Please Tell Me What is Causing This

[sandollars]

I am really starting to get a good feel for what I like and what I don't like in tobaccos and blends.

Lately, I am finding a slightly objectionable trait in some tobaccos that are absolutely non-existent on others. When retrohaling, I find myself getting hit pretty hard in the sinuses with some tobaccos, like Wasabe or horseradish only less intense and it makes my eyes water and ultimately causes me to sneeze.

While I very much enjoy an occasional sneeze, I don't care at all for the sinus burning. When not retrohaling, it manifests itself as a tingle on my tongue my like the onset of tongue bite which causes me angst. I am still observing this trait and am unable to pinpoint what component(s) cause this.

Any ideas from the Table of Elders?

Also, Latakia seems to be very polarizing and I am still trying to figure out why... Correlative?


EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title

 

[Casual]

Which blends? Is this the “spice” people describe perique as having?

 

[anotherbob]

well that's your bodies way of saying "NO! Stop doing this thing to me". I'd bet it's got a lot to do with the PH of what you're smoking or temp. Might be too hot or two acidic or basic. Why is latakia polarizing? Well cause it's got a very love or hate taste. Sometimes I feel like I may be one of ten smokers that considers latakia alright but also something I could live without.

 

[olkofri]

Yup, please provide the blends' names so that we can take a look at their contents.

Seconding Anotherbob, and at the risk of sounding like an irritant, nagging scold, I'd suggest to stop snorking. At the very least, don't snork those blends you know cause you grief. I have sinus issues myself and I can tell you that sharp pain behind the ear is anything but fun.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I always just assumed it was heat. Blends that burn hotter (VAs, etc.) always seem to be much more irritating on the retrohale unless carefully sipped. Aromatics and English blends breeze right through without the slightest of annoyance IME. IDK, no idea.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Sometimes you have puff through the pain. If it's possible without too much issue, slow down the cadance and let your palate and nose understand and taste the blend. It can be that it's burning too hot due to it being to wet or that you are perhaps pulling to hard.

If all else fails, just toss it out and start over with a new blend.

 

[sandollars]

It happens a lot with VaPers. The last time it happened was 2013 Elizabethan. I have been smoking English and Balkans since = does not happen. I am a super slow smoker, often making a size 4 pipe last 90 minutes to 2 hours. Of course that is relighting it.

#alaskanpiper, you might be onto something. It might just be heat. I will try the same Elizabethan tonight but go much slower and keep it lit. I might be burning my sinuses on the relights......

 

[Worknman]

I can't retrohale anything with perique for the same reasons you describe. Burns the throat and sinuses, kind of like when you go swimming and get some chlorinated water up your nose. Doesn't feel good.

 

[olkofri]

I can't retrohale anything with perique for the same reasons you describe. Burns the throat and sinuses, kind of like when you go swimming and get some chlorinated water up your nose. Doesn't feel good.

Bingo! I have to swim because of back pain, but even the chlorinated water 'fumes' make my sinuses act up. I'd also blame it on the perique, but careful observation and experimentation is required by @sandollars, as different individuals have different anatomical and physiological idiosincrasies. If you insist on snorking, don't retrohale when (re)lighting: this because the lighting pulls the greatest amount of smoke in and also so as to rule out heat as being the irritant.

Heat might be a cause, but I don't think it's just that. It might not be heat at all. Some blends DO have a particular chemical make-up that causes irritation: I've learned that what I used to call burn or even bite is actually after-taste.

 

[Dusk]

It happens a lot with VaPers. The last time it happened was 2013 Elizabethan. I have been smoking English and Balkans since = does not happen. I am a super slow smoker, often making a size 4 pipe last 90 minutes to 2 hours. Of course that is relighting it.

#alaskanpiper, you might be onto something. It might just be heat. I will try the same Elizabethan tonight but go much slower and keep it lit. I might be burning my sinuses on the relights......

I get the same with VaPers regardless of my cadence. Activated charcoal filter resolves it in my case. Something about the perique just doesn't agree with me.

 

[jaytex1969]

I get that from D&R Picayune. I'm betting on perique as the cause.

It seems to settle down as the bowl "breaks in", so try skipping the retrohale until the coals settle and see how it goes. Sone times, this can be half way in.

 

[trubka2]

I don't have a seat at the table of elders, but it sounds like the old "perique tickle" to me. One of my favorite sensations. You might try to suss it out by smoking a Lat blend that has a lot of perique in it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Perique

 

[seanv]

Sounds like lady perique

 

[olkofri]

Sounds like lady perique

Weird, I always thought of perique as a parrot. ??

 

[verporchting]

I’m thinking Perique also. I get that burning thing when retrohaling Perique blends and just had to regulate my smoking to accommodate it.

 

[cshubhra]

I get something similar from Perique but I enjoy it

But I also enjoy English Mustard & Other Spicy Mustards, faux wasabi in sushi restaurants, and eat them by spoonful

 

[Chasing Embers]

I get something similar from Perique but I enjoy it

But I also enjoy English Mustard & Other Spicy Mustards, faux wasabi in sushi restaurants, and eat them by spoonful

I eat Carolina reapers like popcorn. Love 'em!

 

[luigi]

I vote for Perique. Strong blends occasionally irritate my sinuses and I try not to retrohale in that case or abbandon them until further notice, makes me happier and they will have time to age in the meantime.

 

[olkofri]

Hmm, you guys got me interested in reaching for the few periquated blends I have, to see if I can replicate the problem. Escudo? Anniversary Kake? Sam's Blend? El Niño? Nightcap? Wessex Classic Virginia? .... Which one? Which one has the most perique? ?