Cigars and fine tobacco
Although bad for you (mostly you, underage), a fine cigar or a pipe of premium tobacco is an awesome way to end a rough day.
What do you smoke?
What do you do while you smoke
Where, how, when, why,etc.
I personally enjoy cuban cigare, mostly since i went to study-ish to cuba ages ago.
A glass of cognac, port or scotch is always welcome at the same time, although most ot the time i'll have a "specy"(read: spechy, aka special) beer(local microbrew). When my cigares are too dry or broken, i grind them and put them in a wood pipe, which i lit inly with wood match.
What do you smoke?
What do you do while you smoke
Where, how, when, why,etc.
I personally enjoy cuban cigare, mostly since i went to study-ish to cuba ages ago.
A glass of cognac, port or scotch is always welcome at the same time, although most ot the time i'll have a "specy"(read: spechy, aka special) beer(local microbrew). When my cigares are too dry or broken, i grind them and put them in a wood pipe, which i lit inly with wood match.
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I have been thinking about getting a nice pipe to basically just let sit on the side of my mouth when I run in to challenging programming issues. I don't plan to smoke with it, but it somehow would calm me I think.
My cousin recently got into pipe smoking. He's mad e anew hobby out of it - he collects vintage and antique lighters and equipment and has learned the traditional method of packing and smoking the pipe. It's really awesome, and he let me try it last time I was hope and enjoyed the taste quite a bit. I could see myself getting into the occasional pipe to relax and unwind, it was a pretty fun experience.
As for cigars, I only ever smoke them when I'm in Vegas.
These were very nice but they are gone now...
Always enjoyed on the deck during a listening session... Coffee, great music, and a fine cigar.
There are not enough hours in a day working a full time tech job and managing the 24 unit building where the wife and I live. One has to enjoy the free moments when you can. Simple pleasures of Coffee, Music and the occasional cigar brings a personal moment of peace to a hectic day.
World Off / Music On and relax.
I have many apparatuses that I smoke from. One of my favorites and probably most relevant to this thread I have a White Wizard Pipe that @SugarCheryl gave me for my birthday one year. I have a little patio off of my bedroom that I love to go out and smoke and enjoy a beer or some scotch. I smoke to relax most of the time. Other times it is to highten an experience that I may have enjoyed in the past after smoking. I love to smoke and go to festivals. Really the only time I enjoy being in the sun.
Smook Smook.
There is only one B&M in my town worth going to and they aren't open later than 6 which is when I'm in the mood to smoke, so sadly my smoking season is coming to an end. I don't smoke when it's hot enough to make you sweat or cold enough that you need more than a hoodie. For me, cigars are a relaxing escape. I savor the moments and take note of the nuances as the flavor profile changes from lighting to the first 1/2 inch to the middle to the last bitter bit where I'm trying to smoke the last of the cigar without burning my throat or my fingers. Those who have nubbed a cigar know what I'm talking about
Really excited and surprised with this! Also not shown was some loose tobacco from a local shop that does their own blends. My cousin's gonna go with me to a shop and help me pick out a pipe and teach me how it all works. I can't wait to get back to california, sit on the porch with a glass of whisky and fancy relax.
My father had that exact same glass humidor and pipe stand. He passed it onto me years ago and it was passed on again when I gave up pipe smoking. Due to not being able to get any more "Irish Mead" tobacco.
Keep the puck in the lid moist and you should get many years use out of it.
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Also, I found a pretty nice little cigar flowchart. Hidden behind a spoiler because it's rather large.
I don't have a huge budget for it as I expect I will be fronting the cash for cigars and a decent bottle of scotch (learning toward SCOTCH WHISKEY LAPHROAIG QUARTER CASK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH 750 ML $64.99), and I need a decent cigar to go along.
Key-Point, I am not a smoker as well as a few others that will be there, but the majority of people are. I have no following the guide above and just nipping the end to shore up a full-body cigar, but I would like something that doesn't taste like the rear of the gorilla above this post. Now that may seem a bit difficult since I am not a smoker so pretty much anything with smoke will taste like just smoke, thus my conundrum.
Mid-Goal, I try to do that "local" thing as often as possible. Local brews, local foods, I know Kentucky has a decent tobacco crop, but very few places actually use Kentucky tobacco in cigars. Bonus points if you can find a Kentucky source in either producer or product. Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars sound like they could be pretty good, but from their website they only sell out of their own shop which is too far south for me to want to drive.
Oh, my price range is about 7-10 bucks a cigar, I can go over (a little) and just start charging people for them or just hold on to them until my baby is born if needed.
Perdomo Reserve 10th Champagne
It says mild to medium, but it's more on the medium range. A very sweet and creamy smoke.