Peterson Early Morning Pipe
(3.13)
Sweet Oriental carefully blended with bright and red Virginias, pressed and lightly stoved. Great as the "first pipe" arousing the palate for the further pleasures of the day.
Notes: Alfred Dunhill’s blending has produced for this ‘Early Morning Pipe’ a tobacco that will charm away the cobwebs-leave one aroused and eager for the day’s round. A delicate blend of gentle Virginia and flavourful Turkish. – late 1970’s.
Oriental tobacco is carefully blended with bright and red Virginia, pressed and lightly stoved, enhanced by medium fired latakia. -1985
Previously released by Murray's and Sons, UK.
Formerly known as Dunhill Early Morning Pipe, STG has changed the brand name from "Dunhill" to "Peterson".
Details
| Brand | Peterson |
| Blended By | Dunhill |
| Manufactured By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | Bulk, 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.13 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 10 of 42 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 10, 2015 | Strong | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
Finally got to try this tobacco as it is very hard to get in my country. The excitement was high, given it being one of the most famous tobaccos around. The tobacco in the tin is your standard Dunhill ribbon cut with varios grades of lighter and darker brown.
The moisture level was almost perfect out of the tin. Packing was very easy.
Lighting was effortless and it stayed lit very well. Needed only a few relights throughout the bowl.
Now to the bad points. I was very disappointed with the taste. Actually, there was almost nothing to taste at all. There was no sweetness from Virginias, a very subtle taste of orientals and I could not taste any Latakia at all. There was some bitter sourness in the taste and I could almost detect menthol like taste in the smoke. Very weird. The tobacco is quite strong in nicotine. Tried to smoke it after a meal and still got buzz from nic hit.
The room note was tolerable.
Only few times I managed to smoke to the end of the bowl. It is very harsh in taste after two thirds of the bowl. Definitely will never buy this tobacco again. I don't get what the hype is about this tobacco, there are so much better tobaccos out there.
The moisture level was almost perfect out of the tin. Packing was very easy.
Lighting was effortless and it stayed lit very well. Needed only a few relights throughout the bowl.
Now to the bad points. I was very disappointed with the taste. Actually, there was almost nothing to taste at all. There was no sweetness from Virginias, a very subtle taste of orientals and I could not taste any Latakia at all. There was some bitter sourness in the taste and I could almost detect menthol like taste in the smoke. Very weird. The tobacco is quite strong in nicotine. Tried to smoke it after a meal and still got buzz from nic hit.
The room note was tolerable.
Only few times I managed to smoke to the end of the bowl. It is very harsh in taste after two thirds of the bowl. Definitely will never buy this tobacco again. I don't get what the hype is about this tobacco, there are so much better tobaccos out there.
Pipe Used:
Stanwell No. 11
Age When Smoked:
1 month
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2014 | Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
Any similarity between this and the original Dunhill Early Morning of years gone by is not even in the realm of possibility. This stuff, made in Denmark is apparently residue from the floor sweepings of the old Scandanavian blends. I smoked Dunhill for years and even had several private blends with them. This is not even close to anything Dunhill ever put their name on. Newbies may like it for the name but certainly not for the reputation. Ordered 8 ounces of this stuff and am still trying to find someone I dislike to give it to.
Pipe Used:
Dunhill Bruyere Collector
PurchasedFrom:
Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked:
Upon receipt
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 23, 2022 | Medium | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable to Strong |
I bought a tin based on reviews. I learned the hard way that good reviews are not a warranty for a good experience.
Tin note: smoky woody campfire - smells good
Packs and burns nicely, no relights neccesary. You get woody, peppery taste with underlying harsh and sour note. This is tolerable in the 1/3, but after that is just getting more sour and more harsh. Bad sour aftertaste.
Wife not approves, says it smells like cigarettes.
I don't recommend this to anyone. I don't know what to do with a tin of this.
Tin note: smoky woody campfire - smells good
Packs and burns nicely, no relights neccesary. You get woody, peppery taste with underlying harsh and sour note. This is tolerable in the 1/3, but after that is just getting more sour and more harsh. Bad sour aftertaste.
Wife not approves, says it smells like cigarettes.
I don't recommend this to anyone. I don't know what to do with a tin of this.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 25, 2015 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I'm fed up with the newer Dunhill blends from STG. They're not properly maturing the virginias which have a noticeable harshness similar to whole leaf tobacco. I think the remedy for that is give the tobacco a heat treatment to purge the volatile elements and/or extended aging. They're not making a close enough effort to recreate these blends. Murray's version had a high proportion of ready rubbed stoved red virginas that looked almost dark purple. This version is just ribbon. The latakia seems noticeably higher. All in all, the mildness and complexity of the predecessor isn't present in this newer version.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2023 | Mild | None Detected | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I love smoking a bowl during early mornings. The graphics on the tin label are appealing and bring my senses back to childhood thinking of my grand father. The top half of the bowl was pleasant and enjoyable. But then something changed during the bottom half that quickly convinced me to get this taste out of my mouth. It suddenly became as though I was inhaling dry ashes. I was disappointed because everything about this blend would indicate I would have enjoyed it. I waited a few weeks before trying again thinking perhaps I would give my taste buds a chance to rid itself of possible linger from another blend. But, the experience was the same again.
