Gonna be short and sweet folks, my biggest piece of advice I can give to new smokers is to dry your tobacco out before you smoke it! My preference is just a tad crispy, but not brittle. Makes the pipe smoke cooler, taste sweeter, and stay lit longer. And I find the easiest and fastest way to accomplish this is to cook the tobacco on a sheet of loose-leaf paper over top of a desk lamp for 5-10 minutes! Works every time.
Happy puffin,
pipenscotch
Happy puffin,
pipenscotch