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How well do you know your famous authors? And had you realised how many smoked pipe?!
Some songs were seemingly made for the accompaniment of a briar pipe so we've picked the best, and matched our Carey Private Blend pipe tobaccos
As for Pipe tobaccos there are Non aromatics and aromatics? which do you prefer?
I prefer Aromatics - many people start with these and then graduate on to the more complex true tobacco flavours in Traditional blends, but I never have!
Throw away those Chinglish instructions - they really are bad - and watch this short video on how to use your new e-pipe
The definitive guide to using e-pipes...
A SAD FAREWELL TO SOME OLD FRIENDS. BUT FEAR NOT…
Those of you receiving our quarterly catalogue will know by now the sad news that the EU has been meddling once again, and like with all these things there is always collateral damage!
What am I talking about..? Pipe tobacco of course, and specifically Carey’s Pipe Tobacco.
The latest EU Directive has required the removal of a number of ingredients found in tobaccos, some of which are also present in pipe tobaccos. Specifically they are some of the flavouring agents as these are deemed to attract 14 year olds to smoke a pipe (sorry, couldn’t resist an element of sarcasm there!). Seriously though, the necessity to remove some of these ingredients has led our main manufacturer to restructure it’s entire production process, remove old machines, buy new machines, etc, etc as they will be phasing out a number of their own well known brands. And with this restructure came the sad and, frankly, frustrating news that a number of our tobacco blends would no longer be sustainable. However, fear not as we ‘went into bat’ in a big way and have managed to conclude our negotiations with the removal of only four of our 16 Private Blends. Solace indeed, but obviously not for those who smoke one or more of those four… The tobacco blends in question are Black Aromatic (2006), Spritzer (2031), Ready Rubbed No7 (2024) andBroad Cut English Mixture (2026).
An all too common site on streets around Britain and Europe…
Luckily we have some direct replacement tobaccos… Dark Flake No7 (2023) is identical to it’s ready rubbed equivalent (2024) simply without the final rubbing process (that was one of the machines to be discarded in our supplier’s shake up); to replace 2006 we have Soft Black Aromatic (2009), a more highly rated aromatic that is equally fruity but with more vanilla and maple tones; 2026 is most similar to 2025 Old Belt Virginia Blend although there are obvious differences between these two; and Spritzer (2031) can be replaced byHighland Fling (2034) which contains the same tobaccos in slightly different ratios but retains the wines/spirits top notes.
So it’s not all doom and gloom, and in fact we have already had some feedback from customers who are mentioning this is the kick up the proverbial for them to try something new that they’ve been considering for some time! A sad farewell indeed, but maybe it’s time to welcome in something new…
Happy Puffing!
Beginner’s Guide to Vaping - What’s an E-pipe?
Electronic pipes… what are they, and what are they like to ‘smoke’?
I suppose the first thing to say is that they aren’t like normal tobacco pipes. It sounds obvious but it’s worth remembering. They haven’t been designed to replace your trusty briar or favourite blend of pipe tobacco – after all what could ever do that?! Rather, they are a new form of ‘smoking’ that hopefully one day will be socially acceptable and recognised as being harm free, and if that’s the case then they are definitely worth trying out and keeping in your rotation. Smoking in the pub again with a favourite pint of English beer to hand… sounds good doesn’t it?!
So what is an electronic pipe, vape pipe or e-pipe?
Well put simply it is a battery, a small heating element surrounding a conductive material such as cotton, a container for e-liquid and a simple mouthpiece. They can be automatically activated or more commonly physically activated by pressing a piece of metal against the battery to create an electric circuit. This then powers the wire coil surrounding the cotton, which in turn has become drenched in the liquid of choice. Depending upon the resistance of the coil it will become more or less hot, effectively cooking the liquid and turning it to vapour which is then inhaled. Simple isn’t it?
In the ever more acceptable world of vaping this would be called a personal vaporiser, with the bowl part containing the battery the ‘mod’, the heating part the ‘coil’ and the liquid container the ‘atomizer’ or if clear, the ‘tank’. The stem is called a ‘drip tip’. And like with most things vaping, they are adjustable, modifiable and customisable. But we’ll leave that for the more serious vapers…
So, once you’ve decided to give it a go and then decided what type you want (we only stock reliable e-pipes after a number of years of testing the market and can highly recommend these Kamry models) it’s time to choose your e-liquid.
