First Time Plumcake Smoker
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Just crumble it out and fill your pipe. You don't need to pack too tightly. Light it up, and enjoy. The stuff is phenomenal.
Yes it is PHENOMENAL! Just crumbled some off. Balled loosely and stuffed it in air pocket style. It burned very consistent and only got hot enough to remind me a pipe was in my hand.
The flavors were awesome! Each were presented perfectly, all of them in each draw. It's like each flavor commanded your attention in cyclical fashion.
Glad I got 4oz of the stuff. Now I have to try its next of kin , Mississippi River. I hear it's hard to find.
Best smokes,
Donavan
The flavors were awesome! Each were presented perfectly, all of them in each draw. It's like each flavor commanded your attention in cyclical fashion.
Glad I got 4oz of the stuff. Now I have to try its next of kin , Mississippi River. I hear it's hard to find.
Best smokes,
Donavan
When I get an odd, not previously experienced, taste in a blend I usually put to the combustion of some foreign material that sneaked into the blend somewhere along the production line. Although, I have sometimes experienced odd flavors after a burrito from a street vendor. And, I don't do pipes for a couple of hours after a visit to the dentist. He really puts some odd stuff in my mouth, takes a couple of hours for the taste buds to settle down.
If you really want to experience a change in a favorite blend, brush your teeth, scrape your tongue, rinse with a mouth wash, follow that with a second rinse of cold, clean water, . . . then touch off a bowl. Let the smoke linger in your mouth, roll it around with the tongue and then slowly expel through the nose.
Anyone seriously testing a new blend should cleanse the palate as much as is possible before the first taste. I'm not that picky but, when I read a review I always wonder how well the writer cleaned his palate before tasting.
If you really want to experience a change in a favorite blend, brush your teeth, scrape your tongue, rinse with a mouth wash, follow that with a second rinse of cold, clean water, . . . then touch off a bowl. Let the smoke linger in your mouth, roll it around with the tongue and then slowly expel through the nose.
Anyone seriously testing a new blend should cleanse the palate as much as is possible before the first taste. I'm not that picky but, when I read a review I always wonder how well the writer cleaned his palate before tasting.
I had my first bowl of Plumcake a few days ago. I guess I forgot it has Latakia because today I'm surprised to read that it does.
For the most part I couldn't pick out any distinct characteristics, a little sweet, but mostly just your normal MacBaren fare.
It seems like my tastebuds need the flavour equivalent of a defibrillator to get them worked up.
SPC Plum Pudding was quite the Lat bomb, I give that a thumbs up.
For the most part I couldn't pick out any distinct characteristics, a little sweet, but mostly just your normal MacBaren fare.
It seems like my tastebuds need the flavour equivalent of a defibrillator to get them worked up.
SPC Plum Pudding was quite the Lat bomb, I give that a thumbs up.
Plumcake was one of the first tobaccos I ever tried. Not really on purpose, but the man at the tobacconist said he had recently discovered his liking for it so I gave it a whirl. It bit me like crazy like Mac Baren's will, so I put it away for a few weeks and it mellowed nicely. Nearly two years later I'm still working on my first tin but enjoying it so much more now that it has almost completely lost it's bite!
I've smoked SPC Plum Pudding back to back in the same Dr.Grabow pipe. It resulted 1 1/2 to 2 hrs per bowl. Perhaps I naturally know how to smoke the stuff. Smoke slow and low. I forsee myself buying a pound of the stuff soon. Enjoy!
SPC Plum Pudding != MacB Plumcake.
I might revisit Plumcake.although crossover lat blends and I generally don't get along over the long haul. I did enjoy MacB Solent for quite some time, although HH Vintage Syrian finally overtook it in my affections. I f you like Plumcake, give Solent a whirl.
I might revisit Plumcake.although crossover lat blends and I generally don't get along over the long haul. I did enjoy MacB Solent for quite some time, although HH Vintage Syrian finally overtook it in my affections. I f you like Plumcake, give Solent a whirl.
I was gifted some plumcake after saying how much I wanted to try it, when I* received it I grabbed one of my bigger pipes and packed it in. At first it was amazing, the smell, and taste were awesome, but then I started to get bad tong bite ( I don't know if I packed it to hard or the tobacco was to dry). I haven't re tried it since them, but maybe I will give it another try today.
I've packed it too tight a couple times. So pack it lightly. This stuff seems to compress by the bottom 3rd of bowl.
Tried plumcake for the first time last night. I had a few problems with it staying lit, but I think that was because it wasn't dry enough and I probably packed it too much. Like others have stated, it started out just fine but about halfway through the bowl it started to bite and become unpleasant and I was getting a lot of gurgling. Enough that I gave up and emptied the pipe. I found that the tobacco was very compressed at the bottom and VERY moist. I will give it another shot in a few days and will be sure to let it dry some and pack a lot looser.
I'm waiting on a can of Plumcake. I should have it by the day after tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. 
I've been smoking pipe two months now. Have smoked about 8 bowls of SPC Plum Pudding in my Dr.G Freehand. Each bowl has been good with some of the problems noted above. I blame my less than great smokes on my smoking and packing method. I've smoked 2-3 perfect bowls of the stuff! Smoked it n hour+ with 3-5 relights. A great experience! Keep at it.
I haven't made a purchase of tobacco more than 4oz. But I'd totally get a pound of this stuff
Good Smokes,
Donavan
I haven't made a purchase of tobacco more than 4oz. But I'd totally get a pound of this stuff
Good Smokes,
Donavan
I read somewhere that if the the macbaren Plumcake bites try using a pipe with the 9mm filter that it worked. Havent tried it myself yet but it might be worth a try.
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