Personal tastes compared

[Stargazer]

- grovsnus, ettan, gustavus orginal, skruf portion, nick and johnny

- skruf løs, general

:? - göteborgs ràpe and more or less any other snus with tastes
added to them.

[Soft Morning, City!]

Roda Lacket White Portion, General Portion, Ettan Portion, Göteborg Rape White Portion

Grovsnus Maxi (I like the taste, but the gigantic portion doesn't thrill me. I'd like to try the regular portion and perhaps the loose whenever I decided to order more.)

:? Camel, if you can even call it snus. What bullshit.

Today I ordered:

Roda Lacket White Portion (2 cans)
Goteborgs Rape No. 2 Portion (2 cans)
Goteborgs Rape White Portion (1 can)
Ettan Portion (1 can)
General Silver Portion (1 can)
General Portion (1 can)
Lucky Strike Portion (1 can)
Lucky Strike White Portion (1 can)

I'll adjust my list accordingly after trying the Lucky Strike, General Silver, and Goteborgs No. 2.

[jqlynch]

Revised Oct 11, 2007

Metropol Peppermint White Portion, Göteborgs Rapé, General, Grov Snus (all lös)
Skruf Cranberry Portion, Kronan, N&J, Röda Lacket, Skruf Stark (all lös)
:? Tre Ankare White Mini, Lucky Strike White Portion, Ettan, Probe (both lös)
:x Camel "Snus" (Started with this, but quickly decided to go Swedish)

[KentuckySnusser]

- Goteborgs No. 2, General Onyx, Roda Lacket White, Metropol Licorice, Gustavus Original Loose, Ettan White

- Goteborgs Rapé white, General White, Diplomat White, General Loose, Skruf Strong portion

- Catch brand portions (too small and overpoweringly flavoured), General wintergreen, Skoal Dry

In freezer: LD Gold, Kronan, Knox, Offroad Black, Nick & Johnny (all loose)

Arriving soon: Diplomat, Goteborgs Prima Fint, Roda Lacket and Ettan (all loose) and Tre Ankare white.

[Soft Morning, City!]

Loose:

Nick and Johnny, Ettan, Grov Snus, Goteborgs Rape, Granit, Gotlands Yellow, Gotlands Grey, Skruf Stark, Goteborgs Prima Fint

Landstroms, Roda Lacket, Probe, General, Kronan

Offroad Longcut Original, Offroad Cranberry (not too bad, but much too sweet for my tastes)

Portion:

Goteborgs Rape (regular and no. 2), Granit Maxi Portion, Ettan Regular & White, Lucky Strike (Original and White), Gotlands Green, General Onyx, Grovsnus Maxi, Knox

Roda Lacket White, Tre Ankare, Catch Liquorice & Eucalyptus (on occasion)

General (Regular and Silver), Camel, Phantom, Kronan Regular (burned like hell), Mocca Pomegranate (Tried Mocca for the hell of it, wasn't expecting much, still a major disappointment. The flavor got really gross after about five minutes.)

[Zero]

^ another option is to keep just one post and to continually update it (you can always use the edit function to change your post :idea: )

[Soft Morning, City!]

Zero:

Oh shite, sorry. I never noticed the "edit" button on my posts before.

Won't happen again.

[Zero]

:lol: :lol: I'm not giving you shit, dude, no stress. Just making a potentially helpful suggestion. If you want to make ten more posts in this thread, by all means go ahead. 8)

[Soft Morning, City!]

Heh. I didn't think you were giving me shit at all. I just can't believe I never noticed the rather noticeable "edit" button before. :lol:

[lxskllr]

I'm pretty new to this, so I don't necessarily have my favorites firmed up. These are the ones I liked enough to buy a roll of already though:

Catch Eucalyptus
General Onyx
LD Salmiak

I like almost everything I've tried so far. The only losers are:

Catch Cassis/menthol-(where's the cinnamon???) too much berry

Roots Wintergreen -I don't like wintergreen anyway, and this reminds me too much of Skoal which I got very sick from when I was young, and the smell of which still makes my stomach churn.

