SwedSnus: Spacemint 300 DIY Snus Portion - Review. 23 January 2021.

Today, I'm pretty excited to be talking about a new, DIY snus product available to the US:  SwedSnus!  I've seen this product for sale for years on Snusbolaget.se, but now us folks in the US can try it out.  They've opened a new store, SnusRoom.com, which has all of their flavors of portion, along with the DIY loose buckets, and all kinds of flavorings you can add and use.  In this review, I'm going to walk you through how I use/moisten up this product, and do reviews of the products themselves.  For this review, I didn't add any flavors, this is just a review of the product as is.  So, let's fire right into it!  You can see from the picture on the left that this is the Premium Spacemint 300 product, which comes in a resealable bag.  This bag contains 300 portions in the white semi-dry format.  You can use the pouches as is, or you can add moisture to them.

When you open up the resealable bag, these are what the portions look like.  Their flavor description says, "Strong tobacco with taste of sweet icy peppermint".  The bag weighs 195 grams, and contains 300 pouches, for 0.65g per portion.  If you count 20 portions per can, that's 15 cans.  The nicotine strength is 20mg/g (2.0%), or 13mg/portion.  Regularly priced a bag is $32.90 USD, which breaks down to about $2.19/can.  You can see how buying in bulk like this saves money.  Also, it's good for the environment as you're using a resealable pouch and one can instead of buying 15 cans.  Now, let's talk about how you can moisten these up and make original portions.

Instructions:  Adding Moisture

In the past, this is the measurement I've used when doing DIY portions.  I stuck with it again for this one.  If you want to make portions at 45% moisture (which is about average), you add 0.16ml of water per portion.  If you want to make them even more moist and go up to 50% moisture, you add 0.22ml of water per portion.  Of course you can add as much or as little as you want, but this is what I've done in the past that has worked pretty well for me.

Instructions:  Next Steps

After I've added moisture, I'll put the portions into separate bags and label them either 45% or 50%.  When I first tried this one, I went ahead and did a batch of each, so I could see which one would come out the best.  From there, I took them and put them in the refrigerator and left them in there for two days.  I've found that about of time (48 hours) seems to be the sweet spot for letting the moisture spread throughout the portions.  Now, the portions are ready to go and ready for a review, so let's get right into it and check out these products!

Regular/White Semi-Dry Review (No Moisture Added)

The aroma of this one is a sharp, present smell of peppermint with a hint of menthol.  The portions are dryer and lighter in weight than the average white portion, but still pretty comfortable under the lip.  They also come with a nice cooling sensation under the lip.  The flavor is a present, fresh taste of peppermint along with subtle hints of menthol in the background.  The nicotine feels to be just below the extra strong level, and the flavor lasts about an hour on average.

Original Portion Review (Moisture Added)

When I added moisture, it brought out tobacco in the aroma and in the flavor.  It also seemed to dial back the menthol.  The aroma of this one is a present aroma of peppermint with a mild tobacco character in the background.  As far as the two options go, I preferred the 45% moisture (top) over the 50% moisture (bottom).  The moisture helps bring on a quicker release of flavor, as well!  Being a mint product, there's also a nice cooling presence under the lip.  In terms of flavor, there's a present taste of peppermint, a mild menthol hint, and a subtle tobacco character.  The nicotine strength feels a little below the extra strong level, and the flavor lasts about 40-45 minutes on average.

Rating, Final Thoughts, and Where To Buy

For a mint product, this one was pretty solid.  I'd definitely place it in the upper tier of mint products, as it has a pretty quality flavor.  The white dry version rated at 3.46/5 for me, and the original portion version rated at 3.5/5.  It was a pretty tasty product, and a good way to save a buck!

Buy Them:  You can purchase them from their website, SnusRoom.com.  Use code SNUSROOM15 and you get 15% off.  All orders over $149 ship free.