Blends That Compliment Each Other

[AJL67]

I usually smoke 2 or 3 blends in my rotation, my go to blends. They all do a nice job of complimenting each other that is bringing out something special in each. I do this a lot with cigars, something more hay barnyard like a CoRo then something more on the espresso / chocolate note side like a monte.

For pipes i have been smoking a lot of OGS then following that up with a bowl of CRF w/Perique, while the age old argument is does OGS contain Perique or not, it doesn't matter for this it's that very slight citrus i get from it, it really brings out the stewed fruit of the Perique in the CRF.

So do you have any combinations that you find enhance each other, not mixed into one bowl, but one bowl then the next?

 

[mso489]

Not exactly, but I do believe that rotating genres helps keep the tastes of blends fresh. Like, it will prevent burning out on Latakia and/or Perique, if you smoke some burley, oriental, or cigar leaf alternating with the Lat and Per blends.

I think the spelling for this purpose is complement. A compliment is a praising remark, I believe.

 

[AcesAndEights]

I’ve only just begun to experiment with this. My recent favorite is to follow a Latakia blend with an aromatic

 

[badbriar]

I like to go with a heavier English /Balkan after enjoying a bit lighter Lat blend.

 

[krizzose]

I often go ghost hunting with simple blender burleys (Peretti BPC or PS 702) or HH Burley Flake in my aromatics-dedicated briars.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I usually smoke straight dark burley, Sometimes tho I’ll smoke a bowl of five bros, and I can really taste the topping (cocoa or something that brings out the cocoa) after the c&d dark burley. In the same way the very light Lakeland note in dark Birds Eye can be pretty pronounced after the dark burley. So for me these 3 really compliment each other.

 

[vosBghos]

I usually smoke straight dark burley, Sometimes tho I’ll smoke a bowl of five bros, and I can really taste the topping (cocoa or something that brings out the cocoa) after the c&d dark burley. In the same way the very light Lakeland note in dark Birds Eye can be pretty pronounced after the dark burley. So for me these 3 really compliment each other.

I do the same with Burley I have a few dedicated Burley pipes and it is nice to pull out and compare the subtle nuances from what some call a tasteless leaf.