the Delayed Gratification Technique

[shannonh]

I've planned on posting this for some time. I cannot claim to be the originator of the technique, as it originates from some of the gents from ASP.Pipes back when it was worth frequenting.
DGT is for VA's and VaPers, and is a fine way to either cool the effects of the tobacco, and also to invigorate a softer tasting tobacco, like SG Best Brown.
Pack your pipe as per usual. Char the top, tamp, char a bit more, tamp lightly, and let it rest for at least half an hour. This is the delayed part.
Now take up you pipe and smoke it per normal. Va's and VaPers tend to relight dryer and cooler using this technique, and I think you'll find that lighter Va's become more assertive. A properly smoked VA will generally turn sweeter about halfway down, but this process changes that to an earlier point in the smoke.
Alas, this doesn't work well with Burley blends, or orientals. Also, I recommend using a straight sided pipe for your Va's, and not smoking aromatics and burleys in it, as the sweetness and subtleties of many va's will be overwhlemed.
Of course, you may find that the Va in question simply has to be blended with something stronger.....

 

[oppie]

I am going to try this with BBF. IT could use a kick up in strength. Thanks Shannonh

 

[sapo59]

I love doing this with any straight virginia or VaPer. GREAT!!!!!!!!!

 

[shannonh]

I always thought it was pishposh, then I tried it. Waiting is the hardest part.

 

[jvnshr]

DGT should be tried with each type of tobacco I think. I sometimes let the pipe sit for a night. It totally strengthens the tobacco.
(OTRP - Old Threads Recovery Program)

 

[fitzy]

Some leave it as long as over night.

 

[aldecaker]

DGT has never really worked for me. I always lose the "freshness" of the original burn. If I have to sit the pipe down and let it go out for some reason, the sooner I get back to it the better tasting it stays. Most of my Va's and VaPers are flakes, and I let them dry a lot, so I get no advantage from the second light anyway.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ha, you can't get any more delayed gratification than a necro-bump of a five year old thread.

I will sometimes pack my first two bowls of the day, the night before. And, I love stacks and chimneys, which allow me to start a pipe, and then set it down to help customers, and then return to it latter. I especially love the last half-inch or so of a straight Virginia. Stir it a tad and fire it up for the best stoved flavors. Yumm!

This is what I think makes pipes so much better than cigars. I never like returning to a cigar after it has gone out, and it's such a waste of such an expensive product.

 

[okiescout]

Just plain letting them set out till crispy works for me on most of the ones I have smoked of late. But I have only been smoking them ( VA's VaPer's) a couple of years, and only got on to drying them really dry by accident a short while back. May not work for all VA's.

 

[perdurabo]

I like doing this with certain blends, I find that blends that have burley do great DGT. Different strokes!

 

[ffsinval]

DGT doesn't seem to work with black cavendish. I've got an awful taste when I tried.

 

[samon]

I foudn this worked really well with Samuel Gawith full virgina flake. That stuff's wetter than an otters pocket but when prepared right, left to rest after a char/break it is soo sweet and yummy. Like matured hay. hmmmmm.
Infact, really gentle smoking with regular breaks brings out some really complex flavours with alot of baccy, particularly virginias though.

 

[jkrug]

I've done this a few times with a couple different blends and I've had good results with this method. Once I even forgot about the pipe and didn't smoke it until the next evening and was surprised at how good it was. ::