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AimlessWanderer
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One thing I haven't gotten used to through this exploratory phase of the journey, is tobacco drying. I'm OK at putting out the right amount to air out, but the what and when can often frustrate.
I fancied a pipe an hour ago. Just one of those "now feels like a good time" moments. I decided VaPer, I decided Brog Puella - the smaller of the two, and in turn decided to open the sample of Cabbies Mixture. I took out a few of the scraggy coins, and could tell by the weight that they were too wet. My decision of what I want to smoke right now, became my decision of what I would be smoking tomorrow, and I had to rethink what I want now.
I settled on Charatan Rolls, for no other reason than my sample is dry enough to smoke, and I'm just giving that a half hour airing, just to be sure. Having then smoked that bowl, that VaPer that I had the urge for, will I still be in the mood for VaPer again tomorrow, or will I fancy something darker, or more aromatic?
Deciding what I want to smoke next, when I want to smoke it, and laying the tobacco out in advance so it's ready, is one of the more tedious aspects of this hobby for me. Several times, I've set out what to smoke next in advance, only to not be in the mood for it when the time came. Or it hadn't quite dried to the right level.
Often, I will end up with one or two pipes laden, and unsmoked, just waiting for the mood for that bowl to return, or for the uppermost leaf to dry off a little more, to accept a flame more readily. That's great when I get the urge, and I can just choose from two pipes that are already sat there, ready to go. Not so great if you haven't prepped that way, and I have to start rummaging through for a sample that's ready to smoke.
As I'm swamped with samples at the moment, it's actually a battle to stop them all drying out before I come to smoke them. I need to come up with a nice easy system, of keeping them all hydrated, except one or two allowed to start airing slowly. Likewise, when I eventually start pulling tins out of the "cellar" drawer, I need to keep the tin moist for the couple of months (or however long) it's on the go, while not having to wait 6-18 hours when I do fancy a smoke.
Work in progress...
I fancied a pipe an hour ago. Just one of those "now feels like a good time" moments. I decided VaPer, I decided Brog Puella - the smaller of the two, and in turn decided to open the sample of Cabbies Mixture. I took out a few of the scraggy coins, and could tell by the weight that they were too wet. My decision of what I want to smoke right now, became my decision of what I would be smoking tomorrow, and I had to rethink what I want now.
I settled on Charatan Rolls, for no other reason than my sample is dry enough to smoke, and I'm just giving that a half hour airing, just to be sure. Having then smoked that bowl, that VaPer that I had the urge for, will I still be in the mood for VaPer again tomorrow, or will I fancy something darker, or more aromatic?
Deciding what I want to smoke next, when I want to smoke it, and laying the tobacco out in advance so it's ready, is one of the more tedious aspects of this hobby for me. Several times, I've set out what to smoke next in advance, only to not be in the mood for it when the time came. Or it hadn't quite dried to the right level.
Often, I will end up with one or two pipes laden, and unsmoked, just waiting for the mood for that bowl to return, or for the uppermost leaf to dry off a little more, to accept a flame more readily. That's great when I get the urge, and I can just choose from two pipes that are already sat there, ready to go. Not so great if you haven't prepped that way, and I have to start rummaging through for a sample that's ready to smoke.
As I'm swamped with samples at the moment, it's actually a battle to stop them all drying out before I come to smoke them. I need to come up with a nice easy system, of keeping them all hydrated, except one or two allowed to start airing slowly. Likewise, when I eventually start pulling tins out of the "cellar" drawer, I need to keep the tin moist for the couple of months (or however long) it's on the go, while not having to wait 6-18 hours when I do fancy a smoke.
Work in progress...