Tangiers Question.

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[quote name='INCUBUSRATM' timestamp='1312165199' post='518010']
I make it flush with the edge of the center spire. Your center spire should be just SLIGHTLY lower than your outer rim. You can pack it tightly to the top edge of the center spire, or do the foil test where your palm presses down the tobacco to just underneath the outer rim. I do the first option, because that keeps the underside of the foil clean and I'm just OCD like that (If you do the foil test, don't bother taking the foil off and wiping it off, just pull the foil back tight once you're sure it's packed well enough). Either way, you want the bowl packed as tightly as it comes new in the package, but you want it just a TAD bit below the outer rim.
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My center spire is slightly sloped. Is 3.5mm below the outer rim on one side, 4mm on the opposite.

1. For the foil test, should the tobacco be pressed down so that is level in the bowl?
2. When you pack it in, do you mean so tight that it 'springs back' like a sponge (i.e. as tight as possible)?