REVIEW | Peterson Early Morning Pipe - formerly Dunhill “EMP” Pipe Tobacco 

Thanks! Keep up the good work Kevin!

I am originally from Syria. Let me explain more about Latakia's origin: Latakia is a magical city in the heart of the Middle East. It's a coastal city with many green mountains and the best weather you've ever seen. The people there are mostly involved in sea or shipbuilding, as well as tobacco production. In 1778, during the Ottoman Empire period, farmers usually sold their tobacco to merchants at the harbor. However, suddenly a war broke out, and they unwillingly stored all the tobacco they had made in the ceilings of their homes for one year after the war ended. As I mentioned, in Latakia, winter is very cold, so all farmers light fires indoors to survive the freezing temperatures. This fire gives Latakia its special character. Initially, they thought the tobacco was not good due to the blackened color of the leaves, so they sold it at a super low price. However, after it was distributed globally and tobacco pipe enthusiasts tasted it, there was a huge demand for this kind of tobacco. The great soul of Latakia produces a supremely fine tobacco leaf, and intentionally smoking it adds to its charm. ❤️

I just got into pipes a few years back and EMP became my standard. There’s something very comforting about your review and personality. Have a great day!

EMP with coffee has been a favorite morning ritual for me. Great review.

God bless you my friend make sure you keep your pipe lit.

I bought my first tin in 2022 and just cracked it open 7/23. I am more of a Latakia forward smoker and the first 1/3 of the bowl takes a little adjusting to for my pallet. I start with "why is this so popular?" But then the joy comes. By the end, I am a happy piper. It is easy on the tongue and the after taste is pleasant. I enjoyed smoking a bowl and watching your review.

When I initially watched this review I hadn’t smoke any EMP. Yesterday I cracked my first tin that I had for a couple of months. This is my fourth bowl now and I thought I should revisit you review as I’m getting to know EMP. When you mentioned incense, I immediately got it. That was a great description of flavor and I can’t stop thinking about incense now. Really enjoying EMP. Delicious flavors and really easy to deal with. Thanks for the review.

I’m not a fan of Latakia or the tin note of Early Morning Pipe, but the oriental tobaccos keep me coming back for more. Something very unique about EMP and your review was spot on! Keep up the good work!

Most days I smoke: EMP- first pipe of the day, 965 during the day and Night Cap at night....yes, I am a Peterson/Dunhill been fan ;)

EMP was my first pipe tobacco, and still a favorite. If you haven't tried Sutliff's Match Walnut (based off of Oppenheimer's favorite from Middleton's), another great one in the same flavor realm!

EMP was my first non-aromatic blend and my “ah-ha” moment. I still love it. And it’s one of my favorites. It’s perfect in the morning with a cup of coffee. Great review!

I love EMP such a great blend. Smoking it now so thought I would re-visit your video. Love the light Latakia with Orientals/Turkish such a great taste. So balanced. Has a little of the sweetness of the Virginia. I get floral notes, nutty notes, outmeal notes. I get a hint of campfire. This one makes my top 10 which is saying something.

I’ve been an occasional cigar smoker up until now, and I’m just getting into smoking a pipe. I’m finding your videos really informative and fun to watch. I’m really enjoying learning about pipe tobacco!

My wife likes early morning pipe 😉but seriously, she’s really starting to like smoking pipes. She smoked all my Mac Buren Virginia #1. Can’t blame her, though.

emp is one of my favorite blends. if there was only emp, 965 and nightcap one day i would still live a fulfilled life 😇😄 cheers marco

This is my second favorite blend. What a delightful smoke any time of day. As you said, it isn't Latakia forward but it does add a bit of a kick that really sent me down the path of seeking out blends that do and I've found that I am a fan. Pirate Kake is now in my top 5. Thanks Kevin... Happy New Year!

I just picked up my first pipe online and tin tobacco. I’m from Australia. I’m looking forward to starting my journey. Just watching random videos, I do smoke cigars every so often. But I’ve been drawn to pipe smoking for awhile now. Appreciate the information and stories.

