I'm pretty young and ignorant to some of the realities here. I suppose I was simply thinking about vineyards and their wines and Marijuana farms and how they are all self contained ecosystems from farm to table as it were. I figured it's possible to translate this model to pipe tobacco if things...
Of course. But in many states cigar taxes are lenient and have even been rolled back. This is because they are not being lumped in with the big tobacco industries like pipe tobacco is. As pipe tobacco is more or less reliant upon big tobaccos continued existence. If pipe tobacco companies could...
For a handful of major companies? I think there definitely is enough business to warrant it.
Yeah well miss out on some special strains but at least we'd have something quality and controlled to smoke.
Sutliff+Mac Baren, Laudisi and Cornell and Diehl, k and k and many of our favorite European blends. Pipe tobaccos are plentiful and varied in the current era, but manufactured by a handful of remaining behemoths of the industry. This obviously results in a "dumbing down" of recipes using all of...
Just can't imagine hoarding pipes, acquiring an encyclopedic knowledge of smoking, loading and tamping methods just to do it once and then never again. Very peculiar to me.
We're gonna be homegrowing eventually I'd imagine. Though I smoke one bowl a day and have amassed a huge cellar so good for a bit. But I'm 27 so it won't last me forever I don't think.
All of the reasons already mentioned. But one for me is that a cigarette nicotine rush will often times make my stomach feel a little off. It's also a little more stimulating. Pipe smoking seems to allow the nicotine to slowly breach your blood brain barrier in a way that is a little less...
I could be happy with just a good virginia flake for the rest of my days I think. Unfortunately when choices become scant we'll just have burley and aromatics to choose from
Well huh, cringle flake is still in stock. I've never tried it but if many of the connoisseurs of Virginia's on this board enjoy it I may buy some tins
What are some of your favorites? I have a tin of 40th anniversary and 5 3.5 oz tins of Christmas cheer. I love hh macbaren virginia, capstan, union Square, opening night, interlude, FVF, orlik, CRF and ofc CC. Are there any sleepers I'm missing