Damn you shanez, that may just get me.
New Manil Blend - La Volute
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While I am akin to analyzing things, I do not do so with my tobaccos, nor do I the see the need. It's a simple pleasure, and always brings pleasure to me in it's simplest forms.I agree that when compared to cigars, pipe tobacco is different, but not all tobacco is like Manil’s either.
Even as dry as Manil’s Tobacco is, there is still a level of humidity needed.
Go to Google as an example and type in;
‘what is the best humidity for pipe tobacco’
Now you should see the results on an article by SPC; ‘Proper Pipe Tobacco Humidification’.
Proper Pipe Tobacco Humidification | Smokingpipes
Find the right moisture levels for the different pipe tobaccos you smoke by following these tips.www.smokingpipes.com
Humidity at various levels does exist in Pipe Tobacco, what the individual pipe smoker wants to do with this, is a personal choice.
All Tobaccos need a certain level of humidity, it’s just a normal function of life.
There are only a few places in the world like Iran, various deserts, and the Artic, to name but a few, where humidity is only a few percentages, as in 0.5% - 1.0%. Tobacco isn’t grown in these regions, Tobacco is grown with and needs humidity.
What the individual wants to do with their tobacco after it’s grown is up to them.
Humidity simply explained is moisture, and all things in life need moisture to one extent or another.
Humidity - Wikipedia
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Found on Nuttens Pipes FB page.
Here's the words from the post to go with the pics:
I am very happy to announce that a new project in collaboration with Vincent Manil, who produces delicious Tabacs de la Semois in Belgium, has been in preparation for a few months. It will soon see the light of day.
Traditionally in Belgium, Semois tobaccos are smoked in pipes with large tobacco chambers. To continue this tradition, we will soon offer a pipe, the "Pot à Semois", declined in two models, a straight and a bent one, in different finishes (smooth, sandblasted, rustic), different colors, and different mouthpieces materials (ebonite, cumberland, acrylic and horn), with or whitout filters.
You will enjoy a lot, your Semois in the Pot (à Semois)
thank you Vincent for your trust !
Found on Nuttens Pipes FB page.
Here's the words from the post to go with the pics:
I am very happy to announce that a new project in collaboration with Vincent Manil, who produces delicious Tabacs de la Semois in Belgium, has been in preparation for a few months. It will soon see the light of day.
Traditionally in Belgium, Semois tobaccos are smoked in pipes with large tobacco chambers. To continue this tradition, we will soon offer a pipe, the "Pot à Semois", declined in two models, a straight and a bent one, in different finishes (smooth, sandblasted, rustic), different colors, and different mouthpieces materials (ebonite, cumberland, acrylic and horn), with or whitout filters.
You will enjoy a lot, your Semois in the Pot (à Semois)
thank you Vincent for your trust !
Thanks! Fun idea and nice pipe. What if I buy one and smoke an English out of it?
It will smoke fine but will do so with an accent. ???
I don’t understand your reply over ‘Analyzing’.
I’m also not analyzing tobacco or anything for that matter.
And on the Note of Simplicity, I take everything in life in Simplicity.
I’m merely pointing out that humidity to some level is needed for tobacco, maybe the information I shared with you confused you, it was only a little educational is all, nothing I would think takes away the Simplicity, because as a I pointed out, it’s only about Moisture.
I think you read to much into it, sorry for any confusion.
Yes perhaps I did read too much into your post. I saw consulting info on humidity as analyzing, which technically it is, but not in the sense I meant to convey. By simplicity, I meant I smoke it as it comes. Your comments and all others here are welcome and valued, I did not intend for my response to strike any particular tone (though it happens unintentionally in textual exchanges such as these). Happy smoking and have a great holiday!
Smoked two bowls of this so far. Wish I liked the flavors more. Packs easy, burns great, produces volumes of smoke, mild to medium nic and burns to a fine ash.
I had La Brumeuse in the past, it burned very fast like fire kindling, it even sizzled at times as if saltpeter was added to it. The flavor is very terroir, rustic, peat like with floral notes.
Reserve du Patron is very musty and floral and has a more manageable burn.
I'll be trying la Volute and Le Petit Robin later.
Reserve du Patron is very musty and floral and has a more manageable burn.
I'll be trying la Volute and Le Petit Robin later.
OK, maybe I'll check it out after all, I love that floral quality. It reminds me of a good havana seed cigar.
There's plenty of European brown tobacco what is called Brun that are more neutral and close to our North American Kentucky like Italian Comune and Forte, Austrian Land tabak and French Bergerac, Caporal Export and St. Claude. All of them are very cheap in their countries and surprisingly good.
Love the Semois pots! I already bought my Christmas pipe, but will keep an eye out for them in the future. Of course, I do not have enough pipes to dedicate one solely to Semois, so perhaps it would be a burley pot for me.
I think I prefer the finer cuts of the Semois, though the flavor is still quite good, IMO. Doesn't taste much differently to my memories of La Brumeuse..
I think I prefer the finer cuts of the Semois, though the flavor is still quite good, IMO. Doesn't taste much differently to my memories of La Brumeuse..
It does seem to have a touch of that, though not a Lakeland. I attributed that to the semois leaf itself. It's definitely different from 'regular' burleys. I find myself getting bitterness, but if I smoke it just right it's one of a kind.
I just got mine, and I think I do indeed prefere it in a finer cut myself. That said, I've only had one of the new rough cut, so I haven't given it a chance yet.
Absolutely true -- one of a kind means neither good nor bad. However, if it's good (to you) then you have one of a kind and good, which is nice to have amongst all the relatively same-y stuff available.