Swapping Tobacco in Pipe

[kentuckytowboater]

I’m currently smoking a aromatic in my Molina churchwarden. It was the first tobacco I got when I started smoking. But I think I don’t like aromatic or at least not this kind. I have since got some Balkan supreme ( and different tobaccos on the way). I can’t remember the name of this stuff it smells great but I’m hate the taste. I think it’s way to moist as I have to relight a lot and when I dump the bowl it’s almost a pond at the bottom. I’m not a wet smoker I don’t think because In the other pipe with English I don’t have this problem. My question is can I start smoking my English in the pipe that I did smoke aromatics. Please if you have any other comments about the info I provided jump in and let me know. Thanks guys :puffpipe:

 

[seanv]

Smoke freely. You may or may not notice some ghosting. If you do, smoke through it

 

[kentuckytowboater]

Thank you

 

[cortezattic]

My guess is that you were smoking the churchwarden too aggressively, hence the condensation -- although the aromatic tobacco is a part of the issue. Is the dry-smoking pipe a churchwarden too?

 

[kentuckytowboater]

No it’s not it’s a bent billiard

 

[olkofri]

Bent pipes seem to be more prone to moisture/condensation/gurgle issues than their straight cousins. (Wink, wink: you need more pipes!)

 

[kentuckytowboater]

Sounds like good sound advice that checks out. :worship:

 

[mso489]

Some folks are sensitive and don't want any stray flavors. For some, Latakia causes a problem. For most, only the floral soapy aromatics from the Lakeland blends cause a problem, flavoring a pipe for years after. For those, designate a pipe or pipes. For most of us, for everything else, don't worry about it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

You're still a bit new for the aromatics. Those come later. For now, just smoke that ghost out with whatever you are currently enjoying, and try aros again much later. For now focus on keeping the smoke and pipe cool and your packing and cadence.

 

[Chasing Embers]

For most, only the floral soapy aromatics from the Lakeland blends cause a problem, flavoring a pipe for years after.

Five to ten bowls of a lat bomb will clear those up, and Lakeland pipes that I've set up for a few months totally lose the smell.

 

[kentuckytowboater]

Thanks for all the great info. Seem that I still can’t get the pack down. Seems I’m fighting it all the time. I’m sure it’ll just take time and practice to get it right. I get to bottom 1/4 of bowl and tobacco is in burnt but I can’t keep lit. I try packing 3 punch I’ve tried packing looser tried tighter I just can’t hit the sweet spot.

 

[gerryp]

Goopy aromatics are much better if you dry them out a bit. Dump it out on a cookie sheet or something, then leave it for maybe a few hours, more or less than that depending on the goop level. Dry it for a couple hours, then try it. Rinse/repeat until you like it more.
Btw...I like to add a little bit of a lat-heavy blend to some aromatics. Bagpiper's Dream + a little Pirate Cake was pretty tasty, IMHO.

 

[olkofri]

When it gets that low in the bowl, I just stop and toss it out. No point in roasting my tongue trying to light dottle and keep it alight.

 

[davek]

Just clean the pipe with some alcohol and then smoke through the ghost.
Ream to a thin cake, fill the bowl with alcohol and let it sit for a bit, dump the alcohol through the stem, then go to town with pipe cleaners. Let sit for at least a few days.
I hate aromatics myself. My personal chemistry is such that they make me ill. I've purchased dirty estate pipes, done the above, and the worst of the worst aromatic ghosted pipes only took 10 or so bowls before I didn't get that soapy taste.
There's always the salt and alcohol treatment, but I've never found that necessary.
I won't mention hot water through the pipe. I ain't a-gonna do it.

 

[cortezattic]

Think of the wasted, damp tobacco at the bottom of a bowl as the cost of doing business. For some blend/pipe/environment combinations it's almost an inevitability. It's so common that, as Olkofri mentions, there's even a word for it: dottle; and you'll notice that many tobacco reviewers go out of their way to mention when a blend "burns to dry ash".

 

[seanv]

When packing your pipe, don’t pack the bottom tight too tight. I pack the bottom very lightly. I used the 3 pressure method when learning. I still pack similar to that theory now

 

[kentuckytowboater]

Thanks guys very helpful information.

 

[ray47]

When I change a pipe from say aromatic to English or English to Burley or Virginia, I'll smoke about five bowls of 5 Brothers in the pipe and that seems to work great.