Recent content by elshano

I've been away for almost a month and still the posts are coming in on C & D. One of the more common general statements I read is that their blends are so good - again, I've only tried one (was interested in the organic blend they seemed to have no luck with) - that there is something for...

I still concur with Pipe Smoker that Jeremy Brett's is the finest to date. A very fine attention to detail, respective of A.C. Doyle's writings, is most impressive. He even handled "Elementary, my dear Watson" without running the cliche well into the ground, as seems to be the custom. This...

Votes since my last entry: Pipe Smoker: Da Vinci Big Casino: Star of the East ... Engine99 is better ... "a world of difference [between the two]" Kaiser83: Epiphany - NEVER! Epiphany 2010 - YES! Brando71 - Mississippi Mud (no argument here, 'cause I have no experience with it, and am too deep...

All very interesting (going to stop keeping count and pay attention more) ... Sand18F, I've tried Newminster Blackberry Brandy and, well given my memory, it was probably worth trying again. Funny though, no one has mentioned the one blend I have tried - "Byzantium". Epiphany seems like a good...

(With Polynesian music, RC Maple & Tsuge, it must be "bright moment" time to finish up the last "Byzantium" bowl :cherry: )

Wow! Less than a day and there's two pages of replies ... NOT that I'm tabulating. NOT that this is a tobacco ratings contests. Still, you may be interested to know that Billy Budd came out on top (+7), one ahead of Star of the East, followed by both Autumn Evening and Exhausted Rooster, with a...

I'm only familiar with the "Byzantium" blend, which I enjoyed to the point of saving the last bowl or two, for that really "bright moment". Before I dive into the range of blends they offer, I'd like to ask what other BOBers out there consider to be their best, or more modestly, your own...

Have heard of tobacco from, mostly, Ontario, as well as Alberto. Don't know of success with it any other place, for example, the more temperate B.C. clime. Not a motorist (bicyclist), I happen to have a couple of 5 gallon jugs that have been unused since a split from my car owning girlfriend...

Northern Neil: I've heard and read good things about Canada grown tobacco, though I haven't had the opportunity to smoke any yet. Florida definitely presents it's own concerns, with nematodes being at the top of the list. I don't know when, or if (concerns about using the little land available...

I prefer not to dry tobacco, but with two factors in mind - moist, particularly aromatics and the fact that I live in the humidity state, Florida - that isn't always possible. I don't know if this will be of use to anyone, but I use unbleached coffee filter paper to hold the tobacco in and...

Hi Justin! Welcome and once again, a happy and prosperous New Year to you!

Have a Kaywoodie 07 that may date back to the early 70's, though I've only had it less than a year. Yes, it does collect, even with plenty of drying, a considerable amount of moisture. Depending on the day - I do get some good, relatively dry smokes out of it - I usually have to open it and blow...

Interesting. I happened to be lighting up my Kaywoodie - helpful when even my driest tobacco, in FL humidity, on a cool crisp day, is quite moist - at the moment I came upon this flick. I also worked in the formerly "MR" field ("updated" to yet another PC term, "intellectual disability) for...

Testing out, in my old clay, four samples of Boswell's blends - Dan's Blend, Boswell's Best, Vanilla Cream and Sweet and Mild. Interesting. Will have to focus on each, as I move them out of the clay pit and into the briar patch.

Appreciate the encouragement, Mark. It will be a while before I take this up, if I do at all, and then probably very small scale. I agree that it is a beautiful plant and think of coffee growing in the Caribbean, particularly in the mountains of Puerto Rico. Wonderful plant - leaf, flower and...