Taboca White Portion review. 5 November 2011.

Wow, has it really been 2 years since I reviewed Taboca OP? Time flies in the snus world, I guess. Taboca A/S has come out with a new snus - a White Portion version of their Taboca. To begin - I like the white can. One thing I've always liked about Skruf Snus was the white can. Being an Apple fan, this is something I find to be very attractive - the color white is always sleek, no matter how it's used. The can went from 20g to 18g for the White Portions. The White Portion can is also now plastic, and not the metal/tin of the Original Portion can. I like Taboca snus, it has a great taste - but it's one I can't use all the time. I have to use it in moderation because the taste is pretty bold and pronounced. But, as white portions do, I was hoping this would mellow out in it's new form and have a taste that is easier to use more often. I'll get more into that later.

One thing that's cool is the catch lid takes up the whole top of the can. The addition of a catch lid to the can is great - I hate littering and it bugs me when cans don't have them. Yes, I actually do use my catch lid. The portions are very soft and comfortable, very full and not flat in the can when they arrive. The aroma is much like Taboca OP - a very lemony/citrusy aroma. The taste is great - Taboca is one of few snuses where the citrus taste is present with a lemon-like quality - lemon isn't a very common taste in snus, so I rather enjoy this. The flavors are much more balanced out and subdued than the OP - which is what I was hoping for in this snus. A mellow tobacco flavor with lemon qualities and a little oak/nut taste in the background. The flavor description says "fig" but to this day I still don't know what a fig tastes like, so I dunno. Taboca White is a good snus - if you're a fan of the OP, check this one out. Or if you're never had Taboca, this one might be more approachable than the Taboca OP, which has a much more bold and present flavor. It will be interesting to see if any other white portions come from their other varieties - Montecristo and Romeo Y Julieta.

Taboca White is currently available from Northerner.com, though not to US customers.