***What Are You Smoking, January 2023?***

[LeafErikson]

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3 Nuns in a no name meer.

Love the look of that meer. Very elegant.

 

[cshubhra]

Arango Balkan Supreme from December 2019 in an Altinay translucent meerschaum billiard

 

[didimauw]

Love the look of that meer. Very elegant.

I agree. Fantastic pipe!

 

[didimauw]

Amphora Burley in my Altinay.

 

[TN Jed]

Wilke LBRV in a Jacono

 

[Peterson314]

Hearth and Home - Ten to Midnight in a Peterson Mycroft

Edit: With a post number like this, shoulda been some Devil's Lettuce.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Capstan Blue RR in an IMP. This blend really sings in a narrow bowl but it's quite bland in a wider bowl. Amazing the difference.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Working on a bowl of C&D Izmir Turkish today, in the cob that I usually devote to Englishes but have been focusing on Oriental-forward blends lately. (Most recently, Yenidje Supreme.)



It’s mild, but I’m definitely recognizing the flavor from other blends I’ve smoked. I imagine it’ll come through even more after a few more bowls in the same pipe.

 

[Carol]

OK, I'm back. Solani 779 in a tom eltang bamboo poker.
COVID-19 deprived my sense of smell and taste and caused mild myocarditis, fortunately, there were no symptoms of pneumonia. After 12 days of olfactory exercise (coffee beans, tobacco, spices, lemons) and zinc gluconate supplementation, my taste and smell have recovered to a certain extent.
At present, I am more sensitive to English blends. The richly deep smokey campfire flavor of Latakia in Balkan Supreme or Artisan‘s blend can be tasted, while the mildly tart and tangy citrusy, sugary, are difficult to taste in Virginias like No400 navy flake or OGS.
Sadly, I can easily get complete licorice flavor in the mixture 79 , damn it.
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Glad you are better!

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2022 Stonehaven in a straight sandblasted black billiard 2013 PSF POY Kaywoodie with an amber colored tapered lucite stem. Writing update comments on this blend.

 

[happy_lunter]

Presbyterian Mixture in Dr. Grabow bent bulldog.

 

[didimauw]

Carter hall this time. Today is the long day of waiting for my daughter to finish dance. 3 hours of sitting, waiting and smoking.

 

[Ben.R.C]

Bankside in this Ser Jacabo Maxima Maxima, love this blend, love this pipe!

 

[Zero]

Watching the Sun go down while smoking some SG 1792 in a Savinelli Tundra Smooth 611 EX

 

[Fralphog]

First smoke in almost three weeks. First smoke in this new to me Antique Store find with a new acrylic stem by JM Boswell. After some contemplating, A Burley blend sounded wonderful. So, MB London Blend it is in the Hilson Giant, Canadian, Made in Belgium.

 

[Brewfan]

Triple Play in a Mark Tinsky. Coming up on two years since I opened this tin, it's still a little bitey.

 

[Smoke Wagon]

Tonight’s smoke is Savinelli English blend from 2017 in my new to me 2008 Savinelli oom Paul. This thing holds a ridiculous amount of tobacco. The bowl has to be almost 2” deep

 

[das3353]

Uhle’s 00 in a Castello Sea Rock

 

[Brewfan]

Triple Play in a Mark Tinsky. Coming up on two years since I opened this tin, it's still a little bitey.

That triple Play was just not going to cut it. I'm on to Uhles Irish aromatic in a 1976 Dunhill.

 

[Yadkin1765]

Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik.Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik.

I finally got the bug. My Englishes sit dormant; my Penzance, neglected.

I await delivery of diverse and various VAs and VaPers to diversify.

Until then: Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik. Orlik.

I regularly ask myself in internal dialogue, "have I devoted too many pipes to Englishes?" as I presently convert one over to VAs. (I am not pipe heavy, so to speak.)