Tobacco Preferences

memento_mori
memento_mori Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What’s your preferred or go to tobacco flavor(s)?
Who’s your favorite blender or tobacco line?

Regarding a cigar, the pipe and the open road, go forward without hurry, learn the essence of things through frequent experiences, taking advantage of every occasion.

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  • memento_mori
    memento_mori Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For me, in my short time in the hobby, I have begun to narrow down my preferences.

    Absolutely, unequivocally, I assure you, I don’t care for ANY aromatic or consisting of aromatic tobacco. I’ve tried close to 30 American and non American blends with same results. First 2-3 puffs and the front of my tongue is singed. Love the tin notes but absolutely abhor the taste.

    I’m not sure I have an absolute front runner. I enjoy orientals. However, I gravitate towards VaPer and recently, VaBur blends. Also, I enjoy lighter and mellow but also if my mood requires a more robust mixture. For brands or blenders, I gravitate to Robert McConnell, HU, Ravenwood, DTM and KBV.

    I won’t even start with the blends and brands (McClelland, ESO, Germaine’s, Butera, Solani, Edgeworth, etc etc) that are no longer sold or aged. Once one starts down this path it’s hard to stop.

    I think others would enjoy your input, especially, those who have years of experience.

    Let the drybeg shenanigans begin 🫣😜.

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  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,231 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the aromatic thing. They’re just not for me. As far as blends, it really depends on the time of day, weather, mood…it just depends. I like a lot of McConnell stuff, KBV, C&D, GL Pease, HU, Gawith…I can pretty much find something I like from all of them.

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • Cheapsmoke
    Cheapsmoke Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    With my short time in the hobby also, I don’t dislike any tobaccos. I really like the Balkans and plugs. Arango Balkan Supreme is about my favorite. I do like many of the aromatics. My problem is I ask myself would I buy more of this and 90%+ of the time I say no. I have now have quite a collection of small samples of ho hum…

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 11

    I'm drawn to Latakia, Virginias, Turkish and Orientals. Not a big burley fan, it's OK, but mostly just OK, I think that the few occasional aromatics I use are probably burley. Not much for most aro's, I don't hate them, but there's nothing like good Virginia or Turkish. Perique is helpful to many blends.

    I wish we could still get Syrian Latakia. See what happens when the natives blow their country up? It just had a depth and flavor that the Cyprian can't match. I don't know how they did it.

    I tend to prefer flake or plug over ribbon or cube cut.

    That's all I can think of right now.

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  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Posts: 7,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Like some burley’s as a morning smoke with coffee. A few shop aromatics I like, but 90% I can’t stand. Love a good English blend. Virginias can be great, but have to be careful and pay attention

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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had no idea Sherm was a pipe smoker.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't have much of a history to go by. So right now I would say English.
    My smoking habits are a bit different than most, I'll smoke the same blend with the same pipe for a week or two. Right now it's C&D Epiphany in a Falcon.....Next week, who knows.
    Most Aromatics I find are to moist and can make them hard to smoke.

  • memento_mori
    memento_mori Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As a newbie, my first year, I bought a lot of whatever tobacco, having no idea what I was buying, n the name of R&D.

    I’m now cycling back through my rag tag collection in hopes of zeroing in on what exactly my palate is attracted to. Also, I hope to extract some finite tasting notes of the tobacco I’m smoking to better understand the blend.

    Like @Rdp77 said choice of tobacco to smoke depends on many variables. My hope is I get better and more familiar with my blends so I can pick accordingly.

    Regarding a cigar, the pipe and the open road, go forward without hurry, learn the essence of things through frequent experiences, taking advantage of every occasion.

  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love me some DFK and old Virginia's. Smash 'em together and yum. Don't mind some aromatics. Fruity flavors are a no-go but a touch of vanilla is alright.

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  • memento_mori
    memento_mori Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never heard from @Yakster @Stubble @silvermouse @dirtdude @d_blades

    I’m sure @ShawnOL @OmgFrigginMike @edz by now , also has a formed opinion??

