Blend Club 2023 | January - Peterson's - Early Morning Pipe 

We are lucky to have you as an educator in the pipe smoking world. I’m pretty new to pipe smoking and appreciate your complete approach to the new pipe smokers. Thank you, Sir!

EMP has that early morning campfire tin note to me, with oriental incense nuances throughout the smoke…no tea or citrus notes for me usually but there is an underlying sweetness, and that woodsy campfire experience quickly takes a backseat to the orientals. It really wakes up my senses in the morning! It’s a great blend🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

I’m fairly new to pipe smoking but this blend is quickly becoming my favourite. I live in Stratford upon Avon England and walking with a bowl of emp through the very historic streets is very humbling. I often sit on the bench opposite the birthplace of William Shakespeare enjoying my pipe.

As a young boy, I was fascinated by the pipes, their forms and the smell, which was aromatic in the air. My uncle was a passionate pipe smoker and he was a real BBQ master and to clean the pipes together with him was the greatest thing for me. He had a strong effect on me and I looked up to him. Somehow something mystical. I always thought that someday I would also indulge in pipe smoking. I both my first pipe on my trip through america and funny enough, it was a cheap Omega Dr. Grabow. I really had to laugh when I heard your story about your grandfather. But I had somehow never found time to deal with it more intensively. Unfortunately, my uncle died this year and it became clear to me how transient everything is. The thought triggered something in me. Peace and contemplation or reflection. Thanks to your videos I was able to combine these concepts with smoking a pipe and it was like an enlightenment for me. Now I have for maybe 1 month, started smoking pipe regulary and I do not want to miss it. About the rating: I ordered the tobacco and first I was surprised, because I would have hardly expected the smell he unfolded. I especially like fruity blends. For me it has something homey, especially in cold wet weather it feels like I am with my friends, family or the scouts at the warming campfire. I love cooking and preparing meat on the grill. While you are standing there by the hot fire, your clothes get soaked with the intense smell of smoke. The next morning when you smell your clothes, that's exactly how this tobacco tastes and smells. Which is why I can follow your description 100%. From me it gives 🔥🔥🔥🔥 A fantastic tobacco for sentimental and memorable moments. Thank you for your valuable content, I can not get enough of it. Keep going. Thank you #muttnchoppiper Greetings from Switzerland

I very much approve of the slow, detailed approach you have to these blend presentations. Brings everyone up to speed, both beginner and experienced.

Thanks! Muttenchop, keep up the great content. You have helped so, so many come to enjoy and love the hobby.

Peterson has been my favorite for a couple decades now.❤ Opening a brand new tin of Sweet Killarney Is the best smell of any brand I've ever tried.

I love this guy, I am a cigar smoker but just dipping my toe into pipe smoking and this guy has been more than helpful 👍🏻 big love from the Uk 🇬🇧

I’m not a pipe smoker [in fact, I’ve never smoked anything, in any of its various forms 🤷🏻‍♂️] that said, I find your videos a relaxing, soothing and introspective experience. Thank you for that! I could listen to this man for hours; whether he’s pontificating on a topic of which I have absolutely ZERO knowledge or experience, or a cover-to-cover narration of the 1982 Sears Christmas Catalog is, to me, immaterial. I am here for it! Hope you’re doing well, and looking forward to your content in 2023.

😊😊😊 this is the second, we’ll call it “serious” blend I’ve tried. It reminds me of tea for some reason. I’m not experienced enough to articulate everything I noticed, but it was “tea” forward for me, with a little smokyness followed up by a peanut buttery taste and finished with a spicyness on my tongue 🤷‍♂️ doubt that helped anyone, but this is just the beginning of my pipe journey.

