I just oiled up some Bruton with sesame oil. It has certainly changed the character of it. we will see if there are any more changes after a ship voyage. As it stands It seems a useful technique for schmalzling, I will definitely make a batch using ghee, maybe even coconut oil. It’s easy to mix small batches up for experimentation. Once certain with the results I will go with some of the better snuffs I have.
Been trying out some Red Cap (NOT the No.7, just the plain old Red Cap) pipe tobacco snuff. It’s almost dry enough outta the bag to mortar and pestle. Ground it down to near-Scotch consistency, with just the tiniest pinch of bicarb and a half pinch of sea salt. Snuffs wondrously, nice light honey scent to it.
Mixed an earth shaking snuff today; 50% Dholakia White 25% Dholakia Black 25% Toque Rustica Pure, finely sieved, no stems and stalks Makes my head SPINNNNNNNN
@ Pieter - that sounds absolutely lethal!
I mixed Honey Bee with the WOS Honey Menthol and it came out very nice, seems to enhance the Honey.
I usually try and mix something I don’t much like with something I do like, hoping it will make what I don’t much like, more likeable, but usually it doesn’t and I feel like I am wasting a snuff I do like.
I use Toque Quit and McChrystal’s S’Nuff to boost/mellow snuffs with about similar grind. On their own they aren’t very pleasant.
Toque Quit and Hedges L260…50-50 mix…mmmmmmm
Ebony Star-NTSU (1 part) +Dholakia Black(1 part)+Hedges l260(1/2 part)
Black Forest Chocolate- 1 part NTSU + !part Dholakia black + 1 part Dholakia swiss Chocolate
Chocoapricot delight- 1 part NTSU + 1 part Dholakia black + 1 part Dholakia swiss chocolate + 1/2 part Wos appricot
After-eight snuff-1 part of ntsu + 1 part dholakia black + 1 part dholakia swiss chocolate + 1 part Wos extra crumbs of confort
bitter chocolate fantasy -1 part of dholakia black + 1 part Dholakia swiss chocolate I Hope that you will try them all with my best regards, Ricardo Cristelo Costa
If you like WoS Honey Menthol but the menthol blast is a bit to much for you, create your own: Toque W&H plus Toque Menthol = W&H Menthol. Add menthol bit by bit until it suits your taste. Delicious!!
@holomax – I really like your ideas most of them sound super good to me and as soon as a couple missing ingredients come in, I’ll be trying a few of those in the meantime I have concocted: 1 part Taxi Red 1 part Dholakia Black 1 Part Molens A/P 1 Part Toque Espresso 1 part QWS Irish Coffee
Sounds good whistlrr.Tell me later your opinion about my mixes lol with my best regards, Holonmax
Agree with tom502 , always a good plan to try mixing any snuff you don’t care for befoe giving up on it completely for me, currently blending crumbs of comfort with j&h Wilsons medicated. One alone is too minty, other is too medical. Wonderful together!
I used to be a big mixer, but these days I seem to enjoy snuff in it’s original state. I think it is one of those palate changes.
Mix: “White Lightening” or (if somebody’s already called another mix that then call this) maybe “Thunderclap” 1 part Bruton 1 part Dholakia White 1 part Toque Quit 1 part WoS #22 (@holomax I’m still waiting on the rest of the ingredients to try some of yours – keep posting them if you come up with more – your ideas are the very sort I want to try)
You go girl! I have a similar mix I call “kite”. It’s Square, Quit, HDT, Sparrow, Spanish Jewel, With a Cuban Montecristo in there. I’ve been considering putting the Dholakia white in it. I was going to put the Bolongaro but I can’t get myself to grind it up.