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<blockquote><q>In fact, there are ninety stages in the manufacture of an Alfred Dunhill pipe. Indeed, the transformation of raw materials into finished product is a dramatic one. It starts with a piece of briar root. Normally found on the Mediterranean coast, particularly in Algeria, Morocco, Sicily and Corsica, the root grows in arid conditions, and may take up to one hundred years to reach the right shape and size for pipe making. Local country folk dig up the root and sell it to briar dealers. It is then dried, seasoned and cut to the rough shape of a pipe (which is called an ebauchon). It is at the seasoning stage that Alfred Dunhill’s most closely guarded secret is employed. A seasoning process is used to remove the sap and moisture from the wood, so that when the pipe is smoked for the first time, there is no bitterness from any residues left in the wood. Not only does this give an Alfred Dunhill pipe the advantage of smoking sweetly from the very first, it also gives each pipe greater longevity.