Tobacco Talk

Tasting Notes: Wintertime Reserve

December 4, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Hey boys and girls. It's Santa here today to talk to you about the new limited-edition Cornell & Diehl Wintertime Reserve blends, just in time for the holiday season. From now until the end of December, all the good girls and boys out there who treat themselves to a brand new Peterson pipe can pick one of four new limited-edition Wintertime Reserve blends ... Read More

A Closer Look At Macedonian Tobacco

November 22, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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Tobacco growth and production are very important subjects to pipe smokers. Before you click off of this post and think to yourself, well, duh, Kayla, why else would I be on Smokingpipes, I'd like to elaborate on this blanket statement. Without the hard-working people who tirelessly strive to grow, cultivate, and prepare tobacco for use in the blends we know and love, we wouldn't be able to partake in this unique hobby, so ... Read More

Tasting Notes: HU Louisiana Broken

November 21, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I am working my way through all of the HU tobaccos that are finally available on the US market after years and years of anticipation. In this episode, I am smoking HU Louisiana Broken. ... Read More

The Flavor Wheel: The Perfect Tasting Notes Companion

November 7, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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Smoking, like so many of the finer things in life, carries a certain level of nuance. I've touched on this in the past with a blog post on how to help develop your ... Read More

Holiday Tradition: The 2024 Wintertime Reserve Blends

November 7, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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The holiday season offers a plethora of traditions to indulge in. Whether burning yule logs or shoving citrus in stockings, everyone has one. For pipe smokers, one such tradition is the annual release of the Wintertime Reserve series. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Director's Cut from HU Tobacco

November 5, 2024 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I am extremely excited about this one, and this is a historic day. In fact, I'm happy to say that for the first time in the American market, thanks to our good friends at Kopp Tobaccos and your friendly neighborhood Laudisi Distribution Group, Smokingpipes is proud to present ... Read More

Mystery Review: October 2024

October 30, 2024 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome to another spine-chilling iteration of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mysterious tobacco. This month's inquisitor is our very own Lukas Denham, a Pipe Specialist here at Smokingpipes. Will his mysterious submission leave us dumbfounded, or will we correctly ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown No.2

October 24, 2024 by Shane Ireland

Welcome to another episode of "Tasting Notes." I'm back on track here with the promise that I made to myself to smoke through all of the flakes made in Kendall by Gawith Hoggarth & Co. and Samuel Gawith ... Read More

Blowing Smoke: The Medicinal History of Tobacco Smoke Enemas

October 18, 2024 by Chuck Stanion

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Not many people knew how to swim 250 years ago, and drownings were a leading cause of death, especially in the canals of Venice and the river Thames in London. Had you lived in those locations back then and were unfortunate enough to fall into the water and lose consciousness, chances were pretty fair that someone would try to resuscitate you with a tobacco smoke enema. ... Read More

Semois Tobacco: Old World Tobacco

October 17, 2024 by Rose Kiser