The tin's great. As others have said, the used portion holder is kind of useless, and frankly, kind of gross(it's inside the tin). There's a certain 'neato' factor with the inside portion holder, but I'd omit from future runs to save a bit of money. The tin has a very classy presentation, and I'll be using the empties for other snus. It has a painted label, with a rubbery feel, and it's sealed with a sticker that gives the impression of a hand lettered batch seal, with a facsimile of Conny Andersson's signature. Very small on the bottom, it has Paizano was here on the bottom rim. Presumably, that's from Paizano Design Studio. If so, that's great that the designer signed his work. The tin truly is a work of of art.
I've written so much about the tin, cause great tins have been scarce in recent years. Everyone has been going cheap, and while it isn't a bad approach per se, it's nice having such attention to detail in a tin that's very affordable for everyone. This isn't a high dollar product most people won't buy.
As far as the snus goes... It's got a great flavor, but is perhaps a bit too dry. Medium salt, and no sweetness. It's amazing the breadth of makers that can do whisky snus right, but it somehow evaded Swedish Match(Probe). I'd like to see more moisture. What I haven't tried is adding a bit of my own whisky. That should moisten it up nicely, and give it a mild flavor boost. The flavor is very natural, and tastes like a good scotch. It doesn't last especially long; maybe 30 minutes, but that's ok. I'd rather have a short period of great flavor, than long period of synthetically boosted mediocre flavor.
Final word... It's worth a roll buy for the tins alone, but for me, I think a roll's enough. I don't use many portions, but if the lössnus gets released, I'll try to get a roll of that. I think that would be more to my liking, and would be an ongoing purchase. This should be filtered knowing I strongly prefer lössnus, and even the best portions will get a muted response from me.
tl;dr
This snus is a must buy. The presentation is excellent throughout.
I've written so much about the tin, cause great tins have been scarce in recent years. Everyone has been going cheap, and while it isn't a bad approach per se, it's nice having such attention to detail in a tin that's very affordable for everyone. This isn't a high dollar product most people won't buy.
As far as the snus goes... It's got a great flavor, but is perhaps a bit too dry. Medium salt, and no sweetness. It's amazing the breadth of makers that can do whisky snus right, but it somehow evaded Swedish Match(Probe). I'd like to see more moisture. What I haven't tried is adding a bit of my own whisky. That should moisten it up nicely, and give it a mild flavor boost. The flavor is very natural, and tastes like a good scotch. It doesn't last especially long; maybe 30 minutes, but that's ok. I'd rather have a short period of great flavor, than long period of synthetically boosted mediocre flavor.
Final word... It's worth a roll buy for the tins alone, but for me, I think a roll's enough. I don't use many portions, but if the lössnus gets released, I'll try to get a roll of that. I think that would be more to my liking, and would be an ongoing purchase. This should be filtered knowing I strongly prefer lössnus, and even the best portions will get a muted response from me.
tl;dr
This snus is a must buy. The presentation is excellent throughout.
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