Zeno Marx
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I've been so obsessed lately that I felt it deserved its own thread. After hydrating to normal pipe tobacco level, it's been my favorite smoke. Because it has been so windy and cold, I've been exclusively smoking it out of a MM corn cob Legend. I will say this: if you fear ghosts, possibly consider dedicating a pipe to it. I feel odd saying that, because I haven't dedicated a pipe to a tobacco maybe ever, but I've found that it really makes a pipe stink as it is resting on the rack. The whole room reeks, so I've been putting the cob in an airtight plastic container after I give it time to rest and dry. I plan to start toying with blending with some of my VaPer blends. I don't know why it is so unique, but I genuinely feel it is. For lack of a better notion, it strikes me as having a true tobacco flavor. I know I'm not, but I feel like I'm ripping a leaf off the plant and smoking it right then and there. Wholesome or pure or something.
my travels with it so far as I posted in Jim's Revised D&R Blends Reviews thread
my travels with it so far as I posted in Jim's Revised D&R Blends Reviews thread
Zeno Marx":w4hrofci said:RE: Picayune
This might be the heaviest blend I've ever tried. I don't know if it is just incredibly strong or if it is also harsh as hell. I did humidify it a bit before the experiment. Because it was originally a cigarette blend, I rolled a cigarette for a trial go. Admittedly, I'm not much of a cigarette smoker, but I've never wanted to cough out a lung like I did here with Picayune. I don't even think my very first cigarette of my life had me coughing so much. I had to laugh. I am looking forward to trying it in a pipe. What little flavor I could manage beyond the hacking, it was like a cigar. I mean, more like a cigar than a cigar. I'll come back with the pipe.
Zeno Marx":w4hrofci said:RE: Picayune revisited...this time with a pipe
I ran into the same, dry mouth feel as when I smoke C&D's Big N' Burley. Picayune has a very tiny, buried, sweet hint to it though. I also marked, because Picayune is so strong, that even when the wind blows a little diluted smoke back into your breathing zone, you quite notice it. I have to say that this stuff surprised me in the pipe. I thought for sure it was going to be just as unsmokeable as when I tried a RYO. Not as cigar like as I anticipated, either. It was a decent smoke. Not much in complexity or great flavor, but entirely smokeable. I think I'll throw in some Two Timer next time to see if that adds another note. A smart blender could probably make something nice out of this. I don't happen to be much of a blender, so I won't be looking too hard at being that person. I have a couple things I'm thinking to throw at it, but that's it.