why does makla smell like poo? why only makla and what is it? does some other snuff/chew also has that smell?
786 Hi @dasr! Some tobacco fermentation processes yield a product having what I call a “bucolic” aroma; very much like cow excrement. Many good Indian snuffs use such tobacco, and they (usually) can pull it off as it becomes one of a chorus of exotic scents which intoxicate the senses.
I’ve never had makla, but makla is fermented, sometimes in an iron vessel; so that may explain the smell.
Its a combination of the fermentation itself and the container it happens in. Careful, makla is more carcinogenic than snuff and swedish snus (though i suppose so is bacon). cant remember the exact level though. but my god is that makla some good stuff.