Newpiper19
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Hey everyone! Figured I would start this new thread so I can log and review all the tobacco I try, as I try them. As you know I am VERY new to the pipe and have a very unrefined palate.
So today I will start this off with my first impressions of Sutliff B20.
I learned a little more about smoking a pipe today, and each new bowl teaches me more. I am still going a little too hard and too fast, but still improved over my last try with Nuns. The biggest thing I learned is that my expectations of taste where way off. I had assumed that since the pouch note was a strong vanilla scent, quite pleasant I might add, that the flavor of the smoke itself would be a strong vanilla taste. I expected it to taste like melted vanilla ice cream. It did not.
The flavor was there, but very light as well as a faint taste of sugar. I wonder if that sugar taste came from the Black Cavendish? The flavor was good, I quite enjoyed the smoke. My thoughts the whole time were on how light the flavor actually was. I am not sure why I expected it to taste stronger, like shooting a shot glass full of heavy cream that was laced with vanilla essence. This unexpected revelation about how tobacco tastes lead me to try and focus on the flavor so I can discern it. Which for the most part I was.
In the mouth, I felt no bite or harshness what so ever. The smoke had a "coolness" to it as it flowed into my mouth.
The bowl did get a tad over warm, but that is my fault for trying to hard, which is suspect is why the taste was not as strong. Again the revelation that the flavors are more subtle then I thought they would be means that I must slow down and keep it as cool as I can or I risk torching the flavors.
As cheap as this pouch was, I am surprised I liked it as much as I did. I am confidant it and any other blends flavors will get better with time as my puffing method gets more mature with practice.
It was a little wet as well and I think some drying time for the next bowl is in order.
I also came too the conclusion today I need more pipes. I need a pipe for work(and a pipe smokers travel kit) for those times I am in my work van and I have an hour between stops, or stuck in traffic like I was today.
So today I will start this off with my first impressions of Sutliff B20.
I learned a little more about smoking a pipe today, and each new bowl teaches me more. I am still going a little too hard and too fast, but still improved over my last try with Nuns. The biggest thing I learned is that my expectations of taste where way off. I had assumed that since the pouch note was a strong vanilla scent, quite pleasant I might add, that the flavor of the smoke itself would be a strong vanilla taste. I expected it to taste like melted vanilla ice cream. It did not.
The flavor was there, but very light as well as a faint taste of sugar. I wonder if that sugar taste came from the Black Cavendish? The flavor was good, I quite enjoyed the smoke. My thoughts the whole time were on how light the flavor actually was. I am not sure why I expected it to taste stronger, like shooting a shot glass full of heavy cream that was laced with vanilla essence. This unexpected revelation about how tobacco tastes lead me to try and focus on the flavor so I can discern it. Which for the most part I was.
In the mouth, I felt no bite or harshness what so ever. The smoke had a "coolness" to it as it flowed into my mouth.
The bowl did get a tad over warm, but that is my fault for trying to hard, which is suspect is why the taste was not as strong. Again the revelation that the flavors are more subtle then I thought they would be means that I must slow down and keep it as cool as I can or I risk torching the flavors.
As cheap as this pouch was, I am surprised I liked it as much as I did. I am confidant it and any other blends flavors will get better with time as my puffing method gets more mature with practice.
It was a little wet as well and I think some drying time for the next bowl is in order.
I also came too the conclusion today I need more pipes. I need a pipe for work(and a pipe smokers travel kit) for those times I am in my work van and I have an hour between stops, or stuck in traffic like I was today.
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