Copenhagen Black is Back!

[BHMitchell]

Picked some up the other day. Waaaaay better than Cope Whiskey! New can, same taste.

[lxskllr]

I got a tin of this a couple weeks ago, and have been using the occasional pinch. It's my first long cut dip, and it very moist and pinchable. Smells and tastes like real bourbon, with a mild sweetness, and not much salt. Probe could take some lessons from this. It's what a whiskey snus should taste like.

I doubt I'll get it again. I don't use dip often, and Copenhagen snuff is the gold standard of dip for me. Little sweetness, and a nice salt content. Copenhagen costs too much to get something I'm not completely happy with.

[DanF]

I got a tin of this a couple weeks ago, and have been using the occasional pinch. It's my first long cut dip, and it very moist and pinchable. Smells and tastes like real bourbon, with a mild sweetness, and not much salt. Probe could take some lessons from this. It's what a whiskey snus should taste like.

I doubt I'll get it again. I don't use dip often, and Copenhagen snuff is the gold standard of dip for me. Little sweetness, and a nice salt content. Copenhagen costs too much to get something I'm not completely happy with.

Interesting to see this thread pop up.....given my current circumstances.

After a "long sabbatical" from tobacco I returned first to Dip and then Swedish Snus (which I fell in love with).

But after sampling maybe $600 in Snus I decided that Dip was more for me. For me Snus was only "pretending" even though it packed a punch, the million flavors and natural weren't really my kid days memory.

My first Dip of choice was Copenhagen Wintergreen. Then Black. Then Whiskey. Then Straight. Then Long Cut.

I have narrowed it down to knowing which Copenhagen Dip (no others) works for me. A pinch of Long Cut underneath a pinch of Wintergreen. Gotta be precise with this stuff.

I haven't tried Natural or Snuff.

Dan

[Skell18]

Interesting to see this thread pop up.....given my current circumstances.

After a "long sabbatical" from tobacco I returned first to Dip and then Swedish Snus (which I fell in love with).

But after sampling maybe $600 in Snus I decided that Dip was more for me. For me Snus was only "pretending" even though it packed a punch, the million flavors and natural weren't really my kid days memory.

My first Dip of choice was Copenhagen Wintergreen. Then Black. Then Whiskey. Then Straight. Then Long Cut.

I have narrowed it down to knowing which Copenhagen Dip (no others) works for me. A pinch of Long Cut underneath a pinch of Wintergreen. Gotta be precise with this stuff.

I haven't tried Natural or Snuff.

Dan

I would agree with lx that Copenhagen snuff is the yard stick, it really is good, Cope LC has an odd almost paint like taste to me, not in a bad way but there is something else there which always makes me go "mmmm". With the snuff there is none of that, its just all good. I am not a WG fan often but Copenhagen WG I do like, a lot.

I am also interested in why you feel dip has the edge over snus, for me, dip is a nice occasional treat, if I lived in the US I could use it everyday but only until I could get snus. Have you tried Grov? Ettan? Jaks Dynamite? These are good natural tobacco flavours, and the grov and ettan are both loose and portions, also Granit!

[DanF]

I would agree with lx that Copenhagen snuff is the yard stick, it really is good, Cope LC has an odd almost paint like taste to me, not in a bad way but there is something else there which always makes me go "mmmm". With the snuff there is none of that.

I am also interested in why you feel dip has the edge over snus, for me, dip is a nice occasional treat, if I lived in the US I could use it everyday but only until I could get snus. Have you tried Grov? Ettan? Jaks Dynamite? These are good natural tobacco flavours, and the grov and ettan are both loose and portions, also Granit!

Skell

Yes, I have also seen and read countless times that Copenhagen Snuff is the "yard stick". I will get a can tomorrow.

Why does Dip (for me, only) have the edge over Snus?

Dip brings me back to a time in my life (not counting cigarettes) where I feel and taste the same thing I did as a kid when I first smoked a Camel.

Snus has a lot (and more) of the effect that smoking did for me back then but the "taste" and experience is nowhere in the same category as regards my memory.

Actually, the only reason I am doing any of this is that I made a recent decision that I could see no valid reason to go to my grave always missing this old tobacco friend from my youth. I quit for thirty three years.

I have no intention of resuming cigarettes. But Dip....and mostly cigars is something that I want to enjoy for whatever years I have left.

Also I like the cigar world of people and places and conversation. I do love my Snus friends here on the forum but I don't enjoy Snus enough to substitue this product in place of (for me) "real" tobacco. Yes I know it is real!

I would always advise people to just leave tobacco alone in the first place. But since I was nine years old this "vice" has been a deep seated part of who I was.....and it turns out still am.

Dan

[Skell18]

Skell

Yes, I have also seen and read countless times that Copenhagen Snuff is the "yard stick". I will get a can tomorrow.