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm leaning towards English and Oriental blends. I've tried a few aromatics that taste ok and smell great, but I struggle to smoke them without burning my tongue and its very off putting. So far, my favorites are C&D Palmetto Balkan and The Country Squire Cornishman. I don't pipe smoke as much as I do cigars, and I have a decent stash of unopened tins that I bought myself. I've mostly been working through the sampler my friend from work gave me, and have barely tapped into the stash Shawn sent me.

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tongue bite can be lessened by smoking slower and trying not to let the smoke exiting the stem directly blast your tongue. Some pipe are easier to do this than others.

    As far as me, still learning what I like
    I should have ordered an ounce or two of each component tobacco at the beginning. That would have allowed to to understand what I prefer the most. Discovered I love dark burley and whatever Virginia is in OGS. Ordered a few ,have a couple Virginia's coming in today. Straight latakia and black Cavendish later in the week. Need to order some white burley and some dark fired kentucky next.

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  • edz
    edz Posts: 424 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm so new to a pipe that I need to smoke my way up to just plain clueless to start figuring out what I really like.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,922 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I try to stay away from blends with red and/or orange Virginia tobacco in them because they tend to bite me. Beyond that, I like a variety, I can't say I have a favorite.

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  • d_blades
    d_blades Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Grab a bowl of Prince Albert just about every morning with coffee. Mainly English,Balkan blends, a couple of light aromatics, Virginia blends.

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

  • Hawks
    Hawks Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would like to add, getting into VaPers... DFK still the winner for me.

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  • ForMud
    ForMud Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Had my first bowl of Drucquer & Sons Levant last night.....Still thinking about how good it was this morning.…So it's my new #1 till the next one comes along.

    So far the only blend I don't care for is something with a high concentration of Perique. It was the C&D Bayou Morning..…Might have been to fresh, so I'll try again in six months to a year and see.

    As for Burleys, Haunted Bookshop hands down does it for me…..So far, because I haven't tried to many.

    Va blends I like, but I need to be careful with because I tend to smoke fast sometimes and it will bite me.

    Aromatics....I can take or leave them. Light flavor, I can take. Strong and sticky I don't.

    So far I've really enjoyed this journey, (be a short one) .....The biggest problem I see is there's so many different blends, mixes, blenders I want to try…..But that's a good problem.

  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I tend towards English/Balkan blends but haven't found any that I particularly dislike other than heavy aromatics

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anybody got a recommendation for a oriental forward tobacco to try? I don't know hwat flavors are what yet but I really like that almost musky B.O. taste (if that makes sense) I have found in a few.

  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    Anybody got a recommendation for a oriental forward tobacco to try? I don't know hwat flavors are what yet but I really like that almost musky B.O. taste (if that makes sense) I have found in a few.

  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13

    @OmgFrigginMike said:
    Anybody got a recommendation for a oriental forward tobacco to try? I don't know hwat flavors are what yet but I really like that almost musky B.O. taste (if that makes sense) I have found in a few.

    G.L. Pease Charing Cross comes to mind, as well as a couple others from GLP. Odyssey, Samarra, Kensington...the list goes on.

    Try this, go to Smokingpipes.com, pull up pipe tobacco, choose a brand, and then in the box to the left you'll see an option "Components include:". From there you check the boxes for what you think you might like, one of those being Oriental. So, see what GLP has to offer, then try HU or Gawith & Hogarth etc. You can also specify what cut of tobacco you're looking for, etc.

    A few years ago I'd have said McClelland Oriental # 14, or any other number of Oriental offerings, but sadly those are gone. Now Sutliffe's bit the dust, others will follow, so stock up if you find something. The Woke are cancelling us.

    Check Pipes & Cigars, too.

    Happy hunting.

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  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShawnOL said:
    Just keep them under your armpit for a few days. Viola.

    That could probably save me a chunk of money :D

  • OmgFrigginMike
    OmgFrigginMike Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the suggestions guys. I started out with an order from KBV and got a few mentioned and a few more. I'll give pipes and tobacco a try on the next order.

  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,922 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13

    I'll try and remember to dig up my stash of the discontinued Watch City Off The Rails PSD Forum blend from 2019 that's got some interesting oriental notes and throw some in the Aromatic Pass. JimInks doesn't mention armpits in his review but it does have a pleasant sour note.

    https://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/11980/off-the-rails/

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