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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gaius Marius" data-source="post: 614071" data-attributes="member: 6383">I find it nessessary unless I'm smoking a tobacco that lights effortlessly such as Three Sails shag.  I try to minimize the amount of heat that the tobacco encounters because in my experience, drawing too much heat deep into the bowl mutes the flavor of the tobacco for the rest of the smoke.  This effort involves doing a light char on the top of the bowl and then a true light second.  I don't touch the flame to the surface of the tobacco, I hover the flame a few millimeters above it and draw heat- but not the flame to light.I think this method is the way that allows for the most flavor when combined with short sips to taste interspersed with occasional larger draws to maintain the light.I think I might just be a snob about it!</blockquote>