EMP is my absolute favorite English blend, I’m glad you dig it! Nightcap is great too but man there is something special with this one

EMP is my island blend! Let me say though, I am very impressed with Sutliff's MATCH to EMP, and I may even like it more. I always get a slightly smokey milk chocolate flavor which pairs really well with my "Pike Place" coffee in the morning! Thanks for doing justice to a staple light English blend👍

Just picked some of this up, thanks for the review. BTW, your smile, your happy demeanor, and overall chill vibe are amazing 😊

It took me several tries with EMP to get anything other than smoke and leather hints. I think it had to do with my palate at the time being a little tired of English blends, even the more oriental forward ones. After going to just VaPer and Burley blends for a while; I did try that EMP that was in the cellar for a while. It was like a whole new experience. I got the smokiness, and the sweet and slightly spiced nuances. It pairs exceptionally well with a good English Breakfast tea blend. You pretty much nailed it with this review. Especially the comparison to the peated Scotch Whisky reference. Thanks for the review! You reminded me that I need to order more Early Morning Pipe, because I am down to about two bowls left!

This Early Morning 👍👍👍👍reminds me when I first started pipe smoking in 1971 in Southern Calif. at collage. Used to buy it at a Poor Richards Pipe Tobaccos shop their house blend!! Mmmm Great memories .😊🧐🤤🤤

Love EMP. I began smoking it some years ago, when it was a Dunhill blend. The Peterson brand did not change it at all, and it is my usual first smoke of the day.

Its great how you analyze and explain a tobacco 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊 I like EMP in the morning, a beautiful balance and each type of leaf is playing its role 😊😉🎄

Nothing beats the “pop” of a fresh tin. I have to gets some new blends soon.

Had to watch this again while having a bowl of EMP. Thanks for letting me smoke along. Hope you and yours are doing well. Enjoying this first warm Tennessee day.

This is the first blend I ever smoked! It's what got me hooked on pipes.

Just tried this blend for the first time this morning! I really enjoyed it too. Smoked it in my first Peterson pipe as well. Rocky Donegal 127 (just got it 😁) And a cup of Black coffee! Pretty good start to the week

EMP is my winter weekend blend. Happy new year!

Great video. I think it's important to point out the orientals here because so many seem to miss it or simply don't identify that flavor. Even I can't put my finger on what oriental components are in EMP but its somewhat reminiscent of McClelland BTR to me. I decided to pull out some 20 year old EMP for the video to smoke along with. The latakia is even further in the background as this ages and the sourness of the oriental leaf really pokes out early. I much prefer the Murray's era EMP to the current STG offering but have heard the pre-Murrays EMP was far superior. Who knows how this blend was when it first debuted over 100 years ago. I so wish I had some of it to try.

A classic blend that for some reason has always escaped me. Thanks for your insight on it. Enjoy your pipes.

I loved the review and all of the bird activity in the background. Great video!

I totally love my Savenelli red alligator 673!!! I tried it last night with some Peterson early morning pipe. Thank you so much for turning me onto that pipe. I hope you have a blessed week. John.

Early morning pipe in the morning and night cap by night perfect combination

I saw a few reviews on emp and I Bought a tin when I first started my pipe smoking journey and I definitely habe this as my #1 in my top 5 favorite blends now

My favorite tobacco by far coffee compliments the tobacco the aroma is wonderful it's One of those I could smoke All day

EMP is one of my favorite blends. Especially in the morning with a cup of coffee. Happy Smokes!

Laphroaig. One of my favourite whiskies and one of the most peaty. It’s can be an acquired taste…

Classic & nice blend ❤️🥳

Smoking it in my La Rocca bent billiard. Great English blend

Just cracked a tin of EMP I've held onto for 6 months. My first time trying it and it's great.

Just got my first EMP tin. I love oriental forward blends. My favourite one was Balkan sasieni when I tried 5 years ago. Have one tin left Aging for 3 years. Should get to that soon

Your videos, I believe, are the only ones I watch, entirely to the end. That jingle you composed and performed, is really spirit capturing. I feel a magic coming on. And your pipe, in this one, is more than enough of a churchwarden style for me. It's more the sort that a wizard would use, when gadding about, checking to see that the incense burners are still filled and smoke carrying prayers to a forever place of brilliant light. The mingling of pipe smoke and incense smoke, brightens that light, and the world feels its love and warmth. Absolutely fabulous.

Thank you for this video. I just bought my first tin of EMP earlier today. I haven’t tried it yet but I’m getting ready to go camping tomorrow and I’ll try it there.

Picked up my first tin on my way home tonight. Think I have a problem, currently have about 20 tobacco’s on hand….. This one has been on my radar for a few months. Really good tobacco, as always appreciate the review!

