Washington residents, please note that we cannot ship pipe tobacco into your state. You must be 21 years or older to buy our products in accordance with current FDA regulations. We are committed to providing our services only to people who are of the proper age, and to protecting our youth as best as we possibly can.
There are several colors, including the well-known Black Cavendish, numerous blends, and a wide range of flavors. Modern blends include flavors and ingredients such as cherry, chocolate, coconut, rum, strawberry, vanilla, walnut, and bourbon. These are the two broadest subdivisions of pipe tobaccos, although often the distinctions are blurred.
This can include setting a portion out to dry a little, and taking any remaining moisture into account when packing the pipe. OHM Blue Tobacco is the leading cigarette tobacco in the market, known for its high quality and unique flavor. It is made from 100% natural Burley tobacco which is blended to perfection to provide a smooth and mild smoking experience.
Some producers use humectants to maintain a specific moisture level in the final product. You’ll hear people talk about PG, or propylene glycol, the most commonly used humectant these days. It’s generally spoken of in rather disparaging terms, thought it’s not the PG that deserves the condemnation, but the blending houses who use it with reckless abandon. In large quantities, it produces Pipe Tobacco in Cans a sticky, wet smoking, pipe clogging weed that should never see the inside of a pipe. This is a new variety of “pipe” tobacco which has emerged recently (2009) in America, and possibly other countries. It is actually roll-your-own cigarette tobacco, which is being marketed as Premium Pipe Tobacco, to avoid the ridiculously high taxes and regulatory requirements on cigarette tobacco.
As stated before, location (soil, climate, etc.) will greatly affect the flavor and character of any tobacco. It is not necessarily true, though, that the best VA’s come from the United States, or from the state of Virginia. The only place in the world Perique can be grown is in a small section of Louisiana called St. James Parish. Inside St. James Parish, the best location for growing (and the only place it’s grown now) is a very small area called Grande Pointe Ridge, which can be found in the town of Paulina.