I could do well with just Elizabethan Mixture at this point, and am looking forward to trying one pipe + one blend for 2026 to test this.
Minimal Happiness Requirements?
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A Latakia mixture. A virginia & perique. An occasional aromatic and I'm content.
Seasons Greetings to all
My basic cellar would be
Petersons Early Morning Pipe
C&D's Black Frigate
G&H's Bothy Flake
Germains Rich Dark Flake
I could probably survive with just the first three but Rich Dark Flake compliments good pints of Guinness like you wouldn't believe!!
My basic cellar would be
Petersons Early Morning Pipe
C&D's Black Frigate
G&H's Bothy Flake
Germains Rich Dark Flake
I could probably survive with just the first three but Rich Dark Flake compliments good pints of Guinness like you wouldn't believe!!
Current cellar is my minimalist cellar:
- Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls
- Rattray Old Gowrie
- The Country Squire Black & Tan
Sure especially if the soundtrack is Yakety Sax.
If I was truly a minimalist I wouldn't be a pipe smoker, now would I?Blimey! 15 blends! You're no minimalist, are you?
But to be true to the thread title, if you really forced me to chose, I could be ok with:
Moose Marmalade
Old Dominion
Ellipsis Flake
Peretti Omega and ok at least a dozen other blends are you kidding me I just can't do it don't make me please I'm begging you!!!
Dunhill/Peterson Navy Roll. Artisan's Blend. Haddo's Delight.
- Well, maybe: once a year, the true minimalist pipe smoker gets out his kiseru and loads up with a pinch of kizami and composes a haiku whilst watching the cherry blossoms fall... OK, maybe notIf I was truly a minimalist I wouldn't be a pipe smoker, now would I?
Any RYO and a cob.
IMO pipe smoking is the most minimalist type of smoking.
You can complicate and fancy up anything, if you want to.
IMO pipe smoking is the most minimalist type of smoking.
You can complicate and fancy up anything, if you want to.
Hey, I'm a simple man with simple needs and simple taste. I've been on the hunt for the last year trying to find my single set of pipe and tobacco, and after smoking nothing but Elizabethan for the last 4 months, I think i might have found them.
I've given away/sold large parts of my cellar, considering selling/give the second half of it away, sold off all my pipes, purchased a single system pipe, and have started to stockpile EM in preparation. If i can make it the full year, I'll have solved smoking, for myself.
I respectfully disagree - NO ! NO ! NO !
Minimalist smoking = cigarettes
PipeS. LOTS !
And tampers. And lighters. And pipe rests. And tobacco trays.
And knives. And pipe/tobacco pouches. And cleaning/ maintenance stuff
PS LNF - which I smoke the most of
McC 2015, thankfully I have quite a bit left
Bob's Chocolate Flake
McC 27, also have a bunch
McC 2015, thankfully I have quite a bit left
Bob's Chocolate Flake
McC 27, also have a bunch
Absolutely minimum? Hmmmm...
-C&D Canal Boat
-Capstan Blue
-Prince Albert
-One "seasonal" aromatic (maple, caramel, chocolate etc. for colder months. Peach, berry, apricot ect. for warmer months)
-C&D Canal Boat
-Capstan Blue
-Prince Albert
-One "seasonal" aromatic (maple, caramel, chocolate etc. for colder months. Peach, berry, apricot ect. for warmer months)
I like how there seems to be certain trends in this thread. It seems like Virginia blends people are very particular about. They have a lot of this blend specifically. Burly seems next and people seem more likely to have several interchangeable ones. English style seems third on this list. And that many people have some degree of flexibility with needing something of that style but not very specific ones.
I also like variety. But i could probably get by with OJK and a good red Virginia. Maybe a va/per too.