Can you be both a tobacco "snob" and a tobacco "wh-re" at the same time?
I notice that many smokers identify themselves as fans of burlies, or Englishes, or Vas, or Va/Pers, or aromatics. I've gone through each of those phases since picking up the pipe in '90, but as of late it's come to me attention that I've pretty much decided I like each genre equally. I came to this realization while playing one of those "desert island" mind games -- you know, which examples from each genre would you take with you? I ended up realizing that (a) I'd be hard pressed to keep it limited to 20 blends I consider my personal benchmarks and (b) the main reason there are so many is that there are examples of each major blending type! I could easily trim down to a handful of, say, Balkans or Lakelands I really like, but there would be a huge gaping hole in my rotation (more accurately described as an "orbit" these days, I suppose).
Anyhow, how many of you smoke mainly one or two types of tobacco, and how many of you are happy playing the field for all its worth?
I notice that many smokers identify themselves as fans of burlies, or Englishes, or Vas, or Va/Pers, or aromatics. I've gone through each of those phases since picking up the pipe in '90, but as of late it's come to me attention that I've pretty much decided I like each genre equally. I came to this realization while playing one of those "desert island" mind games -- you know, which examples from each genre would you take with you? I ended up realizing that (a) I'd be hard pressed to keep it limited to 20 blends I consider my personal benchmarks and (b) the main reason there are so many is that there are examples of each major blending type! I could easily trim down to a handful of, say, Balkans or Lakelands I really like, but there would be a huge gaping hole in my rotation (more accurately described as an "orbit" these days, I suppose).
Anyhow, how many of you smoke mainly one or two types of tobacco, and how many of you are happy playing the field for all its worth?
