Could someone with experience post the worlds second most basic snuff recipe and procedure. The worlds easiest I assume is to grind dry tobacco leaves, I already know that.   I’m thinking if I had purchased some cured leaf, what do I do to it to make it similar to a commercially made product.  Something very simple that anyone could do as a first go and get some success. Please list the amounts of any of the ingredients and how to go about it.

just adding citrus fruit peels (orange, lemon, lime, etc…) to plain ground tobacco is actually really nice. Coconut extract is great too.

@Harlequin
how long ideally should the peels sit with the ground tobacco. If you use coconut extract how much are using in a ratio of tobacco and extract? Do you just pour the extract on the milled tobacco and mix?

For the peels, anywhere from a few hours to over night depending on desired strength and moisture level. For the extract, I usually use (I think) about 15g of tobacco at a time, and just add 2+ drops (you can add to but you can’t take away from once it’s in there) directly to the tobacco and mix it in. I am by no means a professional, hell, I’ve only been snuffing since December, but these have worked wonderfully for me. And I assume you could use any food grade extract the same way. Coconut and Vanilla are great together.

I here about people adding salt and baking soda? To make the snuff better. Can anyone add more to this mystery?

my better half feels that my $14.00 per month snuff expenses are rather exorbitant and I may have to rely on home made for some time…so am looking for a killer but simple recipe.

Salt is a flavour enhancer and it also helps to stop fermentation, baking soda increases the pH which increases nicotine absorption.

thanks @n9inchnails . do you have any experience with ratios of salt, baking soda and tobacco?

@Juxtaposer put together a Snuff Making 101 thread. Check it out, he knows his stuff!

This recipe is somewhere on the website. I believe it’s a recipe of Jaap Bes’s

1/4 cup ground+sieved tobacco flour

2 teaspoons distilled water

1/8 teaspoon sodium carbonate

1/2 teaspoon table salt (I’ve thought about using sea salt)

dissolve soda+salt in water, then add to tobacco flour

jar and let sit for one week

excellent! thanks for that @dakotas

$14.00 a month exorbitant? Time to find another half(kidding of corase).

no problem @thorgrimnr

I’m hoping to try it out once my tobacco grows and ferments!

@thorgrimnr   Take a pipe tobacco that you really like - i.e the aroma that rises from the packet when you open it; it’s smoking characteristics are not too important - let it go bone dry. Mill to the level that you like in your snuff.

Make a cup of strong black coffee and give it a hearty slug of rum. You can use distilled or bottled water to reduce the risk of mould or chlorine taint if you want to be scrupulous, although I use ordinary tap water and have never had any problems. This is a quick and easy snuff which I sometimes make to use up any dried up tobacco I have and I tend not to worry about the water source . 

Add just enough to the flour to give it the moisture level you like in your snuff. Drink the rest of the coffee whilst pondering the joys of snuff.

Let the snuff sit for a week or so in an airtight jar. Decant and enjoy. This works best with a dark, rich tobacco but is also good with brighter varieties. 

thank you @Snuffster.  I’m not familiar with any pipe tobacco’s so will have to find one I like. I suppose I could also use whole leaf tobacco as it may be cheaper. How much tobacco are you suggesting in this mixture? The black coffee and rum, is that for the snuff or the snuff maker ?  Thanks so much for the info.

Sorry, I should have been a bit more specific:) This is a recipe for using up odds and ends of tobacco so whole leaf, old cigars, RYO etc all work. I never measure this one out and just use whatever is to hand; the measurement is inherent in the method really, so get whatever it is you want to use and get it to the desired texture, then make the coffee and add enough to make it as moist as you like your snuff - so a couple of pounds would need most of the coffee cup, a few ounces commensurately less etc etc. The remainder is for you. This is just a quick way of using up stuff thats gone past it’s best, like making toast with old bread if you get my drift. You will obviously get different results with different tobaccos but that’s all part of the fun - keep some notes and you will be able to reproduce something you like.