Straight Deer Tongue Pipe Tobacco

[DIYpiper]

Afternoon everyone,

I was curious if anyone has ever come across a straight Deer Tongue pipe tobacco for blending or smoking straight?

I’ve done some looking online with no avail. I know there are blends out there with it in the mix ie: Crooner, but I’d like to mix and match my own Deer Tongue blend; any suggestions?

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I know I've smoked tobacco with deertongue flavoring.. but what does it taste like?

 

[mso489]

I don't think deer tongue is tobacco. I think it is an herb added to some blends. But I don't smoke it so I don't know much about it.

 

[brandaves]

I don't think deer tongue is tobacco. I think it is an herb added to some blends. But I don't smoke it so I don't know much about it.

I was going to say this...I'm not positive, but pretty sure that deer tongue is in fact an herb and not a tobacco varietal.

 

[DIYpiper]

I know I've smoked tobacco with deertongue flavoring.. but what does it taste like?

Well, based on my limited experience with it, I found it to have a real vanilla note and flavouring, but that is just me.

 

[DIYpiper]

I was going to say this...I'm not positive, but pretty sure that deer tongue is in fact an herb and not a tobacco varietal.

Interesting, see, this is why I come here, to look silly and learn haha! Regardless, still awful curious where a fellow could pick it up to blend with. I think I’ll adjust my search.

 

[DIYpiper]

Interesting, see, this is why I come here, to look silly and learn haha! Regardless, still awful curious where a fellow could pick it up to blend with. I think I’ll adjust my search.

Definately a herb that brings a vanillia flavouring. Well that answers that.

A few health concerns I see about potential blood thinning and liver issues; more reaearch needed.

So if it thins the blood and you are prone to heart attacks look no further; Smoke deer tongue! ?

 

[renfield]

You can get powdered or leaf deer tongue at pennherb.com.

PennHerb Deers Tongue

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Deer tongue, aka Carolina Vanilla, is a separate plant entirely from tobacco. You want whole leaf, not powdered, if you intend to make your own blends.

 

[anotherbob]

and the leaf looks like a green deer tongue.

 

[3rdguy]

Deertongue | NCpedia

www.ncpedia.org

 

[sasquatch]

It's like, vanilla and mint in one taste, and it's a little rough on the throat if smoked. If you had 100% deer tongue in your pipe, it would be awful, I'm sure. The old tins of Half n Half, the pocket tins from the 70s are chock-o-block with it, as is "crooner" from cornell and diehl.

 

[petes03]

I’ve always heard that Half & Half contains Deertongue. If so, then I like it occasionally. I don’t know that I’ve smoked anything else that contains it.

 

[DIYpiper]

So in Crooner, is it the burley or the deer tongue that makes it a little harsh? Second blend I’ve tried with burley that I found a little rough.

 

[kcghost]

Samuel Gawith's 1792 contains deertongue.

 

[leonidas]

...I like a bit of deer tongue....

 

[Ahi Ka]

Deer's tongue

Deer's tongue is a type of grass used in some pipe tobacco blends. There is a small jar of it at my local tobacconist. They might add a pinch of it to a pound of a blend. It has a coumarin type flavor to it, like sweetgrass. I tried to emulate this by putting zubrowka in some tobacco. It turned...

fairtradetobacco.com

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I’ve always heard that Half & Half contains Deertongue. If so, then I like it occasionally. I don’t know that I’ve smoked anything else that contains it.

Pretty sure Half & Half no longer has any deer tongue. Crooner, Gentleman Caller, and another blend that I cannot recall (all three made by C&D) have it.
To my tastes it is vanilla-like, but not quite vanilla, and quite a bit floral, like honeysuckle or clover. There is a touch of mint in the tin note, but I do not get any mint taste when smoking it.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

New Market is the third blend by C&D with deer tongue. I couldn’t remember the name of it earlier.

 

[Chasing Embers]

New Market is the third blend by C&D with deer tongue. I couldn’t remember the name of it earlier.

They make four. Crooner, Gentleman Caller, New Market, and Engine 382.