This unfamiliar familiar Burley tobacco

Burleigh, how much in this word ... Very often pipe smokers have a dismissive attitude towards this type of tobacco. And to be completely frank, I myself have sowed such an attitude around me for a long time. Sometimes, you read a description of tobacco, and your face twists into a disgusted grimace: “Burleigh? Oh no. I won't even try it! " I see and do you know this? Then let's try to figure out together what it is and how to cook it correctly.

Such unknown famous Virginia

Composing recipes for tobacco blends is akin to the high art of cooking. The blender is the same chef who carefully selects the ingredients and their quantity to prepare a new dish, which, in turn, must be perfect in taste and appearance. And changing only one component in a dish, or even just its amount, can change the overall taste of both culinary and tobacco creations to the point of not being recognized.

Aged tobacco. We create stocks

Each of us has probably already heard that tobacco only gets better with age. Many could be convinced of this from their own experience. However, here, as in other things that surround the world of pipes and pipe tobacco, much remains incomprehensible or misinterpreted and subsequently turned into a myth. Let's try to figure out what tobacco aging is and how it works.