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  1. Grovius

    New to Pipes and Ran Into a Bit of an Issue

    That is probably the latakia which has ghosted your pipe. You can try filling it with fresh spent coffee grounds and let them dry, then clean and see. If the problem persists, you can try the salt and alcohol cure, but be careful (pipe finish on the outside, acrylic stem, etc.).
  2. Grovius

    Favourite Female Singers

    Leaving opera apart (Véronique Gens, Alison Hagley in Gardiner's LNdF was charming, Emma Kirkby...): -Karen Matheson -Julie Fowlis -Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh -Guadi Galego in her albums Espido and Benzón and with the band Acadacanto
  3. Grovius

    Va-Pers

    Hey Karam, After reading this, this weekend I was having a bowl of Nightcap. Then, one of the many aromas/flavours I haven't yet been able to pin down comes up and, indeed, the "cumin" lightbulb lit up in my head. Thanks for pointing this out!
  4. Grovius

    What Hobbies Have You Fallen Out Of?

    Homebrewing. I've become lazier and lazier, and all the cleaning involved plus the fact that now it is easier for me to get good ales... My poor banjo has been sitting for years in its case, too, but the fiddle and the pipes are still in use.
  5. Grovius

    Va-Pers

    Ascanian has a nice interplay of perique and orientals, sort of prunes + oregano + olive oil. I have only smoked the no 1,, but no. 2 has twice the amount of Pe.
  6. Grovius

    Where to Buy Online (UE)?

    It's this one, in the appropriately named Avenida de Portugal: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Expendeduria+N%C3%BAmero+3/@42.0401776,-8.6500169,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xd259a9067d60a67:0x2336d7556608000d!8m2!3d42.0401776!4d-8.6478282?hl=gl They have Solani, Rattray's, a couple of GL...
  7. Grovius

    Where to Buy Online (UE)?

    Hi PortugalPipe, Where are you from? If anywhere near Valença do Minho, there's a decent shop just at the other side of the bridge.
  8. Grovius

    Low Acid Coffee Help

    My $0.02 as an avid coffee drinker (aeropress and espresso). Absolutely: the darker the roast, the less acidic, and some origins tend to be more acidic than others. There's also extraction: an underextracted coffee will be sour and acidic (conversely, an overextracted one will be bitter). Choose...
  9. Grovius

    Flair Espresso Machines?

    If you google for "best budget coffee scales" you find several suggestions. I don't think you need more than 500g. If your scale is accurate to 0.1 gram and you can stand your aeropress in it, I would use it instead of getting a new one (BTW, never press on the aeropress while on the scale, and...
  10. Grovius

    Flair Espresso Machines?

    One more of the "you definitely need a good grinder" party here. I have an Iberital MC2 and it works great, unless you want to change the coffee you use every day (it takes a couple of espressos to get it dialled in for each new coffee bag). I would also suggest getting an aeropress. It does...
  11. Grovius

    Too Many Blends, But Too Few Producers?

    At the same time, there's things like Russ Ouellette's blends exploring periques from different places. If enough people are interested in "terroir-driven" tobacco, this is bound to pick up steam. But the main problem, as has been pointed out, is that we are a tiny and regulation-smothered market.
  12. Grovius

    Best European Online Retailers

    In Donosti, there's Cava Nava, who should have a more than decent assortment. They even have a very nice YouTube channel ("Cigar Specialist") and pipe/cigar accessories online shop.
  13. Grovius

    What Irish Whiskey do You Like or Recommend I Try?

    Another vote for Redbreast 12. Subtle, complex, with lovely notes of dill, linseed, sherry... and then the texture is sort of velvety and rich but not heavy. And I second Guinness Foreign Extra, too. A great imperial (republican?) stout which punches way above its ABV.
  14. Grovius

    What’s Your Best Cigar Vitola? Why?

    Count me into the corona team; my favorite rings are 42-46. Other vitolas have their merits, but I like the flavour profiles of these best.
  15. Grovius

    Tobacco Topping Fraud

    Well, I would also welcome some more transparency on this. I see nothing wrong with using ingredients (I'm fine with botanicals in gin or vermouth, or vanilla in chocolate; not so sure about "flavorings"), but I'd like to be told if a tobacco has a substantial quantity of liquorice or has been...
  16. Grovius

    Hello from Flanders!

    Into Spanish, mostly, when I am not procrastinating and/or having a bowl ;)
  17. Grovius

    Hello from Flanders!

    Dag Jérôme, hoe gaat het? Welcome, and greetings from a translator who often works for a Ghent agency.
  18. Grovius

    Austrian/Tyrolean/Porcelain Pipe

    Side question: do these pipes take much more time/effort/pipe cleaners to clean? Churchwarden owners, please chime in as well.
  19. Grovius

    Austrian/Tyrolean/Porcelain Pipe

    Jean Panzer has a video on how to smoke them, you may find it helpful:
  20. Grovius

    From Portugal

    Hey, greetings from right across the Minho river!
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