I Need Some Advice With Tasting The Tobacco
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I am 20, however I am sure I want to do this. It is interesting hobby / lifestyle, and I managed to savor the taste after 2nd bowl. I packed it too tightly the first time. And most importantly I love to learn new things and master them.
when i first started with pipes i think i was viewing as smoking a cigarette or cigar. light and puff. i tried having a bowl while walking the dogs or yard work etc and all i tasted was hot air. It wasnt until i slowed down, worked on my breathing, sat, and really focused on the exercise of smoking a pipe that things really clicked and i began to taste all the flavors i had heard others rave about. you mentioned you love learning new things and mastering. im FAR from mastering and I learn something new with every bowl i smoke
read some pipe tobacco reviews. There is always at least one person that just doesn't taste anything. And it's rare to find two pipe smokers that taste the precisely same thing. There is a lot going on in even tobaccos labeled as simple. Even a single leaf has a relatively complex flavor profile. And I've also had pipes where certain blends don't taste of much, especially if they have a filter. Oh and two of the suspects in a young person not tasting are going to be either clogged nose or dry mouth. If you were drinking even a little or smoking a little of something else that gave you even light cotton mouth that would limit the ability to taste things as well (the body is weird.)
There are some great you tube videos about everything pipe smoking related.
The nose is very closely related to taste and pipe smoking is no exception. Not everyone likes retrohaling and its not always necessary, but I find if you sort of open your nasal passages and try to get a whiff when blowing out the smoke it will help you taste if better. Same thing when taking the smoke in, let your sinuses remain open if that makes any sense. Its kind of hard to explain...
The new smokers have no idea what is good pipe info and can't separate the decent info from the bad. Poor devils!
Just keep smoking, just keep smoking, just keep smoking..... smoking..... smoking....
Following a kind forum member‘s recommendation, I recently tried the Amphora Burley blend. And I Must say, not only does it taste very pleasant, it is also one of the most easy to smoke (and so to taste) tobaccos, that I know. I‘d recommend this to all new pipe smokers, who are interested in more natural tasting blends. Just rub the broken flakes out and pack them gently(!) into your pipe. A bit of drying time might even improve the taste.
I think Lane Dark Red is one of the best Cherry aromatics on the market. It took me while to learn how to smoke aromatics. Now, I mix the occasional one in my rotation and really enjoy them. My friends and family also like the second hand smoke. Several years ago, you would have not found an aromatic tobacco within a 1/2 mile of my cellar.
I think if you stay with it, slow down, and pay attention, you'll get it. That's what I've been doing.
So I found out! You can’t go by what the reviews say so it’s like pi$&#ng money away.
What’s sad in this town there is one cigar/tobacco, but most of there pipe tobacco is crispy dry. And if you smell a chocolate, coffee and they don’t smell appealing you don’t buy it!
When buying on line there is no scratch and sniff so it’s up to the description and reviews or a roll of the dice as to buy or not.
When buying on line there is no scratch and sniff so it’s up to the description and reviews or a roll of the dice as to buy or not.
I use the ? out of TobaccoReviews.com. Still no Guarantees but it gives me an idea of what I’m getting into.
Bingo.
Definitely try a few English blends ASAP (Latakia heavy). The aroma at least is impossible to miss.
Just my opinion here, you shouldn't fix it as it is not a problem at all. The smoking experience is developing based on the foods you consumed, the flavours you smell and your trajectory. in other words, it is based on yourself.
Like, you cannot get the note of Irish whiskey if you never had one. For aromatics, they present a (or more) distinct flavours (cherry, vanilla or coffee). You may smoke slow or fast, cool and dry or wet and hot, trying different ways to find the flavours bowl after bowl. For example, the Peterson 2017 summertime presents peach and apple. You can only find peach and you are pleasured then you win! Forget about the apple.
Like, you cannot get the note of Irish whiskey if you never had one. For aromatics, they present a (or more) distinct flavours (cherry, vanilla or coffee). You may smoke slow or fast, cool and dry or wet and hot, trying different ways to find the flavours bowl after bowl. For example, the Peterson 2017 summertime presents peach and apple. You can only find peach and you are pleasured then you win! Forget about the apple.
Totally agree.
And: remember at all the time, they are tobacco so they should taste like tobacco at first. Don't overthink them and keep carrying on.
If you try university flake by Peterson which has the plum note as the website said. You notice that it is not plum at all but earthy and it is enjoyable. Congratulations! and buy another tin please ; )
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