Obligatory getting started with pipe smoking post

DO:

• Get an inexpensive corn cob pipe ~10 USD. The trusted famous brand is Missouri Meerschaum.
• get a well loved “codger blend” like Carter Hall or Prince Albert
• watch some YouTube videos on packing and lighting; keep it simple (3 step packing)

DON’T

• buy an expensive pipe to start with
• get frustrated with learning curve - patience

Tobacco Types

• wealth of info at tobaccoreviews.com
• aromatics (broadly, smell good but no taste)
• virginia / burley: core tobacco leaf types (notes of bread, hay, leather)
• latakia: smoke cured (campfire smokey smells)

Try them all. See what you like. (But va/burley is the best!)

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