Accidently Supercharged my oomph citrus and menthol 6mg!

[stevematthews79]

Hi I am pretty new to snus and am working my way through the top 10 snus sampler. I have had quite a few of the 6mg oomph snus, and as I enjoyed them and they don't stain my teeth I threw some in my Icebox portion snus box along with some catch eucalyptus and some other portions for the day. The next day I went into my snus box for an oomph as I wanted a quick nic fix, and as they had absorbed some moisture from the other portions (not much just not bone dry any more) the intitial bite and nicotine hit was much stronger than I expected! And they tasted a bit peppery which was nice. Supercharged oomph - especially as they are only meant to have 6mg nic per portion.

Anyone else experienced this? Think I may do this with all my oomph in the future I am quite partial to them now!

[snusgetter]

Hi I am pretty new to snus and am working my way through the top 10 snus sampler. I have had quite a few of the 6mg oomph snus, and as I enjoyed them and they don't stain my teeth I threw some in my Icebox portion snus box along with some catch eucalyptus and some other portions for the day. The next day I went into my snus box for an oomph as I wanted a quick nic fix, and as they had absorbed some moisture from the other portions (not much just not bone dry any more) the intitial bite and nicotine hit was much stronger than I expected! And they tasted a bit peppery which was nice. Supercharged oomph - especially as they are only meant to have 6mg nic per portion.

Anyone else experienced this? Think I may do this with all my oomph in the future I am quite partial to them now!

Nice to know I'm not the only one who's now partial to the WONs (Wise/Oomph/Northerner), especially the Citrus/Menthol, with Wintergreen a close second.

I've not had occasion to mix them in with any other snus, but I'll have to try it with some of the Strong portions. Thunder Wintergreen or Jakobssons Wintergreen should add a little more kick to the WON Wintergreen (although I find this has an initial bite the other WONs don't have).

I wonder what the end nic hit to the stronger portions might end up at?

[c.nash]

I've done with this a lot of portions... It's delicious.

[stevematthews79]

ALthough new to snus, I've been surfing the forums for a while now, and reading up on snuff and snus generally. My theory on the oomph being quicker to hit is that the moisture allowed the baking soda to interact with the dry tobacco inside the pouches changing the alkalinity and speeding up how quick the nicotine is able to pass through the gums (Kind of freebasing the nicotine). I doubt that there is any transfer of nicotine between the different portions, just a transfer of moisture (and a degree of flavour transfer).

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but it kind of makes sense to me

[snusgetter]

ALthough new to snus, I've been surfing the forums for a while now, and reading up on snuff and snus generally. My theory on the oomph being quicker to hit is that the moisture allowed the baking soda to interact with the dry tobacco inside the pouches changing the alkalinity and speeding up how quick the nicotine is able to pass through the gums (Kind of freebasing the nicotine). I doubt that there is any transfer of nicotine between the different portions, just a transfer of moisture (and a degree of flavour transfer).

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but it kind of makes sense to me

Don't know about you, but whenever I pop a dry snus the
first thing I do is tongue the hell out of it, thereby sufficiently
moistening it before upper-lipping the shriveled pouch.

I'll definitely try your mix-'em-up technique to see what
difference it makes and report back.

[stevematthews79]

yeah try it mine were mixed up for about 12 hours then i separated then and it was the next day that i had an oomph, they were not kept in the fridge but my pocket (may make a difference as the humidity would be higher in the tin with them being at skin temperature)

[snusgetter]

yeah try it mine were mixed up for about 12 hours then i separated then and it was the next day that i had an oomph, they were not kept in the fridge but my pocket (may make a difference as the humidity would be higher in the tin with them being at skin temperature)

About a half hour ago I put

• 2 WON Wintergreen in with 2 Thunder Wintergreen Extra Strong
• 2 WON Wintergreen in with 2 Jakobssons Wintergreen Strong
• 2 WON Citrus/Menthol in with 2 Jakobssons Icefruit

Each set was individually bagged in sandwich bags and then I vacuum-
sealed them all in a Ziploc Vac Bag. I did, though, put them in the fridge;
the vacuuming will keep the humidity at the initial levels.

If these don't work out, I'll try something else!!



WON = Wise/Oomph/Northerner

[snusgetter]

About a half hour ago I put

• 2 WON Wintergreen in with 2 Thunder Wintergreen Extra Strong
• 2 WON Wintergreen in with 2 Jakobssons Wintergreen Strong
• 2 WON Citrus/Menthol in with 2 Jakobssons Icefruit

Each set was individually bagged in sandwich bags and then I vacuum-
sealed them all in a Ziploc Vac Bag. I did, though, put them in the fridge;
the vacuuming will keep the humidity at the initial levels.
If these don't work out, I'll try something else!!
WON = Wise/Oomph/Northerner

Okay, they'd been marinating at least a day when I started to use them (it's now day 3).

Overall, the outcomes were not satisfactory.

The WONs absorbed the flavors of their companion snus portions and there was a slightly more perceived 'tingle' when lipped. Overall, though, I didn't notice any real benefits to going out of my way to 'supercharge' the WONs.

BUT I did notice a change in the Thunder and Jakobssons portions; they were now bitter from the get-go, like the flavor had literally been sucked out of them!! About 5 minutes after lipping them I had to spit them out; the lingering taste was not pleasant -- kinda like the Marlboro Rich with no sweetness whatsoever!

Mind you these were vacuum-marinated. Tossing them into a mixed snus container probably would not have the same dastardly effects, Steve, so keep supercharging them to your mouth's delight!!

[stevematthews79]

Worth a try snusgetter. I'm going to see if just misting them with water and leaving them for 24 hours works the same, I Tried tonguing em before putting in but that didn't make a vast difference to the nic hit. Don't you just love a bit of kitchen chemistry!