No need to be a chamber sniffer!
Just flush the pipe out with piping hot water, dry with paper towel, and smoke the next day. Easy. Brilliant.
I’ve Been Flaking Out, Now English Tastes Funny
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Just flush the pipe out with piping hot water, dry with paper towel, and smoke the next day. Easy. Brilliant.
Back around 2008 I took a break from my pipes and went all cigars for a bit. When I came back to my pipes the taste of Latakia was so foul I stopped smoking my favorite English blends and haven't looked back. I don't miss them as I have 41 different flakes...plugs and a rope that for my tastes blow away anything with Latakia or Orientals. It has been well over a decade since I smoked an English.
I got lucky that my stash of English consisted of Murrey made 2002 Dunhills, 2002 GL Pease English, and some 2001 and 2002 Penzance. I sold every tin for at least 60.00 and that was back in 2012.
I got lucky that my stash of English consisted of Murrey made 2002 Dunhills, 2002 GL Pease English, and some 2001 and 2002 Penzance. I sold every tin for at least 60.00 and that was back in 2012.
Just when I think there is hope for you, you post this. I'm gonna go play taps.
I smoked English blends almost exclusively for years. After trying va's I found English blends bland. Lately I have been enjoying the English blends more, but they don't satisfy like they used to.
I enjoy it all. I like VA’s Burley’s, English, Balkan, Aromatics (though I don’t like that label, makes me think of weak American aromatics) and I tend to enjoy most variations of those base tobaccos. I think having variety helps me enjoy each genre even more. When I smoke Skiff then switch over to Dunhill flake I very much enjoy the different qualities that each genre provides. Your taste for Lat can very much come back, just cause it hasn’t for a few of these old farts on here doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy English blends ever again. Smoking nothing but VA blends doesn’t mean you have a refined palate or anything. Just smoke what ever you enjoy. I’ve gone through many phases over the years. For a long time (early on) all tobacco tasted like ammonia for some reason, it was really odd but it only lasted about a month and it hasn’t happened since. If you never like Latakia again, that’s cool too. Just enjoy whatever you decide to stuff in your pipe.
I smoked some Old Joe Krantz a little while ago, burley still tastes the same to me! Haha. It is funny how this all works. I have been smoking a number of different blends trying to get my feet wet and find what I like. At first I went for the English blends and was loving them, now I’m liking this Virginia based flake stuff quite a bit. Every time I try burley I like it a little more also. I thought burley tasted like a bunch of nothing at first, but I’m getting a little more out of it each smoke.
I hope to eventually just keep a handful (or a few, possibly just a couple three) of my favorite blends on hand, but it is fun trying to figure out what I like (and I’m finding even that is subject to change). I’ve appreciated all the feedback I have received here for this and several other questions I have posted. Thanks!
I hope to eventually just keep a handful (or a few, possibly just a couple three) of my favorite blends on hand, but it is fun trying to figure out what I like (and I’m finding even that is subject to change). I’ve appreciated all the feedback I have received here for this and several other questions I have posted. Thanks!
The idea of water and wood just doesn’t sit right with me, so I don’t do it.
Flushing a chamber with water, depending on ambient conditions, could make a difference on how long is needed to dry. Possibly in very humid environments one day would not necessarily be sufficient.
The density and thickness of the briar and chambers from one pipe to another, might also be another worthwhile consideration for drying times. To err on the side of caution, if concerned, 2-3 days could be something to consider.
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Briar won't absorb hot water worth a damn. It gets much more water "pressure" from smoking, pressure being temperature and length of time the steam is generated in the chamber and presses on the walls and airway, not psi's in this case.
You live in one of the toughest drying areas of the US.
You live in one of the toughest drying areas of the US.
I had the opposite experience I went from English which I love to try Virginia VaPrs VaBurs and they seemed simpler to me less tastey less filling I went back to my English blends with no problem.
English and Burley blends help prime taste buds for picking up the flavor of smoke for beginners. Appreciation of more subtle Virginias, Orientals, and aromatics can take a bit of time, even years to hone smoking technique to enjoy them. Still in your first couple of years?
I think it's like moving between genres of music, going from a classical string quartet to salsa to country and western, to progressive jazz, to forties hits. They're different sounds, and it takes time to adjust to each change.
I am a new
Yeah I am a new smoker. I tried a couple aromatics to start off didn't really like them. Tried some English and really liked it. Expanded to Balkans and Orientals liked those as well. I do like to try new blends so I gave Escudo and Golden Slice a go they were okay but nothing great imo. I recently tried 3 Nuns which has a lot of thickness to it it is filling almost like an English lol.