Snow White Ash

[Briar Lee]

My favorite everyday blends are Smoker’s Pride Cherry, Vanilla, and Whiskey cavendishes.

Even a grizzled old leather tongued pipe addict like me can’t smoke a dollar a day’s worth of any, of the many premium value priced cavendish blends like Lane sells labeled as Smoker’s Pride.

One of the signs of fine tobacco has long been advertised to be that it burns with a Snow White ash.

I wonder, how Lane gets it’s lowest priced bulk tobacco to burn this well?

This brand new old Three Star Lee tastes like I’m smoking a vanilla ice cream cone on it’s first full bowl.

And the ash is about as white as one, too.

 

[anotherbob]

that burns to white ash thing is silly in my opinion. One of those stupid and completely arbitrary things people latch onto because they have nothing else about themselves that could impress any one in a positive way. "I no talk good, my personality is crap, everyone hates me, and even tying my shoes gives me the kind of headache calculus gives high school students that don't study get, but I can find a pipe tobacco that will smoke to white ash yae finally some way I don't suck". Or at least that's my take on it.
Also almost forgot the part about having the palate of six year old and secretly wishing that all pipe tobacco tasted like fruity pebbles. You know because if they had any sense of taste they could use that as a measure of quality instead of something that doesn't freaking matter in the least.

 

[warren]

And then there are folks who simply enjoy a wee challenge. And, there are others who desperately resent anyone with different interests than theirs. To each his own I suppose. Both types though sometimes drive me to distraction. But that's my problem to deal with.

 

[sablebrush52]

The only blend that I can recall that ACTUALLY burned to a fine white ash was the old Balkan Sobranie of blessed memory. I'm sure there were others back in the day. Light gray to off white might be possible. Mostly it's mottled gray. And, it's all beside the point anyway.

 

[cshubhra]

This was debated at length a few months back. OP was a member then : OP could have contributed then.

@mortonbriar opined that this is due to potassium content of soil. It could not be verified (Nothing about pipe smoking can be scientifically verified) but I liked that opinion.

Here is mortonbriars post, and 4 pages of opinion by others


Post in thread 'Debate : Fine White Ash'
Debate : Fine White Ash :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/debate-fine-white-ash.91047/post-36585167

 

[didimauw]

I don't care what color my ash is. I also don't care if there is bits of tobacco left. When you are done, you're done.

 

[anotherbob]

This was debated at length a few months back. OP was a member then : OP could have contributed then.

@mortonbriar opined that this is due to potassium content of soil. It could not be verified (Nothing about pipe smoking can be scientifically verified) but I liked that opinion.

Here is mortonbriars post, and 4 pages of opinion by others


Post in thread 'Debate : Fine White Ash'
Debate : Fine White Ash :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/debate-fine-white-ash.91047/post-36585167

oh it can all be verified with science just as soon as one of us becomes a billionaire who can't think of anything better to do with their money then fund seemingly pointless experiments.
The only fine white ash blend for me is Davidoff Flake Medallion which is tops but the first time I dumped out all white ash it certainly was a touch confounding. I find that EGR burns for me most of the time down to a fine grey ash. The thing is I don't see either as a make or break for the blend.

 

[kurtbob]

I guess it must just be their Cavendish stuff. I got a bowl of Smokers Pride Rich Taste going right now. Never paid attention but this looks like everything else I smoke. I agree, for the money it’s not awful ?

 

[briarbuck]

Sounds like something for the 7 dwarfs...

 

[kschatey]

One of the signs of fine tobacco has long been advertised to be that it burns with a Snow White ash.

Snow White always looked a bit peachy in color to me...


Now "Snow white" is a completely different thing, but I'm unsure how ash color relates to the tobacco quality (or not). This is something to which I have never paid any attention.

 

[kschatey]

Now "Snow white" is a completely different thing, but I'm unsure how ash color relates to the tobacco quality (or not). This is something to which I have never paid any attention.

Well damn. Just finished a small cob of St. Bruno and the ash was not snow white so I trashed the rest of the pouch, the pipe, and the lighter just to be safe. I only want the finest tobacco left my supply!

 

[telescopes]

The pipe smoker as a Curmudgeon. that the topic is ash could stir so many emotions. One wonders.

 

[didimauw]

The pipe smoker as a Curmudgeon. that the topic is ash could stir so many emotions. One wonders.

We start running out of other things to talk about.

 

[telescopes]

I just smoked some Dunhill EMP in a Medico with silver overlay. The ash was white. I struggle with this endless lack of diversity in my ash. It seems.... wrong some how.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I’m an ash guy myself. I appreciate it in all shapes, sizes and colours.

 

[OzPiper]

The colour of the ash was a recurrent topic when I was smoking cigars exclusively a few years ago.
I have never understood the fixation on ash colour, rather than the flavour of the tobacco.
Nor equating the ash colour to the quality of the tobacco.

To me it's looking at the colour of your poos and equating that to the quality of the meal you have just eaten. ?
I thought we'd done with that pseudo-science centuries ago. ?

 

[Brendan]

I just smoked some Dunhill EMP in a Medico with silver overlay. The ash was white. I struggle with this endless lack of diversity in my ash. It seems.... wrong some how.

Not to say there's nothing wrong in someone preferring fine white ass exclusively to other shades of ass.


Ohhhh.
Aaaash..
We are talking about the colour of ash, for some reason.

 

[telescopes]

Not to say there's nothing wrong in someone preferring fine white ass exclusively to other shades of ass.


Ohhhh.
Aaaash..
We are talking about the colour of ash, for some reason.

LOL

I’ve come to accept ash not just for what it is via appearance, but for what it is on the inside. To discriminate ash based on appearance just seems wrong and inappropriate. Our perceptions toward ash should not be based on some perceived“potassium“ content but rather embracing and accepting the ash as it presents itself. It’s time we all woke up to this realization.

 

[Brendan]

I've never thought about ash like that before, consider me woke to the subject.

Just, don't get me started on Amber stems..

 

[telescopes]

I've never thought about ash like that before, consider me woke to the subject.

Just, don't get me started on Amber stems..

I Heard it can be a pretty sh$ty experience.