I just smoke through it. Some blends give me chemical burn if I haven’t smoked them for awhile (FVF is one) but if I just bare with it, my palate acclimates and its gone before ya know it. My gums bleed all the time but hey, that FVF is worth it! 
Go-to Blend For Curing Tongue Bite?
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H. Peroxide rinse leaves sort of a clean but sweaty foot after taste, that may or may not need rinsing.
But I like a couple days off and black coffee.
CAO Cherrybomb. It shows you that you really didn’t have tongue bite before.
I cannot ever recall having tongue bite, but I'm 70 years old. Maybe back in the day when I cut my teeth on OTC aros.
I think it's part of the learning curve, and when you have your pipe choices and blends figured out you're good. Find what you enjoy smoking, and the pipes that you like to smoke it in.
I think it's part of the learning curve, and when you have your pipe choices and blends figured out you're good. Find what you enjoy smoking, and the pipes that you like to smoke it in.
The most bite free blends in my cellar are Ashley’s no. 109 Medium Flake, Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake and since those can be a bitch to find I would grab a tin of Peterson flake which is the old Dunhill flake. Stay away from anything with red Virginia till you heal and get a bottle of Biotene. That will be 50 bucks for the sage wisdom.
But tongue irritation ("bite") is Not about heat. Tongue Bite is a chemical (alkaline) burn of the oral tissue. Simply, if it were related to heat, one would never be able to tolerate the amount of heat that would do injury to the tongue. Chemical burn requires NO heat. Solution: smoke tobacco that is Low in alkaline and higher on the acid end of the continuum.
Everyone is different but that works for me.
Wouldnt drinking a glass of orange juice help with tongue bite if low ph is an issue that causes irritation or burns?
If I get a bout of tongue bite, i'll sometimes use Peroxyl from Colgate.
Mac Baren ODF cures my tongue bite, though I rarely get it since I figured out a patient technique.
Never have it anymore. I am not trying to start a fight. I know which tobaccos can cause it, and I smoke slower. I also am a firm believer in Peterson system pipes. If I am smoking a lesser pipe, with a questionable tobacco, I am very cautious. Life is too short for hot smoke.
I'm ignorant on most things having to do with chemistry. Does this help? How do I know if my tobacco is high in alkaline or acid? Any help or direction greatly appreciated.
Thanks
mike
Certainly not smoking seems logical, but my understanding is that it’s about the PH Balance causing tongue bite.
Hmm ?
Why Does My Tongue Hurt After I Smoke My Pipe? - Clark Davis
The short answer is the dreaded tongue bite. Tongue bite is generally described as a condition caused by pipe smoking that results in a sore, tender or irritated tongue. It’s not limited to the tongue, however, as other oral tissues can be affected.
clarkdavis.me
Now that I think of it, Cult Blood Red Moon and Sutliff Molto Dolce are both non biters for aromatics in my opinion.
Some have shown allergies to particular tobacco types as well such as Perique and red Virginias.
Abstinence.
There is the Ph problem, and there is also the heat. When I smoked I was always on the verge, because I just couldn't slow down. In fact when my tongue began to hurt I had to slow down. To me it was the heat crossing the threshold of what the tissue of my tongue could tolerate. That's why I say abstinence. Remove the heat that caused the problem.
In my mind there is no blend that cures tongue-bite. This ignores the fact that smoking caused the problem. Thus the answer is never to keep on smoking or to smoke a certain blend.The answer is not smoking
There is the Ph problem, and there is also the heat. When I smoked I was always on the verge, because I just couldn't slow down. In fact when my tongue began to hurt I had to slow down. To me it was the heat crossing the threshold of what the tissue of my tongue could tolerate. That's why I say abstinence. Remove the heat that caused the problem.
In my mind there is no blend that cures tongue-bite. This ignores the fact that smoking caused the problem. Thus the answer is never to keep on smoking or to smoke a certain blend.The answer is not smoking
Per the article someone linked the bite comes from low ph caused either by a tobacco that is alkaline like a burley or a tobacco that is high in sugar and smoked to fast also resulting in low ph. So chemical induced tongue bite comes only from low ph, at least that’s the way I understood it.
I have not won the battle of the bite. I believe the problem is threefold. I do love the aromatics and they have a serious bite. I pack the bowl too tight and hot box the smoke. For these sins I have paid. There must be no retreat though. I will learn the way of the smoke.