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Strange tongue sensations. "Peppery?" "Tongue Bite"? WTF?
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<blockquote data-quote="monbla256" data-source="post: 406212" data-attributes="member: 2244"><p>From what you've described I would say it's probably a blend thing rather than something to do with the pipes you smoke. It's probably not tongue bite either but rather may be due to the variety of Va's used by the blender of the blends you're smoking. Many of the British blenders especially ones from the Lakes/Kendall district use African Va's which give me the same sensation you describe. Not all Va's are equal and those used by most of the US blenders. McC's, C&D, GLP etc are definately US Va's and thier is a difference in many of thier aspects smoking wise from the African varieties. </p><p>Your choice of style of bowl for your Va/English smoking is the exact opposite from what i have done over the last 40 years. I smoke almost ALL of my straight Va's whether Flake or ribbon in wide bowled pipes particularly Pots and my English/Balkans in taller narrower bowls such as Billiards. The wider bowls let ALL of the nuances of the Va's come out for me and the taller narrower bowls concentrate the Orientals/ Latakia in the English/balkans. :twisted:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monbla256, post: 406212, member: 2244"] From what you've described I would say it's probably a blend thing rather than something to do with the pipes you smoke. It's probably not tongue bite either but rather may be due to the variety of Va's used by the blender of the blends you're smoking. Many of the British blenders especially ones from the Lakes/Kendall district use African Va's which give me the same sensation you describe. Not all Va's are equal and those used by most of the US blenders. McC's, C&D, GLP etc are definately US Va's and thier is a difference in many of thier aspects smoking wise from the African varieties. Your choice of style of bowl for your Va/English smoking is the exact opposite from what i have done over the last 40 years. I smoke almost ALL of my straight Va's whether Flake or ribbon in wide bowled pipes particularly Pots and my English/Balkans in taller narrower bowls such as Billiards. The wider bowls let ALL of the nuances of the Va's come out for me and the taller narrower bowls concentrate the Orientals/ Latakia in the English/balkans. :twisted: [/QUOTE]
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