Which pipe tobaccos are the least like cigarettes?

[tomboo]

I never have or will smoke cigarettes. They personally just sound like bad new to me. No

offense. But, I do enjoy pipe smoking and am wondering which pipe tobaccos are the least like cigarette tobacco in flavor, aroma and

nicotine levels? Thanks in advance. Also, sorry for asking so many questions lately, I really just want to get off on a good

foot in this hobby.

 

[puffy]

That's an interesting question.I've never smoked cigarettes,so I don't know what they taste like.My guess is though that the more heavy flavored pipe tobaccos like Latakia,and Perique are the most different from cigarettes.Some pipe tobacco is heavily cased cherry being an example.

 

[brewshooter]

I think Virginia heavy tobacco blends taste closest to cigarettes too me, but, that being said, they're still a very different experience.

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

Cigarettes in Canada are usually pure virginia blends so anything other than that will taste different than a Canadian cigarette. Burly aromatics are the most different than American cigarettes in my opinion, because (I think) they have begun making cigarette tobacco with perique and, orientals and latakia have been ingredients in American cigarettes for some time now. Though smoking a straight virginia blend in a pipe is much different than in a paper as the paper will taste terrible and ruin the taste of the tobacco to a degree while a straight virginia in a pipe is very tasty.

 

[pstlpkr]

I think the easier question would be...

What pipe tobaccos taste like cigarettes?
For me that would be none.

But, that's just my opinion.

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

Lawrence is right. I was referring to the tobaccos used in the cigarettes, but, the paper will always make them taste like a cigarette and ruin the taste of the leaf. ANY tobacco smoked in a pipe will taste different than a cigarette.

 

[grouchy]

i agree with and i am an ex 2 pack a day smoker. i love blends with latikia, especially the stronger latikia blends.

watch the 'what are you smoking now' threads to see some of favored blends.

one blend in particular that you will see alot of hubub about is shortcut to mushrooms. funny name. ordered some and now am in from the dark and will probably order another half pound first of the month. next one i will try is 1Q. is well liked here and there is a good chance it will be one of my favorites.

at my age with declining taste buds from so many years of cigarettes, the first thing i want is the strongest flavored tobaccos.

smoked some of the drug store bulk bag of their better than nothing tobaccos and spent $24 for 12 ounces. have seen good name brands popular liked here for as low as $27 a pound. do the math, much cheaper.

with any of them, order a couple ounces and see how it sets with you.

everyone has started out just like you.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking the experiences of fellow smokers and that is endless here.

enjoy!

 

[admin]

Almost ALL pipe tobacco is very different than cigarettes. Buy from the advertisers on this site and you won't have any problems.

 

[tedswearingen]

There are a few blends by G&H that are quite a bit like cigarette tobacco both in cut and flavor. And they are quite delicious. Contemporary cigarette smokers and big business tobacco have given cigarettes a bad reputation over the last 50 years. The trick is to use high quality tobacco, high quality paper, roll it yourself, and never inhale.

 

[bigvan]

American cigarettes are made primarily with burley tobacco (plus chemicals, fillers, etc.) It's cheap, flavorless and packs lots of nicotine.
The opposite of burley is virginia; low nicotine, high natural sugars which means lots of flavor.

 

[tedswearingen]

