I haven't smoked anything in 3 days. Hopefully I will find time later tonight to enjoy a bowl of something.
February 2010 - What are you smoking?
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After smoking P.A. and IRC's Va. flake all morning I switched to a bowl of aged McClelland's 2015 Vaper. Tart, lemony citrus tang all the way down; but despite the nice smoke volume the blend tasted rather thin, and completely fizzles out near the bottom of the bowl. Too, this must be a nicotine free blend. Go figure.
Got up at three for no reason and had me some ps701 and a good cup of coffee Quess I will go to work early today and sneak home ahead of the traffic this afternoon .
Yesterday evening was some Just For Him Shortcut to Mushrooms in this
After dinner was some G.L. Pease Cumberland in this
After dinner was some G.L. Pease Cumberland in this
McClellands' Oriental Cavendish in a straight Canadian 'Sir Scot.' Tonight H&H AniCake and or Sunza Bitches in a bent - Haven't picked out the pipe just know the shape I am jonesing for.
Here is a topic that I would like to see discussed:
Its about how to know which tobacco to smoke?
Here's the situation - You smoke one kind of tobacco and hmmm...I think I will light up ...(fill in your blend). You light up your pipe - take a few puffs and I can't taste a "damn thing!"
Here is some of the culprits I have discovered:
1. Tired pipe - you're too lazy to clean and you load your old favorite pipe too many times and you haven't let it rest - Foggedaboutit! It just smells and tastes like tired pipe
2. You're smoking Latakia blends and suddenly you go to a a VAPer - Foggedaboutit! You're taste buds are blunted.
3. You smoke a tobacco blend that has cigar leaf or worse smoke a cigar and then try to smoke your fave blend - Foggedaboutit! See above.
4. You taste a mass produced blend that has a touch of preservative in and Foggedaboutit! See above.
Anybody else got any feedback on this?
Its about how to know which tobacco to smoke?
Here's the situation - You smoke one kind of tobacco and hmmm...I think I will light up ...(fill in your blend). You light up your pipe - take a few puffs and I can't taste a "damn thing!"
Here is some of the culprits I have discovered:
1. Tired pipe - you're too lazy to clean and you load your old favorite pipe too many times and you haven't let it rest - Foggedaboutit! It just smells and tastes like tired pipe
2. You're smoking Latakia blends and suddenly you go to a a VAPer - Foggedaboutit! You're taste buds are blunted.
3. You smoke a tobacco blend that has cigar leaf or worse smoke a cigar and then try to smoke your fave blend - Foggedaboutit! See above.
4. You taste a mass produced blend that has a touch of preservative in and Foggedaboutit! See above.
Anybody else got any feedback on this?
Exactamundo Max. I have been smoking a pipe for over 20 years and I still have days ways when I light up my pipe (I do have more than 1) and for some reason the blend I have selected just tastes...well...crappy or the little subtle flavors I had enjoyed previously in a bowl - just aren't there.
I was just wondering if other pipe smokers have discovered foods, tobaccos, etc.,etc, that change one's palate.
I was just wondering if other pipe smokers have discovered foods, tobaccos, etc.,etc, that change one's palate.
P.A. for a morning kick-start, then McClelland's 5100: Va. Red Cake in a ¼-bent GBD pot.
Responding to clanobucklin's "how to know which tobacco to smoke," I find that hearty Burley-based blends work after a meal; delicate and/or complex Va. and Oriental blends work on an empty stomach or at least a clear palate. I don't smoke Latakia any more, so I can't say how it fits.
A tougher problem: what kind of cheese-drink-tobacco combinations work well? Latakia and sharp cheddar, anyone?
Responding to clanobucklin's "how to know which tobacco to smoke," I find that hearty Burley-based blends work after a meal; delicate and/or complex Va. and Oriental blends work on an empty stomach or at least a clear palate. I don't smoke Latakia any more, so I can't say how it fits.
A tougher problem: what kind of cheese-drink-tobacco combinations work well? Latakia and sharp cheddar, anyone?
A Saturday at home, started the day with some RLP6 in a Kaywoodie fullbent biliard I got from ebay. Next some P.A. in a Carey apple, then on to some english blends, looks like I have a full day ahead. There is a tin of McCellands mixture No. 12 calling my name right now, I guess I will grab a Kaywoodie bulldog get to it. happy smokes everyone
Phil, Lol, Shortcut to Mushrooms is pretty tasty so far. I say so far because I have only smoked 1 bowl of it. It is a lightly aromatic English blend from Just for Him's Middle Earth Pipeweed Series. You can get it here:
http://www.justforhim.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_298_62&products_id=612&zenid=26b3d326aad7a811794b836061664d75
Clano, You make some good points about how sometimes your favorite blends just don't hit the mark.
Max, LMAO about the sardines and crackers!
http://www.justforhim.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_298_62&products_id=612&zenid=26b3d326aad7a811794b836061664d75
Clano, You make some good points about how sometimes your favorite blends just don't hit the mark.
Max, LMAO about the sardines and crackers!
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