Dang It!

[bullet08]

Found myself reaching for VA this morning. So far, most of what I have collected are English. Now I have to get more VA and VA/Per. Hope my taste for English hasn't left me yet.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Found myself reaching for VA this morning. So far, most of what I have collected are English. Now I have to get more VA and VA/Per. Hope my taste for English hasn't left me yet.

It may, or it may lessen. I used to favor heavy lat blends for years, now I prefer Virginia/Orientals, Aromatics, and Balkans with just a whisper of latakia.

 

[anotherbob]

not sure how it ever could.

 

[mso489]

The advantage of a variety of blends is that you can always circle back. I'd say, give the Lat blends a rest and come back in months or a year.

 

[cigrmaster]

I used to love Latakia blends and then all of a sudden I hated them. That was well over a decade ago and I still cannot stomach Latakia. You never know how your tastes will change,

 

[Magpiety]

I still enjoy latakia heavy blends, but I can get away with wearing the same shirt around the house after smoking burley and VA blends lol.

 

[magicpiper]

I fell in love with VA’s early in my pipe smoking career. I move around the tobacco spectrum but always come home to VA’s. It’s always good to have a variety.

 

[augiebd]

I have a variety of blends but hope I will continue to enjoy all of them. If not, I guess I’ll just need to trade or sell some. Still enjoying the English blends.

 

[redglow]

You may very well stray from the English blends. I used to be all English all the time. Now, I'm VaPer, Virginia, Burley and rarely delve into my English.

 

[diamondback]

The English didn’t lose their Empire until they became enamored with Latakia blends, and found they could focus on little else.

I’m quite sure though that The City of London, which isn’t necessary the city of London, were Va/Per smokers. Jump down that rabbit hole, ye minds of the wonderers!

 

[Casual]

I’m in the same boat, one year in. I like it when I can smoke a pipe and not have my sinuses still filled with Latakia aftertaste 12 hours later.

It may end up being like whisky. Islay whiskies only occasionally, while the usual is a Speyside, Campbeltown, or Orkney.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

My favorite type of tobacco by far are VaPers followed by straight virginias, followed by VaBur blends and down on the list is latakia blends. While I enjoy latakia, I only like to smoke it occasionally and then only during the cooler winter months. During winter, I may smoke a bowl or two per week of latakia blends. Having said that, I have a well stocked supply of latakia blends in my cellar, enough to last me many, many years. I have several tins of Dunhill Nightcap, My Mixture 965 and several GL Pease latakia blends that have at least 15 years of age, some approaching 20 years. I only wished I enjoyed them more. I'm afraid at the rate I'm going, those old tins are going to sit in the cellar too long and start losing their potency. Oh well, I guess that's what they call an executive problem.