Summer Suggestions

[Plv]

I live in Arizona where it’s currently getting to 117f during the day. I don’t smoke everyday and I only smoke outside. I’m looking for suggestions for good tobacco for hot weather.
the issue I’ve had is I like the sourness of lane golden cavendish, but don’t like how the sourness comes and goes as you smoke it. It definitely takes turns. I don’t know if it’s the cavendish or burley in it, but I seem to not like other burley tins I’ve tried, so I’m guessing that’s what I don’t like. Something leaves a leather like flavor in my mouth and it just doesn’t do it for me.
i know I like English blends and aromatics.
Any suggestions on hot weather tobacco? I’m open to everything, I just tried to give whatever info I could on the one thing I’ve found I don’t like

 

[Chasing Embers]

suggestions for good tobacco for hot weather.

Entirely subjective to the individual. Some like latakia in the Summer, some like Virginias in the Winter, and some like myself smoke whatever whenever the mood hits with no seasonal connection.

 

[americaman]

Oh man. Summer is my favorite time for pipe smoking.

I actually like English blends in the colder months and the summer, but I find they fit the summer better with the woody, barbecue-type, incense qualities.

Nightcap, Early Morning Pipe, Plum Pudding (the Bourbon Barrel version might fit summer even better). I like McClelland AM Pipe in the summer too, but you might have trouble finding it.

 

[Berg]

It’s winter here in Aus, I’ve got some Sherlock Holmes I tried a few weeks back. Didn’t seem “cool weather” appropriate, it’s mild and has a citrus taste. I actually think it’ll be great in summer…. Tell you in 6 months

 

[lukasstrifeson]

I lean towards "cool latakia" smokes in the summer time, which usually means latakia-leaning Balkans - GLP Quiet Nights is a great readily available option - also, SG Balkan Flake my all time favorite, it is actually "deliciously cool" as advertised.

 

[LotusEater]

I smoke what I like when I like
That said, I find it hard to enjoy a smoke when it is really hot ( more so when it is also humid). Find some shade and experiment.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Light to medium body Virginia forward blends with a pinch of periques

 

[bullet08]

Balkan Supreme, Presbyterian, 965.. All pretty nice with Latakia.

 

[pantsBoots]

My favorite summertime smoke is Orlik Golden Sliced, hands down. For warm weather with Latakia, Presbyterian or something from Peretti does the trick for me (usually, either the Royal or Tashkent blends).

 

[JOHN72]

Virginia in the morning, Burley in the afternoon and Latakia in the nights...........And Mississippi Mud when I'm not sleepy in the nights...........?

 

[pantsBoots]

Virginia in the morning, Burley in the afternoon and Latakia in the nights...........And Mississippi Mud when I'm not sleepy in the nights...........?

That's a perfect day right there!

 

[FurCoat]

Virginia in the morning, Burley in the afternoon and Latakia in the nights...........And Mississippi Mud when I'm not sleepy in the nights...........?

I try to do this too except I do burley in the morning and Virginia inthe afternoon but it all really comes down to what I am in the mood for

 

[cigrmaster]

How can you possibly smoke in an oven? No blend is going to smoke it's best in microwaves. Shouldn't you be frying eggs on the sidewalks? I feel real bad you have to deal with that kind of heat. I would tell you whoever is the boss in your family that if you die with a pipe in your hand, it is her fault.

 

[JOHN72]

I try to do this too except I do burley in the morning and Virginia inthe afternoon but it all really comes down to what I am in the mood for

Completely agree, my dear friend...................

 

[Plv]

How can you possibly smoke in an oven? No blend is going to smoke it's best in microwaves. Shouldn't you be frying eggs on the sidewalks? I feel real bad you have to deal with that kind of heat. I would tell you whoever is the boss in your family that if you die with a pipe in your hand, it is her fault.

It’s gets down to like 100 by 10pm. It’s not so bad after the sun goes away

 

[Servant King]

My maternal grandfather lived out in the Palm Springs area, so between that and my upbringing in the San Fernando Valley, I'm well acquainted with the fact that anything over 85 F absolutely sucks sweaty fuzzy wildebeest nads. That said, @chasingembers is spot on, and that's all you really need to know on the subject. Yeah, some people like latakia in the summer, VAs in the winter. I'm the precise opposite! I like English blends and burleys in the winter, VAs in the summer, and I tend toward VA/burleys, VaPers and aromatics in the spring and fall. But it's not a strict code of conduct or anything! Just smoke what suits you whenever the hell you please. I think I may have just inadvertently paraphrased a Bukowski quote, but you get my drift.

My favorite ambient artist (Steve Roach) has lived in AZ for 30+ years, and this has profoundly influenced his compositions. I guess creating music every day in an air-conditioned studio is a step above trying to smoke a pipe in triple digits! ?

 

[RookieGuy]

Speaking for me, summertime smoking is light Virginia forward blends and burleys during the day and aromatic English blends in the evenings. But then, a good aromatic as well as an oriental forward blend are never unwelcome.

None of that means anything though. It's going to be what you enjoy smoking and when.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I’m not really a “seasonal” smoker, but I do think I reach for cigars, cigar leaf pipe blends, and Oriental-forward pipe blends a little more in the summer.

 

[STP]

While not exclusive, I’m more cigars in the summer and pipes in the fall and winter. When I do smoke a pipe in the hotter months, I like Q-1, RLP-6, or something similar…

 

[--dante--]

Personally, I've never had a seasonal preference for blends. I live in an area with four very distinctly different seasons, but nonetheless never developed a seasonal preference.