Master descends to earth

Chapter 197 The Detective's Favorite

"Little friend also likes to play with pipes?" Bai Jing was a little surprised: "Is it also a fellow?"

Su Yuan smiled slightly and said, "I'm a fragrance master, and I'm interested in all fragrances, what do you think?"

"Hahaha, good, interesting!" Bai Jing clapped his hands and said cheerfully: "It's rare to meet a confidant. I have two hobbies in my life. One is snuff bottles, and the other is pipes!"

After speaking, he handed over the pipe in his hand, Su Yuan took the pipe, played with it a few times and said: "Fighting, briar wood, new Dingwei briar!"

"In addition to the advantages of being strong and durable, fine wood, and beautiful wood grain, heather root is most valuable because it has countless holes invisible to the naked eye, which are very helpful for dissipating moisture and heat when tobacco is burning, and also determine its light weight. characteristics. This kind of wood has only a very slight impact on the flavor of tobacco, which can guarantee the original flavor to the greatest extent."

"Okay!" Bai Jing didn't expect the young man to know so much about pipes, he said cheerfully: "Little friend has extraordinary eyesight, come, let's have a look at these again!"

After speaking, he turned around and took out the brocade box, in which there were three pipes, for Su Yuan to comment.Ling Tiancheng raised his teacup, and said to himself, "The time to pretend has begun!"

Su Yuan picked up a dark brown pipe and said with a smile: "The meerschaum produced in central Turkey, the cigarette holder is polished with local beef thigh bones, and the patina has been raised for at least ten years."

"Sepiolite is light in weight, good in heat dissipation, and because the stone is delicate and soft, it can carve very delicate and detailed relief patterns on the outer wall, which has high artistic value, and this is one of its advantages over heather root. The meerschaum pipe has been used for a long time, and under the joint action of e-liquid and hand sweat, it will emit a deep and noble brown-gold color, a rare work of art."

Picking up the second black-brown bent pipe, he exclaimed: "Ma Lao is indeed a senior collector, even has sea willow wood!"

"Sea willow is ancient and precious. It is a submarine shrub with a life span of up to a thousand years. It is fastened to the submarine reef with a suction cup. It can reach a height of more than 4 meters. It is dark brown or tan, with thick stems and dense branches. The willow leaves on the tree. The wood is tough and resistant to decay, known as iron wood."

Su Yuan was playing with the pipe, feeling a bit of coolness and said: "Because they are hidden in the bottom of the sea all their lives, they are also called sacred trees. Various works of art made of sea willow wood were once noble playthings of emperors and generals in ancient times. Sea willow wood pipe, beautiful in color, fine in wood, cool and refreshing in use, and has a natural filtering effect, a rare treasure.”

"As for this..." Su Yuan frowned, picked up the last straight pipe, and asked curiously, "Corn cob?"

"Hahaha, I really can't hide it from my little friend, it's the corn cob!"

Bai Jing took the pipe with a smile and recalled: "This is my first pipe. Although the material is cheap, it has great significance, so I have kept it until now."

While explaining, he demonstrated with his own hands: "I personally summed it up as a three-layer method. In the first layer, gently rub the tobacco into the bowl until it naturally overflows the surface of the bowl. Then use the child's hand strength to gently use the fingers When the bucket is half-full, you can better perceive and control the force with your fingers, which cannot be achieved with dead objects such as pressing rods."

"The second layer is kneaded and sprinkled with tobacco, filled to overflowing, and then using a woman's hand, pressed to 2/3 to 3/4 bucket full."

"Knead and sprinkle the tobacco on the third layer until it overflows, and then press the surface layer tightly with a man's hand. Finally, use your finger to test whether the filled tobacco is elastic?"

After speaking, pick up a match, light it and start to ignite. The flame circles back and forth on the surface of the tobacco. At the same time, in conjunction with the ignition, use your mouth to suck gently and rhythmically until the entire surface is evenly lit.

I saw that the flattened tobacco surface would stand up due to the heat, and explained with a smile: "The erection of the tobacco is also conducive to expanding the contact surface between the tobacco and the flame, and fully ignites faster. Until the tobacco is red, you can Stop. Don't push the temperature of the tobacco so high that it will affect the flavor, and the heat can even damage the walls."

"Now you can use the pressing rod to flatten the standing tobacco. Don't use too much force to avoid extinguishing the tobacco. If necessary, you can use your thumb to slightly cover the mouth of the bowl, and cooperate with light suction to re-invigorate the weak fire. .”

A puff of smoke filled the air, and Su Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Dennis Black Vanilla, 50g iron box, produced in Denmark, with good quality, good taste, soft taste, elegant fragrance, light strength, it is a high-quality product."

"As the tobacco continues to burn, the flavor will change subtly, just like the change of the top note, middle note and tail note of the perfume, which is very wonderful."

"For this cut tobacco, for example, the flavor ranges from sweeter, simpler, and more austere, to bitterer and more complex. It's a lot of variety and fun."

(End of this chapter)