The Professor and Einstein reborn!

[NeverBend]

Pete's The Professor and Einstein

New smoker who doesn't yet 'get it'? Your tobacco burns hot or tongue bite or no flavor? Try The Professor. Noob no more!
Experienced smoker who doesn't want to sacrifice flavor but needs better aroma? Try Einstein. Get out of the doghouse!

You might like both! Lighter aromatic, cooler burn and more flavor are the hallmarks of Pete's The Professor and Einstein, sophisticated tobacco mixtures for pipe enthusiasts that can be smoked, with pleasure, all day (and night).



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Subtle but noticeable differences shade these blends that I first created in 1979, (The Professor), and 1981, (Einstein), for my friend, Dr. Mitch S. Both are all black tobaccos including aromatic cavendishes and latakia.

Both mixtures were very popular in my store with a customer base that ranged from new to non-aromatic smokers who wanted cooler burning mixtures with pleasant aroma without sacrificing taste. The Professor is exceptionally cool burning and dry, yet with more flavor than other aromatic mixtures offer. The Professor is mild while Einstein is a little more full and complex. The rest of the evaluation I'll leave to the intrepid among you.

I've wanted to make these blends for over a year but I finally found components to my satisfaction and I was able to resurrect The Professor. Einstein is a similar mixture that, with some tweaks and the correct extra ingredients, has also come back to life.

I've blended a couple of pounds of samples and I apologize that I can't send them out at no charge but I'm working on other mixtures and soon it would become a very expensive proposition. I hope that you will understand my desire to cover my costs.

Samples will contain 2 ounces of tobacco, (1-oz of each mixture), shipped, for $6.45.

I'm, of course, looking for feedback and that would be greatly appreciated. If you're interested send $6.45 by Paypal and give me your address, either with the payment or email to [email protected].

[Alligator Gar]

I'm in.

[c.ortiz108]

Me, too! I've been curious about latakia aros....

[Lostmason]

I will be as soon as I get back home after my train ride.:pipe:

[Emperor Zurg]

I'm in. Don't usually care for Cavendish blends. I'm interested to see your take on them.

[NeverBend]

I'm in. Don't usually care for Cavendish blends. I'm interested to see your take on them.

@EmperorZurg
@AlligatorGar Lostmason c.ortiz108

Doing a last QC check and I'll have the packages ready and shipped by the end of the week. I'll take one more sampler if someone wants to sign up.

If you haven't done so, please send the $6.45 (PayPal to [email protected]) and your address. There may be other samples included in your package.

Thanks for your faith and I hope that you'll like these mixtures.

Pete

[Lostmason]

Money sent,will send a pm with address.

Thanks Pete !

[BryGuySC]

If that last spot is still open, I'll bite!

[NeverBend]

If that last spot is still open, I'll bite!

LOL!

I need to make up some more Einstein but will do so happily for you Bryan.

Samples will go out tomorrow.

[BryGuySC]

LOL!

I need to make up some more Einstein but will do so happily for you Bryan.

Samples will go out tomorrow.

Awesome! Paypal sent.

[NeverBend]

BryGuySC, @c.ortiz108 (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/members/c-ortiz108.html) & @Lostmason (http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/members/lostmason.html)

Can you guys send me an email at [email protected] so that I have your email addresses and I can send out group emails? I need to explain some things and give a little guidance about the tobaccos I'm sending.

@EmperorZurg & @AlligatorGar, I have your email addresses.

The packages were delayed for the best of reasons, I included a sample of a very costly (to make) mixture that I've named Thomas Hariot. I'm smoking it now. Thomas Hariot was a brilliant man who accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh to America. He was instrumental in bringing tobacco to Europe. I couldn't start to list the achievements of this mostly forgotten but incredibly brilliant man. I'm honored to honor him. Look him up on Wikipedia, his achievements are spectacular, a true polymath.

Packages will go out on Monday.

Pete

[Lostmason]

Sent

[c.ortiz108]

Me too.

[BryGuySC]

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[NeverBend]

Seems like NY to Oklahoma is the magic route. Hope that you all get the packages before the weekend.

[Emperor Zurg]

Landed! Now to decide which one to try first...
Thanks Pete for the samples and tag alongs! :)

[Lostmason]

My regular postal carrier is a women who has been delivering out here for around 5 years,I'm thinking she keeps an eye out for tobaccos and pipes I order,they always get in about a day early.I have to check my box several times a day,we have some teens who are looking for a federal acomadation.

