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Post by stone on Aug 20, 2019 10:04:08 GMT -5
I have so many tobaccos I have never tried yet and I want to sample them. It started me wondering if you guys have a quick and simple way to sample a tobacco? Or do you just pack up a small bowl?
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Post by roadsdiverged on Aug 20, 2019 11:24:46 GMT -5
Go big or go home.
I pack a full bowl. I try to smoke it to the bottom. There are very few that I havent been able to finish.
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 20, 2019 11:29:14 GMT -5
I do the same as Josh. Some use a clay pipe for this process. They are great for sampling tobaccos.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 12:08:32 GMT -5
I take a pinch and place it between the cheek and gum for a few minutes. The essence of the tobacco comes out. I had a tobacconist show me this, doing it this way I don't have to smoke multiple bowls of multiple tobaccos
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Post by kxg on Aug 20, 2019 21:26:14 GMT -5
I find blends sometimes don’t taste the same in different pipes, so I never consider a blend truly tasted until I try a few pipes of the blend.
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Post by isett2860 on Aug 20, 2019 21:45:10 GMT -5
I find blends sometimes don’t taste the same in different pipes, so I never consider a blend truly tasted until I try a few pipes of the blend. I agree with Kelly. I’ve even gotten to the point, some with filters and some without.and others it doesn’t matter. |
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Post by monbla256 on Aug 20, 2019 23:06:24 GMT -5
I find blends sometimes don’t taste the same in different pipes, so I never consider a blend truly tasted until I try a few pipes of the blend.  |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Aug 20, 2019 23:17:04 GMT -5
Full bowl in a smaller pipe.
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 21, 2019 1:57:09 GMT -5
I have so many tobaccos I have never tried yet and I want to sample them. It started me wondering if you guys have a quick and simple way to sample a tobacco? Or do you just pack up a small bowl? Why would you buy lots of tobacco that you had never tried? I never pack a small bowl, not even when I was still buying tobacco. A group 4 chamber is as small as I'll go. I've only came across two blends in thirty years that I despised. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2019 4:46:53 GMT -5
Tobacco tins are like potato chips bet you cant buy just one. One to try two to cellar. Folks around here mostly have enough tobacco for forever. Some websites tout each new blend as the elusive unicorn fart and then everyone must play follow the leader me too. Until the next unicorn fart comes out and the process starts all over again.
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 21, 2019 4:53:53 GMT -5
Tobacco tins are like potato chips bet you cant buy just one. One to try two to cellar. Folks around here mostly have enough tobacco for forever. Some websites tout each new blend as the elusive unicorn fart and then everyone must play follow the leader me too. Until the next unicorn fart comes out and the process starts all over again. After I hit 340 pounds I lost interest. Even had my online ship accounts cancelled. I always only bought one tin of something to try before shelling out money for more and if I liked it I would get 10-30 tins. |
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Post by stone on Aug 21, 2019 6:46:39 GMT -5
Tobacco tins are like potato chips bet you cant buy just one. One to try two to cellar. Folks around here mostly have enough tobacco for forever. Some websites tout each new blend as the elusive unicorn fart and then everyone must play follow the leader me too. Until the next unicorn fart comes out and the process starts all over again. After I hit 340 pounds I lost interest. Even had my online ship accounts cancelled. I always only bought one tin of something to try before shelling out money for more and if I liked it I would get 10-30 tins. Why would you have 340 pounds?  Why stop at 340? That's only 5 bowls per day for the next 30 years!
Thanks guys! I think I will just have to man up and smoke a few bowls.
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Post by qmechanics on Aug 21, 2019 6:56:03 GMT -5
I have a double bowled pipe with a built in switching mechanism located in the stem ( A side by side double barrel shotgun pipe.). I can smoke one bowl then the other, switch between the bowls for comparison or open them up to see how they meld . |
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Post by stone on Aug 21, 2019 7:09:43 GMT -5
I have a double bowled pipe with a built in switching mechanism located in the stem ( A side by side double barrel shotgun pipe.). I can smoke one bowl then the other, switch between the bowls for comparison or open them up to see how they meld . I have been wanting a pipe like that. Do you know where I can find one? |
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 21, 2019 12:46:56 GMT -5
After I hit 340 pounds I lost interest. Even had my online ship accounts cancelled. I always only bought one tin of something to try before shelling out money for more and if I liked it I would get 10-30 tins. Why would you have 340 pounds? Why stop at 340? That's only 5 bowls per day for the next 30 years!
