After the samples, it’s nice to finally get the final product!

It’s medium-dark brown, fluffy and slightly moist. As a Madras, it’s mild in Madras flavor but it’s still pretty rich in overall flavor.
This can be an all day snuff, right balance between flavor, grind and nicotine.
Nice initial burn, followed by the classic Madras ghee-flavor then it settles down into the nuttiness of a Toast.
I like it, and grabbed 100grm, just in case I really did, which I do
J

I finally got a this one in the mail - my first Madras snuff.  I like it!  From your description jmahes, it sounds like this is a good representation of a Madras.  

Hey @SeanOCDPx I think it is but just a milder version. TPS is more pungent but not as smooth. Sniffers who are used to NB/ NC TPS will definitely find Madras Toast to be a calmer experience. Nevertheless the Madras is still in there. You can do ally of this snuff and not get tired of the aroma.

Earlier in the year when Dholakia was doing the taste tester panel, I got a sample in the mail.  Unfortunately, as alot of other people also experienced, it was tainted with the mentholated herbal sample that also came with it.  My sample of Medicated no10, which I received a short while afterwards, was fantastic.  On my last order, I ordered both.  Unfortunately delivery is taking longer than usual this time.  Patiently waiting to try the final product, or at least as patiently as possible B-)

@Hitsuzen, same thing happened to me. I got the Madras C sample, which after airing the menthol out of it, was lighter in color and nuttier than the final product ( which I believe is similar to Madras A sample ).
The final product is darker with the tobacco / Madras scent about even, at first sniff…

Okay, finally came in the mail today. @jmahes You were spot on about it being a Madras light. I wouldn’t have called it a Madras in either texture or intensity. Taken for what it is, outside of being EITHER a Madras or a Toast, this stuff is exquisite. Hold for controversial statement… Taken just for the snuff that it is, and not for being a “Madras” per se, I would choose this over NB, NC, or TPS. I love all three of those, and to me those are all true Madras style snuffs, or at least what I’ve come to associate with the word “Madras”, but out of the four, I would choose the Dholakia offering above any of the others. I wish I would have gotten the bigger tub.

@jmahes and @Hitsuzen Thanks for your reviews on Dholakia Madras.

Currently we have supplied in 25gm packing.

Kindly let us know what packing size will be ideal for your collection which we can add in our next shipment.

Regards
Manit Joshi

Hi @Manit_Joshi, I like the 25gr amount for a single unit but I prefer the type of screw -top tubs that the Dholakia White comes in…Less chance of opening in a ruck sack etc also I like how the latter can be tightened down securely.
I would buy 50gr amounts of this snuff>>.

I like the current batch formula ; 500 grams should last me for awhile. Wish I could get it direct, factory fresh.

50g and a screw top sounds good to me.

This is a very nice and well behaved snuff. Worth a try if you have not had any 

Factories should sell bulk direct to customer. @Manit_Joshi If you did kilo sizes direct I’d buy a few varieties, you guys make some great snuff.

Thanks for the suggestion on different packing sizes I will further inform Mr. Snuff about this recommendation to include in next order.

About selling directly I would love to do so but due to tobacco restriction in our country it makes very difficult to sell directly. The documentation process is very long also private courier such as DHL and FedEx are restricted to carry tobacco products. Hence there are very few options left of which the minimum quantity requirement for shipping is 25 kg.

Hence we send goods in bulk to Mr. Snuff who can further distribute to different parts of world.

If you have better suggestion or recommendation please let us know we would love to co-operate.

Regards
Manit Joshi

Finally posted my review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\\_qa9H3sgz0s

Thanks for your reviews

I always check to see if the Madras Toast is in stock at MS, but no luck so far. (I also note that MS is running low on Dholakia White, being out of stock in the convenient 25gm and 50gm sizes). When it’s in, I’ll definitely order some!

Dholakia Madras Toast is currently in Stock at Mr. Snuff.

Please click below link to Order.

https://mrsnuff.com/dholakia-madras-toast-p-3648.html

Regards
Manit Joshi

@Manit_Joshi, great! I really enjoyed the sample you sent out. It is quite different from the other Madras snuffs I’ve tried, but a really good every day, all day snuff, not as difficult to take as many toasts.

Just ordered some. Looking forward to trying it. Does it need to be refrigerated?

@larry_90066, i don’t have mine refrigerated. It’s cold and dry enough in a Massachusetts basement to be good. But even if you live in the Tropics, this Madras may be dry enough to be fine.

Any concerns, I’d refrigerate. It doesn’t hurt anything.

I have received request from Snuff users about Dholakia Madras being available in larger packing size.

Currently it is only available in 25gm packing so what will be the ideal size if available ?

100gm, 250gm and 500gm IMO

Agreed. I would love to see at least 50g & 100g. That would be great.

I don’t order often, larger sizes would suit me better. You could also go smaller; like a 5 gram packet for first timers to try.

Jaime from Mr.snuff informed me they are out of this product??

@Mnzfam Mr. Snuff still has about 37 Dholakia Madras still in stock

Just pick up a load of 10, 25g any news on when you will have larger sizes available?

