My year anniversary with snus comes up at November of this year. I've gotten a chance to try many varieties and what a magical year it's been, but I gonna say I notice a few differences.
-First virtually all snus tastes very artificial. This should come to no suprise, artificial sugar, you need a billion dollar set up just to pasturize it and the flavorings are artificial as well. When tobacco was first discovered the whole reason our founding fathers fermented, smoked, and sugared their tobacco was because it tasted like crap, however by their processing method they were able to turn it into an amazing flavor. Snus by modern standards eliminates all 3 of the prime methods used for hundreds of years. This leaves us with the problem our forefathers had but now we use science and artificial compounds to try and make it taste better.
With a few exceptions, I have to say snus loses something because of that. I have only tried dip a handful of times and chew as well and each time I felt.....this is how the tobbacco experiance is supposed to be. Far to often with snus the flavor goes from a science experiment type flavor that rolls into the nasty bitter taste of pure, non fermented, non smokey tobbacco.
I also notice the snus, buzz literally feels different than their fermented counter parts. Odens snus actually captures the dip feel but all the pasturized stuff just lacks the soul of the nicotine experiance. Even stark portions never fully match that amazing glow one enjoys from the puff of an unfiltered ciggarete.
I don't know, I wish I was man enough to just use dip....I sit here with my discontinued General Smokey Oak portions and every time I open the can It smells like a chemically burned orange with an artificial smoke flavor one would find at a $1 kitchen section =(
-First virtually all snus tastes very artificial. This should come to no suprise, artificial sugar, you need a billion dollar set up just to pasturize it and the flavorings are artificial as well. When tobacco was first discovered the whole reason our founding fathers fermented, smoked, and sugared their tobacco was because it tasted like crap, however by their processing method they were able to turn it into an amazing flavor. Snus by modern standards eliminates all 3 of the prime methods used for hundreds of years. This leaves us with the problem our forefathers had but now we use science and artificial compounds to try and make it taste better.
With a few exceptions, I have to say snus loses something because of that. I have only tried dip a handful of times and chew as well and each time I felt.....this is how the tobbacco experiance is supposed to be. Far to often with snus the flavor goes from a science experiment type flavor that rolls into the nasty bitter taste of pure, non fermented, non smokey tobbacco.
I also notice the snus, buzz literally feels different than their fermented counter parts. Odens snus actually captures the dip feel but all the pasturized stuff just lacks the soul of the nicotine experiance. Even stark portions never fully match that amazing glow one enjoys from the puff of an unfiltered ciggarete.
I don't know, I wish I was man enough to just use dip....I sit here with my discontinued General Smokey Oak portions and every time I open the can It smells like a chemically burned orange with an artificial smoke flavor one would find at a $1 kitchen section =(
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