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Up for tonight: "After Hours" in my just-arrived MM "Diplomat" straight stem.
Up for tonight: "After Hours" in my just-arrived MM "Diplomat" straight stem.
I've been enjoying your posts. I'm glad you're enjoying the experience.
Air cured VA can get a bit bitey or sort of acidic if not smoked at a leisurely pace. They can seem to have a lack of flavor which encourages the smoker to puff a little harder in trying to get at it. In fact the opposite is true to get the most out of Va's slow down your smoking as much as possible even at the risk of letting it go out. I think you'll find you get the most flavor out of this type when its right on the cusp of going out/staying lit. When you get the hang of it you'll notice much more flavor that deepens as you progress down the bowl.
I want to add a that I have not had this particular blend but I am familiar with the breed.
Taking another run tonight at C&D's "After Hours" while sipping a pineapple-whisky liquor I just picked up in the islands. This time lighting up my churchwarden.
But in case I haven't said it before all blends, or types of blend, aren't for all folks. It's not a character defect to not get on with something...
all good points. I just need to find what I like and there are just way too many choices.
So... new picks .... (not yet ordered)
Pease Robusto
Pease Key Largo
C&D Habana Daydreams
C&D Purple Cow
Which 3 should I try?
yea that was pretty quick.OK, I just decided on Robusto, Key Largo, & Purple Cow. Yeah, I'm a little impatient.
yea that was pretty quick.
What, if anything, am I doing wrong?
You aren't smoking it all the way down. Srsly though, I usually end up gently applying the pick and tipping out some of the ash midway through a bowl. Then I tamp it back down and relight. Sometimes I'll even give a gentle stir before I tamp it. That really helps me get almost all of what's in the bowl.
You aren't smoking it all the way down. Srsly though, I usually end up gently applying the pick and tipping out some of the ash midway through a bowl. Then I tamp it back down and relight. Sometimes I'll even give a gentle stir before I tamp it. That really helps me get almost all of what's in the bowl.
+1 that will often save a bowl thats being difficult.
A couple of things could be causing you trouble is packing a bowl too tightly, or tamping too hard. The draw on your pipe should be much more free than a cigar. Take a look at the how to load your pipe thread in the GE sticky, there is some good advice. Also pipe tobacco will pack best burn most evenly if it is a little on the dry side. Check those two variables and see if your experience doesn't improve.