Speaking of excitement, Ma Dingxiang took out a black pipe, gently sprinkled the tobacco, took a deep breath, and enjoyed his face.

"Captain Black, royal family?"

Looking at Ma Dingxiang's surprised expression, Wen Yiming smiled and said, "Extremely pure, 42.5g paper bag, good quality, good taste, elegant fragrance, good taste, sweeter, strong and soft."

"My friend also likes to play with pipes?" Ma Dingxiang said in surprise: "Are you also a fellow practitioner?"

Wen Yiming smiled and said, "I am an incense master and I am interested in all fragrances. What do you think?"

"Hahaha, good, interesting!" Ma Dingxiang clapped his hands and said happily: "It's rare to meet a close friend. I have two major hobbies in my life, one is ancient coins and the other is pipe!"

After saying that, he handed over the pipe in his hand, Wen Yiming took the pipe and played with it for a few times, "Being aggressive, heather, Xinding Weishinan!"

"Heather is mainly produced on hillsides and rock walls in the Mediterranean region and grows very slowly. It is buried deep underground and is located in the root tumor part between the rhizomes. The history of root pipe making can be traced back to the saint-claude area in France in 1850, and it is still one of the important heather pipe manufacturing centers in the world."

"In addition to its advantages of durability, fine wood, and beautiful wood grain, the most valuable thing is that it has countless holes that are invisible to the naked eye, which is very helpful in dissipating the water vapor and heat of tobacco when burning, and also determines its light quality. This wood has only a very slight impact on the flavor of tobacco and can maximize the original flavor."

"This pipe is at least over a hundred years old, with amber color. The higher the age, the better the wood, the more beautiful the texture, the more expensive the price. Of course, the best burning quality."

Wen Yiming returned the pipe to Ma Dingxiang and exclaimed: "Before World War II, a 250-year-old nodule tumor can be found. Currently, the best rare heather is only 100 years old, and it is hard to find. 15 years ago, tree ages of 50 to 75 years old are still quite common. Today, it is a rare thing to see twenty years old on the market."

"Okay!" Ma Dingxiang didn't expect that the young man knew the pipe as much as he wanted, and said happily: "My friend has extraordinary eyesight. Come and take a look at these handfuls!"

After saying that, he turned around and took out the brocade box, which contained three pipes, so that Wen Yiming would comment. Ling Tiancheng raised the teacup and said intimately: "The time to show off begins!"

Wen Yiming picked up a dark brown pipe and smiled and said, "The mouthpiece of the seabasin in the middle of Türkiye's production areas is made of local beef thigh bones. The patina has been maintained for at least ten years."

"Sepiolite is light in texture and has good heat dissipation. Moreover, 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. This is also one of the places where it is superior to heather roots. After being used for a long time, under the combined effect of e-liquid and hand sweat, it will emit a deep and noble brown-gold color, a rare work of art."

He picked up the second dark brown curved pipe and sighed: "Old Ma is worthy of being a veteran collector, even sea willow wood!"

"Sea willow trees with ancient and precious submarine shrubs that can last up to a thousand years are tightened on the submarine reefs with suction cups. They can reach more than 4 meters high. They are dark brown or brown, with thick dry branches and slender leaves, which resemble willow leaves on land. The wood is tough and corrosion-resistant, and is known as iron wood."

Wen Yiming played with the pipe and felt a hint of coolness and said, "Because they are hidden in the seabed all their lives, they are also known as sacred trees. Various artworks made of sea willow trees were once noble toys for emperors and generals in ancient times. Sea willow pipes are beautiful in color and delicate in wood. They are refreshing when used, and have a natural filtering effect. They are once a lifetime treasure."

"As for this one..." Wen Yiming frowned, picked up the last straight pipe, and said curiously: "Corn cob?"

"Hahaha, it's really impossible to hide it from my friend, it's the corn cob!"

Ma Dingxiang took the pipe with a smile and recalled: "This is my first pipe. Although the material is cheap and meaningful, it is why it has been collected to this day."

"A corn cob pipe, as the name suggests, is made of specially planted corn, take its cobs, air-dry it for about two years, then process it through other processes, and finally glue it."

"A corn ear can usually make two pipes. It has the advantages of light weight and good porous heat dissipation, and can also bring out its unique flavor when smoking. Because its price is very cheap, it costs seven or eight US dollars per US, and about fifteen yuan domestically produced. It is the first choice for entry. The best use is to taste the tobacco, which can be given to those friends who are aggressive and salivating to you without any pain, so as to avoid the pain of being taken away from the love."

Everyone burst into laughter. Ma Dingxiang took out the tobacco, opened it gently, pinched a small amount with his fingers, and put it in the pipe and said, "In my opinion, filling tobacco is the top priority! If you want to fill a pipe of tobacco, you need to be careful, patient, skill and experience."

"You must be clear about the size, shape, and the cutting characteristics, humidity, type of tobacco on your hand. You must fully master this seemingly simple, but in essence it may be the most profound art in smoking a pipe. You need to constantly practice and experience it. This is the greatest pleasure of playing a pipe."

While explaining, he demonstrated by himself: "I personally summarized it as a three-layer method. The first layer is gently kneaded and sprinkled into the bowl until the bowl is naturally overflowing. Then use the child's hand power and gently press it with his fingers until half the bowl is full. Using your fingers can better perceive and control the strength, which cannot be achieved by using a pressing rod and waiting for dead objects."

"The second layer of kneading and sprinkling tobacco, add it until it is overflowing, and then use the woman's hand force to press it until it is 2/3 to 3/4 full."

"The third layer of tobacco is added until it is overflowing, and then use the man's hand to press the surface. Finally, use your fingers to test whether the filled tobacco is elastic?"

After saying that, I picked up a match, ignite it and started to ignite it. The flames circled back and forth on the surface of the tobacco. At the same time, they ignite it gently with their mouths and rhythmically until the entire surface is evenly ignited.

I saw that the surface of tobacco that had been flattened would stand up due to heat. I explained with a smile: "Highing tobacco is also conducive to expanding the contact surface between tobacco and flames, and ignite it more quickly. You can stop until the tobacco turns red. Do not push the temperature of tobacco too high to avoid affecting its flavor. High temperatures may even damage the bucket wall."

"Now you can use a pressing rod to flatten the standing tobacco, and do not use too much force to avoid extinguishing the tobacco. If necessary, you can also cover the mouth of the bowl with your thumb and cooperate with light sucking to strengthen the weak fire again."

A scent of smoke spreads, and smells Yiming and takes a breath: "Dennis Black Vanilla, 50g Iron Box, is produced in Denmark. It has good quality, good taste, soft taste, light fragrance, light power, and a top-notch product."

"As tobacco continues to burn, the flavor will also change subtly, just like the top notes of perfume, the middle notes and the tail notes of the middle notes, which are very wonderful."
Chapter completed!