Dholakia Madras Toast will get back in stock within two months at snuffstore.co.uk / mrsnuff.com.
I got this comforting info from snuffstore.co.uk online assistant yesterday.

It’s finally back!

https://snuffstore.co.uk/dholakia-snuff-c-55.html

@volunge does the Madras Toast have a pure tobacco scent or is there perfume and/or barnyard-ey overtones?

My 25 g tub wasn’t super fresh, so I can’t comment on ammonia, but I recall it having a pure, lightly toasted Indian tobacco scent. I mean, no perfume whatsoever, but it does have some vague scent in the far background, intrinsic to plain Indian snuffs. Same goes for Dholakia Sparrow, 6P LA Golden (Natural), FUBAR Snafu and Six Photo MG Madras.

Madras snuffs are special. They are greased and toasted, but scent-wise they have nothing in common with Irish toasts. They aren’t smokey, nutty nor BBQish. Rather… fatty, fried. Different alkalis there, too. Hits hard, astonishing, with a sharp, but rather short lasting burn, approximating the feeling of smoking pure rustica. Suprisingly, the back drip isn’t acrid at all.

It’s been almost two years since my last pinch of Dholakia Madras Toast, but as far as I can remember it was finer/less greased (i. e. somewhat drier), less toasted and lighter in colour than 6P MG Madras. Both are worth trying, small tester tubs are available (10 g D MT and 8 g 6P MGM).

Cats out of bag… Uses this as base for my homemade Banana Fostner snuff for years. Will look for time to make another big batch sooner than later… Banana B has a different baseline.

Madras Toast has a very unique flavor profile. I like it but not as an all day snuff.

anyone else just not like this stuff at all? i found it to be very barnyard smelling and not toasty. just kinda gross plain tobacco. i gave it another go a little while ago…went just a little too far back in my nose and had me in a sneezing/nose-blowing fit for several minutes, which very rarely happens to me regardless of how carelessly i snuff something. is that what a ‘madras’ toast is supposed to be like?

I didn’t enjoy my pot much either …no barnyard in mine just a sweet unremarkable tobacco …with some odd aftertaste . Mine does not appear to be the same snuff as described on the first page of this thread . 

Tried it when it first came out. Only snuff that ever made my nose bleed.

Waiting forward to try the new batch. I hope I’ll get my small order with 10 g tub of DMT tomorrow. Will report back here.

Awaiting your valuable feedback Volunge

I received a tub within the last two weeks. Definitely not barnyard. A delayed burn, no crazy drip. Somewhat clogging. Pure tobacco taste without any trace of incense. Found it to be unremarkable, but not bad by any means.

After revisiting it, I got to admit I’m not overly impressed with it now either. This is not to say that I dislike it or find any significant deviation from the last batch. It simply seems my nose became more educated (or should I rather blame my heightened need of nicotine) over the last two years. Back then, when I still didn’t know Indian white snuffs, before I tried other Indian fine snuffs, such as Dholakia Sparrow, FUBAR Toasted, 6P Gul and another Madras snuff - 6P MG, Dholakia Madras Toast was my first experience of strong Indian snuff. I was astounded by DMT’s fine grind, sharp, prolonged burn and nicotine kick. All these traits are still there in the latest batch, it’s good, simple, plain (but in no way bland), fine, dry, stronger than medium snuff, which might suprise any snufftaker with low-to medium nicotine tolerance. Mine is a lot higher now and I need three good pinches of DMT for each nostril to feel satiated (as opposed to a single medium-sized pinch of FUBAR Toasted or 6P MG Madras per nostril or one large pinch of Neftobak, Taxi or NTSU).

I can second @Hitsuzen on DMT being ‘Madras light’. It’s more about toast than Madras snuff. I enjoy toasty notes of this snuff and prefer it to most other proper toasts for a daily use in terms of strength. There’s a slight sourness as well, which reminds me of the discontinued GH Irish D, the toast I loved and, regrettably, discovered too late. This snuff does have it’s character, which is strong enough to be used as a mixer with other plain snuffs. Tried mixing it with 6P Cheeta Gul (1:1) earlier this morning and found the combo of instant gul slap and nicely lingering toasted tobacco scent very enjoyable.

And for the final remark, I was a bit disappointed to find this 10 g tub not filled up to the rim (my first 25 g tub was full). I don’t care much about the weight match (I believe there was every label-declared gram in that sealed container), but I just love to find any snuff tin/box/tub/can full of snuff. Well, this wasn’t. And strangely, contrary to my expectations, there was no ammonia in supposedly fresh product (no date of manufacturing on the tin). Full tin preserves freshness (i. e. moisture, whatever low it originally might be in drier snuffs, and ammonia, which rises pH and enhances free nicotine uptake) so much better.

volunge totally agree with the last paragraph.I was also disappointed with my last 50g tube(not filled up and drier than my old 25g.And the smell is not so buttery like before-more biscuity I think)

I prefered the previous one wich was dark brown and moister…had something solid in it…

Maybe the problem is the storage of the vendors because I also recieved two SWS Havana Toast pale and dry compared to the older batch…I don’t know…

My little tub of DMT isn’t really my thing. It’s got a funny smell to it, which might be an over-abundance of slaked lime.

