I had been looking forward to trying John Cotton’s Double Pressed Virginia for quite a while; it had sit in a jar for about 7 weeks before I got around to smoking it. When I did, I was disappointed to discover I just couldn’t enjoy it. I’m going to set it aside and revisit it in a few months but one of the things I didn’t like about it was something I hadn’t experienced with a blend before:
The taste alone was flavorless with a tart sensation; however, my nose could pick up the breadiness and sweetness so the taste/smell combination was not bad. I don’t mind using my nose and typically do to experience a blend, but by the end of this bowl my schnoz was dried and too smoked out because without using it was just a bad experience and I needed the smell to enhance the lackluster taste.
In anticipation of a couple of questions: I don’t think it was the pipe; VA’s usually sing in this one and it was cleaned thoroughly only about a week before smoking this blend. I smoked three bowls over this over the course of about a week; nothing else went in this pipe between those three attempts. My tongue can taste fine… had religious experiences the night before with Old Gowrie and the night after with Nightcap (again, each in different pipes of course).
Anyone else get nose fatigue from some blends?
The taste alone was flavorless with a tart sensation; however, my nose could pick up the breadiness and sweetness so the taste/smell combination was not bad. I don’t mind using my nose and typically do to experience a blend, but by the end of this bowl my schnoz was dried and too smoked out because without using it was just a bad experience and I needed the smell to enhance the lackluster taste.
In anticipation of a couple of questions: I don’t think it was the pipe; VA’s usually sing in this one and it was cleaned thoroughly only about a week before smoking this blend. I smoked three bowls over this over the course of about a week; nothing else went in this pipe between those three attempts. My tongue can taste fine… had religious experiences the night before with Old Gowrie and the night after with Nightcap (again, each in different pipes of course).
Anyone else get nose fatigue from some blends?