What Do You Use for a 5-Minute Smoking Break

[--dante--]

A small cob with Five Brothers can probably be done in under 10 minutes -- it's a fast burning dry shag.
I imagine any shag (or fine ribbon cut) in a small bowl would be about the fastest smoke you could have.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

If you're a nicotine junkie, I'm not sure a pipe is the right thing for you. If I felt the need for a 5 smoke, it would be a cigarette. But I quit those 14 years ago and delighted that I did.

A pipe delivers far more than a nicotine hit. A cigarette or 5 minute smoke is like driving through fast food because you're hungry. Cheap, unhealthy and shitty food to satisfy a craving. Smoking a pipe is like fine dining. I'm not even saying either is right or wrong or one is better than the other. Use the right tool for the job at hand.

 

[ncshawn]

5 minutes is not enough for me, but If that's what I was going to do I would pack however much I thought I could smoke in that time. I don't like to relight a bowl later as I get a bad flavor usually.

 

[Kal]

I'm disabled so it's rare I only have 5 minutes. Now I only smoke outdoors not even in the car so if I'm walking in a parking lot. I'll smoke a rolled up pipe tobacco RYO.
My son asked me for one and inhaled the balken blend and almost died. But he enjoyed the flavor. Now he's trying all the blends I have, in a pipe. ?

 

[Charlie718]

I'm disabled so it's rare I only have 5 minutes. Now I only smoke outdoors not even in the car so if I'm walking in a parking lot. I'll smoke a rolled up pipe tobacco RYO.
My son asked me for one and inhaled the balken blend and almost died. But he enjoyed the flavor. Now he's trying all the blends I have, in a pipe. ?

There goes your cellar lol

 

[Chasing Embers]

Now he's trying all the blends I have, in a pipe

There goes your cellar lol

That's how my wife's cellar started.

 

[stevecourtright]

Lots of great comments here - thanks all. Of course, 5 minutes was a bit of an exaggeration. I really meant 6.

I have not often set a pipe aside and finished it later, but since I am a bit lazy, that sounds like a perfect solution. Good to hear that, at least for many of us, that doesn't ruin the later smoke.

 

[Chasing Embers]

doesn't ruin the later smoke

Many have found that dumping the ash prior to a later smoke eliminates any offensive taste.

 

[MidnightPuff]

Five minute smokes sound boring. Just use snus or nicotine pouches. General and Zyn get my recommendation.

 

[Kissel bixby]

I agree with the purists on slow smoking. I am also addicted to nicotine. It's rare occasions for me to get a quick nic hit from a pipe. Ex all day with the wife at stores so I have my 4$ Missouri Meerschaum wood pipe to basically fulfill a cig break time limit. It's always my cheapest and least favorite tobacco so I am not missing out on a great experience. I inhale as well and the little pipe is far more smoother with some room note then a cigarette. If you need the quick hit don't feel bad, you will have time to enjoy a slow smoke when you get home which I always do.

 

[Briar Baron]

5 minutes is too short for anything pipe related for me, so snuff fills the void nicely.

 

[64alex]

I am sorry I am not helping you when I say, as other said, that I don't care for a 5 min pipe smoking. For me the smoking of the pipe is a moment of quality time set up for relaxation, sometime meditation (sometime even about nothing) and I need a 30-60 minutes for it. If I have just 5 minutes I am taking a pipe.

Said that you already had a lot of suggestions all valid, from a tiny cob to smoking only part of a bowl. But for me I don't care about it. But if it works for you it is all fine.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I think we've run out of good replies on how to address the original question.