Age When Smoked:
3 Months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 25, 2021 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I like turkish tobaccos, I like virginia tobaccos, I like latakia tobaccos, and I really enjoy mild english mixtures.
That said, I do not care for Early Morning Pipe.
I've been trying to like it for almost 20 years and it just doesn't do it for me. Regardless of pipe size or change in puffing pace it just always ends up tasting "soapy" and unbalanced to me. My best guess is that the percentages of VA/Turkish/Latakia in EMP just does not agree with my body chemistry.
With pipes, and with anything, if you enjoy it...then it's good...if you don't enjoy it... then it's not.
This is going back to the cellar for another long, long nap.
Please bring back Dunhill "The Aperitif"!!!!
That said, I do not care for Early Morning Pipe.
I've been trying to like it for almost 20 years and it just doesn't do it for me. Regardless of pipe size or change in puffing pace it just always ends up tasting "soapy" and unbalanced to me. My best guess is that the percentages of VA/Turkish/Latakia in EMP just does not agree with my body chemistry.
With pipes, and with anything, if you enjoy it...then it's good...if you don't enjoy it... then it's not.
This is going back to the cellar for another long, long nap.
Please bring back Dunhill "The Aperitif"!!!!
Age When Smoked:
3 years/ bulk Dunhill EMP
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 08, 2020 | Mild | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
This is a tobacco with legendary status. I wanted to love this. I fully expected this to be the tobacco which would become my main favourite blend.
However, the Perique in here isn’t like a normal Perique. Something unusual about the way the tobaccos combine. I didn’t get on with it, so I jarred it and came back to it several months later. It was then 5 times better. However, it’s just not quite right. Something strange about it. It smelled amazing in the tin. But the flavour was just odd.
What I wanted this to be, can actually be found in My Mixture 965 which is a better English blend, much much better, and is also not at all strong. MM 965 is actually a blend for the early morning.
Nicotine - weak. Flavour - medium but also strange, and the strangeness dominates. Strength - weak. The tobacco is also fussy and the flavour changes hugely as it ages.
Overall 2 stars. People reading these reviews who have not tried this EMP before - I would recommend avoiding it and trying My Mixture 965 by Peterson, which is probably what you are actually looking for.
However, the Perique in here isn’t like a normal Perique. Something unusual about the way the tobaccos combine. I didn’t get on with it, so I jarred it and came back to it several months later. It was then 5 times better. However, it’s just not quite right. Something strange about it. It smelled amazing in the tin. But the flavour was just odd.
What I wanted this to be, can actually be found in My Mixture 965 which is a better English blend, much much better, and is also not at all strong. MM 965 is actually a blend for the early morning.
Nicotine - weak. Flavour - medium but also strange, and the strangeness dominates. Strength - weak. The tobacco is also fussy and the flavour changes hugely as it ages.
Overall 2 stars. People reading these reviews who have not tried this EMP before - I would recommend avoiding it and trying My Mixture 965 by Peterson, which is probably what you are actually looking for.
Pipe Used:
Several
Age When Smoked:
Various
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2018 | Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
Having tried a few of the Dunhill blends, I thought the Early Morning would make for another good experience.
I was wrong. It is a simple blend as most indicate, but rather than a simple pleasure, this one is simply not good. The Orientals are virtually AWOL, and the Virginia’s are grassy and spicy in a sharp, unpleasant way. Of the three bowls I tried, two degenerated halfway through to the point where the ash dominated the flavor (much like a poor aromatic). The other remained distastefully bland throughout.
At this point it is destined for the big bowl with the plastic liner in the kitchen.
I was wrong. It is a simple blend as most indicate, but rather than a simple pleasure, this one is simply not good. The Orientals are virtually AWOL, and the Virginia’s are grassy and spicy in a sharp, unpleasant way. Of the three bowls I tried, two degenerated halfway through to the point where the ash dominated the flavor (much like a poor aromatic). The other remained distastefully bland throughout.
At this point it is destined for the big bowl with the plastic liner in the kitchen.
Pipe Used:
Comoy, Petersen, Viking
PurchasedFrom:
Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked:
Unknown
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 29, 2016 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
I've tried a bowl of EMP way back when and it did not impress me. Now I was gifted a sealed tin with some age on it and I've cracked it open today. It tastes like.......nothing? Not recommended
Pipe Used:
MM cob
PurchasedFrom:
Received as gift
Age When Smoked:
5 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 12, 2016 | Extremely Mild | Extra Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Strong |
This was a huge disappointment. I was excited when it was re-released, but this isn't even similar to what I remember. Tastes like hundreds of other chemical-ladden blends from Scandinavia. It is so sad to see what has happened to this blend that was for years one of my cherished favorites.
Pipe Used:
Peterson 302, 303, 307, 313, 314
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