I just recently started smoking pipes and I love it, but it leaves a taste in my mouth and it makes my breath horrible. I usually only have one before bed, so it's doubly bad when I wake up in the morning. The tobacco taste in my mouth is usually good for a bit, but it gets bad after a while. I brush my teeth and use scope before bed, but that doesn't kill the beast. Do you veteran pipe smokers have anything better to suggest?
Pipe breath
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I just started with a pipe a month ago and posted essentially the same question. IIRC, most suggested latakia tobacco in the blend is probably the culprit, as it is a fire-cured (or dried?) and thus especially smokey in character. But I've smoked a bunch of different tobacco since and all of them do a job on my mouth/breath. And you're right, brushing and mouthwash doesn't always get rid of it completely. It is amazing the tenacity of pipe tobacco taste in the mouth. I think it just goes with the territory of smoking. I've found with a baccy that really fouls my mouth, that eating, then brushing, then mouthwash, then Dentyne Ice gum is only way to completely rid myself of the aftertaste. It's quite the process, but for a truely excellent tobacco (Frog Morton is the only one I've found so far with such a distiction) it is absolutely worth it.
Use more bourbon.
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And I came dangerously close to spitting coffee out of my mouth from laughing so hard.
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Wise man.
There's your problem, coffee. Use bourbon, it fixes everything... except your liver.
What kinds of tobacco are you smoking? Any chance you are smoking them hot?
I find brushing/scraping the tongue post smoke goes a long way to kill that taste, but my wife can still smell it on my breath.
I find brushing/scraping the tongue post smoke goes a long way to kill that taste, but my wife can still smell it on my breath.
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I might be smoking it hot. I just started a week ago and I'm not sure what smoking them hot means.
I guess does the smoke often taste kinda bitter and does your tongue tingle a bit from the smoke? Or does the pipe feel really hot? I get a bitter smoke when I absentmindedly revert to a cigar smoking cadence, and the bowl gets pretty hot. When smoked nice and slow the smoke is flavorful, mild and less prone to leave a nasty aftertaste.
edit: although you did state in the OP that you have an agreeable taste right after a smoke. Might just need to get used to it.
edit: although you did state in the OP that you have an agreeable taste right after a smoke. Might just need to get used to it.
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Teach your wife to smoke cigars, that'll fix her problem.
Teach your wife to smoke cigars, that'll fix her problem.
Maybe hypnotherapy to convince her the smell is an aphrodisiac
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I gargle and swallow dark rum twice for good measure. A Cuban's gotta do what a Cuban's gotta do.
+1 on the tongue, scrub the hell out of it.
And of course, a little more bourbon never hurt anyone.
Scrub your tongue with bourbon- problem solved
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aromatics are the culprit for me
