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That Morning Smoke
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Peterson “early morning” with black hot tea
Or cowboy coffee with black coffee
(although lately not much of any early morning smoking going on)
Or cowboy coffee with black coffee
(although lately not much of any early morning smoking going on)
I am mostly the same way. I really don't often smoke my pipe till I've been up a while. I tend to prefer snuff more first thing. It's more uplifting and stimulating. Also I feel like a pipe deserves attention I don't have till the coffee is working its self through my blood stream.
Nothing like a pipe and a cup of instant international coffee
If you are old enough to know what international instant coffee is then you know and appreciate Starbucks and dunkin
First smoke of the day is usually upon waking for me. Often a burley of one sort or another. Get my head screwed on, check my planner, etc. After this it's breakfast and a pipe thereafter with the last 1/2 cup of coffee and then a walk with a pipe or cigarillo with the old dog. Then and only then do i attend to whatever may be in the planner for the day. This has been my model for a calm, calculated, methodical day...one day at a time...for a while now and i'd have it no other way. 
Usually start the day with a red bull and a strong Nicaraguan cigar.
While I'm smoking that I lay out a bowl of BurPer (dries quick) for my first bowl, and lay out some aromatics - like devil's holiday and Wallace Flake - that need a little more drying time before smoking.
While I'm smoking that I lay out a bowl of BurPer (dries quick) for my first bowl, and lay out some aromatics - like devil's holiday and Wallace Flake - that need a little more drying time before smoking.
Work days start around 4 AM. I don’t smoke until I get home in the afternoon. It’s chewing tobacco during that time. Weekends I’ll have my first pipe in the morning. Weekdays or weekends, the first pipe is usually Elizabethan Mixture or something very close to it.
Oh my gosh thanks for the nostalgia trigger (you can trigger good memories too). The tins were awesome. I remember as a kid every single household seemed to have between one and three of them that almost never got used, until certain guests showed up at least. The ads made the stuff looks fancy and even as a kid that seemed suspect.
Though certain of their flavors are great for putting a light dusting on top of vanilla ice cream. Seriously light dusting. Like a pinch per scoop.
You re-introduced me to Sir John's Flake Virginia. Has been my morning smoke ever since. Thank you my friend!
Regent’s Flake and black coffee.
After taking care of the dog and cat's breakfast, I have my dark roast coffee with a splash of Italian sweet cream and Milan's "our" Prince Albert in usually my Hardcastle billiard. I set in my sunroom with the dog at my feet and watch small town America wake up before my wife awakens.
I'm a tea snob, so I have my first couple of cups (gong fu style) or cup (western style), before I head to the terrace, usually (I'm not an every day smoker) it's a Va or VaPer -- I do love me some flakes!
4 AM. Damn man. You oughta be hoping for retirement.
With the exception of the last couple of weeks my days are pretty much the same. However, I do start a cup of coffee and a pipe with whatever was left from the night before on the way to the clinic (across the yard) and finish them both while making "the early morning rounds".Unfortunately I dont usually get a morning pipe. I get up between 3am-3:15am naturally, haven't used an alarm in two decades.
Then my mind is racing with my morning activities. No time to relax, not yet. Lives are on the line!!.....not really, but that's the way my mind works. I walk through the clinic kennel to make sure all is well. There is someone there 24/7, but that's just how I am. Then off to take detailed and specialized care of our livestock.......mucking stalls.
Check everyone's water, give meds where needed, and do a head count.
Then back to the clinic for actual, money making work. Check the chart, start prepping for surgery, then dig in....so to say.
All that just to say, my morning pipe comes about 2pm usually. If it's a slow morning, maybe 10-11am.
THEN my day starts. I need to clean up and face actual people in public, and be somewhat presentable.....a few days a week anyways.
I'm well over that age and spent 20+ years drinking chow hall coffee and there is nothing that can make me appreciate a cup of Starbucks coffee. Do like some of the sweet rolls they sell though.
Lately my mornings consist of coffee no cream just bark strong wake up roast with Bayou Morning or Peretti’s Dundee
After my Morning cuppa of black Indian Teas with Milk& Sugar or Caffe Moka out of Bialetti Italian coffee maker its time for my first bowl , usually something medium strength Burleys
I’m home by 2pm so it’s not too bad, but yes, retirement will be welcome.4 AM. Damn man. You oughta be hoping for retirement.