Minimal Happiness Requirements?

[Contrarian_King]

I could do well with just Elizabethan Mixture at this point, and am looking forward to trying one pipe + one blend for 2026 to test this.

 

[Sea Lord]

A Latakia mixture. A virginia & perique. An occasional aromatic and I'm content.

 

[MorseCodePiper]

Seasons Greetings to all

My basic cellar would be

Petersons Early Morning Pipe
C&D's Black Frigate
G&H's Bothy Flake
Germains Rich Dark Flake

I could probably survive with just the first three but Rich Dark Flake compliments good pints of Guinness like you wouldn't believe!!

 

[tirefire]

Current cellar is my minimalist cellar:

• Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls
• Rattray Old Gowrie
• The Country Squire Black & Tan

 

[anotherbob]

Wanna see how I pack for a minimalist adventure?

Sure especially if the soundtrack is Yakety Sax.

 

[BriaronBoerum]

Blimey! 15 blends! You're no minimalist, are you?

If I was truly a minimalist I wouldn't be a pipe smoker, now would I?

But to be true to the thread title, if you really forced me to chose, I could be ok with:

Moose Marmalade
Old Dominion
Ellipsis Flake
Peretti Omega and ok at least a dozen other blends are you kidding me I just can't do it don't make me please I'm begging you!!!

 

[bullet08]

Dunhill/Peterson Navy Roll. Artisan's Blend. Haddo's Delight.

 

[MisterBadger]

If I was truly a minimalist I wouldn't be a pipe smoker, now would I?

- Well, maybe: once a year, the true minimalist pipe smoker gets out his kiseru and loads up with a pinch of kizami and composes a haiku whilst watching the cherry blossoms fall... OK, maybe not

 

[Dances with Squirrels]

Three Star Blue and a Shire Cobbit.

 

[NudgeWink]

OJK
The Merry Monk
Cult Blood Red Moon

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Any RYO and a cob.

IMO pipe smoking is the most minimalist type of smoking.

You can complicate and fancy up anything, if you want to.

 

[OzPiper]

I could do well with just Elizabethan Mixture at this point, and am looking forward to trying one pipe + one blend for 2026 to test this.

All hail the new @didimauw

 

[Sobrbiker]

I could do well with just Elizabethan Mixture at this point, and am looking forward to trying one pipe + one blend for 2026 to test this.

 

[Contrarian_King]

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Hey, I'm a simple man with simple needs and simple taste. I've been on the hunt for the last year trying to find my single set of pipe and tobacco, and after smoking nothing but Elizabethan for the last 4 months, I think i might have found them.

I've given away/sold large parts of my cellar, considering selling/give the second half of it away, sold off all my pipes, purchased a single system pipe, and have started to stockpile EM in preparation. If i can make it the full year, I'll have solved smoking, for myself.

 

[OzPiper]

IMO pipe smoking is the most minimalist type of smoking.

I respectfully disagree - NO ! NO ! NO !
Minimalist smoking = cigarettes

You can complicate and fancy up anything, if you want to.

PipeS. LOTS !
And tampers. And lighters. And pipe rests. And tobacco trays.
And knives. And pipe/tobacco pouches. And cleaning/ maintenance stuff

 

[tatter]

PS LNF - which I smoke the most of
McC 2015, thankfully I have quite a bit left
Bob's Chocolate Flake
McC 27, also have a bunch

 

[Scrapyard Ape]

Absolutely minimum? Hmmmm...

-C&D Canal Boat
-Capstan Blue
-Prince Albert
-One "seasonal" aromatic (maple, caramel, chocolate etc. for colder months. Peach, berry, apricot ect. for warmer months)