On these tobaccos,I found the Professor to be a bit of a dry smoke a little hard to light but other than that the flavor was phenominal and the room note was pleasant.Einstein was moister and more pleasing,the flavors filled all my senses.The room note was enticing,had my wifes little dog,a cheweenny up sniffing the smoke.While I'm not good at describing seperate flavors I do know what I like and this Einstein blend is at the top of the list followed closely by the Professor.

Pete let us know if there is anything we can do to help,prayers and wishes that all is or is going to be all right with the Family.

Matthew

[BryGuySC]

Mine is out for delivery!
Thanks, Pete! Can't wait to try these.

[c.ortiz108]

Got mine yesterday and tried The Professor. Nice, rich flavorful smoke, and pretty mild on the nicotine. Looking forward to trying the others, and to more revelations about what goes into these blends! Thanks again, Pete.

[Lostmason]

I'm working on a bowl of Thomas Hariot right now.This is kind of in between,it's a fairly cool dry smoke but it carries the flavors well.Seems to have a bit of perique to as I'm picking up just a hint of spice.In the pouch it is some what dry but not brittle,the aroma is pleasing,a sweet woodsy smell.To call it nutty would be an insult, it's much better than that.Packs easily and lights fairly quickly.I'm smoking in my DG Lark, a small briar and I've had no problems with having to relight.The taste, to me at least, is citrusy and woody with just a hint of tingling.The room note is of a citrus tea and pleasing by it's own right.This wood make for an excelent evening smoke with scotch or unsweetened tea,or maybe a martinee.( I've never had a martinee so gimme a break here) All in all I wish I had several pounds to cellar and break it out when I wanna make my nephew jelous..:pipe:...this is GOOD STUFF !!

Matthew

[Emperor Zurg]

Loaded up a bowl of Einstein in a NeverBarling 5574 this afternoon (3 guesses where I got this pipe). First dried the baccy to the consistency of rawhide, which is where I usually smoke an aro; just before crispy. Very tasty smoke I must say. Creamy and fairly sweet and a little smoky with flavors of cinnamon, vanilla, a little earthiness and a bit of wood once in a while and I'm almost sure I picked up a clove taste once or twice. I really enjoyed it. Thanks Pete!! :) :)

[NeverBend]

Can you guys tell me how to leave a iTrader feedback that you all deserve?

[Lostmason]

Go to their profile,click on the iTrader tap at the top,then on Submit Feedback on that page.

[NeverBend]

Go to their profile,click on the iTrader tap at the top,then on Submit Feedback on that page.

Thanks Mathew,

Worked for three of you guys but not allowing me to do so for two of you so I'll try later and contact Mods is the situation persists.

[BryGuySC]

I received mine today, but had to run right back out the door. Can't wait to try one later tonight!

[Lostmason]

Thanks Mathew,

Worked for three of you guys but not allowing me to do so for two of you so I'll try later and contact Mods is the situation persists.

Welcome,,Dont know why it wouldn't work on all unless there is some kind of setting in their profile to block it.Anywho, Thanks again !

[c.ortiz108]

I think you can only leave so many in one day.

[Haebar]

Dang, I wish I had gotten in this deal.

[Alligator Gar]

Looks like it's going to hit work tomorrow. Now I need to balance the abhorant thought of going to work on a holiday weekend against unclaimed tobacco waiting to be smoked. Maybe y'all could refrain from posting about it until I get mine?

[Lostmason]

Dang, I wish I had gotten in this deal.

You really should have, Pete makes a really good smoke.


Looks like it's going to hit work tomorrow. Now I need to balance the abhorant thought of going to work on a holiday weekend against unclaimed tobacco waiting to be smoked. Maybe y'all could refrain from posting about it until I get mine?

I'll be happy to go in and pick it up for you,,,,just tell me where ya work...:devilish::friendly_wink:

[Alligator Gar]

You really should have, Pete makes a really good smoke.



I'll be happy to go in and pick it up for you,,,,just tell me where ya work...:devilish::friendly_wink:

That's a generous offer sir, good luck getting past the dogs and lasers. And dogs with laser eyes.

[Lostmason]

That's a generous offer sir, good luck getting past the dogs and lasers. And dogs with laser eyes.

Thats SHAGALISHUS !!!

[GWBowman]

Of all the threads to miss, why this one? Maybe next time. Somebody blow some smoke in my general directions. Thanks.

[Alligator Gar]

Of all the threads to miss, why this one? Maybe next time. Somebody blow some smoke in my general directions. Thanks.

