***What Are You Smoking, April 2021?***

[greeneyes]

I just finished a bowl of Days of Yore in a Nording Sailor, I found it a little bitter but this could be me again. I might actually stop smoking in the morning because nothing tastes as it should or smokes the same as it does later in the day. It was the same with the Two Friends English Choc I had earlier.
Does anyone else have this problem?

Hello my friend this is why I'm enjoying a lighter Virginia, currently Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake; here it's 7am. I save other blends that tire my palate for later in the day. For example I usually end the day with Condor or Dark Flake. Some tobaccos tire the senses more than others and oddly enough it's not necessarily to do with how dark or flavored they are. Cheers!

 

[judcole]

Lane RR in a Mark Twain.

 

[DanWil84]

This morning Mac baren golden blend, in my lunch break Presbyterian. Both in the Altinay Dublin nosewarmer which gets a nice color from smoking it exclusively since arrival.

 

[samuelgawith01]

Half and Half in a Dr. Grabow (old production) billiard.

 

[Zepfan84]

Good morning! The Virginia Cream in a Peterson Dublin 306.

 

[MrTom]

Good Day Folks, Zulu in a Charatan Zulu.

 

[Birddog66]

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Hello my friend this is why I'm enjoying a lighter Virginia, currently Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake; here it's 7am. I save other blends that tire my palate for later in the day. For example I usually end the day with Condor or Dark Flake. Some tobaccos tire the senses more than others and oddly enough it's not necessarily to do with how dark or flavored they are. Cheers!

Thanks

Hello my friend this is why I'm enjoying a lighter Virginia, currently Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake; here it's 7am. I save other blends that tire my palate for later in the day. For example I usually end the day with Condor or Dark Flake. Some tobaccos tire the senses more than others and oddly enough it's not necessarily to do with how dark or flavored they are. Cheers!

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that and change up my habits a little, you’re probably right because I never had the problem when I start the day with 3P’s.

 

[rushx9]

DTM Patriot Flake in a Viking Classic.

 

[Birddog66]

Watching the movie “Destroyer” with EGR and finishing the rest of last nights Nightcap in a bent Brown leather covered Longchamp

 

[rushx9]

I just finished a bowl of Days of Yore in a Nording Sailor, I found it a little bitter but this could be me again. I might actually stop smoking in the morning because nothing tastes as it should or smokes the same as it does later in the day. It was the same with the Two Friends English Choc I had earlier.
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Firstly, I agree with @greeneyes statement about palate fatigue and blend choice 100%. Second, I've noticed some blends don't taste right until after the tin has been opened for a day or 3.. Not talking about drying or anything, more like letting a bottle of wine "breathe". Some blends are okay as soon as you crack the seal, but in my experience most are somewhat muted at best, bitter bitey hot air at worst. I give 'em all the same "grace period"... 3 days to rise to the occasion. Unless they are aged over 10 years.. even then, breathing can do some good as long as it hasn't already become mummified.

*opened, as in seal cracked and lid put back on. I'm NOT advising to leave a tin wide open to the elements for 3 days!!!

 

[Paul lec]

Good morning all, had a bowl of Half and Half in a Kaywoodie earlier, now it’s Amphora Original in a Peterson 107. Sun shining today.

 

[MrTom]

Good Day Folks, Hal O'The Wynd in a Parker.

 

[danimalia]

Gawith, Hogarth & Co. Dark Flake Scented/Aromatic in an Ashton Pebble Grain XX.

 

[coming to_falling too]

AJ's VaPer in a Charles Towne Cobbler. Pretty good, this.

 

[MrTom]

Good Day Folks, Hal O'The Wynd in a Peterson's.

 

[klause]

David Enrique Blasted Accord (2015) and MacBaren Dark Twist.

 

[Birddog66]

Firstly, I agree with @greeneyes statement about palate fatigue and blend choice 100%. Second, I've noticed some blends don't taste right until after the tin has been opened for a day or 3.. Not talking about drying or anything, more like letting a bottle of wine "breathe". Some blends are okay as soon as you crack the seal, but in my experience most are somewhat muted at best, bitter bitey hot air at worst. I give 'em all the same "grace period"... 3 days to rise to the occasion. Unless they are aged over 10 years.. even then, breathing can do some good as long as it hasn't already become mummified.

*opened, as in seal cracked and lid put back on. I'm NOT advising to leave a tin wide open to the elements for 3 days!!!

Thank you, I’ll try and follow your advice, patience is one of those virtues I need to work on.

 

[JimInks]

About a third of a bowl left of circa year 2000 Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.

 

[danimalia]

GL Pease Embarcadero in a Stanwell 45 pot.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Hearth and Home Anniversary Kake in a MM Mark Twain.