Loved EMP from first puff ;) Smoking EMP while watching your review ;) I tend to love english blends with latakia and orientals- nothing beats them. My first Peaty scotch was Laphroaig - love at first sip ;)

Early Morning Pipe has become my morning pipe smoke. It goes perfect with coffee. It’s the first tin of tobacco that I had to buy a second tin because o went through it. And this is a guy that would say I didn’t like English blends.

Just brought a tin of this I might leave it for a couple of years before I smoke it. I’ll grab another one and smoke that one now. Great video thx

After the first bowl İ was immediately addicted to EMP and İ cant appreciate other blends that much anymore 😅

Well let’s try this again . I was enjoying this blend this morning at 5:30am . It was snowing again here in the PNW and it is an amazing blend.

I found your channel from watching Michigan piper and I'm glad I did your content is very good. Great work man

I smoked night cap this afternoon, it's a fitting name. I'll have to try this early morning

Still waiting to try this I can't wait to have to tin and to have my first emt from Canada hard to get it unfortunately

Just got a tin of this for Christmas and I’m really looking forward to it. Thanks for the review.

I can't believe this but when I first saw the part of the video with you smoking the pipe you remind me so much of Jackson Galaxy. I watch a lot of his cat videos. I'm smoking some McConnell Folded Flake myself. Love that stem on your cob pipe too. The birds always add a very peaceful ambience to your videos too. You have me convinced to give this a try, I'll just have to wait for warmer weather to smoke it outside. It's been pretty chilly here lately, looking at single digit temps this weekend. Have a good one and Happy New Year my friend.

I've heard of heavily peated scotch compared to tasting like a "cigar smoking walrus" or a "mermaid's bathwater". Nothing like a good single malt scotch sitting by the fire on a cold winter evening.

Very good analogy to peated scotch. I think EMP is a good intro to English blends. Great review, great video.

I was just enjoying this very blend this morning at 5:30am . It was snowing again here in the PNW 🥶 but wow what a blend 😉

I v got to try, is in my list for so long, 22 I will try it. Thank you for the great review

I enjoyed this video with some Peterson perfect plug in my Peterson Tyrone(306) fishtail; my usual morning smoke, the nicotine gets me going.Another great video with great descriptions. The profile smoking in the beginning was pretty bad ass.

EMP is really a good first smoke of the day for me, or for when I just want a nice, simple, light english. Very balanced. Not as exciting for me as other mellow englishes like Squadron Leader or Westminster. Simple and good.

I,m going to order a Tin of this and a Dwarf Cobbit Pipe👍

Great blend. Great review. I really appreciate the thought and time you put into your videos. It really pays off. Have a Happy New Year

Kevin! Another great review! I got back just in time it seems. I start looking to see what's new and BAM! Update from your channel. Well I can say this has been on my list of got to check out tobaccos. I've not pulled the trigger yet. It was one or another and Bold Kentucky and Old Dark Fired won't smoke themselves, but it's there. I can't ever recall anyone having something bad to say about it. So I take that as a good sign. I appreciate the long thorough description of taste. That's a help. My only 3 experiences with English blends is awaken elder, plum pudding and Maltese falcon which are all three great. So I look forward to someday pulling the trigger. Well glad I could catch a video fresh till next time friend, Peace!

I've had this on my wishlist for too long. I need to order some. Thanks for the review.

Yes sir, my favorite blend!

Looks neat. I'll surely be adding this one to my rotation.

Really great video and presentation style. Super helpful. Thanks!

THE ONLY ENGLISH BLEND TOBACCO IN 51 YEARS OF SMOKING THE PIPE I FOUND NOT TO MY LIKING.

What are you smoking? Oh you know just some electromagnetic pulse haha. Might give this a go someday. Thanks for the video.

Nice review my friend, makes me want to crack my jar and have some, it’s been well over a year. 😊✌🏼👍🏼

I've yet to give EMP a try. It's on my to do list. My favs are Nightcap and 965, so this should be in my wheelhouse.

