Hey guys. I'm at my wits end trying to figure this problem out so I'll try to give as much information as possible for this to be nailed down. I consider myself an intermediate pipe smoker; I smoke once or twice a day, I use the breath method and I normally enjoy my aromatics or Virginia tobaccos. I never suffer from tongue bite. I clean my pipes after every use using a mix of alcool and Frangelico (Muttnchop Piper got me into that).
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been smoking exclusively Newminster No. 400 Superior Navy Flake, which I bought in bulk late last year. It's been in a mason jar since the purchase and I shake it up/move the tobacco around in the jar each time I fill my pipe (so it can't be a bad "spot" in the jar). I've been using the same pipe for the last few weeks, a Brigham Voyageur 136 with a rock maple filter. Up until 3 days ago, I was looking forward to smoking time each day because I was able to get almost like a vanilla ice cream flavour out of this tobacco. It was incredible!
But 3 days ago, I noticed that it started tasting like soap. Not right away though; it's incredible for the first 1/3 of the bowl, and then that soap kicks in and that's all I taste. I also noticed that the soap taste made my mouth extremely dry, which was something I never had trouble with. I'm normally able to smoke a whole bowl without needing to drink anything because I salivate enough. In fact, I normally have to dab off a bit of moisture from the underside of my stem as a smoke a bowl. But not since the last 3 days, it's been making my mouth dry. The taste is so bad that I can't finish my bowl and I end up throwing out 2/3 of the tobacco (3 days in a row now).
I thought that maybe it was my rock maple filter (which I'm always good with cleaning and switching out), so I put in a brand new one just to test it out; same thing tonight. This pipe is relatively new so it doesn't need any carbon cake trimming. I've eaten completely different meals over the last few days so it can't be that either.
Does anyone have suggestions?
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been smoking exclusively Newminster No. 400 Superior Navy Flake, which I bought in bulk late last year. It's been in a mason jar since the purchase and I shake it up/move the tobacco around in the jar each time I fill my pipe (so it can't be a bad "spot" in the jar). I've been using the same pipe for the last few weeks, a Brigham Voyageur 136 with a rock maple filter. Up until 3 days ago, I was looking forward to smoking time each day because I was able to get almost like a vanilla ice cream flavour out of this tobacco. It was incredible!
But 3 days ago, I noticed that it started tasting like soap. Not right away though; it's incredible for the first 1/3 of the bowl, and then that soap kicks in and that's all I taste. I also noticed that the soap taste made my mouth extremely dry, which was something I never had trouble with. I'm normally able to smoke a whole bowl without needing to drink anything because I salivate enough. In fact, I normally have to dab off a bit of moisture from the underside of my stem as a smoke a bowl. But not since the last 3 days, it's been making my mouth dry. The taste is so bad that I can't finish my bowl and I end up throwing out 2/3 of the tobacco (3 days in a row now).
I thought that maybe it was my rock maple filter (which I'm always good with cleaning and switching out), so I put in a brand new one just to test it out; same thing tonight. This pipe is relatively new so it doesn't need any carbon cake trimming. I've eaten completely different meals over the last few days so it can't be that either.
Does anyone have suggestions?
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