The Professor and Einstein reborn!

[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...

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.

[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

[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.