The order has been placed and is On the Way👍⌚

Hey Kevin, hello again! So I know your a fan of EMP. I've got a suggestion for you try. Read a review that says out EMPs EMP so ordered some GL Pease Chelsea Morning. Was very surprised when I got a tin last week dated 01/11/13, had to do a double take. Well let me tell you here lives some of the best sweet red and bright virginias I've experienced to date and wonderful orientals. Wondering if its the age of the tin, could be! The Latakia is less to me than EMP and it has a perfect light bit of perique adding a little sweet spice but not at all overdone. This could be my favorite so far, you owe it to yourself to grab a tin of this if you haven't before. But lets keep it a secret LOL! It was excellent in my Savinelli Gandolph. BTW like your new HCA 7M-1

EMP is on my must try list. I imagine i would appreciate it much like fusiliers ration

That looks great, can't seem to get it here in the uk

I really enjoy your videos! Thank you^^

Fantastic review Kevin, Happy New Year to you and your family.

Great review Kevin, of an icon I only tried first recently. I've taken to making a 80% emp,20% G&H CC Am. blend which I like! Bit like mixing a single malt with coca cola I guess... which I also do😂 Ha ha peaty scotch..an old friend used to joke and call any peated whiskey "John Innes no.3" (famous in UK for bags of gardening compost) 🤗😁 I must admit I'm in the other camp with Whiskey..the Speyside lemony golden biscuty type! Each to their own though eh!

Really enjoy your videos. I'm a new piper also from Missouri

Having grown up with Captain Kangaroo and remembering them saying "Morning Captain" every episode, I sometimes blend this with Captain Black Royal. Of course I call it "Morning Captain".

EMP is a good one for sure. Nice and mild, but not short on taste. Cheers!

Thank for rewiev. I dig your ring of Barahir. .)

I definitely get the incense in the finish. It tastes exactly like the smell of a variety pack of incense cones I have.

You nailed this review, Kevin. Starting with an explanation of what the components are and how some of them are made was brilliant. I think that 'Latakia' scares off some pipers. Being a dark, cured tobacco and having a strong aroma reminiscent of a campfire leads some to assume that it is a strong tobacco. (The same assumption gets made about dark wrapper cigars as well.) Pointing out that while it is full flavored it is not strong and doesn't have a big nicotine hit. As a blend, you note that it is not Latakia forward, shows up frequently on the tobacco lists of novices, and that you haven't experienced tongue bite with it will help the undecided to give it a try. The blend could certainly be a introduction to both English blends and Oriental Blends. As noted before, you are a skilled and enormously helpful reviewer. I loved your cut away to some bird feed friends while you were doing your review. It seems odd, but not unwelcome to see birds around at the end of December. We've been all over the place temperature-wise with highs in the 30s for a few days followed by the 40s and 50s with an occasional 60+ day. Be well, stay safe, and keep it awesome - best wishes for a Happy New Year! - peace P.S. Probably the pipe smokers who wouldn't like this as the Watson proverbial first pipe of the day are those who are looking for a nicotine 'kick' to get their day started. 😉

my first tobacco! still discovering its taste

Love me some EMP . I know it doesn't matter how you pronounce it, but as an Arab I have to declare , Latakia the city pronounced like ( la - thee - kia ) so both common pronunciation are wrong 😁. But you can argue it is not form Latakia anymore . I visited the city 25 years ago( I was 12 ) and we had a tour to the tobacco farms and saw the process of drying and processing the tobacco , locally the call it (the smelly tobacco) 😅. Great video and I wish I had caught on your channel earlier

This is my blend. Chelsea morning is more balkan, more oriental forward than this, but these light english blends is my own sweet spot. EMP ftw!

Hello! EMP very nice 😍 thx, Happy new Year 🍾 🍀 🎉

I am trying it. Need to spend more time. Campfire is very over powering at first. But starting to get more. No tongue bit at all. Can see why people like that.

Good stuff!

Happy New year enjoy your smoke

Excellent video,as usual Kevin and the customized pipe is really beautiful. Where did you get that dandy acrylic stem fitted? And I also like your lighter, especially the euphonious tinkle every time it's opened. Now back to your review. My mouth watered when you were digging up the densely packed leaves,lol. Excellent review. I have a weakness for Oriental forward English blends.I'm going to place order for one/two tins soon. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year hobbiton Piper

Kevin. I just discovered your channel and I’m obsessed. So much great information. Can you tell me what pipe this is in the video? Thanks!! Eric

Wonderful friend!

Great review, thank you..........Bob

Need still to crack this tin 😆 have a great New Years Kevin!

Your making me hungry man! lol Still need to try this one. Cheers!

Well done. It’s oriental forward, but the Virginias shines midway down the bowl bringing harmony to the smoking experience. Cheers, Art