This Early Morning blend reminds me of pipe tobacco I bought from a pipe shop in San Bernardino Ca in the early70’s. Really like this it reminds me of my collage days when I first started smoking a pipe. 🤠🤠🤠🤠

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tin Note: Hickory smoke / BBQ sauce Room Note: Tolerable / Pleasant This tobacco was ready to smoke directly from the tin. It Charred-Lit-Embered-Burned-Tamped perfectly and was enjoyable for the duration of the bowl. A Mild to Medium strength that gave notes of campfire, caramel, spicy/floral. Like so many others here I am returning to pipe smoking after a few failed attempts over the years. MCP has put together a great channel here that has helped me to learn to smoke a pipe properly thereby releasing and enjoying the true flavors of tobaccos. This is my first real English blend. I enjoy it very much but hesitate to rate it higher due to my novice palette. Thank you to MCP for putting Blend Club 2023 together. It has introduced me to a variety of tobacco styles and flavors that would have taken me quite some time to discover on my own. The blends are different enough that I can really start to decide what I like and what I don't.

New sub here, really enjoy the content and have learnt quite a bit. Looking forward to more content.

👍👍👍 for taste 👍👍👍👍 for burn quality 👍👍 for smell 👍👍👍👍👍 for the video Only my opinion. Everyone is different

👍👍👍👍👍for a classic bled introduced back in 1912 and remained as a top selection for thousands of smokers. Thank you Chris for all your enormous contribution to the pipe smokers all these years!

I haven"t smoked early morning pipe since 2017. But I smoked a lot of it. I give it a 10

😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️. The tin note is light with a little smoke and spice aroma. The moisture level in my tin was perfect. It takes a light very easy and stays lit as long as you pay attention. The flavor is very mild with campfire and the oriental adds a wonderful little spice. When exhaling through my nose I get a citrus, almost orange zest flavor. The room note is light and my wife doesn’t complain about how I smell after smoking it. Great tobacco to try if you haven’t already.

🦊🦊🦊🦊🦊 Early Morning Pipe is a good light english blend.

🐰🐰🐰🐰. I am finally able to taste tobacco in me pipe. It took a few months to learn to draw easy enough along with packing it correctly so I wasn’t toking it too hard. This is my second tobacco now that I’m enjoying. The tin smell reminds me of Mackinaw Island Michigan… lol. Orientals yes take the driving wheel but I’m certainly get a bit of sweetness in the backseat. Thank you!

🐓🐓🐓🐓 I love the sweet/sour flavor of the orientals and the subdued presence of the latakia. the virginias add a different sort of sweetness that makes this a very pleasant light english smoke. my advise is to go and get you some!!

:⁠-⁠):⁠-⁠):⁠-⁠):⁠-⁠) This has been wonderful. I purchased a couple of pounds of Match EMP and it does not compare. I pick up the Lat. And the Orientals. I can taste the Virginia tobacco but do not smell it. Fun review and I learned something about the Peterson EMP. I will enjoy this more often. Thank you Muttonchops... Great review...

👍👍👍👍 As a relatively new pipe smoker, Early Morning Pipe has become one of my favorites. It’s definitely in my top 5. Thank you for another great video. 🙏🏼

Loved how you went over the history of the tobacco! I like knowing the background of things, and it unironically makes the smoke more enjoyable for me 😁

💨💨💨💨 (4/5) - I really enjoy this blend as a light English. With the name I do enjoy it with a cup of coffee in the morning.

⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️ Nice smooth mild tobacco. Great all day smoke. May I add goes great with a cup of coffee in the morning. Big thank you Muttonchop keep up the great work!

One of my favorites, when I can get it. 😍😍😍😍👍A back up to it is Sutliff Match Sunrise.

🪵🪵🪵🪵 super creamy. I am new to pipes (only about 3 months) and so far this is probably my favorite English blend. Very good blend for the new piper

👍👍👍👍 thank you for sharing how to open the tin. This was the first tobacco that I smoked. I just took up pipe smoking. When I received the tin, I could not figure out how to open it. I had to do some online research😂. My first exposure to pipe smoking was when I worked at a grocery store. A manager there smoked some cheap nasty tobacco. This tobacco was nice and mellow-not like that nasty stuff. I’m looking forward to the next review!