This really is down to personal preference, with hundreds of different brands and flavours available to choose from. In the early years e-liquids focused on being cheap to rival the amount of money smokers were spending on cigarettes in particular, but now that the industry has matured and isn’t just about diverting smokers to vaping the trend is heading more towards the well made, more expensive brands such as Red Vape and Vype. With tastes ranging from pipe tobacco replicas to energy drink flavours, you’re bound to find something you like. And there are even Vape Clubs like our esteemed Tobacco Club if you fancy a regular, hassle free order…
And what is in e-liquid? Again there is a lot of detail we could go into here but let’s save that for another time, but as a simple guide here’s something the highly esteemed ‘Wired’ magazine recently published on the matter (with the usual scary caveats).
So that’s it really… nothing to get too worried about. In fact, there’s a whole new world out there should you wish to explore it, but if not then just settle down with your new e-pipe and count your blessings that someone has finally found away to combat these crazy anti-smoking laws. For now…
Pipe Smoking For Beginners - Where Did Tobacco Come From?
Huron Indian myth has it that in ancient times, when the land was barren and the people were starving, the Great Spirit sent forth a woman to save humanity. As she traveled over the world, everywhere her right hand touched the soil, there grew potatoes. And everywhere her left hand touched the soil, there grew corn. And when the world was rich and fertile, she lay down and rested. When she arose, there grew tobacco . . .
I often come across snippets of the history of tobacco use and pipe smoking but usually find these to be incomplete and sometimes contradictory. I thought it would be interesting therefore to try to outline over a number of articles the main points in history that have led us to our current use of pipe tobacco, and ultimately therefore chart in simple form the development of pipe smoking. I do not profess to be an expert and cannot guarantee that the information below is 100% accurate, as it is pieced together from a number of different sources (some no doubt less reliable than others!) but for the lay person or beginner pipe smoker it may make an interesting but brief glimpse of the evolution of our pastime…
So what do we know about the discovery and spread of tobacco as we know it? Small amounts of nicotine can be found in some Old World plants including Belladonna and Nicotiana Africana, and nicotine metabolites have been found in human remains and pipes in Africa and the Near East, but there is no indication of habitual tobacco use by humans in the Ancient world anywhere other than in the Americas. The main reason for this was availability - it is widely believed that the tobacco plant as we know it today began growing in the Americas around 6000BC (or BCE to use the politically correct term…). Experts believe that it is not until some 6000 years later that American inhabitants began finding ways to use tobacco, including smoking (in a number of variations that include via pipes) and chewing.
Between 470 and 630 AD (or CE) the Maya inhabitants of Central America, who were known tobacco users (and whose term for tobacco smoking was, interestingly, sik'ar) began to scatter, some moving as far north as the Mississippi Valley. Those who stayed behind subsequently passed on their tobacco smoking customs to the Toltecs, the intellectual and cultural predecessors of the mighty Aztec Empire. Two castes of smokers then emerged amongst the Aztecs - those in the Court of Montezuma, who mingled tobacco with the resin of other leaves and smoked tobacco pipes with great ceremony after their evening meal, and the lesser Indians who rolled tobacco leaves together to form a crude cigar. Meanwhile the Mayas who had settled in the Mississippi Valley continued to spread the custom to their new, neighbouring Algonquian tribes. These tribes later adapted tobacco smoking to their own spiritual beliefs – it was said that the almighty spirit Manitou revealed himself in the rising smoke. And, as with the civilisations still centred in Central America, a complex system of religious and political rites was developed with tobacco use at their core.
In 1492 Columbus ‘discovered’ tobacco, at least as far as the West was concerned. In the notes from his voyages he describes "Certain Dried Leaves" received as gifts from the indigenous Arawaks who possibly believed the strange visitors were deities of some kind. As each item seemed much-prized by the natives Columbus accepted the gifts and ordered them brought back to the ship. The fruit was eaten whilst the pungent "dried leaves" were thrown away. Elsewhere he unwittingly mentions tobacco once again… "We found a man in a canoe going from Santa Maria to Fernandia. He had with him some dried leaves which are in high value among them, for a quantity of it was brought to me at San Salvador."
