Smoking Pipe Tobacco

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I like my pipe tobacco a little on the dry side, but there are those times the balance tips and a little dry becomes too dry. In this video I demonstrate what works well for me when bringing a little life back to tobacco in its way to becoming dust.

Over at A Passion for Pipes Neill came up with a really cool way to examine your own pipe smoking. I took his test and had a lot of fun with this today.
He breaks everything down into four general categories. (Yeah, yeah, I know – none of them will perfectly fit you – we’re all [...]

Several varieties of Virginia tobaccos form the structure of this blend. Smoky Cyprian Latakia, fine Turkish leaf, and just a bit of Perique are added for richness. The smoke is silky and round. A subtle, yet complex sweetness from the Virginias and just a little zest is present throughout the smoke, while layers of complexity tantalize the senses from first blush to the last puff.

Cellaring Pipe Tobacco – Why and how to age or store tobacco
Cellaring pipe tobacco for the purposes of storage, aging, and insurance against blends going out of production, inflation in prices, and legislative restrictions on tobacco purchases is an important part of the hobby for me.
In this video I briefly discuss this aspect of enjoying [...]

There is a great community of pipe smokers on YouTube. For a few months now, I have had a lot of fun with videos there – both making them and watching other peoples. Like you’ll see on this one, these aren’t big production projects – just a nice, informal way to share the hobby.

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One of the oldest Wilke recipes. Virginia and Burleys are mixed with a non-aromatic Black Cavendish tobacco and topped with a generous amount of superior Latakia creating a traditional medium strength English blend. A rich mellow blend in the true British tradition

There is something special about what burley and just the right amount of Latakia do together. Here they make a round, smooth, slightly rich presentation. The Virginia and Cavendish fill the blend out, adding sweetness, just a smidgin of tang, and some body. All in all its a well balanced medium blend I could smoke all day.

A fantastic English, deep in Latakia and just a touch of Perique for interesting zing. Well balanced and rich.

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The Perique adds not only some pepper, but along with this concoction you’ll taste many of Perique’s other pungeant qualities. Less the stewed fruit and more like dried mushrooms. That along with the smokey Latakia, salty unsweetened black cavendish, and a lick of Orientals and Virginia make for a strong, assertive, masculine smoke that will stand up to the blackest coffee, a bellyfull of the hottest chili, or a few fingers of something stiff.