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 Tinderbox.com Tobacco Review 2022 We asked our pipe tobacco customers to participate in our Tobacco Review 2022 and the response was overwhelming. 19 people accepted our invite. As part of the tobacco review each participant were provided with four tobaccos and a questionnaire to fill out after smoking each tobacco. In order to conceal the tobacco names, the samples were labeled A, B, C & D. The participant rated the tobaccos on flavor/taste, aroma, burn & overall rating, based on a five-point scale (1 = Disliked to 5 = liked). As you look over the responses keep in mind...

Just released. 4th Generations limited edition box – only 1500 made. A fine blend of matured aged Virginias, Gentle in taste with a slight aroma of honey and Licorice. Depicted is the entrance to Erik Poul Stokkebye’s tobacco factory in Odense, Denmark circa 1948.

COMMON PIPE SMOKING PROBLEM TONGUE BITE  Tongue bite, or an irritation of the tongue, is caused by one or more of the following reasons: Improper cake (or no cake) in the heel. This causes a BRIAR pipe to smoke hot. A “drug store” quality pipe fitted with a filter system which traps bitter fluids in the shank of your pipe. Tobacco too tightly packed in the heel. This leaves no air pockets for good combustion. Smoking low quality commercially packaged tobaccos containing preservatives and other artificial ingredients. Not tamping evenly or often enough. Smoking or puffing your pipe too fast....

PIPE CARE When cleaning a new pipe, use pipe cleaners frequently but cautiously. Running them all the way down into the bowl may peel away the new cake before it has a chance to set. Rest your pipe at least a full day after smoking it. Give the accumulated oil and moisture a chance to dry out. Be sure to set the pipe at the proper drainage angle, with the bowl lower than the stem. Your reward will be a dry pipe that smokes cooler and sweeter. Rotate your pipes. Owning and smoking a number of different shapes and styles...