Developing flavorful moisture

[mpjetset]

There are at least a dozen variables to practicing flavorful pipe smoking. IMHO, it comes down to two principles: 1) your mouth-to-brain connection needs practice, and 2) smokers prioritizing flavor over other benefits learn, consciously or unconsciously, to smoke the moist edge between the gurgle and wet heat. Moisture carries maximum flavor, but too much requires too much heat to keep the bowl lit. The two most flavorful points in a smoke timeline are the char/re-char, and the last dottle that, when managed correctly, ends in cool, white ash. Over time, the mouth learns how to remain in thus zone, effortlessly. No steam. Moisture. Comments?

 

[Sig]

I have been telling EVERYONE this for years.
Ive been battling the "leave all wet blends out to dry" crowd...... and they won't go down without a fight!!
FVF straight from the tin tastes MUCH different than FVF left out for even an hour......and tastes better in my opinion.
There are a LOT of pipers that have never tasted some tobaccos at their moist best.
Instead of leaving everything out......learn how to smoke moist tobacco.
Its not only possible, but easy once you get the hang of it.
But, everyone is different and some moist tobaccos do taste better drier.
But many, many pipers have never even tried moist pipe tobacco.

 

[xrundog]

I do like an aromatic right out of the bag. As long as it lights and burns okay, I’m fine.

 

[BingBong]

Quite so. Fresh FVF in the right pipe, burns long and slow. A bit of moist flake folded into a stick and rammed into the bowl in a gyrating motion oo-er missus and you're good to go. Only needs a relight if you fall off it. Flavours arrive as you go.