😉😉😉😉. smooth and mellow. smoked my first tin in 2005 and still going on

excellent smoke, I keep it in stock all the time,😀😀😀😀

😊😊😊😊 I love oriental tobaccos.

😊😊😊😊 Just started again after 50yrs, no really! And this is my first tobacco since then. Used to smoke Ogdens Gold Block as it was readily available on my Royal Navy ships😊

😀😀😀😀😀 10 year old tin, soft smooth smoke and can be a bit strong on the nic levels. I love the Virginia in this one.

🔥🔥🔥 This definitely is a good mild and smooth English. Definitely not strong on the Latakia. Good for a beginner pipe smoker. Always excellent taste. But coming from a person who smokes Captain Earle's Ten Russians, Captain Earle's Stimulus Package, C&D Pirate Kake, and the like. It's definitely not in my wheelhouse. But it's a good one to enjoy from time to time.

😽💨😽💨😽 this is a five emoji smoke for an oriental forward light English. It doesn’t get better than this.

I first started watching you in 2017 I believe just as the new year started, I went down to the local smoke store in my small Canadian town, and bought my first pipe, and a bag of captain blacks white blend. I was instantly hooked on the peacefulness created by the ritualistic packing of my pipe sitting in my chair. Since then I’ve come along. purchasing a couple beautiful peterson pipes, better quality pipe tobacco, and my understanding of flavour profiles. My ritual remains the same, the calming of the mind, the clarity of thinking and the experience I get from my pipes is a luxury for me. These days I rarely get in time for the ritual in my hectic life but lately as the spring thaw comes I find myself coming back to this beautiful state of mind.

🍁🍁🍁🍁 only my third English blend but it’s a soft, comforting smoke that’ll make it my go to sunrise with coffee blend.

❤❤❤❤All Time smoke. Creamy indeed. I get a graham cinammon every time.

👍👍👍👍It's smooth and subtle flavors is why I like this blend so much. There really is a lot of flavor to me when I just relax and enjoy.

Man I like this Early Morning tobacco , the flavor & taste are great. It is so much like Maltese Falcon with taste great too! 👍👍👍👍👍😎😎

An excellent tobacco for a newer smoker curious about English blends. It’s a bit too Oriental forward and Latakia light to be one of my favorites, but I still enjoy it on occasion. Like all the Peterson/Dunhill blends, it has a noticeable nic hit. 🍸🍸🍸🍸

Thank you sir!

So thanks muttnchop, your video is so helpful for us. Have a good smokes..🎉🎉🎉

Heck yeah.

👍👍👍 New blend to me. My tin is new, so a bit wet. I need to spread out a pipe full on a piece of paper to dry 10-15 minutes. Smoked in a Turkish meerschaum pipe. A bit harsh, but I may have been trying to keep it lit. Hint of creaminess. Nicotine was a bit high but I may have been puffing harder to keep it lit. The jury's still out on whether it stays in my rotation.

Thank you for sharing.

Excellent

My first time participating in Blend Club. Fairly new pipe smoker. I smoked 3 bowls so Far, 1st bowls I was not really getting anything from it. 2nd bowl was better, but the 3rd bowl was so enjoyable. Not sure it makes sense but it was buttery smooth. Not sure what I was expecting but I plan on keeping this on hand. It’s got me thinking about cellaring. As far as a rating I give it 😊😊😊 only because my lack of experience to compare it to. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

One of my favourite blends. I start most days with a bowl of EMP. EMP, My mixture 965 and Night Cap are the Peterson holy trinity of pipe tobacco -IMO ;)

Thanks!

