Will have to give it a try…
I called My Smoking Shop where I got it from, they said send it back and they will replace it from a new box. Great customer service from them, couldn’t have been more helpful.
I just opened my tin from MSS which I ordered yesterday! and …drum roll… It’s… COFFEE. YEAHHHHH!!! Black coffee aroma wafting from the tin as soon as I crowbarred it open. but there does seem to be a lot of vanilla in there too, big vanilla afterscent. Could do without that so points off there. Beats the bejesus out of that Tia Maria I got from MS. That must really have gone off and any coffee or scent evapourated. The vanilla made me crave a pinch of Mull of Oa and wow that was fantastic afterwards but I can still get the vanilla from the Black Coffee coming through now that the Oa has calmed down? Thats my first impression so the fact that I don’t immediately hate it is a very good sign as things usually improve as I get used to new snuff. If the vanilla would dissapear and leave the coffee then that would be great, whether it will? More likely probably to happen the other way round if I don’t keep it fresh. Just popped out for some shopping. Vanilla all the way and I even blew out my nose before going out and I still get a hint of coffee and a lot of vanilla an hour later and bear in mind the last thing I snuffed was Mull of Oa which is pretty strongly scented and long lasting and has no vanilla but I only had one pinch of that to the three I had of Black Coffee. I’m liking this Black Coffee already. The vanilla when out I actually found very pleasant and I still smell it. The scent longevity seems to be very high but not overpowering or unpleasant. This is shaping up to be very good snuff.
Just got back from holiday to find a new tin of SG Black Coffee on the doorstep along with a tin of Viking Brown. Still not getting coffee but agree with @I_snuff_therefore___ lots of vanilla but also something nutty. NO COFFEE! Must be me
Us non EU can’t get any SG BC unless it 250 grams. MS has been on order for way too long!!!
Tried the Dholakia coffee cream 10g I received in the same order and that seems to be a nice rich coffee, somewhat caramel. I think that I would order that again in a larger size before Black Coffee or any other coffee I have tried to date. I think it is the best so far. The Dholakia Chocolate Orange in the order is also very nice and I’d order that again also for sure. The Dholakia Gin I don’t like but if you like Gin it’s going to be great.
@Basement_Shaman If you were UK you could have my 25g tin with pleasure but postage to US would be too much. @I_snuff_therefore___ I may give the Dholakia Coffee Cream a go. Will have to see if I can get it here. *Edit* Just found it on My Smoking Shop website.
I’m certain I have no vanilla in my Black coffee. Must be from a different batch. Though the idea of Vanilla in Black Coffee is not at all repugnant to me.
When I opened the tin I think the coffee might have mostly wafted away. When I smell in the tin I only get vanilla but when I take some and think about it then I can find the Black Coffee. I added some to my coffee blend and it basically turned that to vanilla. I’m really wondering will it change with time. I know the WOS Coffee got better over time as the amonia dissapeared and it dried out a bit. The WOS Irish Coffee worsened as the nice whisky faded almost completely. Now I’ve opened a new Wos Coffee cream and it’s very chemical but might resolve whereas the Irish Coffee fresh is very nice. An older WOS Whisky I have has all but lost all of its flavour. I also added some Dholakia Coffee Cream to my blend and that made it richer and sweeter but the blend is really great in that you get all these different coffees coming through at different times and vanilla.
I ordered some Dholakia Coffee Cream from My Smoking Shop - hoping it will arrive tomorrow. @I_snuff_therefore___ I know what you mean about “thinking about it” to get the coffee scent, I sometimes get it but mostly don’t. However, I’m really starting to enjoy it now, whether I get coffee or not.
Hope you like the Coffee Cream. It’s going to be different but we seem to pick up the same things so I think you will like it. Just had another pinch from it. Very nice and you will definitely smell coffee just sniffing the open tub. Really good stuff.
@I_snuff_therefore___ I’ve tried the Coffee Cream, very nice but not very long lasting. As an experiment I put a small tin with a bit of SG Black Coffee inside a bigger tin with some ground coffee and left it 48 hours, better but still not what I’m looking for. That said, I’m loving the snuff as it is.
I thought it lasted pretty good but admittedly nothing in comparison to the vanilla/coffee of the Black Coffee. I think that one is amongst the longest lasting of any snuff out there, a bit to long. At least the Dholakia is coffee without any doubt. The chocolate orange after the coffee cream I found really nice & I’m even liking the Gin snuffs I bought now. Very nice in the good weather and then there is the Dholakia White a recent game changer for me. So ordered more already as I always want to have a stock of that and the Black also. Haven’t even thought about the Black Coffee since I tried it but if you do crack improving it then let me/us know. The White is getting the attention at the moment. Still to try the Swiss Chocolate. The White made me forget I got that one also.
Well, I got my G&H Tia Maria and Fubar Black Joe. The Tia Maria is nice, it’s like the box of Black Coffee I had but more like a single shot rather than a double, if you see what I mean. As for the Black Joe, well now, I have no idea what coffee is like if you have it in India, but if it tastes sort of like cough mixture with a shot of Bostik glue, then they’ve got it spot on. It’s a weird one. I’ve aired it on and off for a few days now, and it’s usable, quite nice in it’s own way, but to paraphrase the great Douglas Adams, almost completely unlike a cup of coffee. Snuffstore’s got S&G Black Coffee back in stock now, might just have to place another order…
…or, for those of us in the US, you could buy some Kendal Brown Plain and let it marinate with a few fresh, oily coffee beans for a week or longer. Bam, SG Black Coffee!!! For those of you that think Black Coffee is “vanilla-ish,” (I don’t), this may be even better.
@HR_pufnsnuff I think the Fugazi Black Joe is almost like a “malted” flavor. At least that’s what I get.
Just mixed up some Grunt with Fugazi Black JOe. It actually works and tones down the sweetness of the Fugazi. I would say it is more of a pure coffee scent than the Black Joe alone. I like this mix. Two of my favorites playing nice together.
My sister liked the Dholakia Swiss Chocolate we opened this evening at our BBQ so I offered it to her to take with her. She bought me a pack of cigarettes but I declined. I told her to try it before bed to see if it helped her sleep her being epileptic and often having disturbed sleep so lets see if it works? I then asked her out of curiosity if she would try the Black Coffee and she said she would and that in fact she drank black coffee. So she tried it and got vanilla but she did like it. Said oh lovely as soon as she smelled the open tin and then vanilla. She normally says yuck if she smells Snuff. I guess another one for the vanilla camp.
@I_snuff_therefore___, it sounds like your Black Coffee was ‘contaminated’ by either SG Elmo’s Reserve or SG Vanilla.
@I_snuff_therefore___, it sounds like your Black Coffee was ‘contaminated’ by either SG Elmo’s Reserve or SG Vanilla.
I would have to agree. It’s almost as if SG ran a batch of black coffee after one of the above that you mention (haven’t personally tried those as not interested in vanilla snuff) with the same machinery that was still full of vanilla and I ended up with 3/4 vanilla to 1/4 coffee. Lundy Foot has some vanilla but it’s nothing to the level of this Black Coffee.