Smoking Earl Grey
Trever Talbert
mentioned that he had started out by smoking Earl Grey tea in his pipe.
This made me blink, to say the least! Has anyone else ever done this?
Are we all missing out on a flavor sensation? inquiring minds want to
know.
I have tried some of the non-tobacco herbal smoking mixtures in the
past, out of curiosity, but never found any that I liked. Usually the
stuff would smell like I'd walked into a New Age shop and scorch my
tongue raw, but I still sometimes wonder if there's any non-tobacco
smokable mixes out there that are actually *good*.
Which does raise the interesting question, if someone complains about
your smoking because the second-hand carcinogens from the tobacco are
poisoning them to death, does that mean we could smoke herbal mixes
freely? No harmful studies on those, so we couldn't be accused of
harming others through our evil smoke, right? (Note - Tongue is
slightly, but only slightly, in cheek...)
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Happy Smoking,
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Nicolas
Seriously, I think french pipe maker Alain Albuisson smokes a blend
made with green tea, cherry flowers and nettles...
Ouahhhh !
Nicolas
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what it might smoke like, but have never seriously considered doing so.
Art
Ben R.
Stephen E. Williamson
flavor and the aroma is not too bad either. If I remember all my
herbal remedies, camomile smoke is supposed to relieve asthma and
congestion and I can say without a doubt, it promotes sleep.
BBQ n BLUES
Load up a bowl of catnip & see if you get a buzzzz. haha
Michael Hudson
> I was chatting with someone by email a day ago, and he casually
> mentioned that he had started out by smoking Earl Grey tea in his pipe.
> This made me blink, to say the least! Has anyone else ever done this?
> Are we all missing out on a flavor sensation? inquiring minds want to
STEEP!
> Happy Smoking,
> Trever Talbert
> http://www.talbertpipes.com
>
> Visit my "American Pipemaker in Brittany" blog here:
> http://www.talbertpipes.com/potm.html
>
> See my "Pipe Pic of the Day" blog here:
> http://www.talbertpipes.com/ppod.html
Now ain't this a co-inkydink... As per Austin's earlier post, (Stephen
Frey, Pipe Smoker) the British comic actor/writer and Pipe Smoker of
the Year for 2003, Stephen Frey, mentioned that he started smoking as a
child when he would smoke tea from one of his father's pipes.
I also note that Paul Simon referenced the practice in his A Simple
Desultory Philippic: "And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce, And all
my wealth won't buy me health, So I smoke a pint of tea a day. I knew a
man, his brain so small..." Of course, I'd always assumed that he
wasn't speaking of tea, but rather "tea." If you get my meaning.
Dave's not here, man.
M
Ian Rastall
<tre...@talbertpipes.com> wrote:
>if someone complains about
>your smoking because the second-hand carcinogens from the tobacco are
>poisoning them to death, does that mean we could smoke herbal mixes
>freely?
I mentioned in another thread that it's not the vegetable matter
itself that's carcinogenic, but the smoke. So I'm sure people would
still be upset if you were smoking ginseng or something, not to
mention that ginseng cigarettes smell exactly like pot.
Ian
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Justin Holmes
tried it. Would need to add some moisture I'm guessing. My suspicion is
thta it probably wouldn't taste very good even if it smells good.
Rad Davis
"Ian Rastall" <idra...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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So does tea. Lipton's anyway. :o)
Rad
Trever Talbert
>> I mentioned in another thread that it's not the vegetable matter
>> itself that's carcinogenic, but the smoke. So I'm sure people would
>> still be upset if you were smoking ginseng or something, not to
>> mention that ginseng cigarettes smell exactly like pot.
>
> So does tea. Lipton's anyway. :o)
>
> Rad
>
OK, I *know* we're all waiting for this story now....! ;)
Steve
Reminds me of the time I bought an inexpensive meer on E-Bay which had
obviously used to smoke cannabis.It had a screen in the bottom of the
bowl and that unmistakable odor of the herb.I sent it back and was
reimbursed,seems like I remember smoking pot in an old Sav many years
ago,it ruined that pipe.Nothing is so tarry as pot.
