How to smoke a pipe

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Smoking a pipe is first and foremost a pleasure, but for beginners it can easily become difficult and therefore lead to abandoning it. Precisely for this reason, Savinelli has decided to create a guide for those who are new to the world of slow smoking, listing some "rules" and advice that we hope you will find useful.

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Loading the tobacco

Loading the tobacco, well melted and at the right level of humidity, in small pinches: the first just placed at the bottom of the bowl, the others just pressed. Accurate loading means good draft (and good draft means avoiding bellows puffs and therefore preventing the pipe from burning, the tongue from burning, too much humidity from forming, ...). Even out the surface of the tobacco with thumb strokes, eliminate the filaments that protrude from the edge of the burner.

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Ignite the entire surface evenly

Ignite the entire surface evenly, inhaling frequently but gently. Use wooden matches or gas lighters. The matches "plague" the tobacco. Turn it back on. It is almost always necessary. The first contact with the fuoco causes the tobacco to rise. You then need to press (it's the famous flick of the thumb between the two matches; but it's better to use the tamper), level the surface of the tobacco and relight once and for all.

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Smoking with slow puffs

Smoking with slow, rhythmic, calm, spaced puffs. That the smoke is barely visible. Those who have a cigarette habit think that they have to do exactly the opposite. Pulling hard and quickly causes all the inconveniences that lead you to abandon your pipe: excessive heat, drizzle, irritated tongue. The right (placid) rhythm of the pipe is acquired little by little. From time to time, press the burning tobacco to re-establish optimal draft. If the pipe goes out, it lights up again, nothing tragic. The ash contributes to a regular and peaceful combustion: before relighting, if ever, you can eliminate the one that comes out spontaneously by turning the pipe upside down.

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You cannot inhale pipe smoke

You cannot inhale pipe smoke, you can taste it between your palate and nose. The pipe smoker doesn't burn tobacco, he enjoys it. It can be relit several times, but you shouldn't persist in smoking the moist, compact base that can sometimes form in the bowl. In these cases, it is better to throw away than risk disgust.

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After smoking is finished

After smoking is finished, empty the bowl using the pipe cleaner and working delicately. Remove ash and tobacco residue. Never hit your pipe against a hard surface, not even the heel of your shoe. Blow vigorously into the mouthpiece and then pass the pipe cleaner two or tre times with a back and forth motion. Naturally, without opening the pipe, a very dangerous operation with a hot pipe. And so you have also prepared your next pipe.