Developing a personal taste for tobaccos
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 6:06 am
Good morning/afternoon/evening chaps!
Since I'm new to pipe smoking I've been wondering how to best go about discovering what types of tobacco I enjoy most out of the sea of choice that's available online. So far I've bought one type online; Robert Lewis' Orcilla Mixture and 3 types of loose tobacco from my only 'local' tobacconist which are Peaches & Cream, Favorite (coconut) and American Delight.
Now, having been looking through past threads on this topic it's obvious through the general theme of advice as well as common sense that the keyword is 'try'. Try lots of different types and eventually you'll figure it out. That'll obviously work, however, I'd rather do things a bit more efficiently. I was wondering if there's anyone kind enough to help me narrow it down using their experience and knowledge of the taste categories found in tobacco.
If you use the following link to a UK smoking shop, would you be able to pick out maybe 5-10 different sample-sized tobaccos for me to buy? Once received I could give 'em all a try and report back on what I liked most and least.
http://www.smoke-king.co.uk/acatalog/bu ... mples.html
Alternatively, if nobody's willing to go to that much trouble, I'd also appreciate some specific suggestions from the same link.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Since I'm new to pipe smoking I've been wondering how to best go about discovering what types of tobacco I enjoy most out of the sea of choice that's available online. So far I've bought one type online; Robert Lewis' Orcilla Mixture and 3 types of loose tobacco from my only 'local' tobacconist which are Peaches & Cream, Favorite (coconut) and American Delight.
Now, having been looking through past threads on this topic it's obvious through the general theme of advice as well as common sense that the keyword is 'try'. Try lots of different types and eventually you'll figure it out. That'll obviously work, however, I'd rather do things a bit more efficiently. I was wondering if there's anyone kind enough to help me narrow it down using their experience and knowledge of the taste categories found in tobacco.
If you use the following link to a UK smoking shop, would you be able to pick out maybe 5-10 different sample-sized tobaccos for me to buy? Once received I could give 'em all a try and report back on what I liked most and least.
http://www.smoke-king.co.uk/acatalog/bu ... mples.html
Alternatively, if nobody's willing to go to that much trouble, I'd also appreciate some specific suggestions from the same link.
Thanks in advance for any help,