💪💪💪💪 loved the tobacco , no tongue bite and awesome smoke during the rainy season 👌 Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦

EMP was my typical morning-with-coffee smoke for a long time. Then I tried GL Pease Chelsea Morning. EMP is still great, but Chelsea is just something else and perfect for a morning wakeup with a cup of Joe. I give it: 😍😍😍

⭐️⭐️⭐️ one of the first tobacco’s recommended to me when I started smoking

🥸🥸🥸🥸 I’m not a big fan of English blends but EMP is in my rotation. It’s very light on the Latakia, the orientalist are tangy and the Virginia gives it a nice sweetness

Early morning pipe is my number 1 pipe tobacco. I just ordered me a new tin along with My Mixture 965 from Peterson to give it a try. Thanks for the video.

🐐🐐🐐🐐 always like to see your content one of the best!!! EMP on of my favs

😍😍😍😍😍 This is my absolute favorite. I love this blend and I smoked this tabaco every day.

Early Morning Pipe: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic. Fantastic. Get some now if you've never tried it.

🏅🏅🏅🏅I also love english blends that are lighter and sweeter, and this blend nails that category nicely. Great with on the porch with coffee on a cool, rainy morning such as this one.

Great video for newbies learning how to open the tin. The 'cupcake-like' paper' does have a purpose. Spread it and use it as a tray to collect droppings. I enjoy Early Morning once to twice a week with morning coffee. It's a great smoke.💨💨💨💨

As a new pipe smoker, I hesitate to rate but I will. I have purchased and received every tobacco on the list except October. 😃😃😃😃 is my rating as I will definitely buy it again. As I have learned the breath method, this tobacco is smooth, almost silky. I would definitely try this one. Thank you for the blend club, this is a lot of fun. I appreciate you going over how to load the pipe again, the most frustrating part for me at the moment. Looking forward to the next video!

Finally a pleasure to rate a tobacco with you which is also available in Europe. EMP is a blend I discovered very lately. Since then it is a solid companion. I can't discover the campfire attitude, but IMHO you find this taste mostly in Peterson/Dunhill 965 which is my beloved English Mixture. I smoke Latakia blends mainly during the cold period, fall and winter. I agree with you and I give 🙂🙂🙂🙂. All the best and happy puffin'.

👊👊👊 👊 Had this one a bunch of times, and tend to agree w the general sentiment I’ve seen for it (here, and elsewhere)! That is, it’s very nice, homely tobacco, despite having an outdoorsy character to it! It’s reliable, and invigorating- suiting it’s moniker!- without necessarily setting the world alight- pun kind of intended, ha! Not so exp yet to readily attribute certain taste qualities in the smoke to certain tobacco type components, etc, But, I think I can already apportion the more woodsy, slightly spicy, and ‘off’ notes that accent this blend, to the Latakia, and/or, Orientals! Overall, a great, warming, trusty smoke, that really does lend itself to the start of the day, somehow (again echoing almost every impression I’ve seen or heard on this tobacco)!! Kudos Dunhill/Peterson

🙂🙂🙂🙂 Newbie here I just finished my emp so didn't get to smoke along (more on the way). I have a limited sense of smell so I miss out on all those wonderfully subtle notes but to me the taste of this is amazing as has been mentioned it is the perfect accompaniment to a fresh coffee and sitting watching the world go by in the early morn.

I picked up my first pipe last December coming from cigar. I got a tin of this along with a few other recommended blends. This being the first non-aromatic for me. The tin note was a big change up from Autum Evening that I enjoyed first. I really wasn't too big on it the first go, but Im still getting my pipe legs. 2nd and third try have gotten better. For now, I give it a 3 *** (I can't get my emojis to work) I think I will appreciate it more with experience.

❤❤❤❤🤍 4/5 - EMP is one of my favorite English blends and makes up part of my regular rotation. I like that the latakia is noticeable, but doesn't overpower the more subtle Oriental flavors. Despite the name, I find this one smokeable all day long.

Rating 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓👍

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘still relatively new to the pipe but this is currently my favorite

🎉🎉🎉🎉 I too am a Oriental tobacco fan . It has a unique flavor that I didn’t find in the cigar world but I’m glad I found it here in the pipe world. I would strongly recommend this blend for you non aromatic pipers.