George,
If it's good I'll send you some of mine. If it's bad I'll send you all of mine. :D

[BryGuySC]

I've been able to smoke a bowl of The Professor and Einstein while working on my motorcycle today. Both are quite enjoyable.
I don't have tasting notes, as I was working; but I enjoyed both. Both are solid smokes. Einstein has a bit of spice that I didn't pick up in The Professor.
I'm looking forward to smoking the rest of these two samples, and will try to takes some actual notes when I have time to sit and contemplate.
I'm also looking forward to the Thomas Harriot, and the other samples Pete sent.

Thank you, again, Pete!

[c.ortiz108]

Some more detailed notes on The Professor. This was the inaugural bowl in my newly-restored apple-shaped rusticated pipe which I believe is a Parker. Unlit the blend smells very sweet with vanilla, and maybe caramel or maple, and fairly smoky. I like the chunky cut.

First impressions smoking it (and remember I only started smoking a pipe this year) are that this is an exceptionally smooth, very flavorful but mild smoke. Smoke output is impressive and it's more complex than I'd expected, given Pete's description (making me even more curious about Einstein). I like the interplay of the vanilla aroma with the latakia, and I think I'm tasting a pretty prominent Oriental component. In fact, if I had to compare this with the limited number of blends I've had so far, I say it reminds me vaguely of EMP. I'm also getting a pretty pronounced perfume-like floral note. Of course I may be way off, but that's how I'm experiencing it. It did take some work keeping it lit at first, and next time I'll try giving it a little drying (though this could also just be my technique or the pipe). It just so happens that I've been curious about latakia-aromatic blends lately, and The Professor turns out to be pretty much what I'd hoped they'd be like. As with cigars, I also appreciate lots of flavor but with little nicotine power, and this blend really delivers this.

[NeverBend]

Many thanks for the feedback and your dislikes are as important as your likes. If the mixtures don't perform per the list (below), please let me know.

I try to blend conceptually. Flavors are (relatively) easy but smoking characteristics are more difficult. It's a bit like the stars aligning when you get it right. Of course I want my mixtures to have delicious and interesting flavors but these are the other points that I try to address when blending:



Flavor - beyond the initial tastes, the flavors should be consistent throughout the bowl and evolve, not revolve.
Burn - should be cool, consistent and long burning. Since I don't make flakes I want the tobacco to light without much hassle.
Appearance - just as with a well prepared and presented plate of food, I believe that if it looks better you'll like it more.
Finish - if you're lamenting the end of the bowl, that's good. The flavors should come together for a good (and hopefully grand) finale that tastes like a natural conclusion, not the tossing of the couch into the swimming pool before the police arrive.
Lagniappe. Since I'm not making flakes it's a nice touch to have the mixture burn to the bottom with a clean ash.


For example, I don't like the appearance of Red Ronnett's Sonnett but everything else has come together. I could mess with it for another year until I've balanced some blacks and yellows but I might never get it right.

I blended a lot of mixtures last year but none passed muster (based on the list) and I doubted that I'd be able to reproduce any of the Elephant & Castle line. Things have progressed, a few of last year's efforts have merit and I've learned my stocks so it might be possible to get close.

[pdq_wizzard]

How do I keep missing these threads :confused:

[Emperor Zurg]

Just smoked a good sized bowl of 'The Professor' in a Barling Canadian

I would consider this a milder, gentler version of 'Einstein'. Initial light was sweet with sort of a damp, musty taste that reminds me a lot of the 'HPCS Pine Grove' that I like. However, unlike Pine Grove, The Professor has an underlying sort of cinnamon, vanilla, baking spice flavor that remains throughout the bowl (obviously there's no pine flavor either). It's mild on the nose and tongue - to me anyway which may not mean much because I constantly eat spicy things i.e. habenero peppers so I'm a little dulled to things people consider 'spicy'. The blend burned rather well although it did get a bit wet toward the bottom. There was a little bit of a soapy taste creeping in toward the end of the smoke - usually on relights. Don't know if this was from my Zippo or the tobacco but I noticed it both times I smoked this blend. It wasn't perfumey like a Lakeland, just a light detergent taste. Peppery spice reared its head just a bit from mid-bowl to the end, which was nice. There was no bite. I could smoke this stuff all day.

[Alligator Gar]

Many thanks for the feedback and your dislikes are as important as your likes. If the mixtures don't perform per the list (below), please let me know.