Thanks guys! I think I will just have to man up and smoke a few bowls.
I smoke two pipes daily and no one in my family has lived to see 65. I'm 45. |
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Post by stone on Aug 21, 2019 13:25:40 GMT -5
Why would you have 340 pounds? Why stop at 340? That's only 5 bowls per day for the next 30 years!
Thanks guys! I think I will just have to man up and smoke a few bowls.
I smoke two pipes daily and no one in my family has lived to see 65. I'm 45. Well, here's to you breaking that chain by a mile! |
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Post by sperrytops on Aug 21, 2019 13:32:02 GMT -5
I have so many tobaccos I have never tried yet and I want to sample them. It started me wondering if you guys have a quick and simple way to sample a tobacco? Or do you just pack up a small bowl? Why would you buy lots of tobacco that you had never tried? I never pack a small bowl, not even when I was still buying tobacco. A group 4 chamber is as small as I'll go. I've only came across two blends in thirty years that I despised. I have numerous tobaccos I haven't tried. They are just cellared away. Purchased them on recommendations from folks here on the Patch. However what I generally do with most purchases (8 oz or more packaging) is transfer the tobacco to a mason jar and hold out a small portion for tasting. That way I get a taste of most new tobaccos I buy. Tins are touch and go. I have a number of old McClelland tins of tobaccos I haven't tasted but plan to open at a future date. That's kind of a fun process. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2019 16:20:36 GMT -5
I have to smoke several bowls of a blend to know if I like it or not. Even then, I often go back later and try it again. Tastes change over time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2019 0:40:44 GMT -5
Tobacco tins are like potato chips bet you cant buy just one. One to try two to cellar. Folks around here mostly have enough tobacco for forever. Some websites tout each new blend as the elusive unicorn fart and then everyone must play follow the leader me too. Until the next unicorn fart comes out and the process starts all over again. After I hit 340 pounds I lost interest. Even had my online ship accounts cancelled. I always only bought one tin of something to try before shelling out money for more and if I liked it I would get 10-30 tins. Duane I am so glad you never had TAD.  |
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 22, 2019 1:28:18 GMT -5
After I hit 340 pounds I lost interest. Even had my online ship accounts cancelled. I always only bought one tin of something to try before shelling out money for more and if I liked it I would get 10-30 tins. Duane I am so glad you never had TAD. That took almost thirty years to collect. Less TAD and more putting away for a time when I couldn't afford it. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Aug 22, 2019 10:13:52 GMT -5
Most shops will let me try any tobacco I want as long as there is a jar or open tin laying around somewhere.
They're more than happy to let me pack a full bowl. Brick and mortars are irreplaceable.
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Post by Mac on Aug 22, 2019 22:12:05 GMT -5
Most shops will let me try any tobacco I want as long as there is a jar or open tin laying around somewhere.
They're more than happy to let me pack a full bowl. Brick and mortars are irreplaceable.
And where is this, please? Can you smoke in the shop? In many B+M's neither is legal. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Aug 23, 2019 17:21:48 GMT -5
Most shops will let me try any tobacco I want as long as there is a jar or open tin laying around somewhere.
They're more than happy to let me pack a full bowl. Brick and mortars are irreplaceable.
And where is this, please? Can you smoke in the shop? In many B+M's neither is legal. I don't want to get anyone into trouble. In many shops in Virginia and Pennsylvania you can smoke in the shop and samples are passed around all of the time, Not mentioning shops though because I don't want to get any brothers in trouble with this finicky government we have to deal with, |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 18:02:46 GMT -5
yeah, smoking in a smoking shop, how radical can you get? |
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Why stop at 340? That's only 5 bowls per day for the next 30 years!
