Hey All,
Enjoying a smoke this afternoon and pondering pipe stuff...
I guess I have always preferred a drier tobacco. When I first went from Lane's blends to C&D (back when you still had to send a check in the mail to Craig and buy a pound of tobacco for $18) my eyes were really opened. I pretty much dry out all of my tobaccos now to some extent. I've been known to load a bowl about 24 hours before smoking it. Anybody else in this same camp?
Tobacco cuts are another thing. I used to love cube cut and ribbon cut. Really don't like either, anymore. D&R tobacco's shag cut and the smaller pieces like Prince Albert's crimp cut are my favorites now. MacBaren's Ready Rubbed isn't bad either- basically a broken flake that I can rub out even more to get what I want. What's your favorite cut?
And lastly, saw something interesting on P&C's webpage the other day. @SwamperWI sent me a nice sample of Butternut Burley. I looked up the reviews on the webpage and it said something to the effect of "because of FDA regulations this tobacco cannot be shipped already blended". So, they send you the blend in two separate bags and you have to blend it yourself. As far as I know, everything else they sell is shipped already blended- what kind of crazy legislation would stop them from doing this blend?
Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well today and enjoying their smokes.
Enjoying a smoke this afternoon and pondering pipe stuff...
I guess I have always preferred a drier tobacco. When I first went from Lane's blends to C&D (back when you still had to send a check in the mail to Craig and buy a pound of tobacco for $18) my eyes were really opened. I pretty much dry out all of my tobaccos now to some extent. I've been known to load a bowl about 24 hours before smoking it. Anybody else in this same camp?
Tobacco cuts are another thing. I used to love cube cut and ribbon cut. Really don't like either, anymore. D&R tobacco's shag cut and the smaller pieces like Prince Albert's crimp cut are my favorites now. MacBaren's Ready Rubbed isn't bad either- basically a broken flake that I can rub out even more to get what I want. What's your favorite cut?
And lastly, saw something interesting on P&C's webpage the other day. @SwamperWI sent me a nice sample of Butternut Burley. I looked up the reviews on the webpage and it said something to the effect of "because of FDA regulations this tobacco cannot be shipped already blended". So, they send you the blend in two separate bags and you have to blend it yourself. As far as I know, everything else they sell is shipped already blended- what kind of crazy legislation would stop them from doing this blend?
Anyhow, hope everyone is doing well today and enjoying their smokes.