This is a serious departure from the usual lightly colored toast. It looks like burnt toast due to the fermentation of the natural fruit sugars and the burley in this nice summer heat. The similarities end there. It’s reminiscent of the original (and genuine) Conundrum with a deep caramel quality weaving in and out. Right now it’s still a sneezy son of a bitch, but some more maturation will cure that. The Grappa infusion is damn good. I have to save some for the snuff It’s looking to be ready in about three weeks. Toast & Jelly Fresh summer fruits including Peaches, Strawberries, Blueberries, Apricots, Nectarines and Plums infused in Italian Grappa to extract the flavors and scents; applied to Air Cured Burley and allowed to marry before being kiln toasted to a deep ebony then milled to an ultra fine grind for a delicate, subtle, ethereal fruit scented dry snuff.

Toast & Jelly Fresh summer fruits including Peaches, Strawberries, Blueberries, Apricots, Nectarines and Plums infused in Italian Grappa to extract the flavors and scents; applied to Air Cured Burley and allowed to marry before being kiln toasted to a deep ebony then milled to an ultra fine grind for a delicate, subtle, ethereal fruit scented dry snuff.

That sounds amazing. Is it typical to add the flavouring before toasting? I would have thought it’s the other way around.

@crullers‌ Don’t tell anyone but I do both. :)) :)) I reserve some of the casing “cocktail” to mist on after toasting. Doing it that way adds some layers of scent and flavor you don’t get with a single application. I use high proof adult beverages to make my extracts, so they need time for the alcohol to evaporate from the snuff before they are ready to sniff. Some of the “bigger” snuffs like Premiere and Fleur de Cafe have multiple applications as it matures before final milling. I take test samples of them, let them air dry, mill to whatever blows my skirt up, sieve a few times and then sniff away before deciding any future tweaking. PS There’s a boat load of citrus zest in the Grappa extraction; tangerine, orange, lemon and some lime. Another senior moment aggravated by too much snuff and Grappa