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ It tastes like hot air to me. That might be due to me having a tin of nightcap open during the same time as when I was smoking early morning though...

🤨🤨🤨 as a quite new pipe smoker I came to this 3 (maybe and a half), because getting to know more and more tobaccos which deserve a 4 or even 5, I needed to rate it a little bit down. For me it is somehow harsher then other light english. It is still part of my rotation, but with this rating.

You my friend are a master you have taught me everything I no about smoking and cleaning my pipes am so glad I found you're channel long time ago god bless 🙏 you all the best from Scottish Highlands 👍

I smoke 1-2 pipes a week, mainly cherry tobacco of some sort, I got EMP to gain experience in English blends and its in my opinion as easy introduction as you can get. Its campfire taste for me is best kept for misty, rainy mornings. 😂😂😂

💜💜💜💜 This was a excellent smoke!!! This was sweet and creamy. What I would say Oriental forward with the Latakia coming in and out as the bowl burns. Moisture was excellent but I did experiment with letting it dry out little more which seemed to enhance everything about it. When I first started to smoke pipes which has been about a year now this was one of the first tins I purchased. At that time not understanding the nature of such a blend it did seem harsh! However, at this point smoking some Balkans and stronger Latakia blends I can really appreciate this a lot better. Oddly at times towards the middle of the bowl I would get this buttery flavor! Since the list for this years Blend Club I actually have been smoking this every morning in a Estate Peterson B 42 with some coffee or tea. I will be getting several more tins for the future. Even at different times during the day or evening this has been a go to!!! Thanks Muttnchop!!!

🤩🤩🤩🤩EMP is a great blend. Definitely one of my go-to blends.

🐔🐔🐔🐔 One of my favorites and always in my regular rotation. Balance is the the key with this one. Tangy orientals, sweet, bready Virginias with just enough latakia to add a nice umami note to round it out.

🔥🔥🔥🔥 4 Emojis! Wasn't sure if I'd settle between 3 or 4 on this, but I think it deserves the better. This is my first oriental, so I have a hard time picking out those flavors since the campfire note is so prominent for me. The spice in this is really pleasant for an every now and then smoke. For me, it really starts to lose it's punch if you smoke it too often, the flavors become muted. But smoke it after some sweeter virginia or an aromatic and it pops right back up again!

Early Morning was on of my favorites and it has a nice oriental nuances and well blended flavors. As a tobacco it is good and a good introduction to mild English. 🙂🙂🙂

Learning so much from my unofficial tobacco pipe mentor. Subscribed!

This has got to be the best blend club yet. I've been watching you for years, and blend club, while informative, started to feel robotic, scripted and repetitive. I hope you continue to speak on pipe history and have story times during these reviews. It really keeps me interested. Thank you so much for all you've done for our community. We love you!🩷

As I recall the reasoning as to why the Dunhill brand didn't follow the blend was because Dunhill decided to go all in on the Luxury clothing,Luggage, Pefume/Cologne and other high end items so they dropped their tobacco line. STG was lucky to pick the recipes up for sure. Really wish STG would reintroduce the Peterson's Luxury blend and Nutty Cut. Great video as always. Blend for me is 💨💨💨💨💨 great with ☕️ or anytime of the day!

❤❤❤❤❤ perfect blend for all day long.

I have recently returned to the pipe after an over 20 year hiatus, so it is nice doing a deeper dive this time around The bowl of EMP I had first was using a cheap Chinese-made pipe with a metal insert in the chamber. The Latakia bout smoked my socks off!! Then I tried again in my hardwood billiard. Much less smokiness. This morning I tried with my corncobb and a cup of coffee. Not only was there a light amount of smoke, I picked up on the sweet/sour flavors from the orientals. The buttery notes flowed through out the bowl. Very nice blend that will be a nice addition to the rotation. 🪵🪵🪵🪵

Cheers! Very nostalgic for me, reminds me of being out hunting. Some of the more seasoned hunters smoked this blend regularly. Brings me right back.