Stephen
Rad Davis
"Trever Talbert" <tre...@talbertpipes.com> wrote in message
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> Rad Davis wrote:
>> So does tea. Lipton's anyway. :o)
>>
>> Rad
>>
>
> OK, I *know* we're all waiting for this story now....! ;)
I was in the Navy, stationed in Adak, Alaska, in 1971-72, and everyone
(unless you were a petty officer) in the weather office where I worked had
to spend a month being a mess cook in the dining hall. Sort of a "your turn
in the barrel" thing. Basically every division had to supply someone to the
kitchen to do the cleaning up and dishwashing.
One day we were cleaning up the tables and we all smelled that very
disinctive smell of burning pot. Everyone's looking around to see who has
the balls to be smoking dope in the mess decks, I mean the smell wasn't just
a whiff now & then. You could actually see some smoke drifting around.
Turns out some smartass had taken one of the Lipton teabags that sit out on
the tables and set it on fire in an ashtray (they still had 'em on the
tables back then).
Very distinct odor.
Rad
Fred
Trever Talbert writes:
I was chatting with someone by email a day ago, and he casually
mentioned that he had started out by smoking Earl Grey tea in his pipe.
This made me blink, to say the least! Has anyone else ever done
this?
I dunno... I drink Earl Grey every morning. I buy the
brand (TAO) that reeks of bergamont. If you like, I can
save up the used ones and send some to you as a
trial run for the newer ones so you're not out any coin.
Fred
dre7
I have an old Zippo engraved from the Hammerhead Lodge in Adak...any idea
what that was?
Andrew
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Joe LaVigne
> I was chatting with someone by email a day ago, and he casually
> mentioned that he had started out by smoking Earl Grey tea in his pipe.
> This made me blink, to say the least! Has anyone else ever done this?
> Are we all missing out on a flavor sensation? inquiring minds want to
> know.
Earl Grey is my favorite Tea. That said, I don't think I would smoke it.
It is meant for brewing, and is perfect that way, IMO.
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gravity
"Joe LaVigne" <jlav...@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:11:04 +0100, Trever Talbert wrote:
>
> > I was chatting with someone by email a day ago, and he casually
> > mentioned that he had started out by smoking Earl Grey tea in his pipe.
> > This made me blink, to say the least! Has anyone else ever done this?
> > Are we all missing out on a flavor sensation? inquiring minds want to
> > know.
>
> Earl Grey is my favorite Tea. That said, I don't think I would smoke it.
> It is meant for brewing, and is perfect that way, IMO.
>
i was reading a story as a child, and this guy was smoking tea leaves.
apparently some kids try that. i tried it once and it was horrible. i
don't know if you can get high from it.
Michael
Ben R.
Corvax
Maybe I Should try to smoke Earl Gray and drink a Commonwealth Tea !!!
Cheers !!
Rad Davis
"dre7" <dr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hey Rad:
>
> I have an old Zippo engraved from the Hammerhead Lodge in Adak...any idea
> what that was?
>
> Andrew
>
>
Hi Andrew,
I don't remember a Hammerhead Lodge when I was there, but I did find a
reference to it in Google. Someone had a list of slides from 1948 (no
actual photos to look at) that referred to the Navy Club as Hammerhead
lodge.
The only thing on Adak was the Naval Air Station, so it would have to be a
navy club of some sort.
Anything there in 1948 was probably long gone by the time I got there in the
early 70's.
Rad
Ryan
> I knew of a guy in college who smoked hops. What a dumb ass.
>
Hops are in the Cannabaceae family, the same family as marijuana. Dunno
what the effects of smoking it would be, but ... if he enjoyed it, who
who cares? Smoke what you like.
-Ryan
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Clif Swinford
the top of hops plants to cannabis rootstock. Grew as to all
appearances hops vines, but smoked like the other stuff.
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Clif
"Every morning I wake up and think, 'good, another 24 hours'
pipe-smoking'." -- J.R.R. Tolkien