I find that if I eat an apple, a portion or a pris taste great. However, if I drink orange juice, the snus hardly tastes at all. Anyone else had this effect on the palate?
Cleaning the palate for snus
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Yup, - Same experience here. I think it's the acidity in the orange juice that neutralizes the alkalinity of the snus. This probably means if you drink any highly acidic liquid with a pris or prilla in you might as well throw it out, because you won’t get as much nicotine from it (if any). And if you drink an acidic liquid, you should probably rinse your mouth before putting in a pris or prilla. Anyway that my theory.
Perhaps our illustrious resident moderator/scientist Zero can corroborate this :?:
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Hard to say. Apples are quite acidic too - malic acid is even more sour and tart than citric acid. At least subjectively, at any rate, I find the taste of oranges to linger while apples tend to have a lighter and fresher taste - definitely more of a palate cleansing fruit, I think. As for why, who knows?
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That sounds like a really good idea. I've been working on a tin of Kronan loose all day that's about to reach the Best Before date, so before I switch back over to General I might just have to have a beer.
Of course, I don't really need an excuse to have a beer, but it helps rationalize it to myself.
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bcsiegl wrote in a recent post: Yup, - Same experience here. I think it's the acidity in the orange juice that neutralizes the alkalinity of the snus...
I've been off orange juice for two days, and I have to say that my snus experience is much improved. Thanks for the theory. I'd have to say now that it's been promoted to fact.
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Thanks, Cook. I was beginning to wonder if my theory had no merit. - Because just the other day i brushed my teeth with a portion in - with baking soda toothpaste (Tom's of Maine). So, according to my logic the baking soda should strengthen the snus. Well, the opposite happened. It totally washed it out. I mean there was nothing there except the feeling of the tea-bag paper. I squeezed it with my tongue even chewed it a bit - NOTHING - just toothpaste flavor. So here's my two cents for the day: CAUTION: DO NOT BRUSH TEETH WHILE SNUSING. IT COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR YOUR SNUS. :wink:
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i don't know if tea/coffee are generally accepted, but today i tried using Yerba Mate before snusing, and it was a new sensation that i felt accentuated the snus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mate
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