What Are You Smoking Pages.

[Sid.Stavros]

Good morning Ladies & Gentlemen from Athens-Greece with 96 'F

DTM Vanilla Honeydew.

 

[EZONSLOW]

Good morning,
Starting my day with a DePaya bent brandy,Lane LL-7 and a freshly brewed mug of Yukon coffee. Back pain woke me up- heavy rain and arthritis is not a good combo. Sadly,it`s going to be one of those days for me...

 

[Balisong]

Good Morning!
My wife did the morning chores and I slept in! When I got up I was greeted with a fresh cup of coffee and the aroma of Cinnamon Raisin muffins that had just been put in the oven. I'm starting today with GLP Charring Cross in a Pride.

 

[Swede]

Lancaster and Predictable Pair in a Larsen cognac, comparing the effect of Burley in a cigar leaf blend. Haven't quite made my mind up. I like doing it in the Larsen because I think it's shaped like a big funny looking cigar.
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Charlie, what cigar leaf do you use in the blend. I used to smoke cigars, and still miss some of the pungent tastes and smells. I know one type of tobacco that is grown around here is one sucker aka dark air cured, and it is used in cigar production. I have an almost unlimited supply of that-know local farmers. I have mixed some of that in my own concoctions, but would like more variety.

 

[Ranger107]

Good morning laddies. Hobbits Weed in a Don Carlos bent brandy with morning coffee. This blend draws gnats but I have a citronella lamp burning on the table and a fan blowing up from the hassack so hopefully will stave off the little buggers, lol. Igoldberg, so sorry about your work shed but at least no one was hurt. That's a good thing. And the silver lining is that get a new shed, although that's probably not the way you would have chosen to get it. Have a great day everyone.

 

[EZONSLOW]

I just had a nice visit with my pipe smoking buddy from Starbucks, I was smoking Velvet and he had Carter hall, While we smoked and talked, I told him that I liked CH,but always felt it was missing something for me. So ,we mixed some CH and velvet! I did like it better,but not a great difference to me. I got some more coffee from him,but no Costa Rican which I miss.
Anyway,Smoking some Jamestown by Sutliff in a Pete Baker street and a freshly brewed mug of Yukon coffee.
The rain has calmed down and the pain meds are working,so things are looking good! LOL!

 

[Ranger107]

Had to move to the front patio, 85 on the back already and not even 8 o'clock yet. McBaren Burley Flake in a Lorenzo Old Vic bent billiard. 3rd mug of coffee. Heading out to the ranch early for wife's riding lesson. Trying to beat the heat. Another 100+ day. Thank God the a/c is working now.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

Charlie, what cigar leaf do you use in the blend.

Criollo 98 ligero, Criollo 98 Ligero, 1lb

It definitely tastes like a cigar.
I haven't mixed it with your one sucker yet, but I'll try it. The head honcho at Fair Trade Tobacco says dark air cured is the "double-bass of blending ingredients." His recipes don't often use it for more than a condiment (one part in sixteen). The cigar leaf works well as a condiment and as half the blend, I did it with Virginia, and Virginia and Burley, both are good.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

Pearl of Shibam Red in a CAO bent brandy meerschaum. I made my first order of green coffee beans, I got Sweet Maria's stovetop roasting starter kit. I can do it on the portable gas range in the garage or out on the porch. If anybody's tried the stovetop method, send me some tips, I think it's just a popcorn popper that goes on the stove.

 

[JimInks]

Starting off my smoking day with a bowl of early 2000s Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Getting a couple of things done before the Braves-White Sox game starts.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

Just finished a bowl of Virginia Maryland Blend in a Peterson Flame Grain. Learning a new version of Pachelbel's Canon for a couple of weddings I'm playing in coming up. He's known as the one-hit wonder of classical music, but of course it's a very nice song.

 

[Balisong]

Loaded up GLP Kensington in a Pride and sitting back waiting for the Toronto Grand Prix to start.

 

[Charley Scanlan]

On my second bowl of GH Black Twist in an Altinay squat Dublin meerschaum. It is potent stuff, and I forgot my pledge of smoking only homeblended tobacco! Nothing I have is this potent, but I'll work on it.

 

[JimInks]

I've a third of a bowl left of New Watch City Beta Test #3 in a 1999 smooth brown medium bend Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville with a sterling silver band and black vulcanite p-lip stem.

 

[EricC1]

Va/Vaper mix in Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen Natural Smooth bent Dublin

 

[EZONSLOW]

Smoking my Caminetto billiard with Lane TK-6 and a Mc Cafe k-cup. I will probably watch the mass on TV as I am on too many meds to drive to the church.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty tall stack of cinnamon raisin French toast with peach slices on the side. I've almost finished smoking New Watch City Beta Test #2 in a 1982 smooth slight bend straight grain Ben Wade Martinique freehand sitter with a wide top and a black vulcanite stem.

 

[JimInks]

Now smoking year 2020 Watch City Rouxgaroux in a smooth medium bend 2021 Peterson POTY Natural 4AB No. 6/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. Larry's Espresso #9, neat, is my drink. Enjoying my weekly pipe zoom.

 

[Balisong]

Appetizer smoke is my last stick of MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a Rob Roy. I have some fresh tins that need some time.

 

[Swede]

PS Luxury Navy Flake in a Peterson smooth standard system 301. I've had this pipe several months, but it seemed and was much dirtier than the other two Petersons I bought around then. I've been resting a bum knee, so more spare time available was used today to clean this up. It turned out ok with nice grain. It does have some gouges in the chamber from careless reamer work. I hope it is only carbon that was grooved and not briar. This pipe has a fairly large bowl at around .87 inch id and about 1.5 inch deep, but it has a smaller stem and just seems little compared to the 302 and 309.