I’ve discovered for me, a barely lit pipe is one with which I can my best flavor.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Barely Lit
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Yep. That is the general consensus here, barely smoldering.
Don't pack too tight, and just sip. For most, that gives the best flavor.
A cooler smoke is typically the most flavorful
Absolutely agree ?My first smoke of Samuel Gawith’s 1792 Flake was an epiphany, it was a tad damp and I’d loaded in a folded fashion. That smoke lasted an hour and a half in a Peterson 999 Dublin.
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
Happy smokes
Ettrick puffer
1792 is in my top 5, and yes that's how I smoke it too, stuffed and folded out of the tin, lasts for ages!
Virginias work best when smoldering.
Cigars, too. Ever seen a newbie smoke a cigar? The friggin' ember comes to a point. 
In a perfect world you would never "burn" tobacco, all your flavor comes from baking the steam out of it below the burning temperature.
Thus the aim of pipe smoking is to burn as little tobacco as possible.
Thus the aim of pipe smoking is to burn as little tobacco as possible.
One time I had to run into home depot for maybe 15 minutes, I put my pipe down in the truck. When I came back I went to go light up and realised that a thin wisp of smoke was rising from the bowl...and it tasted incredible. I assume the windows being cracked open and a slight breeze had allowed the bowl to smoulder JUST enough to stay lit without being puffed...I renamed that day Cadence Day, and celebrate it annually by leaving lit pipes in various locations round the house.
@Ettrick puffer I couldn't make a pipeful of baccy last me that long - and I'd worry about it going out!
No. I don't go for that at all. From cigarettes to vape, cool smoke or whatever is harsh to me. Good comfortable warmth is what I'm looking for. And I like the entire top of the bowl evenly lit. I do initial draw and just let smoke trickle into the mouth. Too hot is also harsh.
How I smoke is a good barometer of my mood. Stressful day, I pack a charge into the bowl like a doughboy loading a field howitzer and locomotive the poor bowl until the smoke plume is visible from space and my tongue tastes like the bottom of a birdcage.
But the other night I was feeling extraordinarily mellow, eeeeased a measure of Plum Pudding in, sidled onto the porch and proceeded to smolder that bad dad for about an hour, with delightful vapors of latakia dancing about my noggin.
Now any fool knows the second scenario is the ideal one and you'd think I'd learn, but yeah it's about 50/50. I'm getting better though.
But the other night I was feeling extraordinarily mellow, eeeeased a measure of Plum Pudding in, sidled onto the porch and proceeded to smolder that bad dad for about an hour, with delightful vapors of latakia dancing about my noggin.
Now any fool knows the second scenario is the ideal one and you'd think I'd learn, but yeah it's about 50/50. I'm getting better though.
I came close to sipping, I'd say somewhere between a foot and two feet away.
This is why Codger blends traditionally outsold boutique blends ten to one.
Busy people just need to stuff and puff on the go, so the most popular pipe tobacco was designed with that application in mind.
I like a good scoop of burleyweed in the morning, sure do.
I agree. The cooler the smoke the better the flavor for me. I've wondered about trying to vaporize sometime to see how that tastes.
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I also just placed and order for a laser to see how well it will work as a lighter, in principle you might also be able to do something similar to smokeless vape just heating up the tobacco in your pipe with light gun (I don't have high hopes for that method but it sounds cool enough I had to try).
I turn down the dial on the Lotus lighter to where it similar to a match in heat .I found this on my travels through AliExpress and actually bought one (decent battery and spacious chamber), but I haven't tried it yet because my current pipe rotation takes about a year to get through.iecigbest elite - Buy iecigbest elite with free shipping on AliExpress
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I also just placed and order for a laser to see how well it will work as a lighter, in principle you might also be able to do something similar to smokeless vape just heating up the tobacco in your pipe with light gun (I don't have high hopes for that method but it sounds cool enough I had to try).
I had a similar revelation with Peterson Flake in a Sav Billiard Churchwarden. Around a 2 hour smoke and on each sip I had to stoke the bowl with two fingers. That was the first smoke that I truly got flavors from and I’ve been hooked since.