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mingc

Lifer
Jun 20, 2019
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The Big Rock Candy Mountains
The first smoke of this month is Chinese yunnan bright Virginia in a Kaywoodie 08B. After being stored for a year, the sweetness is already quite noticeable, with a slight hint of spiciness.
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Please tell us more about this Yunnan bright Virginia. Who makes it? Where do you buy it? What other local pipe tobaccos are there? I'm very curious!
 

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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654,830
Did a set of walking reps on this hot and sunny day, and am close to finishing this bowl of year 2016 D&R Three Sails in an undated straight brush etched black Molina apple with a nickel band and a tapered black vulcanite stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
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JimInks

Sultan of Smoke
Aug 31, 2012
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654,830
Enjoyed a tasty lunch, and am almost half way through this bowl of year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. George Russell Fog Lifter, neat, is my drink. Watching a over analyzed documentary about Lou Gehrig.
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isaac liu

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jun 30, 2022
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China wuhan
Please tell us more about this Yunnan bright Virginia. Who makes it? Where do you buy it? What other local pipe tobaccos are there? I'm very curious!
This is a complex question, I will try to answer it as simply as possible.
The purchase,production and sales of tobacco in China are monopolized by a state-owned enterprise, with a pre tax profit of nearly 170 billion US dollars. The majority of its products are cigarettes. In China, the vast majority of smokers smoke cigarettes, with fewer cigar smokers and fewer pipe smokers.
The private production and sales of tobacco products are illegal activities. But many tobacco farmers sell online through social media advertising, and these tobacco farmers have the ability to handle tobacco (Virginia/burley) and can provide finished tobacco for Roll Your Own production. (I have a semi-automatic electric cigarette maker) Of course, you can also ask them to cut tobacco according to the standard for pipe tobacco.
That's it, You can get a simple semi-finished, homemade Virginia pipe tobacco, but you can't get a nightcap or 965
 
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