Memories

[Edwin Weaver]

Most of my Tobacco Blend ideas come from my younger days as a young man in the late 60’s.

I have not found my “Coffee House Special” in any blend I have sampled so far, so I have had to have tobacconists make it special for me.

In the late 60’s coffee houses sprang up every where (especially in NY). You could go to them and drink coffee and listen to local musicians ‘jam’ together hoping to be discovered by CBS or Ed Sullivan. The place would be filled with the smell of tobacco and coffee beans being ground. Later in the late 90’s and first couple of years of this century while working in Bogota, Colombia the memory was rekindled walking in the southern part of Bogota where the Colombian coffee companies would roast the coffee beans. The air was full of the smell of fresh coffee beans being roasted. While walking and smoking my pipe with the smell of fresh roasted coffee beans the experience was great. The taste of the blend I was smoking along with the coffee beans was wonderful.

Now that I am longer working I have time to look for blends that will match those memories. Unfortunately no one makes them so I have had to look for a tobacconist willing to develop these blends. So I started. I found a blend that would make a good base;

Black Gold is a rich, smooth smoking marriage of Black and Aged Maduro Cavendish mixed with a light vanilla casing, mahogany colored Burley, and just the right touch of Virginia Flake for added sweetness. This blend has a pleasant room note. But the room note needed more ‘Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans’. And more coffee flavor with the blend.

So to the Black Gold blend I added a casing of ‘espresso’ flavoring without taking away from the original blend. Once that was ready, just before placing it into a bag for use, I added a topping (slightly heavy) of ‘coffee bean oil’ (from Eden Botanical). The result; when you open the bag to fill your pipe, you get the smell of the tobacco blend along with the smell of fresh roasted coffee beans. When you light the pipe the room note is very pleasant with the coffee beans added. When you draw in you get the tobacco blend with the added taste of espresso.

I hope some company will produce this special blend. Those who love smoking their pipe and love coffee would definite enjoy this blend.

 

[chilllucky]

It does sound nice, and I'm a little surprised that I can't think of any coffee flavored aromatic blends. I am hardly the most educated consumer, however. Many might exist.

I would suggest searching tobacco reviews for com for "coffee" or "espresso" to verify.

 

[Edwin Weaver]

It does sound nice, and I'm a little surprised that I can't think of any coffee flavored aromatic blends. I am hardly the most educated consumer, however. Many might exist.

I would suggest searching tobacco reviews for com for "coffee" or "espresso" to verify.

chilllucky,
Thank you for your reply. There are 'coffee' and 'espresso' tobacco blends, but none have that added "coffee bean" aroma to the room note. So it does not match my memories. However, the blend I have special made for me does match the memories.
Thanks again for the input.

Have a great day

Edwin

 

[jaytex1969]

LJ Peretti has one, though I've not tried it.

https://www.ljperetti.com/l-j-peretti-tobacco-cat/cavendish.html

 

[mikethompson]

A coffee aromatic sounds interesting. Who doesn't like the smell of a fresh pot of coffee?

 

[Edwin Weaver]

A coffee aromatic sounds interesting. Who doesn't like the smell of a fresh pot of coffee?

mikethompson,

There are many coffee aromatics. It is the smell of fresh roasted coffee beans that mingle with the tobacco blend to enhance your smoking experience. No added taste to distract from the tobacco blend, just the added good morning smell to help get you started.

Have a great day

Edwin

 

[cosmicfolklore]

A coffee aromatic sounds interesting. Who doesn't like the smell of a fresh pot of coffee?

When I first found out that I could order tobaccos online, I picked up a coffee aromatic, I think it was from Milan. It didn't smell nor taste anything like coffee, maybe burned coffee, but it reminded me more of the aroma of my grandfather's work truck, old man sweat, old farts, and moist newspaper.

But, I do love the aroma of actual coffee brewing. Russ had an interview with Brian (if memory serves) on the PM radioshow, where he talked about how coffee is a hard fragrance to work with in tobacco because burning coffee doesn't smell anything like brewing coffee.

But, nowadays, I'd just prefer to smoke my pipe with tobacco and let the coffee aroma come from a cup of coffee.

 

[Edwin Weaver]

When I first found out that I could order tobaccos online, I picked up a coffee aromatic, I think it was from Milan. It didn't smell nor taste anything like coffee, maybe burned coffee, but it reminded me more of the aroma of my grandfather's work truck, old man sweat, old farts, and moist newspaper.

But, I do love the aroma of actual coffee brewing. Russ had an interview with Brian (if memory serves) on the PM radioshow, where he talked about how coffee is a hard fragrance to work with in tobacco because burning coffee doesn't smell anything like brewing coffee.

But, nowadays, I'd just prefer to smoke my pipe with tobacco and let the coffee aroma come from a cup of coffee.

comicfolklore,

True coffee is a hard 'fragrance' to work with, especially with tobacco. That is why I use it only as a "topping" not to 'case' or add flavor to the blend. "toppings" are only for smell and they burn off rapidly and that is what we want. The smell of early morning coffee as we enjoy our favorite tobacco.
I have used 'coffee bean oil' as a fragrance for men's colognes that I used to make and I would mix it with 'sweet tobacco oil' all sitting on a base of Oud and Vetiver , it made a wonderful manly fragrance. women loved the smell and men loved wearing it.

Edwin

 

[danimalia]

I had a similar experience staying in Guatemala, "studying Spanish." There was a couple of coffee roasters in the town I was staying and the smell was just wonderful. One day, the roaster caught me leering outside his door, and motioned for me to come inside. He poured me a cup. Just incredible. Guatemala produces a ton of coffee, but the vast majority is for export. Outside of that town I made my base in, you almost always got Instant when travelling around the country. But some places took it seriously, had access to fresh beans, and it was always such a treat.

 

[anotherbob]

I think that coffee flavor doesn't have a good shelf life for tobacco certain parts of the flavor wear off faster then others. Though a Tia Maria or Kahlua would work. Like I said I think I remember someone telling me that, but honestly not sure I should trust something I think I heard almost 20 years ago.

 

[sandollars]

One of the nicest experiences I enjoy on the weekends is a nice cup of coffee and a bowl of a non aromatic tobacco. The 2 things naturally compliment each other with incredible flavor enhancement from the coffee as well as the blend.

There is no way to top this inside the pipe alone. Perhaps this is why no one has successfully accomplished it.