Jay, come on latakia is not the plague - rather and acquired taste, even more so it can be an expensive one.
1) Dry more than you think, pack looser than you think proper, and tamp less than you may be inclined to.
2) Keep your pipe(s) clean.
3) Look up online the breath method, after you master that you can play with smoking your pipe to whatever style suits you.
1) Dry more than you think, pack looser than you think proper, and tamp less than you may be inclined to.
2) Keep your pipe(s) clean.
3) Look up online the breath method, after you master that you can play with smoking your pipe to whatever style suits you.