/ck/ - Food & Cooking

That's it! We're done!
All that's left is for the snus to "tame", meaning let it sit uncovered or loosely covered for a period of time. This does the following things:
>allows the fiber and protein in the snus to simultaneously seep out of the grains and dry a little, improving the texture and compactness of the snus dramatically
>allows all of the sodium carbonate to react with rest of the tobacco, releasing the remainder of the ammonia and stabilizing nicotine strength
>allows the flavors to better come together

If anyone has any questions, now's a great time to ask.
I'm glad you all enjoyed the thread. My tobacco came from wholeleaftobacco, but other sites might be cheaper or have favorable shipping to your area. In the United States, unprocessed tobacco is treated as an agricultural product and not as a tobacco product, and is therefore exempt from all taxes related to the latter - if you live in Canada, South America, or Europe, the rules might be wildly different.

If you want to make dip instead, follow my post here >>14054847. As a general rule, dip is a lot more forgiving than snus.