Triumph Original Los

[Xobeloot]

No, it isnt a "real" thing...

I was watching a movie tonight and I decided to tear open all the portions in a full can and try it out as Los.

Being white portions, it was a bit more dry than the typical lossnus. All 24 portions filled up roughly 1/3 of the empty can. I added about 10 drops of water and shhook it a bit before it went back in the fridge for an hour.

I popped ity back out and the snus had expanded nicely to fill a bit more of the can. I filled up a 3-notch pris on my icetool 3ml and popped it under my lip. Immediately I could get a taste of the triumph flavor, but it was MUCH more muted than it is in portion form. The snus isself is super-finely ground like Prima Fint.

THe flavor as a los pris comes accross much more balanced. Like a sweet natural tobacco (similar to a mix of RL los and beechnut chew). The peach-like sweetness is still there, but it has given way to more tobacco sweetness.

I think from, here on out i'll be de-portioning all the triumph I buy. I just have to be a bit more careful with how much I take at once. I just warned someone the other day about loosing a portion snus and not overdoing it and here I am with one hell of a headache from overdoing it :lol:

I wish Swedish Match would make this as a lossnus under a name other than Triumph.

[snoosiphant]

Sounds good. I would actually buy this in los. I will start holding my breath now.

[Xobeloot]

I think you'd be a nice shade of blue well before it ever becomes a store-bought los
:lol:

[bakerbarber]

Yeah I did this the other night.
The nic hit almost kept me from falling asleep.
I ended up mixing in some General loose after my first pris to cut the sugar. I actually thought it was sweeter as loose than portion.

The thing with triumph for me is the flavor, which is good, "soaks in" to my lip. If I don't have a beverage I can still taste it quite a while after taking it out.

As far as going los with it I plan on doing this again when I get through this can. I've got so many cans open now and after a month am stilll hard pressed to settle on one brand. Unlike cigarettes different times of the day dictate a different snus. It is great to have options. Triumph los would be a no brainer for morning coffee and after lunch when I prefer a hint of sweet. I need the general, nick n johny, and lucky strike, skruff, and etc.. first thing and throughout the day. I'm suprised my brand loyal behavior didn't carry over from smoking.

[sagedil]

Been doing it for 16 months now bakerbarber, hasn't happened for me yet. I will say that I am proud and now have a list of about 20 favorites and over 80 cans sitting in my freezer. Oh yeah, I have another 14 open in the fridge as well. That is a bit overkill for me, as I got a number of cans that were open from here, so those went in the fridge too. But normally, I have about 8 open at any one time. My mood shifts from moment to moment, so want to be able to have the snus that matches that mood at any given time.

[Craig de Tering]

Re: Triumph Original Los

...I decided to tear open all the portions in a full can and try it out as Los.

You wouldn't be the first an let me tell ya; it ain't the same**. The snus inside a portion is different somehow.


** Tried that with GR No.2

[Xobeloot]

Oh yeah. It is definately different.

I actually tried what BB mentioned, only I used some Grov to cut it. It actually wound up as a pretty interesting mix.