**CHALLENGE** Building a cellar of quality bulk tobaccos for $250.

[kcghost]

Maybe should quit smoking in the near future and just get 20 tins of some G.L. Pease flake.

 

[brooklynpiper]

I would buy whole leaf tobacco.

 

[LeafErikson]

Could do a similar move with MB and the HH bulks.

Absolutely. It’s all a matter of taste and I just prefer the c&d stuff.

 

[LeafErikson]

As I'm reading this, I am nearing the end of a bowl of pegasus , wishing that i would have bought more than a couple ounces of it. It is fantastic. Haunted bookshop and Bayou Morning have me intrigued...

Yeah Pegasus is my all time favorite blend. I go back and forth between that and SWR but considering the nic hit in Pegasus, it could be the only thing I ever smoke and I’d be content.

 

[daytonsean]

Newminster 400, Sutliff 507c, and Match Victorian. All of them age well and you can get quite a bit.

 

[Architeuthis]

No bulk-focused cellar would be complete without Sutliff’s Frosty Mint.

yeah, you better get a couple lbs. you dont want to run out...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I used to spend $300 per month for the first 5 years or so.

Me/ I'd just get 5lbs of C&D Virginia Flake. That would be an awesome start.
But really, you should just buy what YOU like.

 

[The Clay King]

I used to spend $300 per month for the first 5 years or so.

Me/ I'd just get 5lbs of C&D Virginia Flake. That would be an awesome start.
But really, you should just buy what YOU like.

@cosmicfolklore Do you think the C&D Virginia Flake would suit the King's Clay?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

@cosmicfolklore Do you think the C&D Virginia Flake would suit the King's Clay?

I'm not sure what genre of tobacco Charles III likes, but if he likes Virginias, absolutely.
It's one of two of my favorite Virginias.

 

[The Clay King]

I'm not sure what genre of tobacco Charles III likes, but if he likes Virginias, absolutely.
It's one of two of my favorite Virginias.

@cosmicfolklore This one:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/cornell-diehl/virginia-flake/product_id/79409

It was @The Amish Tyrant who came first referred to me as the Clay King and several forum members are using it now. I'll have to try some in my clay pipes. Last time we had a King Charles people wore wide brimmed hats and smoked clay pipes!

 

[The Clay King]

If I put a cellar together I'd smoke too much baccy!

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

8lbs of Sutliff Frosty Mint.

For real though I'd just split it 50/50 with C&D Star of the East and Sutliff Victorian, plus some Gawith Hoggarth shag to adjust burning rate.

 

[The Clay King]

8lbs of Sutliff Frosty Mint.

For real though I'd just split it 50/50 with C&D Star of the East and Sutliff Victorian, plus some Gawith Hoggarth shag to adjust burning rate.

@frozenchurchwarden For me it would be Virginia / Cavendish blends as I'm not a fan of Latakia! I've been recommended C&D Virginia Flake & Yorktown, I especially like a nice Virginia in my clay pipe at living history re-enactments such as the Sealed Knot, Lace Wars or Redcoats & Revolutionaries. I was smoking Yorktown in my clay when the blacksmith lit it with an ember from his forge.

 

[The Clay King]

I'm not sure what genre of tobacco Charles III likes, but if he likes Virginias, absolutely.
It's one of two of my favorite Virginias.

@cosmicfolklore This one?

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/cornell-diehl/virginia-flake/product_id/79409

 

[cosmicfolklore]

@cosmicfolklore This one?

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/cornell-diehl/virginia-flake/product_id/79409

Yes, sometimes the flakes seem to hold together better in some batches, and other batches the tend to be broken flakes. I tend to just wad and stuff, so that never bothers me.

 

[prairiedruid]

If you like light English blends the P&C's Best of the Rest English can be had for $13/pound on sale.

 

[The Clay King]

If you like light English blends the P&C's Best of the Rest English can be had for $13/pound on sale.

@prairiedruid Website says unavailable in EU countries despite the UK not being in the EU any more.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I used to spend $300 per month for the first 5 years or so.

Me/ I'd just get 5lbs of C&D Virginia Flake. That would be an awesome start.
But really, you should just buy what YOU like.

Kind of tangential to this thread, but if Opening Night were available in bulk (like, more than 8oz cans), would that be your top recommendation? I just bought a tin of ON to try out in my most recent order. Wondering if I should bother trying Virginia Flake too. Thanks!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Kind of tangential to this thread, but if Opening Night were available in bulk (like, more than 8oz cans), would that be your top recommendation? I just bought a tin of ON to try out in my most recent order. Wondering if I should bother trying Virginia Flake too. Thanks!

They are entirely different. ON is a high quality tangy red, and VF is a very sweet blend of lighter VAs, with hints of oatmeal and a very, very slight orange or spice. It also has a deceptively significant nicotine level. I went a few years smoking it with my coffee in t5he morning. It has nicotine, but not so much that it puts me to sleep or make me drag. The flavors in VF tend to switch in and out, which keeps it very interesting, IMO.

 

[AJL67]

They are entirely different. ON is a high quality tangy red, and VF is a very sweet blend of lighter VAs, with hints of oatmeal and a very, very slight orange or spice. It also has a deceptively significant nicotine level. I went a few years smoking it with my coffee in t5he morning. It has nicotine, but not so much that it puts me to sleep or make me drag. The flavors in VF tend to switch in and out, which keeps it very interesting, IMO.

Have a few of the 8oz ON, good to grab when they have the big 20% off sales, never tried their VF, might have to give it a try and add it to the other 20 different Virginia Flakes i have lol