Why does Dip (for me, only) have the edge over Snus?

Dip brings me back to a time in my life (not counting cigarettes) where I feel and taste the same thing I did as a kid when I first smoked a Camel.

Snus has a lot (and more) of the effect that smoking did for me back then but the "taste" and experience is nowhere in the same category as regards my memory.

Actually, the only reason I am doing any of this is that I made a recent decision that I could see no valid reason to go to my grave always missing this old tobacco friend from my youth. I quit for thirty three years.

I have no intention of resuming cigarettes. But Dip....and mostly cigars is something that I want to enjoy for whatever years I have left.

Also I like the cigar world of people and places and conversation. I do love my Snus friends here on the forum but I don't enjoy Snus enough to substitue this product in place of (for me) "real" tobacco. Yes I know it is real!

I would always advise people to just leave tobacco alone in the first place. But since I was nine years old this "vice" has been a deep seated part of who I was.....and it turns out still am.

Dan

The snuff won't let you down, if I was in the US I would probably use it exclusively, I have even used it nasally once an old can dried out, it was still good!

Whatever works for you mate, I would suggest giving some of the plain loose snus a go in the lower lip, Grov is very good that way. Maybe you can still use snus occasionally rather than exclusively?

I have never been big into cigars, I was more of a pipe person, I still smoke the odd bowl from time to time. Have you tried nasal snuff?

Oh, if you do like using loose snus in the lower lip, you have to promise me that you will change your avatar to The Doctor deal?

[DanF]

The snuff won't let you down, if I was in the US I would probably use it exclusively, I have even used it nasally once an old can dried out, it was still good!

................... you have to promise me that you will change your avatar to The Doctor deal?

Skell

Way off topic but I can't resist your suggestion.

As a die hard fan and rider I can tell you that I do indeed admire and follow "The Doctor" but I am way past the age of using emblems and wear and all sorts of related paraphernalia to mimic fading personality images.

For me that would be like wearing a pair of designer jeans made for kids. Pathetically we see old guys trying to pull this off. Sad.

Even The Doctor is winding down (not quite yet) in his dotage. And it is sad for a biker like me to witness it happening to a former star.

So no, Skell.....my avatar remains with my "grandson" who is making his new Mark in this world.

I'll be watching the 2014 season.....with a Dip or a favorite cigar.

Dan

[Skell18]

Skell

Way off topic but I can't resist your suggestion.

As a die hard fan and rider I can tell you that I do indeed admire and follow "The Doctor" but I am way past the age of using emblems and wear and all sorts of related paraphernalia to mimic fading personality images.

For me that would be like wearing a pair of designer jeans made for kids. Pathetically we see old guys trying to pull this off. Sad.

Even The Doctor is winding down (not quite yet) in his dotage. And it is sad for a biker like me to witness it happening to a former star.

So no, Skell.....my avatar remains with my "grandson" who is making his new Mark in this world.

I'll be watching the 2014 season.....with a Dip or a favorite cigar.

Dan

I don't think Rossi is done quite yet, I have a feeling this season will throw up a few surprises. The one I want to win this year (other than Rossi) is Pedrosa, I have followed Dani for years right from 125s when he was with Stoner (who I also miss). I want Crutchlow to do well but I think the bike may hinder him, but he has a style a bit like Stoner, and he made that bike work, Yamaha were foolish to let him go, and i'm not just saying that because he is a fellow Brit.

[DanF]

I don't think Rossi is done quite yet.

I want Crutchlow to do well but I think the bike may hinder him, but he has a style a bit like Stoner, and he made that bike work, Yamaha were foolish to let him go, and i'm not just saying that because he is a fellow Brit.

When Cal looks into the camera lens for an interview or a comment from the garage he has that face and look that says "I may just take your head off".

But as soon as he speaks he turns into one of the nicest guys on the circuit. A real gem of a guy.

If he can just also keep upright on the bike from the grid to the final flag......!

And I don't like to see him in red leathers, either.

Dan

[Skell18]

When Cal looks into the camera lens for an interview or a comment from the garage he has that face and look that says "I may just take your head off".

But as soon as he speaks he turns into one of the nicest guys on the circuit. A real gem of a guy.

If he can just also keep upright on the bike from the grid to the final flag......!

And I don't like to see him in red leathers, either.

Dan

Cal is a legend, if you can ever find the BBC's MotoGP coverage, look for how Cal treats Matt Roberts, at the (i think) catalan GP last year he stole Matt's passport and presented it to him during the grind interview before the race! Comedy gold!

[talltexan]

I like Copenhagen black just fine. It's the only long cut I do like. When I'm totally out of snus i get the Copenhagen snuff . It has a great smokey flavor for me but I'm glad that black is out again now.