2016: Summer Tobacco Rotation Thread!

[c.ortiz108]

I foresee smoking at least 4 new Sutliff blends in the near future, thanks to @Tobias Lutz 's contest. Otherwise, I reach for whatever I happen to feel like. I thought I'd be off latakia blends in the hot weather, but not really. Most recently I've smoked Dunhill Flake, Moonshine XXX, Firedance Flake, Boswell's Best, and Sutliff Burma Road. Right now I have a hankerin' for MacBaren Vanilla Cream Flake..... I rarely smoke the same blend twice in a row, but that's something I feel I should change to get to know each blend better.

[Branzig]

I rarely smoke the same blend twice in a row, but that's something I feel I should change to get to know each blend better.

Smoking the same thing will definitely help you get to "know" a tobacco much better. As well as giving it multiple smokes later on after it has had time to sit around a bit.

When I get a new tobacco that I haven't tried yet, I will usually smoke 3-5 bowls of it before I review or pass any judgement on it. Durbar is a good example of this. The first 3 bowls of it I though it was dreadful and sour. I was ready to write it off. But around bowl 5 I got the blend figured out....matched with the correct pipe, the right moisture content, and a solid cadence. Now, I think it is really good stuff!