So, my friends, this Neffa Bledi snuff comes from Pöschl, it’s plain, fine, dry, not oiled, made from N. rustica. Stronger and drier (3.8% nicotine, 6% water) than Sifaco’s fresh Neffa Ifrikia (the latter contains about 1% nicotine and 16% water, when fresh). Has a typical smell of rustica, which I find very pleasing - biscuity, honeyish and hayish. I wouldn’t describe it as a nicotine bomb (although a friend who sent me this treat found it stronger than Toque USA W&H) - total amount of alkalis is a mere 5.6%, but I haven’t craved for any other snuff during my first tin, which lasted me four days, and hefty boxcar on a clean palate made my head spin a bit, especially taken as a first thing in the morning; for what it’s worth, I didn’t feel the urge to chain pinch it or take several boxcar loads in a row. Burn is pretty mild and throat drip is not harsh, it doesn’t clog up the nose, frontal drip of average intensity. The grind is somewhat uneven, but pretty fine, 90% particles are finer than 150 micron, the coarser 10% pass through 300 micron mesh. In contrary to Neffa Ifrikia, this Neffa Bledi is made from clean tobacco and is virtually sand-free.
According to data publicised on https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/les-produits-du-tabac-et-produits-connexes, it’s alkalized with sodium carbonate 10-hydrate (about 2.84%), calcium hydroxide (about 1.93%) and potassium carbonate (0.85%). So, if you have access to rustica (https://www.leafonly.com/tobacco-leaf/tobacco-leaves/nicotiana-rustica) and have slaked lime, potash and sodium carbonate, you can easily make similar snuff at home, simply mixing finely ground rustica flour with dry alkalis and a splash of water. If you don’t have sodium carbonate 10-hydrate, use 1% regular sodium carbonate anhydrous.
Have a look at this post, if you are interested in the compositions of other neffa-type snuffs: Snuff making 101 - #272 by volunge