Later that year Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres, in Cuba on their own voyage of discovery, are credited with being the first Europeans to observe tobacco smoking. They reported that the natives wrapped dried tobacco leaves in palm or maize "in the manner of a musket formed of paper." After lighting one end, they commenced "drinking" the smoke through the other. Jerez became a confirmed tobacco smoker, and is thought to be the first outside of the Americas. He brought the habit back to Europe, but the smoke billowing from his mouth and nose so frightened his neighbours that he was imprisoned by the holy inquisitors for 7 years. By the time he was released, tobacco smoking was a Spanish craze and was well on its way to spreading throughout the whole of Europe…
"All along the sea routes ... wherever they had trading posts, the Portuguese began the limited planting of tobacco. Before the end of the sixteenth century they had developed these small farms to a point where they could be assured of enough tobacco to meet their personal needs, for gifts, and for barter. By the beginning of the seventeenth century these farms had, in many places, become plantations, often under native control."
The advent first of exploration, and subsequently trade, via sea routes provided the perfect method for the widespread global circulation of tobacco. This broad distribution was then aided by fans or ‘ambassadors’ within each country, who wittingly or unwittingly spread the plant and its associated habits more deeply, both geographically and culturally, within their societies. It was noted, for example, that Dutch and Portuguese trading vessels called at ports in Nagasaki and Kagoshima in Japan and first introduced tobacco. It was then spread through the country over the ensuing decades, often by Buddhist monks, who used tobacco seeds to pay for lodging along the routes of their pilgrimages.
The timeline of key events in the spread of tobacco makes interesting reading, particularly regarding the continent of Europe with its myriad cultures. Early on during the 16th century the awareness of tobacco was developing rapidly even if its use was not yet widespread – as each tobacco discovery was made in the New
World, particularly by the Spanish in Central and South America, the story would be exported back to the ‘old country’ and onwards from there to other nations throughout the continent. This created an expectation and appetite for the plant that was soon to be sated. For example, in 1518 cigarette smoking was first observed in Mexico, and after Cortez conquered the Aztec capital he found Mexican natives smoking perfumed reed cigarettes. Not long after, the precursor to the cigar known as a ‘roll of tobacco’ for obvious reasons, became popular amongst the lower classes in Spain.
It was around about 1531 that the first European cultivation of tobacco began, and a differentiation was made between wild tobacco and the sweet, broadleaved Nicotiana tabacum that we know today. The Portugese cultivated the plant in places such as Brazil, whilst the Spanish had numerous areas in which to cultivate, and also transplanted the plant from Central America to Cuba. Meanwhile further exploration uncovered tobacco use in many other places throughout the American continent, not least what is now Canada. Jacques Cartier encountered natives on the island of Montreal using tobacco, and wrote:
"In Hochelaga, at the head of the river in Canada, grows a certain herb which is stocked in large quantities by the natives during the summer season, and on which they set great value. Men alone use it, and after drying it in the sun they carry it around their neck wrapped up in the skin of a small animal, like a sac, with a hollow piece of stone or wood. When the spirit moves them, they pulverize this herb and place it at one end, lighting it with a fire brand, and draw on the other end so long that they fill their bodies with smoke until it comes out of their mouth and nostrils as from a chimney. They claim it keeps them warm and in good health. They never travel without this herb."
By the mid to late 1550s France, Spain and Portugal were all familiar with tobacco, with descriptions of its use ranging from ‘creature comfort’ to ‘medicinal’ and it being a ‘panacea’ for all kinds of ills. Soon after, snuff was used to cure the migraine headaches of a member of France’s Royal Family, leading to it being named Herba Regina. As was often the case during these times, a sense of hysteria developed and, as ‘the new plant on the block’, tobacco was subsequently held in great estime for its apparent varied medicinal uses, being said to treat anything from colic to hernias, dysentery to lockjaw.
