Looking to Slim Down My Rotation 12/17/21.☕️

[Simmerdown☕️]

Thanks for the suggestions Jesse! I’ve had Edward G (?, finishing up a tin in rotation). Mahuwa is definitely on my next order. Given I enjoy Burley so much, I’d likely bypass the tin and go in for a pound. I received a sample of this when I first started coming round to this forum. It’s was excellent in my memory. And, yes I’d very much like to get some of the Director’s Cut with Hans’s foot down with K&K hopefully. I purchased a pound of about a 1.5 yrs ago and it is a tasty blend, but I do believe that the added Kentucky & less perique is not the way to go IMHO. I know you’ve commented on this with Jim already.

As far as Watch City, I’ve only sampled the Deluxe Crumb Cut, which Jim personally recommended, as I very much liked as a dessert ? burley blend.

Rich Dark Flake (Haunted Bookshop being a close second) is probably my favorite all-time blend. Unfortunately, when I was contemplating getting out of Pipe smoking for health reasons (wife, marriage, etc. ?) I sold off or gave away many bags of RDF. Now, I’m relegated at the moment to my last ball jar, and I try to enjoy it sparingly until I get another ?? buddy to assist, or if the Chinese stop buying it all up…maybe I should get a ?? buddy instead. ??️

 

[Akousticplyr]

I’ve slimmed down to only 347 blends.

 

[romaso]

I'd suggest hanging onto some of your former favorite latakia blends as you may yearn for them sometime in the future. I often reach for them in the autumn, they remind me of the burning leaf piles of my childhood.

I'm down to a rotation of only 3 tobaccos lately, though I've got many others for when I want something different. This was an organic process, its just what I've been reaching for, for many months now.

 

[Simplicity]

I have been following a similar strategy the last few months, by using Estervals to stock up on key blends in my rotation for the significant cost savings.

Just an FYI on the Directors Cut - I placed an order a couple days ago and seen that it won’t be ready until ~Feb 2022. I take this as a good thing. Hopefully, this will be new stock with the revised version back to the original blend, meaning more Perique and less Kentucky.

 

[sablebrush52]

Thanks for the suggestions Jesse! I’ve had Edward G (?, finishing up a tin in rotation). Mahuwa is definitely on my next order. Given I enjoy Burley so much, I’d likely bypass the tin and go in for a pound. I received a sample of this when I first started coming round to this forum. It’s was excellent in my memory. And, yes I’d very much like to get some of the Director’s Cut with Hans’s foot down with K&K hopefully. I purchased a pound of about a 1.5 yrs ago and it is a tasty blend, but I do believe that the added Kentucky & less perique is not the way to go IMHO. I know you’ve commented on this with Jim already.

As far as Watch City, I’ve only sampled the Deluxe Crumb Cut, which Jim personally recommended, as I very much liked as a dessert ? burley blend.

Rich Dark Flake (Haunted Bookshop being a close second) is probably my favorite all-time blend. Unfortunately, when I was contemplating getting out of Pipe smoking for health reasons (wife, marriage, etc. ?) I sold off or gave away many bags of RDF. Now, I’m relegated at the moment to my last ball jar, and I try to enjoy it sparingly until I get another ?? buddy to assist, or if the Chinese stop buying it all up…maybe I should get a ?? buddy instead. ??️

There's a lot to explore at Watch City. Deluxe Crumb Cut is one, Watch City Slices is another, Persian Slipper, Rhythm and Blues, fFake 558, etc, plus, once you get on their maiing list you'll find out about their limited edition runs, like Rougaroux. Definitely worth trying.

 

[homesteader]

I've slowed down on trying new blends, but not stopped. I'm mostly stocking up now on a few that I really like, maybe a half-dozen or so.

 

[pip01]

I'm doing the opposite. If I don't try all the blends I have accumulated I never will. Variaty is the spice of life.

 

[briarbuck]

I am a big fan of F&K Va's, Alyseburry Classic Flake, Ashley no 109, Ilsted's Own Golden Flake and Sir Johns Flake. They are similar, light fruity va's in the EU style.