased when I was brand new and didn't have a clue what I liked. Take your time to find what you like before making large investments. You will hear a lot of talk about bacci never being cheaper than it is now (which is true, although in the same way it is true about bacon, and just about everything under the sun). But no point stocking up on bacci you may no like.

 

[khiddy]

You will hear a lot of talk about bacci never being cheaper than it is now (which is true, although in the same way it is true about bacon, and just about everything under the sun). But no point stocking up on bacci you may no like.

I get jittery when my household strategic bacon reserve drops below 10lbs, so the concept of restraint makes zero sense to me.

 

[forloveoffreedom]

Tobacco seems to age well across my board, it only gets more expensive and sometimes, falls out of production. Why wouldn’t one with the disposable income cellar 5-10 lbs of all their favorites? Call it fomo or hoarding, I call it genius.

 

[LOREN]

I bought Dunhill Nightcap in one pound bags. I stopped buying in one pound bags and switched to tins when another company produced Dunhill Nightcap. I bought a few more tins when it became Peterson's Nightcap

 

[Gabby Hayes]

I used to buy Lane Limited's 1-Q by the pound, still have a large sealed jar of the stuff that's been aging for about 5 years. Now, I can't stand the stuff. lol

 

[dogparkpiper]

Old Joe Krantz (c&d)

Two Timer (d&R)

 

[Hutch Piper]

Sir Walter Raleigh (regular). Glad I did because the new (STG) stuff is unsmokeable.

 

[bootlegpipes]

Newminster 400