Vitamin "N" Dept: what's it like?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:50 am
In reading many TR reviews...
...I'm sure we've all found those who like their "Vitamin N", and those who don't. Some complain of possible nausea, etc., and recommend eating before piping with a high N blend. Until recently, I'd never had such an experience. But then...
It happened...
On a whim I decided to revisit MacB's Navy Flake, a blend that I originally liked, but later came to dislike. Da'Rum had a similar experience. This time I folded about 2/3 or 3/4 of a flake into my cob, and had what for me was a longer smoke - perhaps 45 min. At a point and to my great surprise I started to feel warm and began to perspire, and yes felt a wee bit unsteady.
This pretty much ended this session, which in the first half bowl I'd come to rather like this flake once again, but then noted that the second half of the bowl became progressively richer and stronger, and perhaps the source of what I take as an N-effect.
How 'bout you?
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FWIW, TR's reviews are mixed in re the "N" level, with respondents on either side of "mild" or "substantial". Seems that "N" effects are a personal matter.
...I'm sure we've all found those who like their "Vitamin N", and those who don't. Some complain of possible nausea, etc., and recommend eating before piping with a high N blend. Until recently, I'd never had such an experience. But then...
It happened...
On a whim I decided to revisit MacB's Navy Flake, a blend that I originally liked, but later came to dislike. Da'Rum had a similar experience. This time I folded about 2/3 or 3/4 of a flake into my cob, and had what for me was a longer smoke - perhaps 45 min. At a point and to my great surprise I started to feel warm and began to perspire, and yes felt a wee bit unsteady.
This pretty much ended this session, which in the first half bowl I'd come to rather like this flake once again, but then noted that the second half of the bowl became progressively richer and stronger, and perhaps the source of what I take as an N-effect.
How 'bout you?
*******
FWIW, TR's reviews are mixed in re the "N" level, with respondents on either side of "mild" or "substantial". Seems that "N" effects are a personal matter.