How many tobacco flavors do y'all smoke?

[niner]

OK I have been smoking pipes since before I was legal to, and I am 27 now. When I came to college I tried many different types of tobacco, but they were all store blends. I never even considered any tin tobaccos. Now that I have tried pretty much every store blend at my B&M I stick to one or two blends that I especially like (English Haven & Mountain Mist), but I still have never tried any tin tobaccos.

I found if I buy a 16oz bag of tobacco, I can smoke it every time and not worry about which pipes have had aromatics/englishes/etc smoked in them.

However, I am interested in trying some tin tobaccos since I will be moving within the next 6 months and I will have to either find a new store blend from a B&M where I move, or just order online which would probably be easier since I have a feeling I am moving to a remote area.

So my post has two questions

1) For those that smoke many different flavors, how many do y'all have and do y'all smoke them all in different pipes, or do you just not pay attention.

2) Assuming the English Haven is an English blend, what Tin tobacco do y'all recommend, with not much tongue bite.
I am not sure what the Mountain Mist is, a slight aromatic perhaps... oh sheesh maybe I should just start all over again

And yes I have been reading thru the tobacco reviews up at the top of the page.

Thanks!

[croatan]

I have somewhere between 75 and 100 different blends, but I don't know how many "flavors". I buy mostly English, Virginias, and Balkan blends and really don't worry too much about which pipe I smoke them in. I do try to smoke mainly Virginias in a certain couple of pipes, but if I happen to smoke a different blend in them, I don't worry. I don't keep many aromatics, but those do get their own pipe.

As far as tins go, I always suggest trying Duhill 965 as many consider it the benchmark English; personally, I prefer the stronger Dunhill English mixtures like My Mixture and Nightcap. That being said, my favorite readily-available tinned tobacco has been Esoterica's Penzance for quite a while now.

Good luck in your search and if you ever make it through Fort Worth, drop me a line and we'll smoke a few bowls.

[LSU Tiger]

I have five or six different blends. A couple have a tad of latakia, but I'm not a big English blend fan. Knowledge is power, so educate yourself. I suggest three websites for you to check out. First is http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/index.cfm . It's a great place to check out hundreds of blends from everywhere. The second is Pipeworks & Wilke http://www.vtpipes.com/index.html . All of Carole's blends are her own, however, she does an exclusive mail order business, and can blend almost anything you want. Nothing tinned here. I have a sample pack from her on the way. Everything I've read has been rave reviews. Third is L. J. Peretti of Boston. http://www.ljperetti.com/index.html This is another old time tobacconist from the 19th century. Peretti's Virginia flake and their burley blend are excellent! They also carry tinned tobaccos. Even if you only order a sampler from each, You will learn a bit more of what you like and don't like. Pipeworks and Peretti don't carry heavily cased tobaccos. Hope this helps.

[niner]

OK I went to my B&M and found out what I like, or at least what I think I like

English Haven = HGL = Lane Limited HGL

Mountain Mist = 1Q = Lane Limited 1-Q

It looks as though I like the milder ones :s

I also got a tin of Dunhill My Mixture 965 and Mac Baron Virginia-1

They didn't have the others suggested and I wanted to try a Virginia blend

I will probably order a few sample packs here in a short while so I can learn more about them.

Thanks for the blend suggestions and the websites!

[burninator]

I keep an English blend handy for the winter months and a Virginia for general use. I've got a couple of other blends that I break out every once in a while--one aromatic--but I usually stick with those two.

[warrantmatt]

I pretty much like the aromatics although right now I am down to my Middletons Black Cherry wich burns real nice, with good flavor, although it can be harsh if smoked to fast.

[warrantmatt]

Since I smoke usually only one or two blends I do not worry too much about different pipes for different blends, that is something to think about and ponder while I smoke the one pipe I have with me.

[caskwith]

At the moment i am smoking anything i can get my hands on as im still in the early stages of deciding what i like. sorry im not much help here, lol

[EnyafanJT]

only flavored tobacco i smoke is macbaren vanilla loose cut. i have smoked momoyama (not the II blend they make now). i do however keep certain types of tobaccos smoked in certain pipes. if i find a blend i really like i will dedicate a pipe or pipes to it. i smoke 75 percent virginias so i keep pipes for them then va/perique, english, and balkan i do the same. some aromatics imo tend to flavor the bowl which i do not care for. just my opinion.

[Irish Bob]

In terms of flavoured tobacco I really like Mac Baren's Vanilla Cream Flake (brought four tins of the stuff with me to NZ) and the occasional bowl of Peterson's Sunset Breeze. Otherwise it's Squadron Leader, Oriental or Condor, (picked up a few duty free pouches of Condor at Heathrow on the way out here).

[Hellraiser]

Originally Posted by niner

So my post has two questions

1) For those that smoke many different flavors, how many do y'all have and do y'all smoke them all in different pipes, or do you just not pay attention.

2) Assuming the English Haven is an English blend, what Tin tobacco do y'all recommend, with not much tongue bite.
I am not sure what the Mountain Mist is, a slight aromatic perhaps... oh sheesh maybe I should just start all over again

And yes I have been reading thru the tobacco reviews up at the top of the page.

Thanks!

1. I have about 12 blends I smoke, with many more on hand I haven't even tried yet. I have certain pipes for certain types of blends. I have 3 or 4 pipes for smoking my english type blends. Same with my virginias, and another few pipes for Vapers, and a couple for burleys. I also have a few pipes that only see one blend, like I only smoke Odyssey in a cetain peterson or only smoke cob plug in a certain stanwell. If I find one pipe and tobacco combination go really well together then I keep it that way. Then there are the corn cobs I keep around to try new blends and the occasional aromatic (choclate flake).

2. For light to medium english type blends I would recommend the Dunhill EMP, Dunhill 965, any of the Frog Mortons, Penzance. The only aromatic I like is chocolate flake, both the G&H and SG versions, seems many of my non-aromatic smoker friends enjoy that as well.

Bob

[brado]

Right now, I am on my 3rd different blend. I have liked all 3.
I know that the first two were made by my local shop (Smooth, and a Latakia blend called Pastoral.) BUt I also bought IQ, a Golden Cavendish blend that is also very good. I tried Penzance, and absolutely HATED it. It left a very unpleasant tate in my mouth that didn't want to go way.