Best Beverage Ever For Pipe Smoking

[musicman]

Coffee
COffee
COFfee
COFFee
COFFEe
COFFEE! Black

-mike drop-

This is the correct answer. I usually have my coffee with a bit of cream, but when I’m having a pipe at the same time, black all the way. I find the two really enhance each other.

 

[anotherbob]

Hi guys, I am a new member here. I want to share a discovery I have made that has radically transformed my pipe smoking experience for the better.

My wife who shops at Aldi here in Spain picked up some sage tea. The first time I tried it with a pipe I was blown away. Every tobacco opened up for me. I started validating Jinlinks reviews with my own experience! Each tobacco jumped up 4 stars in my own personal rating system and I have been getting the blissful experiences and special moments that we all smoke a pipe for.
I only drink it for a couple of days and then I lay off of it for a couple of days before going back to it. Apparently it contains a molecule called thujone which is not good to consume a lot of, and also I get tired of it and the break keeps it fresh for me.
Since I don’t know any pipe smokers in my personal life, I am curious if others will have a similar experience, or if my tongue has a unique reaction to this amazing tea. No other beverage has come close, and I think I have tried them all. So I hope it works similarly for some of you out there! Looking forward to hearing from anyone who tries it.

I wouldn't worry about thujone. The quantities needed to be bad for you don't exist in that tea. I mean you'd have to have so much of it.

 

[warren]

Sage tea? Sage belongs in the carcass of a turkey only. Well, maybe on a couple of other entrees but, tea? Nah!

 

[dino]

I smoke, mostly, English blends. I have found a tea that pairs nicely with my tobacco, Upton Tea's Baker Street Afternoon Blend (Lapsang, Keemun and Darjeeling). Yum!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Coffee as black as Stalin's heart, left on the heat all day to cook down to a nice thick coffee syrup, heavy mouth feel, and hard to swallow. The last cup of the pot is always the best. Then, sometimes I drink water.

 

[cigrmaster]

I drink Cafe Dumonde coffee with some half and half and a good amount of Stevia. I have never seen anyone like this coffee black. It has chicory in it which adds some serious depth. It has been the same since the 1860's. It is served at their store in New Orleans half cream and half coffee. I prefer it with a lot less cream and my Stevia.

I drink that till around 5-6 then I usually drink Luzziane de cafe Iced tea with lots of Stevia. I like my drinks on the sweet side. Hell if it wasn't for the sugar I would still be drinking Fanta Grape and Fanta Orange I love those two.

 

[warren]

On topic. If I'm gonna drink hot tea, it'll be a black leaf of some sort. I'm lucky enough to be able to enjoy a bowl with anything.

 

[Bacco and Bacon]

I also noticed that it helps reset your palette. If you eat something strong or spicy and you know that if you smoked a bowl, you wouldn’t be able to taste it too well unless you waited a couple of hours, if you rinse your mouth out a couple of times with the sage tea, you can taste the subtle flavors of the smoke again.

 

[romaso]

I've heard that the sage you buy as a spice is different from the sage that abounds in the desert (sagebrush country). Which type is this?

 

[Bacco and Bacon]

I've heard that the sage you buy as a spice is different from the sage that abounds in the desert (sagebrush country). Which type is this?

I am pretty sure it is the culinary type. The stuff I have is already in bags made by Westminster Teas.

 

[mortonbriar]

I am pretty sure it is the culinary type. The stuff I have is already in bags made by Westminster Teas.

I will pick some tonight and steep it out of curiousity...I have found a similiar palette cleansing effect to what you describe with liquorice tea.

 

[JKoD]

Inspiration to try something new. Thanks! Seems like it’s an awesome experience for you - those discovery moments are cool ?

 

[btp79]

Thus far my favorite pairing is Rye, Bourbon or Irish - neat or in a manhattan/brooklyn/old fashioned. I need to be careful tho as I have gotten bitten hard - the more I drink the more I tend to puff puff puff. After dinner once I had a snifter of BnB with my pipe and it was freaking amazing. For non-alcholic water, coffee and iced tea are my go to now.

Almost totally agree, but my order is Rye, Irish, Bourbon lol

 

[anotherbob]

Thujone, is also found in Absinthe.

and not classically in the quantities people thought. The numbers we got for the bottles back in the day assumed that the alcohol didn't preserve the compound. Which now they know it does.

Sage tea? Sage belongs in the carcass of a turkey only. Well, maybe on a couple of other entrees but, tea? Nah!

Yes it's great especially when you consider all the different types of sage. And the kind that's used in tea is not too bad tasting and I think would really be very palate cleansing. Probably tulsi sage.

 

[shanez]

I'm not sure there's one perfect drink for all blends but a good Cognac and VaPer is friggin magic.

 

[jvnshr]

Pairing Guide may be useful for you guys.

 

[sittingbear]

OGS with Earl Gray. Other than that it's coffee or bourbon.

 

[kcghost]

Diet Dr. Pepper is good enough for me.

 

[mortonbriar]

I tried the sage tea, it was pleasant, I will try adding a leaf to my other garden steeping recipes and report back...

 

[Bacco and Bacon]

I will pick some tonight and steep it out of curiousity...I have found a similiar palette cleansing effect to what you describe with liquorice tea.

Interesting, I like the taste of liquorice in tobacco. I will see if I can get some of the tea to try.