was on an english kick for awhile. now going back to some VAs & VaPers . . Pease telegraph hill / Wessex brown flake / F&T Vintage Flake last few days. Been bad at taking pics
when i first got into cigars, I was buying a fair amount of gurkhas. They were cheap & looked attractive - problem is I realized I was really only getting one good smoke out of every 10-15 i bought. Age helped alot for some blends, but it was always a crap shoot. Probably still have a few...
Its all about what works for you / your preference. Ask 100 pipe smokers & you might get 100 different answers. Great example: in blunk's post, I prefer the opposite than what he is suggesting: virginias in tall/narrow bowls. English's in wide/shallow.... however, you can pretty much smoke...