I try to blend conceptually. Flavors are (relatively) easy but smoking characteristics are more difficult. It's a bit like the stars aligning when you get it right. Of course I want my mixtures to have delicious and interesting flavors but these are the other points that I try to address when blending:



Flavor - beyond the initial tastes, the flavors should be consistent throughout the bowl and evolve, not revolve.
Burn - should be cool, consistent and long burning. Since I don't make flakes I want the tobacco to light without much hassle.
Appearance - just as with a well prepared and presented plate of food, I believe that if it looks better you'll like it more.
Finish - if you're lamenting the end of the bowl, that's good. The flavors should come together for a good (and hopefully grand) finale that tastes like a natural conclusion, not the tossing of the couch into the swimming pool before the police arrive.
Lagniappe. Since I'm not making flakes it's a nice touch to have the mixture burn to the bottom with a clean ash.


For example, I don't like the appearance of Red Ronnett's Sonnett but everything else has come together. I could mess with it for another year until I've balanced some blacks and yellows but I might never get it right.

I blended a lot of mixtures last year but none passed muster (based on the list) and I doubted that I'd be able to reproduce any of the Elephant & Castle line. Things have progressed, a few of last year's efforts have merit and I've learned my stocks so it might be possible to get close.

The finish on Einstien was remarkable. Surprised the hell out of me. Did NOT see that coming.

[BryGuySC]

All right. Here we go.
BryGuy reviews "The Professor."
Smoked right out of the bag, in a Savinelli Roma.

The Professor is a uniformly dark and leathery-looking tobacco; on the chunky side.
The initial light is sweet and smokey. The sweetness is something I can almost feel like a texture on my tongue - a nice way to start a smoke.
Immediately after the initial light, a floral note comes through, and it is not bashful.
There is also a nice smokiness that plays a background note through the entire smoke.
The floral aspect takes on a soapy aspect, reminiscent of the Lakelands. It reminds me a little bit of the little flower soaps that people have as decorations in their bathrooms.
I tried the "freight train test." Under hard puffing, the pipe got hot, but there was no bite.
The second half of the bowl toned down the floral taste, but retained a very pleasant-smelling smoke. A slight spiciness became present on my lips, but was not unpleasant.
By the end of the bowl, everything had come together and provided a great and tasty smoke. Not my normal fare, but quite nice.

[BryGuySC]

BryGuy reviews "Einstein 2."
Smoked right out of the bag, in a Savinelli Roma.
Mostly dark and leathery, with medium-brown strands mixed in.
Initial light brings the floral soap fragrance of The Professor, but with an earthy nuttiness riding alongside.
This "nuttiness" reminds me of pecan shells and the layer of bark that builds up at the bottom of an old wood pile. It isn't strong, but it is there.
As the smoke progresses, the floral note takes over the retrohale.
This smoke is a little more "drying" on my soft palate, as burley tends to do to me.
A slight gurgle pops up, but that is normal for me; especially since this is a half-bent pipe (sorry, Pete!)
The middle of the smoke turns mellow, and I find I'm puffing more to find the flavors. A quick ash dump, tamp, and relight liven things back up.
The floral smell in the smoke is back. I think it is a nice room note.
The nuttiness reminds me of nut shells, but not the nut meat.
The burley tingle is creeping around my mouth. I don't say this as a negative for the mixture, just how I react to burley.
But I do think I prefer The Professor over Einstein; just a little.

[cpmcdill]

NeverBend, I've been out of the loop, having been super-busy this Summer, so I didn't catch this thread at the beginning. Have I missed the opportunity to try your blends, or is the offer still open? I like Cav/Lat blends, so I'd be very interested in your mixtures.

[c.ortiz108]

Had a chance to smoke both the Thomas Hariot and the Einstein back-to-back a couple of days ago. Two bowls in a row is something I've never done, but I'm sure it's not the best way to try a new blend. I enjoyed both very much. The Thomas Hariot was lighter than expected, but also rich. Hard to describe - I found the latakia to be fairly light, and there was a citrusy, grassy flavor to the blend and maybe a little honey. It burned well, was easy to smoke, and surprisingly quickly to a fine ash, though a little hot on occasion. Flavors were consistent all the way through, and it was very enjoyable. It smoked best for me with frequent light puffing.

I feel I can't comment fairly on the Einstein since it was right after the Hariot, though from the small bowl I had it's so far my least favorite of the three blends. While similar to the Professor, I found it lacked some of the richness and complexity of the Prof. I didn't get the floral notes, and the vanilla wasn't as prominent. It also had a little bite and I really had to slow down. I did enjoy it, and it was like desert after the Thomas Hariot main course, but I think the Prof is a hard act to follow and this blend suffers only in comparison. Interesting to note that the Professor was designed partly with the newer pipe smoker in mind, and since I am a new smoker it looks like Pete hit the nail on the head with that one. Looking forward to trying Einstein with a clean palate next time.