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General: snuff tobacco extremely sensitive to CONTAMINATION,if not packed properly gets DETERIORATED
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The terrific thing about this forum is the level of debate that goes on, and for 99% of the time its conducted in the most gentlemanly way (or gentlelady of course, Kim and others). We are a pretty well established 'community' now and of course the same names are coming up all the time expressing their opinions. The Toque 'love-in' in my opinion is based mostly on the fact that Roderick is an active and very pleasant member. The cynical might say that he is just a businessman and using this site as a forum to launch and progress his company (remember advertising tobacco is completely banned in the UK). My opinion is that he is a genuine guy with just a very good way of doing buisness. Because we like the guy and his snuff is, whatever your taste, of a very high quality. Have we ever had someone from the Wilson family ever take an interest on this forum? Maybe they feel they don't have to. I was an exclusive Wilsons user but now it just Toque for me because I love the product and its much nicer and easier to get it. It might seem a bit cultish but maybe we just have a company thats genuinely interested in the customers?
The shill thing is interesting and I had not heard of it in that way, although I am familiar with the way con artists work. I fully agree that our way of dealing with them should be polite if they are not abusive or even to just ignore them. Stveverino1958 is an odd case, who knows what his motives are? But at present all he says is that he doesn't like Toque - fair enough, I don't like Taxi! I think the moment he starts to be abusive - if he does - is when Alex should step in and ban him; which I know he is more than capable of as he banned me for a time last Christmas for making a comment that he felt was out of order in a OT debate about Christmas. An apology and I was back in, that's how it should be. -
I definatly think roderick is being genuine. I don't see anyone getting into snuff just to make money, I think a real interest is nesscary.
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I agree Roderick is a great guy which is a large part of the reason I regularly do business with him. Toque snuffs happen to be my favorite as a brand because they are the type of flavors I enjoy, food type flavors without menthol, though there are some other snuffs that are ranked up there like hops snuff for example, which is up there with my favorites of toque snuffs, I just love it. The biggest thing that keeps me from ordering it real real often is that it is extremely expensive and I am on a tight budget, toque snuffs are a great value, and I really enjoy most of them.
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CommentAuthorNelsonPipeClub
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2008
I'm just repeating what others have said, but here goes.
I am a full-on, shaved-my-head-and-drank-the-kool-aid member of the Toque cult. I had a few bad experiences with snuff and I wouldn't be interested in other brands if it weren't for Roderick. The only snuff I've seen in stores are the Polsch sorts I don't like, and it's a minimun 4 hour drive to get them. Also, it's about $7CAD for 10 g of Gletsscher Prise. Roderick's participation in the forum, affordable prices (even with a 2x exchange) and free shipping mean as much to me as the quality of the product. I am excited to try the samples from namrata, but I wouldn't have known I liked snuff if it weren't for Toque.
Of course, I wouldn't have tried Toque without the free samples, which I found out about through this forum.
So I guess what I'm saying is we should all have a love-in for Alex. -
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Its some damn good kool-aid too!
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CommentAuthorcelticsnuffer
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2008
I believe all snuff's have there own rights in the different categories that fit there owner's senses. So in turn I must say some snuffs I love and others I just plain hate...and a lot of the Toque Snuffs fit into my liking, but I generally go for the more plain, toasted, lightly scented, and mostly non menthol types which Rodrick has a lot to offer...his snuffs are great scented snuffs without the menthol!
Cheers mates,
"have a pinch on me"
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Well - please don't send it to the USA :)
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namrata, you are absolutely correct. I packed away some spanish jewel moist in a smash box and a zip lock baggie, and it has already taken on some unusual scents. Thanks for the technical details on how to preserve our snuff. I encourage anyone who hasn't tried Dholakia snuffs to get some, especially the Sparrow, one of my favorites.
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thanks for understanding my technical point!
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Its a fact, some plastics ruin the flavour. The dholakia bullets are very good in that respect though. I would like to see one that doubles the size of the dose as I always have to double pinch.
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Both metalized paper, or glass is good for packing the snuff, plastics as polietylene is meant to have some air exchange whit ambient, so it is no good.Afterall Tobacco tends to deteriorate in a very slow time, the fermentation, which is the first sign of this deterioration process is used in tobacco industry to made better stuff. But if the ongoing of the deterioration is not properly controlled, tobacco loses its quality. More the tobacco is fermentated, more the degradation can become real. If someone need to know more about this process of degradation feel free to ask, I'm slighty competent in the matter. (I have an Agricultural hight school degree)