HU delight in an il Ceppo with afternoon tea.
***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
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Smoking Newminster 400 in MM Missouri Pride.
50/50 Five Brothers and Half and Half in a Briarlee Illustrious was my eye opener commute smoke this morning.
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Did they change the stem logo on the Ceppos?
@Briarcutter Technically its a Pipeart 2000 made by il Ceppo. It has the il ceppo name on the pipe but not the C on the stem. A lot of carvers and makers worked with pipe art. The pipe is from the 90s and smokes like a deamon.
Hey how bout that- it's July!
Forgot to open a new tin of Steamworks last night so I'm starting with some Mcclelland 40th Anniversary in the Davide Iafisco bent w/ silver.
Forgot to open a new tin of Steamworks last night so I'm starting with some Mcclelland 40th Anniversary in the Davide Iafisco bent w/ silver.
Trying out some Gawith Hoggarth Coniston Cut Plug for the first time this morning, in a Dr. Grabow Lark.
I've always heard lots of people describe Lakeland blends as soapy tasting, but I've never found that to be the case. I've had Ennerdale, Kendal Black Cherry, Rum Flake, Bob's Chocolate Flake, Kendal Dark, and War Horse plus a few other blends with light floral elements and never found any of them to be at all soapy... until now.
The backbone of Coniston Cut Plug is definitely the dark fired Kentucky, and there's quite a bit of chocolatey Burley and bright Virginia flavors going on too, but then there's that light Lakeland essence that in this particular case tastes (to me at least) exactly like how the hand soap you find in those gas station bathroom pump dispensers smells. It's not pleasantly floral like all the other Lakelands I've had, it's just soapy. Blech!
It's a darn shame too, because the blend of tobaccos used in this one is delightful. The retrohale is smooth as silk and the nicotine content is out of this world, but that little underlying hand soap flavor note just makes my stomach flip flop and I ended up having to dump the bowl out halfway through. I wonder what essences make Coniston Cut Plug different from all the other Lakelands I've had, since I've never found any of the others to be soapy (though War Horse was rather mothball'y). Weirdness.
I've always heard lots of people describe Lakeland blends as soapy tasting, but I've never found that to be the case. I've had Ennerdale, Kendal Black Cherry, Rum Flake, Bob's Chocolate Flake, Kendal Dark, and War Horse plus a few other blends with light floral elements and never found any of them to be at all soapy... until now.
The backbone of Coniston Cut Plug is definitely the dark fired Kentucky, and there's quite a bit of chocolatey Burley and bright Virginia flavors going on too, but then there's that light Lakeland essence that in this particular case tastes (to me at least) exactly like how the hand soap you find in those gas station bathroom pump dispensers smells. It's not pleasantly floral like all the other Lakelands I've had, it's just soapy. Blech!
It's a darn shame too, because the blend of tobaccos used in this one is delightful. The retrohale is smooth as silk and the nicotine content is out of this world, but that little underlying hand soap flavor note just makes my stomach flip flop and I ended up having to dump the bowl out halfway through. I wonder what essences make Coniston Cut Plug different from all the other Lakelands I've had, since I've never found any of the others to be soapy (though War Horse was rather mothball'y). Weirdness.
Yeah, July already. Time flies...
Kicking off the day with some HU Nebari in an HS Studio pipe on my drive to the job site this morning.
Kicking off the day with some HU Nebari in an HS Studio pipe on my drive to the job site this morning.
Pegasus in the claw. With coffee. Great way to wake up.
I guess I prefer the soap to the panty flowers, so I choose Coniston quite often. You may wanna check out Busun’s Cut Plug, as it’s more of a Rose Geranium note than the Coniston, but seems to be the same tobaccos/strength to my goat palate.
Argyle (by Hardcastle's) burning Ashton Artisan.. 
Starting the breaking in of a new-to-me four hole Flame Grain (over Kaywoodie) 90 medium saddle stem Canadian (actually a Lovat, but I didn’t make it
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Half a bowl of GH&Co Dark BirdsEye.
).Half a bowl of GH&Co Dark BirdsEye.
Bosun Cut Plug is on my list of blends to try! I really need to get my hands on some Dark Flake Aromatic too, since I've heard Dark Flake packs quite a wallop in the Vitamin N department but is still really smooth and enjoyable.
Happy Canada Day Enjoying a bowl of My Own Blend “Old School” in the Dunhill this morning.
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