Have you ever noticed...

[seilerjp]

Have you ever noticed that tobaccos sampled at a pipe show you tend to like. When you get home you wonder why it does not smoke or taste as well. I guess it is the ambience found at a pipe show. Has anyone else had the same experience?

 

[onizuka]

It could be explained by this article here: http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/put-that-in-your-pipe/the-fickle-nature-of-first-impressions/
Perhaps it's the climate of where the show was and where you live?

 

[unclearthur]

because it was free at the show!

 

[bubbadreier]

haha I like unclearthur's explanation!
I can't wait for the Las Vegas show, one month is way too long to wait...

 

[chuckw]

I was going to suggest Greg Pease's article too. I got lucky. The new to me tobacco I picked up tastes even better at home.

 

[python]

I have noticed that sometimes a blend that I smoked (even from my own stash) at a show tasted and burned better than at home. I attribute it to the ambiance at the show. I think you are more relaxed and just sit around talking and puffing slower than normal.
I think that your frame of mind during a bowl has a lot to do with the smoking experience at the time and a pipe show just sets the perfect mood for smoking.

 

[cortezattic]

They put MSG in the tobacco samples.

 

[admin]

You always crack me up Cortez.
I feel the ambiance at the show ... at any pipe show is definitely a factor John.
Like Bob, I find that everything I smoke at a show is always better. It's just such a wonderful atmosphere for smoking a pipe.

 

[admin]

By the way, I'm glad you finding more time to post here John.

 

[python]

LOL Cortez! MSG makes everything taste better.

 

[seakayak]

It's all in the mindset of the beholder. I've smoked the same tobacco in the same pipe in the same place one week later. Loved it, then wondered what I saw in the stuff. That's why I never throw tobacco out.