Finally, around 1564 Sir John Hawkins and his sailor crew introduced tobacco to England but being mostly used by sailors (including those of Sir Francis Drake) it was largely ignored by the rest of the population. It was therefore not until some 20 years later, when Sir Francis Drake introduced smoking to a certain Sir Walter Raleigh, that people in the upper classes in England really sat up and took note. Having being assigned the task of setting up a colony in the Americas by Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh was shortly thereafter taught to smoke the long-stemmed clay tobacco pipe by Ralph Lane, the 1st Governor of Virginia and the gentleman widely credited with the invention of said tobacco pipe. And by 1586 pipe tobacco could be said to have truly arrived in English Society, when some of the Virginia colonists returned to England and disembarked at Plymouth smoking tobacco from pipes, causing a great sensation and with it a new fashion…
From this point, into the 17th century and beyond, tobacco was to become a hugely influential resource, becoming known as a 'cash crop' and used as a trading currency. The high value of the plant, along with its elevated status amongst western societies, lead to a long standing association with wealth and power still in existence to this day. Enter the time of the tobacco pipe...
For the full article including images http://www.eacarey.co.uk/?p=777
Pipe Smoking For Beginners - Breaking In Your Pipe
Did you even know you needed to?
Have you ever wondered why your tobacco pipe doesn't catch fire?! The simple answer is that actually it could, unless you protect it. And even if it doesn't catch fire if it hasn't been prepared properly - broken in - it may suffer hot spots or at worst a catastrophic burnout, where tiny weaknesses in the briar wood (such as changes in grain density or burls) are susceptible to burning too hot, in turn leading to irreparable weakening of the pipe bowl walls and ultimately actual breakage.
So breaking in your new tobacco pipe is a crucial step in tobacco pipe ownership and care. And it actually goes beyond simple protection - a well broken in smoking pipe will last longer, and taste sweeter, than a poorly prepared equivalent.
(It should be noted that some briar pipes come 'pre-carbonized', including many EA Carey ranges, which is a stage in the manufacture where liquid 'carbon' is painted onto the exposed wood inside the pipe bowl. This should be viewed as a helping hand to creating an effective cake rather than a pre-broken in tobacco pipe, and so the following steps should still be followed...)
How to do it...
The most important thing for a beginner to pipe smoking to understand is that, like with all things 'tobacco pipe' you do not want to be rushed. Pipe smoking in general is a gentle hobby, time consuming in the extreme and certainly not for the time poor, and breaking in your latest tobacco pipe is the same. The longer you take, and the more careful you are, the greater the rewards.
The goal when breaking in a tobacco pipe is to develop a uniform 'cake' around the wall of the entire smoking chamber or smoke hole. The cake is actually a carbon deposit left by the smoked pipe tobacco rather than charred wood, and this cake serves to insulate the briar (or other material such as meerschaum or corn cob) and reduces the possibility of burning out your new tobacco pipe.
The cake also sweetens the pipe, since the carbon is formed from the sugars in the tobacco. (This is one reason why many seasoned tobacco pipe smokers retain particular pipes for particular blends of tobacco, as the sugars created by a certain blend in making a cake may 'pollute' the flavour of a different tobacco blend - a lesson well learned by the beginner pipe smoker). The sweet cake also absorbs the 'flavour' of the briar (after all, we use smoking wood to flavour many of our favourite foods) and the result of smoking a pipe with a well formed cake is a mellow, sweet smoke. However, you can also have too much cake which is discussed later.
To create the cake one must fill the smoking pipe only one-quarter full to begin. Light the partial pipeful evenly using a specific pipe lighter. Tamp down the burning tobacco (using a tamper) and again light the tobacco evenly. Smoke the pipe slowly and completely. Taking long, slow draws will help to form a good, even cake. It is important to smoke the tobacco pipe to the bottom to establish the cake all the way down. The cake at the bottom of the bowl is the most difficult to develop and this is why such care must be taken in the breaking in process.
After smoking a few pipefuls at one-quarter, move up to smoking at one-half full, then several at three-quarters. Allow the smoking pipe to cool after each smoke and after a few pipefuls gently remove the residue from the bottom of the bowl using your pipe tool. This must be done very carefully so as not to disturb the cake which you have created with your efforts. The purpose of gradually increasing the pipe tobacco level is twofold – first, it will help form an even cake from the bottom to the top of the pipe bowl and second, it ensures that the new smoking pipe will not become overheated and burn out before it has a thick enough cake.
And finally, do not allow too much carbon cake to form inside the bowl as this may cause the wood to split due to outward expansion when the bowl is cooling after use. The ideal cake thickness is 1.5mm. Any excess can be removed using a pipe reamer.
And now your pipe is broken in - congratulations!
Happy Puffing
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