Blending

Smoking Serenity: A Closer Look at Cornell & Diehl's Serenity Series

Smoking Serenity: A Closer Look at Cornell & Diehl's Serenity Series

April 11, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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If there is one thing that pipe smokers will never lack, it's variety. From Aromatic to Va/Per blends, there is a little something for everyone, but that doesn't make it any less overwhelming when searching for your next smoke. Cornell & Diehl has proven themselves to be a reliable source of hand-crafted, flavorful, and consistent smokes ... Read More

A Conversation With James Ravenwood: Photographer, Influencer, and Home Blender

A Conversation With James Ravenwood: Photographer, Influencer, and Home Blender

May 24, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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As pipe smokers, we have an abundance of choices when it comes to tobacco. There's a blend for every occasion, but that doesn't stop many of us from doing a little dabbling by mixing some of our favorites together for a smoke. Whether you use an infinity jar or mix Carter Hall with your Granger, at some point you mix ... Read More

Introducing Small Batch: Sun Bear Tupelo, The Latest Iteration of C&D's Most Popular Summertime Blend

Introducing Small Batch: Sun Bear Tupelo, The Latest Iteration of C&D's Most Popular Summertime Blend

July 21, 2023 by Chuck Stanion

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What often differentiates good tobaccos from great tobaccos is nuance. It's the subtle alterations that commend a particular mixture, perhaps through a well-aged component, the minimalist addition of a proprietary top note, or the application of long-term pressure. It doesn't take much to modify a blend in interesting and ... Read More

Joe Lankford Passes, Blender of Seattle Pipe Club Tobaccos

Joe Lankford Passes, Blender of Seattle Pipe Club Tobaccos

September 8, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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There are people in our hobby who may seem like ordinary folks but whose quiet contributions provide influential advancements. Joe Lankford was such an individual. He passed away on September 3, leaving behind many appreciative pipe smokers who will continue enjoying the pipe tobaccos that he originated for the Seattle Pipe Club, tobaccos like Plum Pudding and Mississippi River, two particular favorites among pipe smokers. ... Read More

Know Your Tobacco Cuts

Know Your Tobacco Cuts

November 13, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Pipe tobacco offers a multitude of flavor opportunities, and the way that tobacco is cut contributes to the variety of experiences. Just as we consider the flavor properties of component tobaccos, and adjust moisture levels to our liking, we have a choice in the way our blends are cut. What's most interesting is that the way a tobacco is cut can affect not only the way it burns, but the way it tastes and ages. ... Read More

Nicotine And Pipe Tobacco Blending

Nicotine And Pipe Tobacco Blending

September 18, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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I once smoked a bowl of 1792 on an empty stomach first thing Saturday morning at a Raleigh pipe show. A friend recommended it and offered me a bowl and I thought, sure, why not? But I soon learned why not, and I've not smoked a bowl of it since. I was unable to smoke another pipe that whole weekend ... Read More

A Closer Look At Latakia Tobacco

A Closer Look At Latakia Tobacco

September 4, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Latakia, like Cavendish, is the result of a process; there is no tobacco plant that grows Latakia leaves. And Latakia production, like that of Perique, is a tiny industry; its annual yield of about 60,000 pounds is vanishingly insignificant when compared to overall global tobacco manufacturing, which is focused on cigarettes. ... Read More

A Closer Look at Perique

A Closer Look at Perique

June 19, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Perique is an incredibly versatile blending component and one of the most interesting and complex types of tobacco. It's used to create numerous mixtures, often serving as a condimental tobacco to add nuance or complexity to a blend. Perique is steeped in tradition, having endured for centuries, its curing process passed ... Read More

Tobacco Curing Methods

Tobacco Curing Methods

June 5, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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While tobacco is a necessity for pipe and cigar smoking, it's easy to overlook its preparation and how the leaf begins its journey. Tobacco is an extremely sensitive crop and the soil, climate, and curing process it's exposed to all play crucial roles in its production. ... Read More

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

Per Jensen of Mac Baren: Tobacco Ambassador to the World

May 1, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Per Jensen has been the product specialist at Mac Baren tobacco since 2001, but he was entrenched in the pipe industry from the time he was nine, when he started helping in the family business: Georg Jensen pipes. That business had an unusual start. ... Read More

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