a great bowl of tobacco and...?
a great bowl of tobacco and...?
If I finaly get around to taking pictures of my little basement shop you would see a few strange looking devices at the end of my table. They have nothing to do with Pipe Making and everything to do with coffee roasting! I absolutely love coffee. It is something that has as much variety and taste as pipes have in their looks and smoke-ability. There is absolutely nothing like a fresh roasted cup of coffee (aprox. 24 hours after roasting). I roast my own coffee about once a week, enough for the next week. Now to the subject at hand. I find that a pipe and a GOOD cup of coffee accent each other incredibly. I also like a really good, dark beer with a good pipe smoke.
What about you? What compliments your pipe?
What about you? What compliments your pipe?
I could just tell you guys were good people. The only thing that would make you perfect is a love of blues and jazz. :pipe:
John
www.crosbypipes.com
www.crosbypipes.com
Fellas, I'll post a second to the freshly roasted coffee poll (if there was one. Hmm, ideas!) I've been roasting for about a year now, but my roaster, ahh, popcorn popper that is, broke down and I can't seem to find another suitable one anywhere around this snobby town! I got my last one in Ohio, but apparently popcorn is below the social level here. Anyway, a great dark roasted coffee bean pulled through my Gaggia Coffee Special is nice. The strength of a shot of espresso is a nice compliment to a bowl of tobacco.
However, I'll have to put my vote for best beverage pairing in the alcohol category. Although I love a pint of Guiness with an english blend and pair the two frequently, my first love is from the red wine category, but is oh, so much better. Brandy. Brandy is the way to go with a fine bowl of tobacco. There is nothing like sitting on my porch late on a summer evening with a snifter of brandy and a pipe. That, friends, is the life! Throw a nice contemplative book in the mix, or a great conversation and you have a truly leisurely experience. Do I hear an amen?
However, I'll have to put my vote for best beverage pairing in the alcohol category. Although I love a pint of Guiness with an english blend and pair the two frequently, my first love is from the red wine category, but is oh, so much better. Brandy. Brandy is the way to go with a fine bowl of tobacco. There is nothing like sitting on my porch late on a summer evening with a snifter of brandy and a pipe. That, friends, is the life! Throw a nice contemplative book in the mix, or a great conversation and you have a truly leisurely experience. Do I hear an amen?
- Jeffery_Suter
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Coffee goes so well with a nice bowl... I do agree...
I like a nice beer with on too...
Hey Jeff I see your in Princeton...
I live in Vernon, but I work in NYC...
Have you ever gone to the NY Pipe Show in Newark?
There is one coming up on May 29...
Check it out:
http://www.pipeshowsusa.com/ny2.htm
I like a nice beer with on too...
Hey Jeff I see your in Princeton...
I live in Vernon, but I work in NYC...
Have you ever gone to the NY Pipe Show in Newark?
There is one coming up on May 29...
Check it out:
http://www.pipeshowsusa.com/ny2.htm
I'm all for the pipe and coffee/stout beer (Guiness, preferably!)/whiskey (single malt Glenfidditch or double-malt JD)/chocolate etc. pass time! I imagine that I'd also enjoy sitting in a den somewhere in a nice old MacIntosh plaid housecoat with a svelte Siamese on my lap and a bit of Mozart playing in the background, while reading an 1899 copy of "The Viking Age" next to a fireplace. The pipe, whiskey and book are the only things that I currently have. Oh well!
Louis Armstrong isn't allowed in my house - at least, not while my landlord's home. Still, LA, a pipe and a glass of Pinot Noir is very enjoyable!
Louis Armstrong isn't allowed in my house - at least, not while my landlord's home. Still, LA, a pipe and a glass of Pinot Noir is very enjoyable!
I'm beginning to think that you have a spy-sat trained on me, my friend! Incidentally, my hair is long (just to thumb my nose at everybody older than myself!), at about 2 ft. of blondeness. Nearly got caught under a chef's knife at one point. I learned that braids are good things when doing anything industrious!
Fortunately, I'm a full-time student, so industry is not really in my vocabulary!
Not fond of the King. I know someone who met him, and the man has been scarred for life.... Not fond of Mozart either. Just trying to paint a picture of rustic, academic pleasures!
Ambjorn
Fortunately, I'm a full-time student, so industry is not really in my vocabulary!
Not fond of the King. I know someone who met him, and the man has been scarred for life.... Not fond of Mozart either. Just trying to paint a picture of rustic, academic pleasures!
Ambjorn
- Young_Knighten
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- Young_Knighten
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