In the pantheon of snuffs, there are few shrines to subtilty. Offerings are either bombastic or plain. When it comes to cinnamon topped snuffs, one expects Christmas fare as framed by visions of dancing sugarplums. Janta’s Indian Rustica “Clubs” is very special and in many ways unique, due to its delicately oblique felinity. Cinnamomum zeyalnicum grows in emerald island state of Sri Lanka and its cinnamon flavour is both muted and complex. Pleasant and somewhat discreet, this taupe snuff presents well and, at first address, smells of wet bark and Spanish cedar. Upon uptake, its warm glow releases a mature flavour that celebrates cinnamon verum without propaganda. Pulverised into a fine powder, as is frequently the case with many Indian snuffs, its dustiness obliges sparing pinches and noble addresses. It is meant to be “humed”, as in the French “humer”, rather than aspired. Perfectly suited to dark rhums, it is best enjoyed in an overstuffed chaise-longue with a large snifter Havana Club and the cadaver of a well-chewed cigar.

Eloquent as always. Nice review, @EricPerlinger .