I finally tasted it!

[Kindrd]

One of my first orders of snus back over a year ago, included 3 tins of R.L. based on the recommendation of a friend. The first tin just tasted like salt. So the other two tins sat vacuum sealed in the freezer. I tried a 2nd tin about 4 months into snusing and just found it bland. Not one to give up, I ordered a tin of R. L. Loose just to see. Like many others have reported it is very doughy tasting. So I gave up on it. Now over a year later, I come across that last tin of R.L. Portions and thought what the heck. Popped one in and was hit with a very pleasant Bing Cherry flavor. Wow. Now I see where the reports of fruit flavor come from. I guess it just took this long for my tastebuds to recover from 15 years of smoking. Either that or this stuff ages very nicely :lol:

[PseudoSwede]

Alot of folks take pokes at Roda Lacket and Prima Fint, but these are two of my favorites. Loose...

[Xobeloot]

My tastebuds finally woke up as well. I've been enjoying prima fint nightly and have a can or RL waiting on deck.

[anweis]

My tastebuds finally woke up as well.

I think that when people regularly smoke tobacco or use American style snuff, their taste and smell senses are seriously altered. After about a year after quitting smoking everything started to smell and taste more intensely, and my perception of different tastes and smells changed, including which particular snus i liked better.
Suffice to say, two years after quitting smoking i again am able to do what i did as a kid: find the big bucks in the woods by following their smell. I got two eight pointers the last fall. Humid and rainy weather helps a lot. But man, the fragrances that some people wear just kill me.

[applejacks]

RL loose was the first snus I tried. Ordered a whole roll too :S I was thinking it’d taste like black licorice candy..lol boy was I wrong.( thou LD black actually does..anywho) Tasted more like play-doh to me xP. I still have a few cans left. I’ll save em for when my taste buds start working again D:

[Zero]

Also, though, RL portions taste quite different from the loose - the portions do indeed have a hint of cherry flavour to them which I've never really found in the loose. I'll have to get another tin of RL lös, though, and give it another go - it's been a while - but I recall a few people noting the same thing.

[TBonehawk]

I always thought RL portion tasted of green apples... definitely different from the loose.