Hello gentlemen and gentlegals.
I've recently made the leap from self rolled cigarette tabacco to pipes and I'm having a little trouble finding a pipe leaf to my taste.
I've tasted so far:
1) Peterson Irish Flake - I felt it was slightly bitter, far too earthy to my liking and didn't tickle my highly developed sweet tooth.
2) Solani Virginia Flake with Perique. While it smelled divinely, i felt it lacked much in flavor and I found myself not wanting to finish the bowl.
3) Captain Black gold edition (Yes I know.. I know.. not very high quality) due to simply loving the room-tone of it when someone smoked beside me, however when I tried it myself, I was shocked to find out that aside from that room tone, there was nothing else to it, and the flavor was dreadful.
4) Macbaren Virginia - Smoked hot, bit hard, and didn't even taste good. On the contrary, it tasted like an earthy camp fire in my mouth, with no depth or flavors.
Now I've made one order of Tabacco containing H&H Anniversary Kake and Lane Limited 1-Q (hoping it has more than just room tone), however I would like your advise as to what other 2 Tabaccos I should look into, in order to better get my bearing for the different types and their overall general taste.
From my past smoking experiences I've discovered that i'm not too big a fan of Virginia leaf.
I've been considering the H&H Black House in order to experiment with a Balkan mix, would you say that this is a good first Balkan experience?
Furthermore, I'd like to order something predominantly Oriental, to better differentiate Oriental flavors from the other types of Baccy out there, and would wholeheartedly appreciate your advise as to what would make a good first choice?
Thanks for your time and attention,
--Jolly
I've recently made the leap from self rolled cigarette tabacco to pipes and I'm having a little trouble finding a pipe leaf to my taste.
I've tasted so far:
1) Peterson Irish Flake - I felt it was slightly bitter, far too earthy to my liking and didn't tickle my highly developed sweet tooth.
2) Solani Virginia Flake with Perique. While it smelled divinely, i felt it lacked much in flavor and I found myself not wanting to finish the bowl.
3) Captain Black gold edition (Yes I know.. I know.. not very high quality) due to simply loving the room-tone of it when someone smoked beside me, however when I tried it myself, I was shocked to find out that aside from that room tone, there was nothing else to it, and the flavor was dreadful.
4) Macbaren Virginia - Smoked hot, bit hard, and didn't even taste good. On the contrary, it tasted like an earthy camp fire in my mouth, with no depth or flavors.
Now I've made one order of Tabacco containing H&H Anniversary Kake and Lane Limited 1-Q (hoping it has more than just room tone), however I would like your advise as to what other 2 Tabaccos I should look into, in order to better get my bearing for the different types and their overall general taste.
From my past smoking experiences I've discovered that i'm not too big a fan of Virginia leaf.
I've been considering the H&H Black House in order to experiment with a Balkan mix, would you say that this is a good first Balkan experience?
Furthermore, I'd like to order something predominantly Oriental, to better differentiate Oriental flavors from the other types of Baccy out there, and would wholeheartedly appreciate your advise as to what would make a good first choice?
Thanks for your time and attention,
--Jolly