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  • The Pipes Are Calling: Confessions Of A Pipe-smoker

    VirginiaVirginia, also recognized as Bright or Flue-cured, has a a lot wider and deeper flavor profile than Burley. The leaf is of course higher in sugar, and the extra subtle flue-curing process can manipulate the flavour of the tobacco with greater sensitivity than simple air-curing can obtain. Virginia leaf is the dominant, typically exclusive, leaf selection in a Virginia…

  • The Pipes Are Calling: Confessions Of A Pipe-smoker

    Their major drawbacks are their fragility and regularly small bowl dimension. Calabash gourds (usually with meerschaum or porcelain bowls set inside them) have lengthy made prized pipes, however they’re labour-intensive and, today, quite expensive. Because of this expense, pipes with bodies made of wood (usually mahogany) instead of gourd, but with the identical traditional form,…