They get fair competition from the floral, woody, earthy, dry, moderately spicy, rather sour Turkish. The nutty, earthy, woody, lightly molasses sweet burley is an important third lead varietal that occasionally rises to compete with the aforementioned components. The smoky, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian latakia is a background player. The strength and nic-hit are just past the center of mild to medium. Won’t bite or get harsh, but does have a small rough edge here and there. It burns cool and clean at a reasonable pace with a complex and nuanced mildly sweet and sour, savory, and at times, inconsistent taste from top to bottom.
The bags were usually made of cotton or muslin cloth and measured about four by three inches. They were sewn
down the length of two sides, with an opening left at the top. Tobacco bag stringers would thread the string
into both sides, enabling the smoker to pull on the ends to close the bags.
I am excited to age this blend for a couple of months and see how it develops. Ignoring a great many factors (such as climate, soil, and time of harvest), the color of a VA relates to its sugar content. Tobacco that is cured longer (and is thus darker in color) will be less Pipe Tobacco in Bags sweet than a tobacco cured quickly. This one offers a more authentic taste of American-grown tobacco for more seasoned smokers. Two minty kinds of pipe tobacco are available from Good Stuff. There’s no lingering aftertaste with this one’s intense, authentic menthol flavor.
Once fully cured burley is taken down, sticks are removed and leaves are stripped from the plant into grades by stalk position. Leaves are baled by grade and taken to an auction warehouse or to a receiving station run by a tobacco manufacturer or leaf dealer. The best place to purchase pipe tobacco is from a tobacconist, regardless of the smoker’s experience level.
So naturally I wanted to try some of the available themed blends out there. So far as of 2021 the only easily obtained commercial versions are from The Country Squire and Just for Him. This blend did not have the complexity and depth that I expected, however, I smoked it brand new.
In a pipe it’s like smoking paper, compared to real pipe tobacco. On the other hand, it is tobacco which can be smoked in a pipe, and it is you who decides, good or bad, not me or the government. OHM Blue Pipe Tobacco is indeed an additive-free tobacco that you can trust. It is made with 100% natural and unprocessed tobacco, making it a perfect choice for those who are looking for a less intense smoking experience.
Please note though that if you choose shipping via first class, your package is not trackable and we are not responsible for lost Pipe Tobacco in Bags packages. The online store is always open – you can shop with confidence at all hours of the day, from anywhere in the world.
Cigarette companies snap up most of the Turkish leaf production, and the remainder is made into a generic Turkish blend. This is the Oriental tobacco (often referred to as “basma”) that one finds either in bulk, or in ready-made blends. Oriental tobacco plants characteristically have a great deal of small leaves. The finished product ranges in color from yellow to brown, and is strongly aromatic. Its smell is reminiscent of used horse bedding, which could possibly explain why it’s often mixed with Latakia.
While we try to fill the needs and hands of the pipe smokers community, we also do our best to keep the pipe making process an art of form, not to be commercialized and machine made. Over the years we have successfully sold over 2,000,000 pipes, and are the leader of the European pipe market. As a newer pipe smoker, I am mainly exploring the different blends (I favor aromatic blends, although I am dipping my toes into the non-aromatic blends now) to find what I like. When smoked poorly, they can taste like hot air, but with good smoking technique they can span a range of tastes, and are usually sweet, tangy and fruit-like. VA’s are more prone to cause tongue-bite than any other tobacco, so there are a number of reasons to practice good technique with these blends. Perique is a spice tobacco, usually used in Virginia blends.
A low-sugar, high nicotine, slow-burning tobacco with a very subtle flavor. In pipe tobacco, burley is often used as a base for aromatics or to modify the burning characteristics of a blend. In the United States it is produced in an eight state belt with approximately 70% produced in Kentucky. Tennessee produces approximately 20% with smaller amounts produced in Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.