1Q Revisited

Post by **Capn Jimbo** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:05 pm

Really quite nice...

As you'll recall I found the 1Q overly aromatic, and not as smooth as I'd hoped, but that has changed. Apparently it took a bit longer for my cob pipe to break in, than I'd thought. Now this pipe - reserved for 1Q - seems completely different. No tongue burn or edginess; in fact the 1Q is really quite nice. I can now understand why this blend is so popular.

And a lot of course, depends on a good burn. I finally tried a sort of Frank method, with a big pinch piled on top, then pressed carefully down to the lip of the pipe and repeat until the draw seems firm. That plus a good initial light - tamp - then a serious light to develop a good coal and final light press.

Nice.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:23 pm

I'm finding that the packing and lighting can make a lot of difference to the smoke. Never write of a tobacco until you have experimented with the way you pack it and, don't lite it so that it burns to hot. I have found that sometimes it's not the tobacco itself that burns hot, it's the fact that I tend to over lite it.

It's all a learning experience!

Two videos that have helped me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZaFJ6oBO8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6JWy0GBw6Q