Today I decided to open yet another new tin of tobacco. The one I chose is Peterson Old Dublin and I then grabbed my Savinelli 804KS Sitting pipe. I believe the Savilelli was my 3rd pipe in my collection, which is still small but slowly growing. I picked it up at one of my local tobacco shops called Ted's Tobacco in Omaha, Nebraska. It's a rusticated Canadian with a dark brown stain on the briar. It is sanded down to create a flat base on the bottom, hence the title "Sitting". It has an acrylic stem and is a pipe that uses a 6mm filter. It is one of my "go to" pipes for sure. Now back to the tobacco. I placed a fairly large order of tobacco at Pipes and Cigars online (www.pipesandcigars.com) after the Bank of Shari (that's the missus) approved my $200 line of credit :P You see, I've been doing a lot of powerpoint work for my sister-in-law so I deserved this paycheck! Anyhow, I looked around the website and Peterson tobaccos have been pretty good in my book so when I read the description I knew I had to add it to the cart. So here we are. Here's the description on the label, "The traditional mixture of the finest Latakia, Turkish oriental and Virginia Lef is slowburning, cool and still blended by hand". I was sold! When I cracked the tin and put it to the sniff test I could smell the sweet-n-spicy Latakia. It has that campfire, smokey, BBQ and maybe a little pepper aroma. My nose enjoyed that :) The tobaccos are light, medium & dark brown ribbon cut and just right regarding the moisture--not too moist & not too dry. This is perfect because I didn't want to have to wait for a dry pinch or two. I packed it, lit it with my IM Corona Old Boy, and then tamped it with my favorite Plateau Briar (shout outs to Aaron Strange a.k.a BriarBoy on Etsy), and enjoyed the smoke. It was a smooth, cool, and fulyl producing smoke. The flavors of peppery cooked smoked meat over a campfire put a fantastically silky smooth coat over my tongue. This was perfect and a very relaxing smoke. No room noted and maybe shouldn't be since it isn't an aromatic...I'm still working on describing what I taste & smell whcih will come in time :) The bowl smoked down cool and fast and I think I'm on my 3rd or 4th sitting. It is hightly recommended and gets two thumbs up in my book! Go out and try it for yourself and let me know whatcha think! Until next time...keep on smokin' on!!
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