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<blockquote data-quote="Trout Whisperer" data-source="post: 514364" data-attributes="member: 4217"><p>Greetings, briar fellers!</p><p></p><p>Great place you have here! Glad I found it.</p><p></p><p>I have smoked a handful of cigars in my life, and a few months ago decided to explore pipe smoking. I researched tobaccos, pipes, and techniques, then visited a brick-and-mortar tobacconist in a town nearby.</p><p></p><p>I walked out of the store with an estate pipe and two ounces of their black Cavendish, which they evidently try to sell to beginners.</p><p></p><p>The pipe works well enough, but the tobacco is flavorless and not worth the trouble. So I returned in order to procure a Latakia blend. The clerk allowed me to compare the aroma of a blend with Syrian Latakia (HH Vintage Syrian) to another with the Cyprian variety. I remarked that I very much like the Syrian blend. He replied that I would need to develop my palate before he would sell me one of those blends, and walked over to speak with two customers looking at pipes.</p><p></p><p>Today, a few months later, I have four tins each of HH Vintage Syrian and Ashton Artisan's Blend. At the rate I smoke, they may outlive me, but that is beside the point. Plus I found a tobacconist who knows how to treat customers.</p><p></p><p>I also have a few other tobaccos, including Black Irish X (for when I'm in the mood for a burning-rubber flavor), and Ennerdale, for when I want a blast of artificial, floral things.</p><p></p><p>Happy piping to you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trout Whisperer, post: 514364, member: 4217"] Greetings, briar fellers! Great place you have here! Glad I found it. I have smoked a handful of cigars in my life, and a few months ago decided to explore pipe smoking. I researched tobaccos, pipes, and techniques, then visited a brick-and-mortar tobacconist in a town nearby. I walked out of the store with an estate pipe and two ounces of their black Cavendish, which they evidently try to sell to beginners. The pipe works well enough, but the tobacco is flavorless and not worth the trouble. So I returned in order to procure a Latakia blend. The clerk allowed me to compare the aroma of a blend with Syrian Latakia (HH Vintage Syrian) to another with the Cyprian variety. I remarked that I very much like the Syrian blend. He replied that I would need to develop my palate before he would sell me one of those blends, and walked over to speak with two customers looking at pipes. Today, a few months later, I have four tins each of HH Vintage Syrian and Ashton Artisan's Blend. At the rate I smoke, they may outlive me, but that is beside the point. Plus I found a tobacconist who knows how to treat customers. I also have a few other tobaccos, including Black Irish X (for when I'm in the mood for a burning-rubber flavor), and Ennerdale, for when I want a blast of artificial, floral things. Happy piping to you! [/QUOTE]
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