My friend got me these from Germany. I love Löwen Prise, but I’ve never heard of the Wintergreen one. It’s also made by Pöschl. It says J. Brumfit & Radford on one side and “Est. in London in 1860” on the other. Supposedly, it’s a new product. I know there’s a Radford (the one that comes in a 25 gram tin) that Pöschl makes for an English company, so is this also the case with the Wintergreen? Anyway, it’s a great snuff.
Never seen that before. I like Löwen Prise too, so I’ll have to try it for sure. Thanks for the tip.
I can’t find it on Pöschl’s official website or any snuff store, so it probably really is a brand new product.
I’d be into trying this one, where can you get it?
My friend got it in a tobacco shop in Graz, Austria. The clerk told him it’s a brand new product. Maybe it will take some time for online stores to get it.
Hmmm, maybe a city break to Austria…
This is the answer I got from Pöschl: Thank you very much for your kind email. We are glad to hear that you do like our brandnew JBR Wintergreen which was designed only for Austria and Switzerland and brought to the market beginning of 2015. Wishing you always great pleasure with our products we send you Best Regards, i.V. Claudia Schratzenstaller International Sales
funny that I didn’t think wintergreen was a European flavor I hadn’t even heard off it until I moved to the states
funny that I didn’t think wintergreen was a European flavor I hadn’t even heard off it until I moved to the states
My mother always had a little pot of ointment called Zam Buk on her dresser, which I used to love the scent of. It wasn’t until I visited the states that I realised that the scent/flavour was Wintergreen. The first wintergreen sweet I had there brought memories flooding back! I adore wintergreen, I wish we had more access to it here. Maybe it is known as something else?
I might try scenting some Toque Plain Coarse later this year, as I have the plant which gives the Wintergreen scent/flavour growing in my garden (Gaultheria Procumbens). I want to do some reading up first though, as the plant can be beneficial in some ways and potentially harmful in others. Obviously I want to get that element right, plus the plants are quite small at the moment and I don’t want to rob them of too many leaves. Hopefully there’ll be some reasonable growth as the year progresses and I can safely harvest some for trials.
Wintergreen really has a nice scent when used in a right place. Just a word of warning, if you happen to get hold of wintergreen essential oil be really careful with it. It mostly consists of methyl salicylate, that gives it it’s nice scent but is also highly toxic. Not really something you want to experiment with diy snuff scenting.
That’s exactly what I’m worring about! I’ll figure something out though, even if it’s just indirect scenting. Is the plant called Wintergreen in the US? I’ve seen the one I have being called Checkerberry, teaberry, partridge berry, boxberry … and several other names I can’t remember
Wintergreen is not a single plant with that name.
That’s exactly what I’m worring about! I’ll figure something out though, even if it’s just indirect scenting. Is the plant called Wintergreen in the US? I’ve seen the one I have being called Checkerberry, teaberry, partridge berry, boxberry … and several other names I can’t remember
Wintergreen is a group of several aromatic plants, but quite often refers to Gaultheria procumbens that is used in producing the essential oil for cosmetics, food industry etc. I think using dried plant material and indirect method for scenting should be relatively safe as the plant has been used for brewing medicial tea by Native Americans, but anything involving the essential oil should be approached with care. The essential oil is used in consentration of 0.04% in food industry so measuring the right amount for example 10g of snuff is not that easy.
Thanks @näkkäri. I wasn’t sure if I was sounding patriotic or idiotic with my earlier posts. I have used the leaves (fresh, and only one leaf per cup) for enhancing other herbal teas from the garden, and only intend doing the same with snuff as opposed to any distillation. I suppose the potential amount of toxic crossover per pinch of snuff would be negligible if scenting indirectly with fresh crushed leaves.
Thanks @näkkäri. I wasn’t sure if I was sounding patriotic or idiotic with my earlier posts. I have used the leaves (fresh, and only one leaf per cup) for enhancing other herbal teas from the garden, and only intend doing the same with snuff as opposed to any distillation. I suppose the potential amount of toxic crossover per pinch of snuff would be negligible if scenting indirectly with fresh crushed leaves.
@50ft_trad No, that wasn’t idiotic nor patriotic. And my comment was more like a general disclaimer, not especially intented towards you:)