Tobacco Talk

Tasting Notes: Firebird Flake

January 14, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to our first episode of Tasting Notes for 2025! I have something really special and singular to discuss today: Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch Firebird Flake, the latest Small Batch release, available now. ... Read More

The Supreme Balance of Small Batch: Firebird Flake

January 3, 2025 by Chuck Stanion

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Appropriate for the advent of a new calendar year, Firebird Flake is ready for its introduction to the world. The Firebird of legend symbolizes beauty, rebirth, and renewal. It is a magical being with luminescent or fiery wings whose capture may be rewarded with wishes or good fortune. ... Read More

My Wintertime Smoking Rotation

December 27, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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Contrary to the belief of my friends and family, I don't spend the winter months covered in blankets by the space heater in my office with my scalding hot coffee and pipe to warm my hands. I also spend time on my patio layered in both sweater and heavy jacket by the patio heater with my scalding hot coffee and pipe to warm my hands. Much like I rotate between these two locations, I tend to generate a preferred rotation of tobaccos every winter. ... Read More

Mystery Review: December 2024

December 24, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mysterious tobacco or cigar. For 2024's last episode, Jay Furman, Master of Pipes, is our guest inquisitor. Will his mysterious submission leave us shocked, or will we correctly guess what he's presented to us? ... Read More

Tasting Notes: HU Fayyum

December 19, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Once again, I'm very excited to be smoking through the line of HU tobaccos, which is finally available on U.S. soil thanks to our good friends at Kopp and your local friendly neighborhood Laudisi. These are revered and legendary ... Read More

Cozy Reading and Smoking 2024

December 12, 2024 by Kayla Ivan

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For the discerning pipe smoker, often there are some pairings that naturally arise during the smoking experience: a spirit paired with a complex tobacco, a black coffee paired with a bold blend, and so forth. One pairing that occurs often for the pipe smoker is reading and pipe smoking. Whether intentionally pairing a book with pipe tobacco, trying something new and exciting with a new genre to read, diving into an old favorite book ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Carolina Christmas

December 10, 2024 by Shane Ireland

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Ho ho ho and happy holidays, boys and girls. It's Santa here, filming on location at his favorite tobacconist, Low Country Pipe & Cigar in South Carolina, the sister store to Smokingpipes. Today I'm smoking a very special holiday blend in the Low Country Pipe & Cigar line of tobaccos produced by Jeremy Reeves and Cornell & Diehl: Carolina Christmas. ... Read More

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

Tasting Notes: Firebird Flake

The Supreme Balance of Small Batch: Firebird Flake

My Wintertime Smoking Rotation

Mystery Review: December 2024

Tasting Notes: HU Fayyum

Cozy Reading and Smoking 2024

Tasting Notes: Carolina Christmas

Tasting Notes: Wintertime Reserve

A Closer Look At Macedonian Tobacco

Tasting Notes: HU Louisiana Broken

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