I rotate between breath method and gentle sips, but when I am using the breath method, it typically part my lips slightly to let smoke wisp out. This allows me to taste the smoke I’ve been massaging back and forth through the pipe a time or two.

The only other way I can really taste the flavours is to press my tongue into the roof of my mouth while keeping a seal on my lips, which results in some smoke getting pushed back through the pipe and some getting retrohaled. The retrohaled portion then results in me getting the flavours.

Do you guys do something similar to these 2 things to taste via breath method or something altogether different?