“Mississippi River actually appeared to Master Blender Joe Lankford in a dream. Awakened from a sound sleep he grabbed a pencil and scribbled a recipe before the memory faded. The next morning he used those notes to create a Virginia blend like no other. Mississippi River was born. The rest is history in a tin. …
“Westminster Abbey is far from being religious–this blend is truly a sin! But smoking this elegant bouquet of Virginia, Burley, and hand-rubbed Virginia Flake blended with some Black Cavendish, every puff is worth the offense. Each draw fills your mouth with an incredibly delicious cream caramel flavour and you will ask yourself: why haven’t I…
“Distinctively delicious! G.L. Pease seasons fine red and golden flue-cured Virginia tobaccos with rare condimental leaf, enhancing the result with a subtle vanilla/bourbon topping that is never overbearing. Rare for a blend of its genre, The Virginia Cream delivers on its aromatic promise from the first puff to the bottom of the bowl, while leaving…
“Henry Sutliff opened the first of his shops back in 1849 in San Francisco on Kearny Street. This fine mixture of Sweet Virginia and Spicy Perique is in commemoration of the founding of America’s oldest pipe tobacco company. This unique blend is a mixture of Bright Virginia, Sweet Red Virginia, and two cuts of Perique.…
I have always had a unique relationship with Comoy’s tobacco. The first two Comoy’s of London tobaccos I ever tasted were the Cask #2 (Portwood), and Cask #7 (the Coin Sliced). I found myself enjoying those two quite a bit. I smoked through all my open tins fairly quickly. For some reason though, I remained…
Professionally writing comes with many perks. Scholars can get to access restricted documents. Novelists have an opportunity to get rich. Sports Writers get to meet world famous athletes and go behind the scenes of all the biggest games. But there is one kind of writer who is much luckier: Tobacco Writers. Tobacco writes have the…
Confessions of a Pipe Smoker 