bigvan, I would certainly not consider burley the opposite of Virginia. There are some wonderful, high quality burley blends available for the pipe that bear more resemblance to Virginia both in terms of taste, texture, color, and cut than, say, Perique or Latakia. Additionally, some of the best Virginia blends out there owe a great deal of their success to their burley component; Stonehaven, Coniston, Irish Flake, and JackKnife are just to name a few.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I think bigvan was just pointing out the difference in sugar/nicotine levels. Burley is higher in nicotine and lower in sugars and Virginia is the opposite which is why a lot of blenders will pair the two together, so one offsets the other. Also I believe Virginia burns hotter than Burley which is why the Burley gets added to the Virginia a lot in order to cool the smoke down a little. Most of Peterson's aromatic blends are some form of Virginia/Burley mixes with an occassional sprinkling of Cavendish. Even the Sherlock Holmes blend from Peterson which online says "straight Virginia blend" notes on the tin itself "Virginia and Burley".
As far as the pipe tobacco closest to cigarettes, I've never smoked cigarettes on a regular basis, but I have noticed a good number of converters going more into the Latakia/English blends instead of the aromatics. I would say the aromatics are probably the most unlike cigarettes, because of the flavor casings they contain as far as taste would go. I would have to say though there probably isn't a pipe blend or leaf that will be much like a cigarette, because pipe tobacco doesn't have the 3,000+ or whatever it is added chemicals and crap that cigarettes do.

 

[unclearthur]

The shag cut kendals roll a rather tasty cigarette according to a buddy of mine.

 

[bigvan]

Thanks for having my back, L.O.T.P.R. That was my point exactly.

 

[pawpaw]

for the past couple of months i have been fighting the nasty butts and sence i found this site i have tried many diffrent blends and my taste buds have been telling me in just the past week i prefer Burley and i think it is because of the closer taste to cigs not to say it is even close but a whole lot closer than straight Virgina

 

[abecox]

C&D's Good Morning tastes like a very classy and expensive cigarette to me, but thats just like, my opinion man.

 

[creekspecter]

Hmm... I smoked cigarettes for a long time (they were cheap and plentiful when I was stationed in Germany). I smoked Camels primarily (no one ever seemed to want to bum one off of me, I learned that early), but I also had the pleasure of smoking Sobranie cigarettes, and straight Virginias. Now, I've never found a pipe tobacco that screams "Camel" or even "Sobranie Blacks," but I have had a couple of Virginias that come close to a cigarette experience. F&T's "Blackjack" is one, and GLP's "Laurel Heights" is another (though I'm sure our resident Dark Lord never intended it as such; it's a great smoke, especially my 5 year old tins). So... to me, the straighter the Virginia, the closer I get to a cigarette taste, but in pipe tobacco form, richer, sweeter, more full, and often, hotter, if I'm not careful, than cigarettes. All other pipe tobaccos give a much more full smoking experience than cigarettes. More relaxing, too.

 

[lordnoble]

I've never smoked cigs either (I had a few puffs here and there and found them to be vile) and I abhor their stench. They just smell like cheap crap to me. So any blend which kicks up that sense memory for me, is one I will steer clear from in the future. So far most Burley-heavy blends remind me most of cigarettes, like Prince Albert. I'd lean toward any Oriental, Latakia or strong Aromatic blend as being the LEAST like cigarettes.
-Jason

 

[cyndi]

My brother smokes Camel Ultra-Lights and recently we've been trying to get him converted. He said that anything stronger than PA has turned out way too strong for him. He's used to getting the nicotine without really dealing with tobacco. I used to smoke cigarettes socially, and the main difference between them and pipes is that you end up tasting ash almost the whole time you smoke. Pipes let you actually experience the stuff you just lit.

 

[shillelagh3]

I smoked cigarettes for several years when I was younger and admittedly stupider. I smoked Camels, which were supposedly a better grade of tobacco than most others. Don't know how true that is, but I liked 'em more than Marlboros, Dorals, Newports, etc. Anyway, I can't stand the smell of cigarettes to this day. Whenever I have to go to WalMart, I'm already in a bad mood before I get into the parking lot, because, invariably, there's at least one or two people standing right at the entrance puffing away, usually on something cheap and nausea-inducing. It smells like depression. I've never had anything remotely resembling cigarette aroma or flavor from anything aromatic, but once I caught a hint of cigarette aroma from a bowl of Dunhill De Luxe Navy Rolls. It almost made me throw my pipe across the yard. However, it was fleeting, and the enjoyment quickly returned. It must have been a large chunk of Virginia, I guess, since Camels supposedly contain "a Turkish blend" (whatever that means)and Virginia.