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'''Tambolaka''': An Indonesian tobacco grown in limestone heavy soil and after harvesting rolled into long sticks which are bound and stored for five years. Sold both as pipe tobacco and as a component of Indonesian cigars. Very high in nicotine with a tin note best described as pungent. | |||
'''Tamp''': Using a tool or finger to compress the contents of the pipe bowl so as to bring unburnt tobacco into contact with the ember. | '''Tamp''': Using a tool or finger to compress the contents of the pipe bowl so as to bring unburnt tobacco into contact with the ember. | ||
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'''Tenon''': The tenon is the smaller diameter protrusion at the end of a pipe stem which holds the stem to the stummel. It takes its name from one of the oldest joints in woodworking, the mortise and tenon joint. Over the last two centuries tenons have been made separately with bone screws, cut integrally into a vulcanite stem to fit a cut mortise in the stummel, made from threaded aluminum or plastic, made from aluminum to fit a pre-drilled mortise so as to hold a filter, made from delrin and placed into a drilled hole in the stem, and in other fashions as well. | '''Tenon''': The tenon is the smaller diameter protrusion at the end of a pipe stem which holds the stem to the stummel. It takes its name from one of the oldest joints in woodworking, the mortise and tenon joint. Over the last two centuries tenons have been made separately with bone screws, cut integrally into a vulcanite stem to fit a cut mortise in the stummel, made from threaded aluminum or plastic, made from aluminum to fit a pre-drilled mortise so as to hold a filter, made from delrin and placed into a drilled hole in the stem, and in other fashions as well. | ||
'''Tin Note''': As opposed to the aroma of burning tobacco, the tin note is the scent which can be smelled from the unsmoked tobacco when opened, and is considered a good way to begin to understand a new blend and determine to some degree its components and their relative strength. | |||
'''Trebizond''': No known as Trabzon, Trebizond is grown in Turkey at the southeast shores of the Black Sea. A basibali varietal resembling Samsun, but coarser and stronger. | '''Trebizond''': No known as Trabzon, Trebizond is grown in Turkey at the southeast shores of the Black Sea. A basibali varietal resembling Samsun, but coarser and stronger. | ||