General Green Harvest

[chadizzy1]

Reviews of General Green Harvest

[sirloot]

To me its Base is a light air cured tobacco a slight hint of bergamot and salt in a standard white star portion 24g/portion.. Very mellow .. and Very organic

[jmdkodiak]

I'd like to try this I think.

[truthwolf1]

flavor profile sounds a little like that "click"

[snusgetter]

"General Green Harvest, White Portion
Limited Edition!

General Green Harvest is the world's only snus that is grown by certified tobacco farmers without pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

A full-bodied, spicy tobacco taste with pronounced notes of bergamot and hints of hay, green grass and stable. "



Sounds intriguing... the city boys' version of the country hicks' favorite munchin' straw.
Gotta wonder how limited this edition might be.

[chadizzy1]

Of all the new snuses I've heard about, General Green Harvest is the one I've been the most excited about. When I previewed it a few weeks ago, I mentioned the product description from Swedish Match went as follows, "General Green Harvest is the world's only snus that is grown by certified tobacco farmers without pesticides or chemical fertilizers." The taste description I read sounded reminiscent of General White Portion which I've always been a fan of, so I was anxiously anticipating this one to see just what it had to offer. I really like the can, slick white with the General logo that's been used lately on the General Long and General Long Sterk cans. I've always been a fan of white cans, it's one of my favorite things about Skruf - the slick white can. Very classy.


The portions are arranged in the usual star formation - typical of Swedish Match snus. The portions also look a lot like General White portions. The aroma is also very similar to General White portion - a mellow citrus aroma with little floral notes in the background. The taste is where it began to differ. General Green Harvest has a very present citrus taste, but doesn't seem to have as much of a salt or pepper taste as General White does. Don't get me wrong, there is a nice salt balance and notes of pepper in the background, but that don't seem as present as in General White portion. The taste mellows out very quickly and is balanced out nicely with a earthy/natural flavor that reminds me a lot of General Long Portion. This snus has the classic General recipe, but it seems like it's more balanced in certain aspects - more mellow in others. All in all, a good new release from Swedish Match. As it is limited, if you want some and enjoy it - you might want to buy a little extra because it remains to be seen if this will be kept around. I'm hoping sales permit and it stays, as this could be the gateway to a whole new line of natural/organic snus. Ettan or Grov Natural anyone?

For more info on Green Harvest, check out http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressro...n-harvest-6126 - it's a neat little video from Swedish Match about it. A Swedish member on SnusOn translated it as follows, "The Amish people produces it without any machines, electricity or chemicals like they did over 100 years ago. In August they harvest the tobacco and during winter they ship it to Sweden. The tobacco is described as robust, with an fruity, sweet and kind of floral aroma."

[c.nash]

Of all the new snuses I've heard about, General Green Harvest is the one I've been the most excited about. When I previewed it a few weeks ago, I mentioned the product description from Swedish Match went as follows, "General Green Harvest is the world's only snus that is grown by certified tobacco farmers without pesticides or chemical fertilizers." The taste description I read sounded reminiscent of General White Portion which I've always been a fan of, so I was anxiously anticipating this one to see just what it had to offer. I really like the can, slick white with the General logo that's been used lately on the General Long and General Long Sterk cans. I've always been a fan of white cans, it's one of my favorite things about Skruf - the slick white can. Very classy.


The portions are arranged in the usual star formation - typical of Swedish Match snus. The portions also look a lot like General White portions. The aroma is also very similar to General White portion - a mellow citrus aroma with little floral notes in the background. The taste is where it began to differ. General Green Harvest has a very present citrus taste, but doesn't seem to have as much of a salt or pepper taste as General White does. Don't get me wrong, there is a nice salt balance and notes of pepper in the background, but that don't seem as present as in General White portion. The taste mellows out very quickly and is balanced out nicely with a earthy/natural flavor that reminds me a lot of General Long Portion. This snus has the classic General recipe, but it seems like it's more balanced in certain aspects - more mellow in others. All in all, a good new release from Swedish Match. As it is limited, if you want some and enjoy it - you might want to buy a little extra because it remains to be seen if this will be kept around. I'm hoping sales permit and it stays, as this could be the gateway to a whole new line of natural/organic snus. Ettan or Grov Natural anyone?

For more info on Green Harvest, check out http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressro...n-harvest-6126 - it's a neat little video from Swedish Match about it. A Swedish member on SnusOn translated it as follows, "The Amish people produces it without any machines, electricity or chemicals like they did over 100 years ago. In August they harvest the tobacco and during winter they ship it to Sweden. The tobacco is described as robust, with an fruity, sweet and kind of floral aroma."

WOOT.
Badass.
I can't wait to try some of this.
I agree with the white can thing.
I loved skruf stark/xtra stark loose in the white cans. :P

[chadizzy1]

WOOT.
Badass.
I can't wait to try some of this.
I agree with the white can thing.
I loved skruf stark/xtra stark loose in the white cans. :P

I picked up a roll of this but at the rate I'm going through it I may want to pick up a few more to put in stock just in case they don't bring it back or decide to keep it around. I recently ran out of my PACT General White stock, which I still use from time to time, I think this might be good to replace it with. Good timing!

[Veganpunk]

I might get a roll of this on Friday. Sounds good.

[bakerbarber]

I doubt it's 'green' in the truest sense of the term as understood commonly. It's in a plastic can. How much extra labor and shipping went into sourcing and delivering this stuff?

I'm all for pesticide and herbicide free. Norman Borlaug might disagree, but he's dead. I doubt tobacco is high on the list of ecologically responsible crops that need attention. I would think people who cared about that sort of thing wouldn't be tobacco users to begin with.

I'll be trying some though.

The more 'natural' the better in my book. I just have a pet peeve about marketing things as 'green' or 'natural' because the standard of identity for either claim is not agreed upon by most institutions. I purveys an air of superiority that may or may not be justified.

Arsenic is natural.

[Ansel]

i like the logo of the leaf

[snusjus]

$40.22 per roll (Premium Snus dot com)? Damn, that's expensive. I'll definitely order a can, but I'm not worried enough about pesticides and herbicides to pay for a whole roll. If I was that worried about my health, I'd be tobacco-free.

[MJ26]

It has noticeable natural flavor. It doesn't have propably that tangy chemical aroma compared examble to general OP or any regular snus. So I guess it's like fair trade snus or something. I've never liked Generals taste but the idea in this is great.


After trying this awhile now I think it's pretty good portion snus. Tobacco flavor is quite mild and rich and also scents natural. Saltyness is very subtle balanced so it definitely isn't overly salted as usual. Nice mouth feel and discreet portion bag material. Im going to reduce my snus use and maybe use more portions and this is one good choice to go.

[timoteo]

I can deffinetly taste the green grass flavour in this. Infact when I opened the package containing 50 cans of geen harvest I was waffled by a sweet fresh smell not present in regular General white portions. Hard to describe it besides fresh, sweet, and grassy.. im into my 5th can and used a can of regular general whites after every 2 cans of green harvest, Im not sure which one I like better, but they are deffinetly different.

[Bigblue1]

never tried it