Relighting After Cooling - So Good, Possibly Bad?

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Lifer
Dec 9, 2016
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DGT (Delayed Gratification Technique) has been employed by pipe smokers for years. It was even talked about extensively in the old Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris Magazine. The technique works particularly well with quality Virginia tobacco.

The short answer from a lot of those old timers is that once leaf is burning, that's when the flavor erupts as the various oils, sugars, etc, are released from the leaf. These components begin saturating the unburned leaf and as the fire continues to burn downward, the flavor intensifies. That's probably why a lot of people say the bottom half of the bowl smokes tastier than the top half. Once you smoke about half a bowl and then leave it overnight, the various components of the burned leaf not consumed by the fire, adhere to the unburned leaf and will meld with it. So, when the pipe is relight hours later, all of those extra flavors burst forth. It is indeed a delightful experience!
Absolutely! If anyone has looked ata used cig filter they know that stuff compounds at the end. The bottom half of the bowl has been "filtering" the top half of the bowl so it should taste richer. The OP probably likes a stouter version of whatever he is smoking.