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  1. jexta

    Looking for Latakia/tobacco direction

    Thanks for the feedback everyone! Looking forward to trying some of these. What is happening to Dunhill?
  2. jexta

    Looking for Latakia/tobacco direction

    Hello! Just looking for some advice on some brands or styles of tobacco to try out. After getting some sampler tins I found that I am not a huge fan of aromatic blends except on rare occasion, I just always craved a heavy, smoky flavor that I often got from Hearth & Home: Magnum Opus, LEO, and...
  3. jexta

    Drying Pipe Tobacco

    thanks! Welcome to the forum, please use our shift key for posts it makes them easier to read for many members. Thank you. Robert.
  4. jexta

    Looking for Tobacco Advice

    Thanks for the information! I was unaware about flakes and the whole crumbling/drying. The tastes of how to do things seem to be very personalized, i suppose ill have to order a few tins of everything and just experiment with pairing / preparation methods.
  5. jexta

    Drying Pipe Tobacco

    so your question sprung a question. im brand new, my stuff isn't even here yet. Why would i want to dry it out? So flake stuff is that cake stuff which is carvanish which is the 'sweet' stuff with the sugar squeezed out right? basically you could smoke it either way you just prefer drier? And...
  6. jexta

    Looking for Tobacco Advice

    Also! if you could include the difference between flake and regular? I know the gooey stuff is aromatic for flavoring but I'm still trying to figure out what the differences between flaky or ribbon type tobacco is. Thanks!
  7. jexta

    Looking for Tobacco Advice

    Hello! Only recently have I discovered how intricate the art of pipe smoking really is, and I am extremely excited to start exploring the different flavors and collecting pipes and such. The problem is I'm not sure where I want to start, so I figure I would ask the community here for some...