‘and is arse oil’ aaaaaaghhh, that got me!!! Brilliant mate.
All ass oil aside…what is the proportion of bean to snuff for flavoring? I know you can just let the bean sit in the snuff, but how many beans for say…50g of snuff?
I’ve never flavored 50 grams at one time. Leaving half a bean with the skin off in a snuffbox overnight seems to easily do the trick for 10-20grams. I use the beans on mostly Toque Quit, Stokers Plain, and tried it recently on Sternecker Straubinger. I don’t believe in trying to improve on something that is already perfect, but the Sternecker turned out smelling exactly like a pipe tobacco Stokers used to offer called Plantation…very nice!
Really? I read some story from old England about a guy who put a whole bean in his snuffbox and was getting headaches. His more experienced friend told him how much snuff 1 bean would flavor but I can’t remember what he said. But I remember it being a lot. Why do you peel it? Don’t you want those crystals for the flavor? I’m all questions, lol.
Well, some beans have crystals and some have red hairs…either way you’re gonna fail the drug test at work if you don’t peel them beans. But, I’ve never heard of overdosing on tonka beans…it’s just adding a scent. I don’t grind up the bean and use it in any way. It really does wonders on a plain snuff, IMo. And just kidding on the skins, btw
I peel becuase otherwise the skin starts to flake off and get mixed into the snuff.
Tonka BeanA newer article you may be interested in, Rdunnion. (And you are a sick individual, Xander)
Never use em but the old ‘Smiths’ contract brand had some great Tonquin based snuff. Wonderful; I think its only Mcgayhee’s that carry em now
Golden Cardinal? I think it has a heavy floral character as well as Tonquin. SG Bouquet, or also now Snuff Store Golden Pinch are pretty much the same thing. It is wonderful though, I agree. Smith’s George IV might be a tonquin blend too, but more like tonquin and almond or marzipan. I need to re-visit that one soon. On my wish list is SG White Label, which I’ve only seen listed at snuff.me.uk. I think it was Leman who said it was tonquin/light menthol. You are right, McGahey’s does have some hard to find things. I suppose an order from them should go on my wishlist as well.
There was a fine dusting of tonquin in a lot of the Vivien Rose era snuffs. The cardinal range was several snuffs long and there were great names like ‘town clerk’ - for their more perfumed range I think there was a slight taste in all of them. And of course there was ‘Tonquin’ snuff.
Sam Gawith pipe tobacco call 1792 flake and Cob Plug are well flavored with tonquin and I can attest the plug, once milled, makes a terrific, strong, dark snuff. I suspect the flake is the same stuff, but I don’t know for certain.
Cob plug is just unsliced 1792, so they are the same stuff just one is sliced into flakes
Xander Flake or 1792? Lemmee check the reviews again