Two Sides of the Same Coin

 

(Russ Ouellette) So far, I’ve made five pipe blends that contain some cigar leaf. I use it for two reasons- like Maryland, it can help the burning qualities of a too-slow-smoking mixture, and it increases the amount and density of the smoke itself. The most recent was Virginia Memory No. 10 from the Hearth & Home Marquee Series. I really had no intention to do another one anytime soon, but I received requests to create a number of blends for three different companies, all containing some cigar leaf. Two of the projects are for cigar companies, so they sent me some tobacco to use in the blends, and I received samples of a third mixture of cigar tobacco for the other one. Continued