I recently purchased from NicotineRush Toque’s St. Clement and Spanish Gem. I love them both very much, and it may just be my newbie nose, but I find the differences between the 2 almost imperceptible. What do you think? Is it just me?
Maybe they were too close together for too long. Have you let them air out a bit? Have you let them air out too much? They are definately different.
St Clement is supposed to be citrus flavoured whilst Spanish Gem is a sweet tasting snuff. Totally different babies.
see, and I think vanilla tastes like chocolate mint. (and I love it) I think some people get different smells out of things. I don’t find the spanish gem to smell sweet, nor do I find it to be much different at all from the vanilla, but watch everyone disagree with me:
Very different snuffs. One is honey and fudgy (Spanish Gem), the other is citrusy.
St. Clements = Oranges; Spanish Gem = Chocolate Cake Mix.
I find that Spanish Gem tastes like chocolate and blood-oranges (those oranges specifically) and it’s a light chocolate like milk chocolate too. I haven’t tried St. Clements yet but it’ll be on my next order.
Nothing alike man , for me St. Clements have some similarities with Toque Grapefruit .
St Clements is a very astringent citrus flavour, for me it can be a little overpowering at times. Spanish Gem tastes like honey & nuts to me.
@toffeenose, you’ve described it nicely, spot on. @ap, I agree.
I have to try this spanish gem. sounds like it’s up my alley for sure. Plus I’ve got to see what I say it smells like. It amazes me what diffrent scents I pick up from diffrent snuffs at diffrent times. Especialy when switching nostrils.
so it’s settled. it is my newbie nose. after hearing your takes on the flavors i can quite see the differences., now, i guess, that i’ve tried them again.
Imho Not a big fan of toque, its not that they are bad. Just that my nose catches the same underlying flavor on all the ones i have tried… They are very similar I am pretty sure they dont use different types of tobacco leaves…
Id love to know a lot more about the Toque production. My guess is that he buys the base snuff in and just does the flavouring and packing as it does seem to be predominantly the same base and took a while for toasts and now KB type snuffs to become part of the catalogue.
I thought finished product producers, SG, G&H, Pease, Cornell & Diehl, even Reynolds and other big tobacco, don’t grow the material they are processing. I read an article about tobacco farmers, and how they usually contract their crop prior to the season, but assume all the risk if weather, blight, or some other factor intercedes. Is this inaccurate information? Which producers use ‘blends’ of tobacco, and which blends are they using? Is burley the predominant type like cigarettes? Examples, please?
Coming back to my Toque comment, what I meant was that I suspect he buys the base, milled snuff in for his team to flavour. The big old companies take that process right from the point where they get the raw tobacco in barrels. Roderick, can you shed some light here?
Nigel, Roderick is now offering some tobacco leafs to our members as I’m sure you’ve already seen. Even if he does buy some base snuff, I’m quite sure he also grinds some leafs himself. But, which ever way he uses, he makes/supplies some SUPER snuff.
We have a term, it’s called ‘chutzpah.’ lol, the sheer ‘noive’ to ask the guy to tell how he conducts his business. Remarkable. I’m impressed.
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I just wish the Toque snuff scents would last a little longer. In my nose, the scent of most Toque snuffs is gone in about 30 seconds.