Does anyone have any experience with the Makla Snus that is available on Mr. Snuff? I have never heard of this brand.

I guess its not really a snus, its a different style of oral tobacco altogether - called Makla. From what I’ve read/heard, its pretty potent stuff. I’m curious like you, though - and I haven’t tried it personally but I’d like to. I read a lot about it on a chewing tobacco forum , if I find the link i’ll post it. I know people we’re saying it was kind of rough on the gums and some made their own portions using tea bags. Its moist, so people use a prismaster.

It’s worth the price of admission. The flavors aren’t as bold as one would get with other oral tobaccos, but the nicotine hit is huge. I can’t say it was rough on my gums, but then I only used one or two pinches a day.

search makla on this forum and you find lots of info about it.

i tried it once and it wasnt my cup of tea at all, but as always: diffrent people = diffrent taste. it is cheap, try it. i second the huge nic hit.

I tried it once and it was alright, really nice nic hit but I ran into problems when trying to take the prilla out. It just fell apart and got smeared all over my gums and made a big mess. I had to rinse my mouth out a bunch of times to get rid of it all, not a pleasant experience and it sort of scared me away from loose snus as I fear the same thing will happen.

Loose snus can and often does(for me) break apart and make a mess. But I still like it, and use it, though only at home. Makla I have had, and it does have a big strong nic hit, and to me, it did not taste good(like real snus) but it was not terrible, and I think it’s mainly for the nic more than the taste.

I’ve had Makla Green, it was pretty fresh tasting with mint/menthol and had a sizable amount of nicotine. I’ve also had “Chema” made by Poschl, That stuff wasn’t quite as good, but it seemed to be a similar product.

@bigmick: lol the “price of admission” I had the Chema Makla too. It was fun for a one off, or two since I tried two flavors.

I have some Ifrikia (sp?), it is strong, but I agree with tom502, not much flavor. But what a kick. I have to limit my use of it, it raises my nic-tolerance to a new level. I’m currently re-quiting the rollies, 5 days down, yay over the hump. At the same time, trying to limit my alcohol intake. It is going well, thank goodness for snuff. Sometimes at work, after lunch, the urge to inhale smoke gets strong; that is when the Makla comes in real handy. I can feel a burn on the gum. Yes, it works.

I’ve heard of people using makla sublingualy. Has anyone tried that? I tried it with snus. Actualy not a bad way too go if you don’t need to talk for a few minutes and don’t mind a burn that feels wrong somehow (like this can’t be a good idea kind of wrong). Though the biggest advantage was the nicotine uptake was a lot faster then under the lip.

Wait you put snus in your nose? I heard ettan was originally considered dual use.

under the tongue actualy.

Right, sublingual means under the tongue

It is something new for me. Snuff under the tongue.Amazing! How many ways are there to use snuff/snus !

You don’t wanna know.

Tell me

I was joking. I don’t think anyone really uses snuff under the tongue, regularly, I am sure some have tried it, so did I. Nasal and oral is the only ways I know.

I occasionally dip my sweet scotches. A little spoonful under the tounge adds to the kick.

You can dust your eyeballs! Snuff is fun for any orifice for that matter.

@mattsnuffs what is this “Chema” ? i neard heard of it before.

Chema is the Makla made by Poschl.

Yes. Its not as good, but not bad. I made myself sick with Makla Green yesterday with a big farmers pinch. That’s what I get for doubting its power. I think the packaging is cool! Plus I love reading labels in French, Makla (from Belgium) being no exception. Strange little side-note about me. The nasal snuff by the same company is amazing, btw.

Could always make a makla suppository. I imagine that would hit you quite hard.

I read about sublingual on a list of regional smokelss tobaccos. I think it may have been a list by W.H.O… It was from some international health group. In one part of Africa (I wish I could remember where excatly, I think it was near but not Cameroon). The tobacco sounded like a home-made snus. It had mostly the same ingriedents. It said that people placed it under their tongue for 20-30 minutes. I’ve tried it with snus and it man it was strong and uncomfortable.

I tried with scotch snuff, I can’t recommend it.

it would be horrible with scotch. I don’t recomend it with much unless you want a really fast snus buzz. Like I said though it doesn’t feel right and not in a it burns too much kind of way. Also it’s very uncomfortable too.

Maybe portion makla could be made for the UK market to help us poor Brits out with the absurd Snus laws?

I have ordered all the types of makhla available and I really enjoy them. Really hope Dave gets the Ifrika back in stock soon. I have been using all the South African styles orally for a bit now and love the natural taste. Ntsu black used orally is the goods. Tears up my gums though.

GN tobacco have a new 22mg plain tobacco los snus coming soon called Odens Extreme. I am hoping it will have the hit of Makla but with more tobacco flavour.

Ha ha yeah I thought sublingually was in the nose lol. If you don’t know what the word means the description sounds logical since you were describing burning and a this feels wrong feeling. I’m tempted to try using it under the tongue now, I know if you hold dip juice under your tongue or just let it build up (make sure you don’t swallow it) a while it hit’s you really fast.

yeah if you can’t wait a few minutes for the hit it’s the way to go. Like if it’s that are stomp someones face in I reccomend under the tongue. Otherwise just wait a few minutes. It’s the nicotine emergency plan.

Dude I can’t stand Makla. The only good one is Neffa Ifrika, the nasal one.

I’am afraid of the stuff. I think it’s the way the stuff is discribed by the manufactuer. It also seems over-priced then again I excpect a pack of it too go in one day.

Use a very small amount at a time, and that little tin will last a long time.

Yeah, you don’t use very much at all. If you used the same size bit as a pris of snus or a lip of american dip, you would probably get pretty sick.

I bake my makla exactly like my snus. No ill effects for me, so I’d chalk it up to just tolerance. If you’re already using sterks or extra sterks, a snus-sized prilla of makla probably won’t hurt you.