💨💨💨 Tin note is very smokey, indicating a mild amount of Latakia. Moisture level out of the tin was perfect. I'm used to having dry tobacco out of a fresh tin out for at least a short time, but this didn't require it. Packed and lit incredibly easily, and was in no way finicky at all. Burned cool and consistently even with some distracted puffing. Just an all around carefree smoke. Overall flavor was similarly very mild. Pleasant but mild. I get hints of the Latakia here and there but a persistent grass from the Virginias, and an occasional spice that I also suspect to be the Latakia. The flavor was not quite as bold as I prefer. I could see this appealing to those who enjoy a very light English blend, definitely a "working" smoke. I had two bowls and am unlikely to return to it in favor of richer options.

😀😀😀😀I really like this blend! I found 3 tins of Dunhill EMP in a brick-and-mortar & I’ve been nursing them. I confess that I don’t enjoy a pipe in the morning, though; I like one later in the day, after dinner. Unless I’m out in the woods camping…then it’s any time!

Must definetly "Campfire" taste and smell because of the Latakia. Abrazo !

Yep that sweet & sour taste is my favorite. Very even & creamy as you say👍👍👍👍

☕️☕️☕️☕️ Great with a cup of coffee on a chilly morning sitting on the porch. EMP and Plum Pudding are my go to English blends, with Plum Pudding slightly edging this one out as my favorite.

Thank you so much for your thorough teaching methods. I just started pipe-smoking a year ago last month. I still can’t pick out the flavor notes. Be blessed, my friend. John

I've become a creature of habit when it comes to pipe smoking and Early Morning Pipe has become my yearly winter blend on the weekends. Nothing better than a cup of coffee and a pipe full of EMP while getting the wood stove up and running.

EMP is a great classic tobacco. Sometimes if you put the pipe tool in the indent and twist it the top will pop loose...if you're lucky.

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Thanks for doing a very interesting blend club for 2023. I hadn’t smoked this in a year as I have been trying out lots of lesser known blends, but smoking this with you now I’m kicking myself for not doing so. My tin has 3 years of age and together with the fragrant orientals which are upfront, it has developed a nice sweetness which wasn’t there when it was new. My favourite light English.

👍👍👍👍 Got my first tin of Early Morning Pipe as well as GL Pease Montgomery. I have been enjoying as a morning smoke for a couple of weeks and truly enjoy with my second cup of coffee. Truly a great blend!

Just got back into pipe smoking glad to see your channel is still here best and most knowledgeable on RU-vid keep up the good work 👍🏼

Glad to see u man :)

I received a tin of Peterson's Early Morning Pipe today. I held off for almost 6 hours before breaking the tin open. I smoked a bowl through a well seasoned Missouri Meerschaum bent Country Gentleman. I found it mild yet rich in tobacco flavor. Don't know the nicotine content but I was lit up a bit. I get why they call it early morning. A big mug of strong black coffee with a squirt of honey and this pipe at 4am on the porch. Out the door with another pipe and a fly rod at 5am. 🤙🤙🤙

🛡️🛡️🛡️🛡️ I have tried this and it immediately went into my regular rotation list. It has a strong smell that reminds me of hay and a flavor that is similar but not in an unpleasant way. The flavor is very strong but enjoyable. On retrohailing it can be a bit much and burn the nostrils. I recommend that if you enjoy retrohailing like I do to do so with only a little of the smoke to give the flavor you want without burning your nose. I am from the upper Midwest and when retrohailed I get strong reflections of a strong pine forest. I definitely recommend new pipe smokers to at least try one tin.

😄😄😄😄 As usual. I think you are spot on.. I can't add a thing. If you could imagine a cool fall morning.. Taking a little break in the woods. Letting the dogs rest a bit, before pushing another row. Or a chat with the boys waiting on the next flight of ducks. This is it.

✈✈✈✈ New piper here. Incredibly smooth and flavorful. Had my first eureka moment smoking the EMP and noticing the many flavors.