We have all been there...You get a tobacco that everyone in the whole pipe world seems to be raving over. Judging from everything that you have heard and from all the reviews you have read, this is going to be the greatest tobacco you have ever had the privilege to smoke!

Giddy with anticipation, you load up your bowl, light it up, smoke it all the way down AND.....Meh. Just Meh. It was either awful, tasteless, or at best just OK. No matter what the outcome, it was a total let down from what you were hoping it would be.

So the question I now pose to you fellow Bums is this: How many chances do you give a blend before giving up on it completely?

I myself try to give any blend at least 6 chances, hopefully in a few different pipes, before I pass my final judgement on it.

How about you all?