So I’ve tried Taxi Red fresh from the tin, aired out for an hour, and aired out over night. While the moisture content of it after about 8 hours was nice I still couldn’t get over the coarseness. So I decided to use my mortar & pestle to grind a small portion of it down and then I threw in a little Dholakia Swiss Chocolate just for a bit a flavor. But my question is, does drying out the Taxi Red then grinding it down remove the nicotine kick?
I’ve heard that nicotine hates to be ground and re-ground, so it jumps out of the snuff.
jup it gives nicotine headache.
In all seriousness, it might make it a bit stronger. Not in the sense that it enhances the nicotine, but that by grinding it finer, it will coat the mucosa at a higher rate, giving more transfer. Never tried it myself, I love my taxi the way it is.
No nicotine will be lost, but by increasing suraface area of the snuff particles you will reveal more of the surface to air thereby causing flavor and moisture to dissapate more quickly. The advantage of having it as course as it is naturally is that you can shove gobs and gobs into the nose and via quantity of snuff you get a massive dose of nicotine. IMO there are plenty of fine and semi fine ground snuffs already. Taxi ceases to become a unique snuff once ground finer. If you want finer snuffs, don’t buy Taxi. Note to self: I’m going to have to start excommunicating people for desecrating sacred snuffs. >:-[
@Xander: Only the Pope of Taxi can excommunicate people!
Taxi Red is great as it is, no reason to do anything to it. You could mix it with some other snuff though, peach flavour was suggested in another thread.
I tried drying and grinding Taxi and it was pretty good. I actually used quite a bit of it. It was very strong, but the scent was …well, weird. Its certainly worth trying though.
Xander""The advantage of having it as course as it is naturally is that you can shove gobs and gobs into the nose and via quantity of snuff you get a massive dose of nicotine. “” I am new to snuff and would like to understand more what you mean when you say shove “gobs and gobs”? I get a mental picture of someone breathing through their mouth with nostrils stuffed full of moist wet snuff. How much is a gob? Can you refer it to something say like a pea, a bean, a almond? Or are you literally stuffing your nostrils full? LOL might sound silly but this is a genuine question. Thanks “”
Gob is basically as much as you can pinch between two fingers. Slang for “a lot” Edit: OH! And there is no such thing as a silly question here!
@ dgriego: With Taxi and its cousins, I do not sniff or use any windpower whatever to seat it. I take as large a pinch as I can hold as matsnuffs says. I kind of twist it into my nostril and push it into place with my thumb. I’ll push two or three of these “gob” sized pinches in each nostril. I do, as you say then breathe with my mouth, at least for a time. I pinch my nostrils closed untl the snuff has moistened up enough to stay put by itself. After that, I can resume normal nose breathing. There is usually a fair ammount of ammonia being inhaled, but otherwise there is plenty or air getting through. In comparison to peas, etc., I would say three kidney beans worth per nostril. Quite a bit really. Blowing it out later usually requires me shaking huge clumps out of my handkerchief. Its a unique side of the snuff hobby to me, so it is reserved for a no more than once a day treat. I’d empty a Taxi tub or more per day if this was the only way I snuffed. When I was first introduced to Taxi, I thought I’d never reach the bottom of a tub of it. After discovering this method, I can see why this is sold in rolls of 10 in South Africa. Ask cstokes how he uses dip, I think you’ll start to get the picture. Good luck, and be make sure you are sitting down!
What’s dip? I buy pinches by the can.
Three- Pinch Stokes…
I am not sure I have reached sufficient bravery to preform this feat yet, I only took a pea size portion of NTSU wet into each nostril and thought my heart was going to explode! If I attempt this I believe I will begin with one kidney bean, on a Saturday when I have the weekend to recover. Thanks to you all for clarifying a gob, I would love to see a video review using this method.
I read of this method many times, but today is the first time I actually tried pushing gobs up my nose. Its better than trying to sniff it. When I would sniff it the coarse grain would go deep into my nasal passages. The experience was tolerable but uncomfortable, and I normally blew before getting the good nic hit. I’ve got a new appreciation for NTSU now. Kinda makes me want to get some Copenhagen fine cut and push that up my nose.
Ok, well If you want to start with a single gob, that will work, if your tolerance is low. I usually do 3/nostril. 2 gives the buzz and 3 only increases the intensity somewhat, but makes the duration longer. Ntsu is a bit stronger, and has more ammonia, so be careful. Start with Taxi Blue or Taxi Rock, then work your way up to Taxi Red and Ntsu. I’m sorry I don’t have video capabilities to demonstrate. We have a few members that make snuff videos though, one of them might already have done it. MrMaroon and Itsuke were two of the video reviewers, you might find them on youtube.
I tried this stuffing-the-nose method and it works well, quite a nic hit. Probably wouldn’t want to do that in public places expect local pub, it’s kind of weird.
Taxi Red snuffs just fine for me. I do hold the pinch over the container to catch the inevitable droppings.
I dried a tin and re-ground it, to about the consistency of, say Berwick Brown. I find it much easier to take, less waste, no cramming needed. It has the same rich flavor, but less ammonia, and the nic kick is a little different. It hits faster, but does not seem to last quite as long.
Jeff, add a Tonka bean as Xander suggested and you will have an even nicer snuff. I’ve done it with Taxi Blue and it’s really very good.