Hi guys,
I'm obviously really enjoying smoking cigars and have picked up a hell of a lot of information of all types of cigars (the only think I feel I lack is experience of all brands and also going to a herf, but those will come in time I'm sure); anyway I've found that cigar smoking is obviously an expensive hobby so I'm thinking about dabbling in pipe smoking but with cigars being my main interest. I guess it's the same way of smoking a cigar but just less expensive and with more faff.
I've read a lot of articles and videos about how to pack, light and smoke a pipe and all the different types of tobaccos but I find nothing really beats personal experience. I'm just wondering what generally everyone's favourite blends of tobacco are? I've heard of things like Latakia, Burley, Virgina, Orientals, Balkan, Aromatics etc but I've yet to read anything about what tastes are what. It is very easy to read reviews of a Hoyo cigar and know very quickly that they are a very light cigar make or read reviews of Bolivar and know that they are much stronger, but I don't know what the equivalents are in tobaccos? Is Virgina/Oriental/Latakia more light like a Hoyo or more heavy like a Bolivar? Can you mix different types of tobaccos together in thirds to get a more transition cigar-like experience?
How do you store tobaccos btw? I've seen photos of sealed jars of tobacco but is a Boveda pouch needed to keep the humidity the same in the jar?
Sorry if it's a lot of questions to answer but this forum is full of great and helpful so I thought I might as well start my journey here
Thanks everyone,
Matt
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I'm obviously really enjoying smoking cigars and have picked up a hell of a lot of information of all types of cigars (the only think I feel I lack is experience of all brands and also going to a herf, but those will come in time I'm sure); anyway I've found that cigar smoking is obviously an expensive hobby so I'm thinking about dabbling in pipe smoking but with cigars being my main interest. I guess it's the same way of smoking a cigar but just less expensive and with more faff.
I've read a lot of articles and videos about how to pack, light and smoke a pipe and all the different types of tobaccos but I find nothing really beats personal experience. I'm just wondering what generally everyone's favourite blends of tobacco are? I've heard of things like Latakia, Burley, Virgina, Orientals, Balkan, Aromatics etc but I've yet to read anything about what tastes are what. It is very easy to read reviews of a Hoyo cigar and know very quickly that they are a very light cigar make or read reviews of Bolivar and know that they are much stronger, but I don't know what the equivalents are in tobaccos? Is Virgina/Oriental/Latakia more light like a Hoyo or more heavy like a Bolivar? Can you mix different types of tobaccos together in thirds to get a more transition cigar-like experience?
How do you store tobaccos btw? I've seen photos of sealed jars of tobacco but is a Boveda pouch needed to keep the humidity the same in the jar?
Sorry if it's a lot of questions to answer but this forum is full of great and helpful so I thought I might as well start my journey here
Thanks everyone,
Matt
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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