After dinner a bowl of dried Sutliff Sweet Virginia in the Vauen Olaf bent egg. It still takes a few seconds to fully light during which I got a bit of tongue bite. Once the ember calmed down a bit I first tasted
something like Oriental, then a strong pine scent like pine nuts or Polo cologne for a few minutes then it mellowed to something closer to Virginia tobacco. The ember sits on top above the tobacco like a marble and if I tipped the pipe it would have fallen out. It does burn hot though and I may try it in a thicker pipe tomorrow. English black tea with milk and a chilled banana afterwards.