Hello fellow snusers. After lurking here for the past week or while I waited to receive and try my first order of Swedish snus, it is now time for me to jump in. Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give some background too.
I am very new to snus. I happened to be out at the pub a couple of weekends ago discussing the ridiculous price of cigarettes and how it is about time to quit. Being a fairly heavy smoker for the last 17 years does not make this an easy task. Well it just so happened that while we were discussing this a Camel rep happened to overhear us. After talking for a little while she handed me several packs of a smokes and a tin of Camel Mellow. I immediately pop one in and then nothing. It seemed pretty tasteless to me though this may be due to the many pints of Guinness I had prior to that. It did cure my desire to chain smoke for a little while that night. The next day I decided to try it again. 5 times over the course of the day except this time it was sickeningly sweet. I would describe it like I took a pack of Sweet N Low and stuck it under my lip. It also caused one upset stomach and two cases of hiccups, but did eliminate my urge to smoke. After doing a little searching to determine if there were some other flavors that I may like I discovered true Swedish snus and decided to place an order before writing off snus all together. I’m glad I did because it is so much better and didn’t mess up my stomach like the Camel Mellow did. Here is a short review of my first order and impressions in the order I tried them.
Ettan White Portion – This is the taste I expected when I first saw the can of Camel Mellow. It is a mild tobacco taste with a hint of salt that tasted just great to me. I would like a little bit stronger taste, but for its modest nic content and long lasting taste it could become a regular for me.
General Sterk – I must admit when I first tried this I didn’t like it. The pepper taste just seemed overwhelming. After a few more portions it grew more tolerable to me. It is definitely not my favorite. It is probably not something I will pick up again as the portion didn’t seem to last very long too.
Nick and Johnny Original – I loved this one when I first popped it. It had a nice strong tobacco taste with some saltiness. Even though I hadn’t used a portion in a few hours this one also seemed to give me a bit of a nic buzz. I’m not looking to up my nic addiction, but this seems like one worth buying a can or two every order.
General Onyx – Since the sterk grew on me a little by this point I decided to give the Onyx. I guess I’m just not a huge General fan. I liked it better than the sterk and it lasted much longer, but it just didn’t wow me with the taste. It does have the absolute best portion shape and feel though. I can’t really see this as a regular buy either.
Grovsus Svart – When making my purchase this was the one I was unsure of. The tobacco and leather part of the description excited me while the anise part worried me. I hate black licorice and stuff like Jagrmeister and Black Jack gum. When I tried it though I absolutely loved it. This was the best of the bunch for me. I loved the really strong tobacco taste and could actually taste the leather taste mentioned with just a hint of vanilla. I could not taste the licorice at all which was great. I absolutely must get a roll of this.
I already placed another sample order to try out a few more before I go out and start buying rolls. I should have it next week and ordered the following
1847 white portion
Claq Qui strong portion
Lucky Strike portion
M by Mocca Tobacco strong portion
Odens Classic Original portion
Skruf Stark white portion
Skruf Original portion
Skruf Cranberry portion
I wanted to try Montecristo too but it got intentionally removed from my cart when I would check out. Something to do with the Cuban embargo maybe?
I am very new to snus. I happened to be out at the pub a couple of weekends ago discussing the ridiculous price of cigarettes and how it is about time to quit. Being a fairly heavy smoker for the last 17 years does not make this an easy task. Well it just so happened that while we were discussing this a Camel rep happened to overhear us. After talking for a little while she handed me several packs of a smokes and a tin of Camel Mellow. I immediately pop one in and then nothing. It seemed pretty tasteless to me though this may be due to the many pints of Guinness I had prior to that. It did cure my desire to chain smoke for a little while that night. The next day I decided to try it again. 5 times over the course of the day except this time it was sickeningly sweet. I would describe it like I took a pack of Sweet N Low and stuck it under my lip. It also caused one upset stomach and two cases of hiccups, but did eliminate my urge to smoke. After doing a little searching to determine if there were some other flavors that I may like I discovered true Swedish snus and decided to place an order before writing off snus all together. I’m glad I did because it is so much better and didn’t mess up my stomach like the Camel Mellow did. Here is a short review of my first order and impressions in the order I tried them.
Ettan White Portion – This is the taste I expected when I first saw the can of Camel Mellow. It is a mild tobacco taste with a hint of salt that tasted just great to me. I would like a little bit stronger taste, but for its modest nic content and long lasting taste it could become a regular for me.
General Sterk – I must admit when I first tried this I didn’t like it. The pepper taste just seemed overwhelming. After a few more portions it grew more tolerable to me. It is definitely not my favorite. It is probably not something I will pick up again as the portion didn’t seem to last very long too.
Nick and Johnny Original – I loved this one when I first popped it. It had a nice strong tobacco taste with some saltiness. Even though I hadn’t used a portion in a few hours this one also seemed to give me a bit of a nic buzz. I’m not looking to up my nic addiction, but this seems like one worth buying a can or two every order.
General Onyx – Since the sterk grew on me a little by this point I decided to give the Onyx. I guess I’m just not a huge General fan. I liked it better than the sterk and it lasted much longer, but it just didn’t wow me with the taste. It does have the absolute best portion shape and feel though. I can’t really see this as a regular buy either.
Grovsus Svart – When making my purchase this was the one I was unsure of. The tobacco and leather part of the description excited me while the anise part worried me. I hate black licorice and stuff like Jagrmeister and Black Jack gum. When I tried it though I absolutely loved it. This was the best of the bunch for me. I loved the really strong tobacco taste and could actually taste the leather taste mentioned with just a hint of vanilla. I could not taste the licorice at all which was great. I absolutely must get a roll of this.
I already placed another sample order to try out a few more before I go out and start buying rolls. I should have it next week and ordered the following
1847 white portion
Claq Qui strong portion
Lucky Strike portion
M by Mocca Tobacco strong portion
Odens Classic Original portion
Skruf Stark white portion
Skruf Original portion
Skruf Cranberry portion
I wanted to try Montecristo too but it got intentionally removed from my cart when I would check out. Something to do with the Cuban embargo maybe?
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