I don’t dedicate pipes to different blends. If there is something that worries me, I just smoke a cob. I rarely smoke heavy aromatics but do enjoy a bit of Lakeland out of a cob n
This man understands!The way I did it was to dedicate a cob to burley blends.Then I dedicated a cob English blends..When the ropes And Lakeland blends smoked great in cobs I dedicated cobs to them to.
I may be biased here as I'm not a huge Lakeland fan but if I were you I would smoke anything tainted with Lakeland in 1 pipe...even if that blend also had latakia. I like Bob's on occasion, but it gets smoked in a Lakeland cob and no where else. That's just my take though.Why do I keep buying tobacco that doesn't fit my pipe system?
Last month, it was a lightly topped dark fired blend, which might either leave a light aro hint in my dark blend pipes, or be molested by the ghosts in my aromatic pipes.
Already tucked away in the cellar, are samples of Gawith's Navy Flake, and Bothy Flake. With those, I can choose between either risking leaving a rum/whisky ghost in my English pipes, or a Latakia ghost in my aromatic pipes.
Today... Bob's Chocolate Flake. A chocolate flavoured Lakeland with 8% Latakia (I completely forgot about the Latakia content). So that's not quite Lakeland, not quite aromatic, and not English either. I don't think using my aro pipes is wise for anything with Latakia in. So I could smoke that in my Lakeland pipes, then send the Ennerdale bailiffs in to drive out the Latakia squatters, or risk leaving a hint of Lakeland "sauce" in my Latakia pipes...
Although... I'm just waiting on a smaller Falcon bowl for English blends, so maybe I could sacrifice my original Genoa bowl for these Chimera blends? I think I'd rather risk "tarnishing" the cake in a Lat pipe than an Aro/Lakeland pipe.
I may be biased here as I'm not a huge Lakeland fan but if I were you I would smoke anything tainted with Lakeland in 1 pipe...even if that blend also had latakia. I like Bob's on occasion, but it gets smoked in a Lakeland cob and no where else. That's just my take though.
Thats fair, I rarely smoke Latakia blends either. I'm definitely more a fan of Latakia then Lakeland though. This might sound a little crazy, alternate it between the Latakia and Lakeland pipes. If it isn't regularly smoked then it is unlikely to ghost either one so long as you clean up after each bowl.Yeah, that's pretty much my thinking, except Latakia is to me, what Lakeland is to you. So anything contaminated by the mucky black stuff, needs keeping away from everything else... and only smoked outdoors.
Thats fair, I rarely smoke Latakia blends either. I'm definitely more a fan of Latakia then Lakeland though. This might sound a little crazy, alternate it between the Latakia and Lakeland pipes. If it isn't regularly smoked then it is unlikely to ghost either one so long as you clean up after each bowl.