Frustration !!!!

[5star]

Lots of good advice given !
I was a cigar smoker before I took up the pipe. I’m a slow pace smoker, but even that was a little too fast when I first began pipe smoking. I had to learn that a pipe won’t necessarily produce the same billowing clouds of smoke that a cigar does. Trying to do so, often gave me tongue bite. I’ve learned to sip my pipe and take it slow & easy. It’s been a long time since I’ve been bitten. When it does happen, it’s more than likely my personal body chemistry not liking a particular blend.

 

[workman]

Dry your tobaccos to almost crisp. Smoke slowly. Some tobaccos give tonguebite no matter what. Only time and experience will show you which.

 

[shanegreen]

I could not smoke without tongue bite when I started. I started smoking aromatics with a corn cob, and it was always going out. I kept relighting with a lighter, and I believe it was from the lighter. I thought it was virginias,which could have also been it. I only use matches now and never have tongue bite. Proper packing technique helped a lot with having to relight. I believe matches are the way to go, and packing technique. The better it is packed, the lighter you can puff without it going out. Investing in a good pipe helps. None of my Stanwell, Savinelli, or Peterson's have ever given me bite.

 

[perdurabo]

Dry tobacco, green tea and ice. Toungue bite relief

 

[jmsmitty6]

For relief of tongue bite, I highly recommend what was posted some years ago about Biotene.
As far as preventing tongue bite; I'm stealing Sable's advice (not verbatim):
1. Dry the tobacco more than you think you should

2. Pack lighter than you think you should

3. Smoke slower than you think you should (youtube breath smoking)
Lastly, like Pistol Pete taught me in Homework Basketball: Practice, practice, practice

 

[seacaptain]

To me Virginia and Oriental has always been the better of the baccys vs Burly

Absolutely true in my experience. I hate burley unless it's part of a cavendish blend.

 

[workman]

My tonguebite is almost always caused by moisture. Which also kills flavour, so drying your tobacco is a win-win. But so far I have identified two blends that bite me even if they're dry. Both McConnell's. Original Oriental and Scottish Cake. So moisture is usually the issue, but not always.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

always airing the tobacco prior to smoke

 

[mso489]

My improvements with tongue bite were going from aromatics to non-aromatics. I re-introduced some tobacco forward aros into my rotation, but the non-aros are much better. Oddly, in my case, burley is gentler than other blends, when they are non-aromatic. Filters can be good -- balsa or others -- but it is a trade-off on flavor. If you try all the various remedies and nothing gives relief, I'd be prone not to smoke a pipe. Boy, this is an oldie, seven years in the hopper.

 

[shanegreen]

I'm with Mso. I don't smoke aromatics, and problems gone. Check out Nording Keystones. You put a few at the bottom of your pipe and that cools, filters, and absorbs the moisture. You can get a small tin for a couple bucks and they last a long time. They can be reused a couple of times.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Alternate where you put your pipe in your mouth, left and right. Use a pipe cleaner while smoking to soak up excess moisture.

 

[olkofri]

But... some of us want to smoke aromatics!!
Good advice on shuffling the pipe around, hoosierpipeguy.

 

[luigi]

A biter in a churchwarden can get you badly too. I got one to tame MacBarens but it didn't help much. I like light aromatics but I will smoke them with a filter.