In a previous order I received a tap box of Elmo’s Reserve… On Mr. Snuff they say that this is a medium moist snuff but I’m not seeing it. The grind of this seems to be medium but this stuff is like sand or salt. It’s dry as a bone and not at all comfortable in the nose. Is this just a flook and the snuff needs rehydrated or is this typically how this snuff comes?
Tap boxes are heinous. About as air tight as a screen door on a submarine. In the tins Elmo’s is pretty nice.
Tap boxes are utter crap. They are about as air tight as leaving it open on your desk. They are fine for German oiled snuff but, any thing else is dried out as soon as you get it.
So re-hydrate is what you guys are saying to me… 
I doubt rehydration will bring an aromatic like Elmo’s will work well, but YMMV. I’d toss it and buy a fresh 25 gram tin so you get to know it when it’s fresh. Otherwise you might get a negative impression of a good snuff.
I ordered two Samuel Gawiths in tap boxes, both were bone dry. Never again.
I had GH kendal brown in a tapper. The first time I didn’t like it, but gave it a second chance after some weeks. And I liked it. So don’t give up too soon. There is public for tap boxes or they wouldn’t still market them.
I just assumed that this was how their snuff was because I received the Elmo and a tap box of Vanilla and both of them were identical in dry sandiness… I’m a little pissed that I paid for something that I am going to have to pitch. I guess those are the breaks. I really wish that Bernard didn’t use the tap boxes for their snuff. I would much rather have a tin than the tap box. Any time I order extra I put the boxes in ziplock bags and store them until I need a new one. It’s worked out pretty well with my Brasil.
You can get a tonka bean and soak it to revitalize the emos, and the vanilla you can hydrate that also and add a vanilla bean for extra flavor. SG 25G tins are vacuum sealed. Once opened you want to decant into air tight glass jars.
Good to know… Thanks gang!
Elmo’s and vanilla are both over a kendal brown base (I know elmo’s is, been a long time since I had vanilla) if you get them in the tin they should be quite moist. @basement_shaman is correct about the tonquin beans, I put one in with a tin of toque quit I had lost in the car and now it smell’s like a lighter version of elmo’s. Decanting is also a good idea unless (like me) SG tins don’t last long enough in your house to bother.
What kind of jars are you guys using? I have a truck load of baby food jars would those work?
@SnuffnStuff baby food jars are perfect, they store 25g almost exactly. I use 4oz widemouth mason jars because my baby isn’t a baby so much anymore (sniff).
Yeah ours aren’t really “babies” anymore. But after having twins I literally have more baby food jars left than I could ever hope to use in 3 lifetimes… Oh if anyone wants baby food jars I am offering them at bulk rates! :))
Start a petition. No more tap boxes on Mr.snuff unless it is oiled! Maybe a big warning at the top of snuffhouse. Warning, Don’t buy tap boxes unless it’s German. This tap box issue has come up 3 or maybe many more times in my short year on this site.
I’m sure it’s a price thing. I imagine it’s probably less expensive to use the tap box but after a few years of snuffing I have determined that I’m not a fan. I like tins… Maybe it’s a snob thing to say but I think they look more “classical” (if that makes any sense.) I would rather get my snuff in a little tin than a plastic box. I like to see the tins more than the boxes when I look at my small collection of snuff.
Agree with you @Igglet, this topic rises over and over again here. @SnuffnStuff, you could try to send them back to Sam Gawith with a nice letter. I wonder how much of this actually reaches S:G. Maybe they are just not aware of this failure of tap boxes.
@SkeG I agree with you that I would be curious to see/know how much of this information Sam Gawith actually knows about the issue. Considering that I’m buying this product from the U.S. and having it shipped to me they might not be too concerned. If this is a product that is sold in the U.K. without issue why change it for some guy in Ohio… But in that same line of thinking… This forum “i.e. Snuffhouse” is pretty well known and respected in the snuff community. It’s advertised on Mr. Snuff (which is how I found it originally) and I’ve seen it mentioned on other forums where people have questions about nasal snuff. So I would like to think that would count for something. Perhaps an open letter from the Snuffhouse community regarding the Tap Box issue to S:G would be more effective than just one person saying they don’t like something. We may only represent a small part of the overall snuff consumer market but I would be willing to bet that even those who aren’t members here still get dry snuff in Tap Boxes and think… “Man I wish they wouldn’t use these thing!”
@SnuffnStuff Just inform them it would triple sale if they could deliver a system where their product was received fresh in 10g or less. A foil pouch, small tin, smashbox etc. Rather than the current tap box that is inferior for delivering fresh snuff. Address them as the temporary spokesperson of The International Snuff Takers Association. I just unofficially appointed you to the position . As being the former elected ISTA Spokesperson.
@basement_shaman … Awesome! I feel so honored… Do I get a hat (maybe a Fez) or something with this new position?