Morning bowl of Hiking in a '76 Pete Tawny Deluxe with fumed rim and a cup of strong Italian roast coffee with a touch of cream. Time for a big breakfast, then fasting for 6 hours for an appointment this afternoon.
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Good morning! Coffee, burley, cob. Rain again today!
Happy Monday.
Dark Sails in the Briarlee driving the desert in the dark.
Dark Sails in the Briarlee driving the desert in the dark.
Cool Moka pot! I’ve been interested in those for a little while. Are they simple to use and good for simple black coffee?A random mix o' remnants in the DIY Hardwood Li'l Chap.
Enjoying Italian Moka Pot "espresso" with milk-- Trader Joe's Colombia Anei small batch.
Watching WTA Wuhan Open tennis.
Telescopes in a Peterson churchwarden.
From Beyond in a Barling apple. 
Peretti Nr.52 in a Savinelli Dolimiti 311KS.
Breakfast done. Heading out for a nice bowl of Pegasus in an Ali cherrywood in the warm Houston morning air.
Nice cob. What can you tell me about it?
Absolutely, yes and yes. I've had it a long time, seems indestructible. It makes a very strong, smooth, espresso-like coffee. I usually top up with plain milk, about 50/50. You'll get the hang of it after a few brews. Trick is to heat slowly, so it just "dribbles" out the top -- you don't want it gushing and frothing everywhere. Watch some youtube videos on it!! Good luck!
You basically want this sequence (funny, because I actually took these earlier this morning):
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There are so many "drop-dead-gorgeous" pipes that wind up on this forum.
I'll bet I am the only one that has some old cheap pipes that will never win an award on the pipe runway....
This is an old Roma bent that was a cheap buy 30 plus years ago, but I occasionally pull out and it actually delivers a good smoking experience. Afterall, we just want to burn dried plant leaves in them and taste the essence of the smoke they deliver....
Anyway, it's raining here (yaaay) and I am enjoying some Sansepulcro this morning. Can't accomplish much else so it seemed to be the thing to do.....
I'll bet I am the only one that has some old cheap pipes that will never win an award on the pipe runway....
This is an old Roma bent that was a cheap buy 30 plus years ago, but I occasionally pull out and it actually delivers a good smoking experience. Afterall, we just want to burn dried plant leaves in them and taste the essence of the smoke they deliver....
Anyway, it's raining here (yaaay) and I am enjoying some Sansepulcro this morning. Can't accomplish much else so it seemed to be the thing to do.....
Busy Monday, good Monday. Getting through it with some of my old Lane Burley Bright/1Q mix in the Pete Dracula blasted 106
HU Janneman Flake in an IMP Poker 
and Diet Coke on the side.
and Diet Coke on the side.
I haven’t smoked this combo in over three years—lighting up Seattle Pipe Club Hood Canal in a Savinelli Estella 131 KS Billiard/Tall Stack with a caramel/pearl swirled Half-Saddle stem.
Fathers and Friends Batch 2 in my Kaywoodie Prime Grain 99b
OJK in a 1920ish WDC Triangle Bakelite bulldog.
There’s a country song somewhere in here. Definitely not Happy Monday, it’s in the next sentence.
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