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Plain home toast from burley leaf
From volunge on the Snuffhouse forum, 2021
A one-ingredient snuff: toasted leaf, ground and sifted, with nothing added. A Ukrainian burley called Spectr works well.
Leaf toasted over a gas hob can catch fire in seconds. Keep it moving the whole time.
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Equipment
OvenFor drying leaf before grinding and toasting tobacco, and for drying scenting ingredients such as orange peel.Mortar and pestleFor grinding small amounts by hand, crushing salt and alkalis to a fine dust, and working scent or moisture evenly into snuff.SievesFor separating fine snuff from the coarse bits after grinding.
Method
Rest time
None.
Tasting notes
Mellow on nicotine, but a good quick pinch.
Notes
For a tiny batch, toast a pinch of leaf on baking paper over a gas hob. It takes a minute or two, and you'll smell when it's done. Watch it so it doesn't catch fire. No sieve? Grind it with the back of a spoon on a sheet of paper. To revive an old, dried-out toast, re-toast it for a couple of minutes in an oven preheated to no more than 120°C. Then dissolve 0.5% ammonium carbonate in 10% water (0.1 g and 2 g for 17.9 g of snuff), mix it in and leave it for several days.