@Epitango, It made my nose bleed for some reason.

I get the funny smell, too- not off-putting to me but just not my taste. Will revisit it later.

I tried it but didn’t think it was that great. I prefer the much cheaper NC Madras available from Hookah 1 for about $20 for 12 tins. Enough for a lifetime!

I have a tub from the first batch that Mrsnuff received(I think).  I like it, but now that I’ve had 6Photo MG Madras I like the MG much more.  MG has a much more rounded and richer toasted tobacco flavor, and is less clogging for me.

yup, I can’t get on with this snuff either.  Less and less I’m thinking that it’s just my noob palate to blame

After a couple of weeks away I came back to DMT I am warming up to it. Earthy sour clay, buttery, a tad scorchy, loads of tobacco flavor without any sweetness at all… bone dry dust in a medium fine grind…    However the nicotine can creep up and fool you in this one.  It does not have a great initial kick but there is enough in there to get your heart racing and your mouth running dry after a boxcar-load or two has been in your nose for 20 mins. 

If you enjoy DMT and 6P MGM, there’s another one of that kind. FUBAR Toasted. A kicker when fresh. Really deep toast. Almost burnt. @haveawhiffonme

@volunge if my present stash does not do me in I would like to make a small purchase to try it out down the road. Always down for a trade too! I have a variety of of snuffs not pinched from or otherwise contaminated unless you count opening the lid to transfer contents Edit: MG Madras damn near did me in already. There is also a minor scare always lurking in the DMT haha

can’t say I enjoy it, reminds me of dholakia swiss chocolate with a sour rancidity added in.  I had to look twice at the label to make sure they hadn’t sent me out the swiss chocolate, that’s how similar it seemed to me.  too bad as I really wanted to like this, in my mind I was imagining a buttery ghee over top a toasted flavour.  

I was going to ask how its base compares to Dholakia chocolate which I can not get beyond its horse dung after smell.

I’m not crazy about the Dholakia base myself either. Swiss Chocolate, Coffee Cream & Sandalwood all have a prevailing scent of the base with the specific scenting at most riding alongside, if not in the back seat to the base. Swiss Chocolate I actually love the aroma of, but the others not so much. The Chocolate is strong enough not to be overpowered and in my opinion it’s the best Chocolate on the market. Part of that I think is because I bought the 250g bulk - the others are 20 and 40g tins are not nearly as moist & aromatic.

This is the only snuff that made my nose bleed.

Something is just off with Dholakia in my nose, although this is least apparent with the Madras Toast. Dholakia has some really wonderful scents in the foreground IMHO, but the background puts me off to the point of nausea in some cases. I would pay a premium for them to make some batches that were alkalized with something like sodium carbonate.

My least favourite Dholakia was Black - like sniffing chalk with charcoal. My tub came completely dried out.

@RS422 Did it happen once, or every time you took a pinch?

@volunge Twice and so I binned itm

@sammyd13 yes, I threw away my chocolate because of exactly what you said… I was walking my dog to the park in the morning, took a hit, and said I just cannot handle this rancidness and tossed it in the trash. I cannot fathom what my dog would of made of the scent knowing the things he likes to roll in…

Dholakia snuffs are the only ones I’ve tossed, tried about 6 of them, I enjoyed the white the best except my snuff technique /nostril shape just isn’t adapted to it and I was getting actual pain in my lungs telling me it was entering.  I thought the swiss chocolate would be good and it wasn’t awful, it just reminded me a little too much of snorting cocoa powder like you find in the baking section of the grocery store, it just wasn’t an association/image that felt good on a subjective level, nothing against the scent itself.

For some reason before this thread I thought Dholakia was universally loved here. While most are not my thing, I never did not finish a fine of 6photo, so obviously not all Indian snuffs are the same,

6photo makes excellent snuff, haven’t had one I didn’t enjoy, I think they do mentholated snuff perfectly.

I think my hunch before was that madras was a (mildy) spicy toast.  After trying it a lot and my eyes watering just now, I’d say it has some spice in it.  That means I can’t take it all the time, but maybe up to five times in a day

Dholakia Madras Toast is potent and the back drip is mildly hot to me, although I’m sensitive to spices in my nose.  I’m glad I have this because of its strength, but the taste puts me off multiple pinches.  In fact, I need to grab a cold drink here in a minute

@gormur theres no spices per say, its the alkalizing agent thats giving you that burn. Its basically ghee toasted rustica alkalized with slaked lime, probably without salt.

@Snuffalufagis I didn’t know it had rustica in it.  That makes sense

I’ve been using more of this recently and quite like it.  It seems to clear up my sinuses but it doesn’t always work.  Still I like the nicotine hit it delivers.  Mind you, this is the same 50g tub I’m using I got last year (when I posted).  It isn’t something I can indulge heavily in

Now if we’re talking about English toasts, I can use 25g in 2 weeks.  But this stuff is a different type of toast that might leave you plugged up if you use it at the rate of an English toast