I started taking snuff about 14 months ago. Here are a few notes. Storage: Vacuum sealed tins are fine. You’ll lose a tin here and there. It’s the cost of storing tobacco. The only other container I trust my snuff to is a mason jar. 4oz mason jars hold 50g, which is about perfect for snuff. Decanting from a 4 oz jar, you’ll use your snuff before it has a chance to noticeably dry out. 8oz jars are suitable for long term storage. Snuff stored in a mason jar is as good as the day you jarred it whenever you get around to opening the jar. For some reason schmalzlers don’t seem to store as well as water based snuff. I think in the future I wouldn’t keep more schmalzler on hand than I could use in a year. Grind: This is absolutely a preference thing, but I generally find anything finer than Kendal Brown uncomfortable to take. I like coarse, nose-friendly flours, with the exception of finer, medicated snuffs for when I’m sick, or first thing out of bed, last thing before bed. Essential snuffs: There is a lot of good stuff out there, and some companies I don’t care for at all because of my preferences. These are my favorite, every day snuffs. The South Africans are my favorite every day snuffs, and my single favorite snuff if I could only have one is probably GH Kendal Brown. Bernard Offenbacher Cardinal Gekachelter Virginie Doppelt Fermentiert Aecht Altbayerischer Pöschl Brasil Taxi Taxi Blue Taxi Red NTSU NTSU Black NTSU Green GH Kendal Brown Tia Maria CM F&T Princes Santo Domingo WoS Best Dark Dholakia FUBAR Grunt 6 Photo Medicated No. 66 SG Grousemoor Elmo’s Reserve Princes Dark Black Coffee De Kralingse Molens Prins Regent Chococreme-L
Cakeanddottle you must be a pipe smoker too. Agree with all you said (except dholokia and hedges are fine and dry and worth doing) I store snuff in a cedar humidor with humidity control. What’s not in there (on my desk) I store in airtight plastic containers in the refrigerator. Most of these are factory sealed so it probably isn’t necessary, but being utterly disorganized its nice to have something where I can readily find it. Found an OLD tin of WoS under my bed. No flavor at all. Put in tangerine peel and it is now again a doable snuff did really appreciate your post. Learn something every day I log on (which is getting expensive as I’ve now ordered a few antique sterling boxes and am looking at some with blue enamel. ) will now put some of your recommends in my shopping cart. And buy a larger refrigerator
@cakeanddottle…great thread…TY for posting! @asieg33…I foresee a walk in refrigerator in your near future… Lol Don’t worry, I’m looking at buying a large humidor cabinet in the near future as well … Lol ( Actually, I need to make a Doctors appointment to finally get diagnosed with OCD ) http://www.cigarhumidors-online.com/cigar-humidors/enlarged/remingtonenlarge.html