"Best" tobacco for Churchwarden pipes?
Grousemoor
I just ordered my first Churchwarden (a Peterson Dublin shape). I was
wondering if you folks had recommendations as to what types of tobacco
work particularly well in the Churchwarden shape? I would think that
Virginias would smoke particularly nice and cool, but I also enjoy
VaPers/Latakia/Virginia-Burley/Burley so I am open to all suggestions.
Any recommendations?
Thank you in advance!
shakenbake
I also have a couple of churchwardens, an old LHS with a very small
bowl, and a Brebbia Twin convertible with a stem extension.
Is it a small bowl, or a large one, wide or narrow, deep or shallow?
Hazarding a guess, I think that these might also be factors to
consider. One thing that might be good in a churchwarden might be
tobacco that normally smokes too hot and would cause tongue bite.
scottbtdmb
I'd say any Va based blend since Va's tend to burn hotter than English/
Balkan blends.
Bert Olton
Churchwardens are among the 'tamers' of all tobaccos; similar to
meerschaums, clays, genuine calabash pipes and corn cobs.
The length of the stem and/or shank of a churchwarden cools the smoke of
any tobacco.
The material that the bowl is made from on the other hand, imparts it's
own influence.
A clay churchwarden will give completely different results than a briar
churchwarden or a churchwarden made with a meerschaum bowl, given the
same tobacco.
Your question is actually a bit too general to allow for any kind of
definitive answer.
Bert
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