Whence the Bite
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I use matches which feel less hot. I kiss the tobacco. Not a French kiss, but just like you would kiss your mother.
Gravity pack did wonders for me. I spent a while over packing and frustrated. Gravity fill changed everything especially with aromatics that I don't want to dry out.
Matches are indeed lower temp than butane and probably fluid.
But any source can be used. Two ways to lower heat: Time and distance.
LDD: Yes, try some experimenting with the above.
But any source can be used. Two ways to lower heat: Time and distance.
LDD: Yes, try some experimenting with the above.
You don't want the light source over the same spot for long time. The entire surface of the tobacco should have the light gently pass by while you are gently pulling. It comes easier with time.
I need to look that up. I think it's what I'm doing, but haven't heard it called that.
Oh, I just don't know where the boundaries are here. I want to say something snarky about French kissing your mother but I'm not sure it's inside the line. I better not say it.
I don't your tongue bite is occurring from lighting. Why are you convinced you isolated to that root cause?
Depends on just what part of Virginia he’s from. ?
I would personally say use matches, a zippo (pipe insert prefered), or a soft flame lighter. That's step one. Second step is what the second person on this thread said (the one after your first post).
Could also be amount of time lighting. Shouldn't take more than a second.
Because that's when I feel it worse. For some reason I got it into my head that the 2nd light needed to be really hot - or at least, that's what I was doing. Twice today I've lit the pipe ever so lightly and have been rewarded with instant flavor and no bite.
And I think it points to another problem. I saw earlier today that someone wrote about the best flavor occurring at a low ember, and said "relight as necessary" as though relighting is part of the experience. I've been trying to get through a bowl without relighting, thinking the relight was a sign of my noob skill level. But maybe not. I've had to relight my current bowl twice bc I'm going so much slower, but the flavor is much better.
My very first experience with a pipe was April 10 of this year. So it's all still new. I would never have guessed there was any skill involved. Wrong again.
When you light are you drawing more air through the pipe than you would while sipping?
I've cut my light time to a third, and it works better. I think I was burning off half my bowl with the light
I was, definitely. Deep draws, to get a furnace going I guess
Laughing like I know it's funny but a little like I'm embarrassed for not knowing why....
I seldom experience tongue-bite with tobaccos other than aromatics
Drying the tobacco more, not packing too tightly and not drawing in too much at the light-up has reduced to bite than a mere "prickle"
Drying the tobacco more, not packing too tightly and not drawing in too much at the light-up has reduced to bite than a mere "prickle"
My friend suggested putting the tobacco out to air dry before smoking. If you've ever raked leaves in the Fall and tried to burned them, this will make sense.