Spring is here and with it comes warm weather, fresh blooms, and much rejoicing from outdoor smokers huddled around the firepit. If you're like me, your tobacco rotation changes with the season. To serve as inspiration this spring season, here are 10 blends that are mainstays in my 2024 spring tobacco rotation.

Peterson: Elizabethan Mixture

Peterson Elizabethan mixture screams springtime with its combination of pressed, darkened Virginia tobaccos and a healthy dose of Perique. It creates an easy-to-enjoy blend with a tangy sourdough character, earthy elements, and a bit of peppery spice, perfect for smoking as you go for a spring stroll.

Available in: 50g

Elizabethan is one of the finest pipe tobaccos ever blended. Many beginner pipe smokers have trouble with Virginia or VA/Pers, but if dipped properly, you will be rewarded with the full pleasure provided. - The Beerded Dog, 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Perique
• Cut: Ribbon
• Family: Virginia
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Cornell & Diehl: Good Morning

Perfect for spring mornings, Cornell & Diehl's Good Morning is an ode to classic morning smokes. A hearty blend of Bright Virginias, Latakia, and Turkish Orientals, it offers a sweet and earthy smoke with notes of ripe dark fruity, light oak, citrus, and hay. Good Morning is the perfect start to the day or as an all-day companion.

Available in: 2oz

I normally smoke Virginia or Burley blends and the occasional Aromatic. Never any Latakia blends usually. Holy cow this Good Morning is an amazing blend in every way. Burns great, and the taste is so flavorful. All of the components stand out and accommodate each other beautifully. I will be stocking up on this one. - Tanner W., 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Latakia, Orientals
• Cut: Ribbon
• Family: English
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Two Friends: Redwood

The Spring brings a wanderlust for the great outdoors, making it perfect for a bowl of Two Friends: Redwood. An homage to ancient coastal forests and the great outdoors, Two Friends' Redwood is a carefully curated blend of naturally sweet stoved and unstoved Red Virginia grades, layered with pure St. James Parish Perique for spice and a pinch of unsweetened Black Cavendish for body.

Available in: 2oz | 8oz

This has a nice sweetness and flavor. Very relaxing and pleasing to smoke. It's "almost" a good replacement for McClelland's now bygone Virginia Woods. - El Chupacabra, 4-star review on Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Perique, Black Cavendish
• Cut: Ribbon
• Family: Virginia
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G. L. Pease: Key Largo

With warmer weather comes hopes for a visit to white sandy beaches and crystal blue waters. Key Largo is a blend that embodies that spirit through and through. Deep, earthy, and creamy, it's a distinguished broken flake of Red Virginia tobaccos, small leaf Orientals, and a measure of Cyprus Latakia, spiced with velvety cigar wrapper leaf. Pease's Key Largo develops throughout the bowl, offering a satisfying and sturdy smoking experience, with beautifully balanced, richly textured layers of cocoa, dark roasted coffee, leather, and a lively, lingering finish.

Available in: 2oz | 8oz

Exceptional blend, the cigar leaf adds a robust flavor but does not overpower. Smooth, creamy, and destined to become a classic. - Old Timer, 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Latakia, Orientals, Cigar
• Cut: Broken Flake
• Family: English
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Cornell & Diehl: Riverboat Gambler

Cornell & Diehl's Riverboat Gambler is the perfect blend for a lazy spring afternoon. Hearty and bold, Riverboat Gambler will satisfy even the strongest nicotine craving and prepare you for a lazy lounge in your hammock. A flavorful blend of the South's tobaccos, Burleys, Virginias, and Perique, with the exotic taste of Turkish leaf and notes of dark molasses, roasted nuts, sweet grass, and candied fruit.

Available in: 2oz

This has become my go-to tobacco. Smokes cool and very smooth; strong tobacco flavor; nutty, very subtle sweetness, the Perique is more fruity than spicy. Nicotine is noticeable, but not overwhelming. I'll be buying a lot more! - Forrest D., a 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Perique, Burley, Orientals
• Cut: Ribbon
• Family: Burley
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Cornell & Diehl: Sunday Picnic

Spring marks the start of picnic season and there is no better smoking companion for the occasion than Cornell & Diehl's Sunday Picnic. Golden Virginias are combined with Perique and Izmir Turkish for this delicious and memorable flake tobacco. You'll get a cool-burning smoke with strong hay and sweet grass notes, tart and tangy citrus, and a buttery sweet herbal finish.

Available in: 2oz | 8oz

A very fragrant and smooth smoke with the herbal and grassy flavors from the golden Virginias. I was expecting a more powerful interaction from the Perique, but at least in this tin Perique just acts as a very occasional condiment. - Fabcuesram, 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Perique, Orientals
• Cut: Flake
• Family: Virginia
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G.L. Pease Navigator

The Spring comes with a natural wanderlust to roam and experience the natural beauty of it all. G.L. Pease Navigator embodies this wanderlust by taking you on a smoking journey that tantalizes all the senses. It's a flake comprised of fine Virginia tobaccos, pressed and aged with a drop of rum. The addition of rich Dark-Fired Kentucky leaf brings a new dimension to the flavor and aroma of this timeless combination. Notes of ripe berries with a sweet, gently spiced edge marry with elements of earth and baking spices.

Available in: 2oz | 8oz

• Components: Virginia, Dark Fired Kentucky
• Cut: Flake
• Family: Virginia
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BriarWorks: Back Down South

I'm admittedly biased to memories of Southern bliss in the spring and summer but BriarWorks Back Down South brings me home to those memories time and time again. It's the perfect blend for front-porch sittin' with a nice glass of iced sweet tea. A hearty Virginia/Perique flake with elements of figs, dark chocolate, and a cracked black pepper spice that's sure to satisfy.

Available in: 2oz

If you're on the fence about purchasing this tobacco, do it. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite tobaccos. - JoeMcK, a 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Perique
• Cut: Flake
• Family: Virginia
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Ashton: Smooth Sailing

Ashton's Smooth Sailing is a pleasant and wonderfully smooth smoke that's perfect for those visits to the water with the wind in your hair and the sun on your face. It's a simple Virginia and Burley Aromatic mixture that offers a slightly nutty smoke with the flavors of maple, coconut, and dark chocolate.

Available in: 50g

A flavorful tobacco with some depth. Great for activities or leisure. Good taste and little-to-no bite. Very enjoyable indeed. - Jim T, 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia, Burley
• Cut: Ribbon
• Family: Aromatic
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Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation: Max Erik 1989

Max Erik 1989 is a no-nonsense Virginia blend built for the outdoors, inspiring one to leisurely stroll through green pastures while enjoying a bowl. This blend comprises a combination of ripe gold Virginia tobaccos from Georgia and the Carolinas that have been pressed into cakes for a week before being sliced into flakes. It is delicious and subtly sweet, with tart and sweet notes of sour orange, plums, candied ginger, and clover honey.

Available in: 1.75oz

I have now finished an entire tin of this blend and have to say that it will likely go near the top of my list of go-to tobaccos. This blend is very mild and sweet, it goes very well with early morning coffee. - Arpie55, a 5-star review at Smokingpipes.com

• Components: Virginia
• Cut: Flake
• Family: Virginia
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There you have it, the 10 blends that I'll be enjoying for the coming months, loyal smoking companions that each bring their own contribution. Hopefully, this list inspires you to try something new or revisit your old favorites. What's in your spring rotation? Let us know in the comments below. Happy smokes!