Göteborgs Rapé -This tastes good when I first put it in, but I don't care for the aftertaste it leaves. The #2 is stellar, and I'll probably get more once I've used up my stocks(about 57 cans :shock: )

Some that have merit for one reason or another:
Lucky Strike Original- This is very ordinary in taste, but I love the packaging. I always liked Lucky cigs, and it's a good old American brand. I'll buy this mainly for nostalgia :lol:

Metropol- Again I like the packaging on this. I dig the Euro/art deco can. The peppermint is pleasing, as is the licorice. I imagine I'll only get the peppermint though, because I like the LD licorice much more.

Comments on American snus:

I've only had the Camel so far, and contrary to most of you I really like it. This is what got me started on snus. A buddy of mine went to Norway, and he came back telling stories of people using snuff(snus) and swallowing the juice :shock: Memories of past use of dip and chewing tobacco came to mind, as well as the memories of violent illness from swallowing too much tobacco. I was thinking those Norwegians must be hardcore, especially when he said even the women were doing this :lol:

A couple of months later I saw a setup in a Sheetz(convenience store), and remembered my buddy talking about snus. I had to try some. I got the Frost first, and after enjoying that I picked up the other 2. The original I can do without. It has a strange taste, and doesn't sit very well on my stomach. The Spice and Frost I think are both very good though. These are very different to the Swedish snus'. More like a candy than a tobacco product. The flavor lasts forever, but you can't really taste the tobacco much.

After getting the Camel brand, I started hunting around online to find more information on snus, That led me to the Northerner site, and I ordered their 24 can try out box. It was very exciting seeing all of the different brands laid out on the counter, and then I tried one...Metropol licorice mini...Hmm, not what I was expecting at all. I was a little put off at first. It didn't have that strong candy flavor that the Camel snus had, and I could really taste the salt in it. After going through several brands though I grew to appreciate the subtle and natural flavor of the Swedish brands. The stock Swedish flavor seems to be citrus and salt which very much agrees with me. While I can still say I like Camel snus, I doubt I'll get it again except for an emergency. It tastes good and all, just not as nice as the Swedish makes.

[Soft Morning, City!]

^ Do you really have 57 cans of Goteborgs Rape or was that a mis-type? If you do and aren't thrilled with it, I wouldn't mind taking some of it off your hands. It's one of my favorites!

[lxskllr]

^ Do you really have 57 cans of Goteborgs Rape or was that a mis-type? If you do and aren't thrilled with it, I wouldn't mind taking some of it off your hands. It's one of my favorites!

Oh, sorry ops: I guess that was a mis-type. I have 57 cans of snus(all brands), and only 1 can of the Rapé. That's a lot of snus(for me). I only use about 5 or 6 pouches per day, so it's going to be around awhile. I wanted to take advantage of Buysnus.com's free shipping they had last week, so I bought whole rolls of my favorites, as well as the OffRoad limited edition set, and a couple of singles to try out. I think I'll be using portions exclusively. I'm not fond of having tobacco in my mouth (yea, yea :P ), and I like the convenience.

[Soft Morning, City!]

lxskllr:

Wow, still, that's quite a stock you have! I only have 18 cans in the fridge right now. Fifty seven will last you quite a while.

I like the portions as well. I'd still like to try the loose, but portions are just easy and convenient and I enjoy them just fine. Everyone tells me that loose is worth a shot, but for now it's the portions. However, next order I'll definitely be ordering one or two cans of loose. Hell, I may even order the loose try out box from Northerner. I started with their portion try out box and it was a perfect introduction.

[Craig de Tering]

Catch Cassis/menthol-(where's the cinnamon???) too much berry

Why would you think there should be cinnamon in this snus?
Cassis is a dark type of cherry. And menthol is...well...you know...menthol. :lol:

And where did you find Metropol? I haven't been able to find it ANYWHERE! :shock:

[chainsnuser]

^ Northerner and Buysnus have Metropol. Maybe some other vendors, too.

Cheers!