Finally! This morning I was woken up by the mailman ... and guess what ... he had four cans of Jakobsson's Classic and two of the Ice Fruit for me (plus some other great stuff)! By now I've already tried them both and here is my impressions:
First I tried the Classic. The can is - as we already know - simply beautiful and it's nice to finally hold it in my hand. The compass decoration is awesome and it's also mirrored on the inside. We've been spoiled with details on this one!
First impression of the smell ... it reminds me a lot of Gotlands Yellow. It has the same sort of deep and orange-like aroma, and I actually think that a blind-test would turn out to be pretty difficult. Well, in my book the Yellow is one of the best snuses around so I'm not at all disappointed! Jakobsson's Classic simply screams quality.
Now, moving on to the taste. Again it's in the the neighborhood of the Yellow. The first couple of minutes I actually couldn't tell the difference, but after about five minutes the characteristics of Classic began to show. It doesn't move far away from it's yellow brother - again (to me) it has a certain orange element - but the Classic is a bit more 'earthy' or 'heavy' or 'robust' (if you guys can follow me). Also, the juices are bit more tobacco-like and not quite as 'fruity' or 'herbal' as I find the juices of Yellow to be.
I really, really like it! And I must admit that it has already moved straight in to my top three. For me this is a keeper and I can see myself ordering roll after roll of this. A pure work of art!
And the Ice Fruit. As stated by some this doesn't exactly sounds like something that would come out of the factory in Gotland. But after trying it I can assure you that it is indeed a product worthy of the company name.
The smell. Well, the smell is quite interesting and most certainly not like any other snus I've tried. I was afraid that it would be somewhat extreme, but I was wrong: the notes of both (unknown) fruit and mint is obvious, but it's well balanced and subtle like you'd expect it from this producer. In the hands of many others chances would be that it had turned out utterly disgusting.
The taste is equally interesting. The mint is clear and makes it feel cool and fresh under the lip. Now, generally I'm not a big fan of minty tobacco, but it's not overpowered at all and is constantly kept down by the sweeter elements of fruit. It's hard to tell which kind of fruit it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it contained some lingon berries as it sort of reminds me of Göteborgs Rapé No. 2. I'm amazed by the balance between the two quite opposite elements in this snus ... a lot of thoughts has surely been put into the production here. But with that said I don't think this will be a regular one for me. I'll get a can now and then. It's unique and that is both it's force and weakness in my opinion.
Well, that's it for now. These impressions are only based on one portion of each, I'll probably discover new sides of both as time goes by. I can't wait to hear what you guys think of these new varieties!
Kudos to Gotlandssnus for making such impressive snuses! Keep up the good work!
Oh, and this was my lucky day ... I got one of the tiny brochures with a unique date stamp! YIPPEE! Jakobsson's merchandise is coming Subtilos way!
First I tried the Classic. The can is - as we already know - simply beautiful and it's nice to finally hold it in my hand. The compass decoration is awesome and it's also mirrored on the inside. We've been spoiled with details on this one!
First impression of the smell ... it reminds me a lot of Gotlands Yellow. It has the same sort of deep and orange-like aroma, and I actually think that a blind-test would turn out to be pretty difficult. Well, in my book the Yellow is one of the best snuses around so I'm not at all disappointed! Jakobsson's Classic simply screams quality.
Now, moving on to the taste. Again it's in the the neighborhood of the Yellow. The first couple of minutes I actually couldn't tell the difference, but after about five minutes the characteristics of Classic began to show. It doesn't move far away from it's yellow brother - again (to me) it has a certain orange element - but the Classic is a bit more 'earthy' or 'heavy' or 'robust' (if you guys can follow me). Also, the juices are bit more tobacco-like and not quite as 'fruity' or 'herbal' as I find the juices of Yellow to be.
I really, really like it! And I must admit that it has already moved straight in to my top three. For me this is a keeper and I can see myself ordering roll after roll of this. A pure work of art!
And the Ice Fruit. As stated by some this doesn't exactly sounds like something that would come out of the factory in Gotland. But after trying it I can assure you that it is indeed a product worthy of the company name.
The smell. Well, the smell is quite interesting and most certainly not like any other snus I've tried. I was afraid that it would be somewhat extreme, but I was wrong: the notes of both (unknown) fruit and mint is obvious, but it's well balanced and subtle like you'd expect it from this producer. In the hands of many others chances would be that it had turned out utterly disgusting.
The taste is equally interesting. The mint is clear and makes it feel cool and fresh under the lip. Now, generally I'm not a big fan of minty tobacco, but it's not overpowered at all and is constantly kept down by the sweeter elements of fruit. It's hard to tell which kind of fruit it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it contained some lingon berries as it sort of reminds me of Göteborgs Rapé No. 2. I'm amazed by the balance between the two quite opposite elements in this snus ... a lot of thoughts has surely been put into the production here. But with that said I don't think this will be a regular one for me. I'll get a can now and then. It's unique and that is both it's force and weakness in my opinion.
Well, that's it for now. These impressions are only based on one portion of each, I'll probably discover new sides of both as time goes by. I can't wait to hear what you guys think of these new varieties!
Kudos to Gotlandssnus for making such impressive snuses! Keep up the good work!
Oh, and this was my lucky day ... I got one of the tiny brochures with a unique date stamp! YIPPEE! Jakobsson's merchandise is coming Subtilos way!
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