Tag: Ed Burak
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Reminiscing
My very first pipe smoked on Japanese soil, at one of the most wonderful places to enjoy the true culture of coffee, on November 9, 2014.
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Pipe tobacco, dark chocolate, espresso and the ‘Lyric Pieces’ from Edvard Grieg
Just as I had been taking notes; searching in my memory for possible conceptual connections; considering all the things we might understand under the term ‘taste’; and aiming at stretching the experience of the palate towards a multi-censorial bath, a first occurred, as I was given a pouch containing pipe tobacco, but without a name…
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Ashes of Flake
Straight Virginia Flake from Samuel Gawith in my Large Prince from Ed Burak. In other words, the very simplicity of Virginia tobacco and the very simplicity of formed briar wood.
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Betthupferl Pipe
Betthupferl is a German/Austrian term that refers to a sweet something one might get before going to bed. That could be a candy, a cookie or anything to be appreciated as a small joy before going to bed or before falling asleep. It might even be a bed story. ‘Bett’ means bed and ‘hupferl’ is ‘to hop’,…
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Introducing my new Connoisseur N.Y.C. Ed Burak
This week had just started and the postman brought me several goodies – two certainly worthy of an introduction.