There is a lot of pseudoscience in tobacco smoking. My mouth burned no matter what. The best advice I have had from experience is to breathe through your mouth. Its never necessary to dry out your tobacco. If aromatic tobacco is left out to dry, the volatile essential oils it contains would gradually evaporate. These essential oils are responsible for much of the tobacco's scent and flavor. When exposed to air, especially in dry or warm conditions, the oils will start to break down or dissipate, leading to a loss of aroma and flavor over time. This is why it's important to store aromatic tobacco in airtight containers to preserve its quality.

It happens in the first 20 draws-toast the tobacco with a small torch lighter much as you would a cigar. Let the flame do the work!!

I’ve stopped smoking briar because of meershaum. I’ll never go back to briar…never

Thank you.

THANK YOU!!!! This has been a great help. I’ve been smoking a pipe for years and never really knew why I got tongue bite. It didn’t happen every time but when it did it was not a pleasant experience.

Finally, I have solved your tongue bite. Smoke through a pipe made of corn and you will notice the difference.

Very interesting

RIP Gone too soon

what tobaccos would be for puffers? basically the opposite of virginia so to speak?

Have been smoking over 30 years and I agree with you 100%. Savinelli also makes Rossi they are the same pipe. Just acquired a Bones pipe that is just as good a smoker as my Petersons or Savinelli.

Very good video. Thanks!

Not so simple as drying your tobacco real well. Dry tobacco is like a brush fire in my mouth. Best advice I've heard is the "Goldie Locks method". "Not too moist. Not too dry. Just right."

This was one of the most helpful pipe smoking videos that I have seen in a while. I dearly love Virginia's and the flavor that they bring, but I now know I have been committing two mistakes: First, I have been rubbing out the flakes so fine that they resembled snuff (not really, but you get it....). Next, when charring the first light, I really threw the flame to it and held it way too long. I look forward to reversing these bad habits and getting a cooler smoking experience. Thanks.

You are absolutely correct, it’s the steam… My mentor Richard Hill told me that fact 30 years ago

I stumbled across your video just trying to better understand the different blends. I just starting smoking a pipe last week at 55 yrs old. Glad to know about the low nicotine tobaccos, beggar my lifestyle is not going to allow me to smoke everyday, but there may be a 3-4 day stretch where I could smoke a bowl every day. I’d like to avoid a nicotine addiction, so knowingthat the Latakia, oriental, and red Virginia’s are lowest in inviting content is very helpful information! I wish you the best health wise!

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Good video thanks, So what would be the value to buy a hand carved rusticated pipe? I rather get a high end briar machine made, my conclusion is rather pay for smooth pipe the best you can afford, provides you like rusticated and smooth finishes.

Peterson quality control the last few years has gone way down hill, were getting ready to do a video on it and you wont believe what they said in a email.

nice vid thank you one of our favorite pipes are Ser Jacopo, have a good day.

I’m a new pipe smoker and a vascular technologist, your explanation was spot on and very clear. Great work, the only thing to add is strong alcohol and smoking can be problematic. The strong alcohol strips away the mouth mucosa and allows inflammation of the gums and tongue . Great explanation !!

This was my experience with Potlatch as well. Not a whole lot going on. I’ve had it cellared for about a year now, may open it up and give it another try.

im new to pipe smoking. smoked almost 30gram of Borkum Rif Cherry Cavendish. with no filter. was good for nicotine but there was no flavour. now i stuffed a cigarette filter in it and it taste great and it dosnt burn my tounge any more. waiting to get propper pipe filters

Appreciate your video and these insightful comments

Also when you age your tobacco it becomes less acidic and more alkaline. Great video my wife and I just finished our pipe room and we just started our YTPC channel, Merry Christmas

Newbie pipe smoker here...many thanks!

Your tutorial is a reminder ...😊

Cornel and Diehl - Carolina Red Flake gives me heavy nicotine hit for some reason

Alpascia = Alpasha

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I don’t know where you’re getting the Cavendish taste from. There is no cavendish in this blend. The dark fired Kentucky overpowers the Virginia and Perique.

I heard you say Boswell’s wouldn’t sell individual tobaccos or custom blends to you. The only place I know of that does that is LJ Peretti. This is an old video so someone probably already recommended them to you but just in case. Thanks for your videos, they’ve been helpful

Ecellent video! Thank you!

Luxury Twist Flake?

Another great video, I am a new pipe smoker, for around 2 months. Prior to buying my first pipe (a cob of course!) I watch many many videos on tobacco reviews and such. But there isn't many for the beginners. Thank you for this one because I've suffered from tongue bit quite often. Some tobacco enthusiast show how to prep and smoke flake tobaccos. I wish I had seen them before I finish my tin of G.L.Pease Quiet night. So, I have A Peterson Aran bent billiard , My first real pipe , And suffered from tongue bite , very hot bowl, and a very wet smoke. Thank you for the info It really helped me out. Just before I started this video I paused it, filled the afore mentioned pipe and had the usual result. I came back in watched your video went back outside and had the best smoke from that pipe ever!!! So it wasn't the carter hall tobacco although it is a virginia burly mix so it's a little spicy but nice. Wonderful tobacco witch makes me happy cuz I bought 14oz of it lol. Thanks again for the great video. Maybe some day down the road I will make my own videos.I live in massachusetts so there are tons of historic places that would make great back drops for pipe smoking !!!!

Thanks for good advice. I have already applied some of the adaptations and the slow down one really goes a long way. I still have to work on drying out my tobacco. Thanks very much!

Get to the point

Very helpful !! thanks

Wich filter is better Balsa filters or activated carbon ?

hey is there any update. i had this idea too. i just put about 5grams in some water and let soak then dried it out with a inferred heat lamp. Surely, surely this washes off half of the poison shit they purpously add like rocket fuel etc so if must be safer

Hadn’t smoked my little nose biter in a while; the stem was totally frozen to the pipe. Somebody posted the same problem they solved putting the pipe in the freezer overnight. It worked! FYI

Good video watched it 7 years ago very understanding points mate

Good stuff sir. Great advice for the beginners and those, perhaps, not enjoying the wonderful hobby of pipe smoking because of the dreaded tongue bite.

5 years later. Great video, there are so much more i would have liked to hear. I guess that is the magic about pipe smoking you just cant get magic.

They stopped making my cigarettes so I've been trying new kinds. Found one I liked but the past 4/5 months my inner cheeks and young fills like there's small cuts all over it and even my taste buds swell up and look like little pimples I didn't know there was such a thing called tongue 👅

just found your channel.very informative. hope to see more of your videos in the near future

Thank you for such great information.

I started to dry my tobacco already. Also I stay away from Aromatics and what little is left I mix with Dark Fired Kentucky. Also I will not smoke the Crinkle Flake I bought. Even drying it did not help. I do not think Perique is for me. Trivia: Latakia is named after the town of the same name in Syria.

The best pipe tobacco I have ever smoked was Eclair, from the Tobak Shack in Eagan Minnesota.

I have watched a couple videos on this topic by some popular guys. They showed completely different ways and had different opinions. I think your way and opinion is far better and makes sense. I am glad I found your channel and taking your time to help us newer and in some cases older pipe smokers. These videos are priceless and saves us years of making mistakes and improves our journey. Thank you.