Small Batch No7: Apelsin & Choklad (White Portion) - Review. 10 December 2018.

Swedish Match has released another Small Batch product, this one with an orange/chocolate flavor!  First, a shout out to my friend Michael who grabbed this for me.  Swedish Match doesn't sell this series to the US sadly, so he's been helping me out with these.

In the Small Batch series, the previous 6 releases have been pretty interesting and unique so far.  Small Batch 1, released in January, had a taste of champagne.  Small Batch 2, released in February, had a taste of blood orange.  Small Batch 3, released in May, had a taste of apple and mint. Small Batch 4, released in July, had a taste of raspberry and licorice.  Small Batch 5, released in September, had a flavor of coffee! Small Batch 6 had an odd taste of mushroom.  Of the 6 so far, Small Batch 2 - Blood Orange was my favorite.  This one interested me because I really liked the Gotlandssnus Pasksnus, which had a similar flavor.  Swedish Match describes the small batch series by saying, "We at Swedish Match have produced thousands of products over the course of a few hundred years. Our experts are experts in the correct sense of the word. But they have not been tired of developing new ideas. In order for them to get that opportunity - and for Swedish snusers to be able to share it all - we now launch a new range of products called Small Batch, where the flavor is replaced several times a year. Each flavor is produced in a small edition."

Swedish Match describes this product by saying, "Small Batch No 7 has a fruity flavor of orange in combination with dark chocolate and a little sea salt. Also, it has a dark tobacco character with sweetness, acidity and saltiness."  This product comes in a 24 gram can with 24 portions for 1 gram portions. The nicotine strength is not listed.

When you open the can, the aroma that greets you is a present smell of chocolate with hints of orange. It is lightly sweet, but there's a tartness to the aroma as well. The portions are in the star formation format, so I suggest fluffing them before you put one in the lip to distribute that tobacco a little. The flavor is a lot like the aroma; it's super tasty. The chocolate flavor is dark, and rich. It is accompanied by an orange taste that is lightly sweet, but also a little tart. There's a nice saltiness to the snus that works well with the citrus and the chocolate. The longer you have it in, the more you'll notice a mild tobacco character in the background. I'm not sure what the nicotine level is, but it feels to be at the regular strength level. The flavor, on average, lasts about an hour.  I really dig the flavor of this one and would definitely order some more!

Now that I've had this one, I rank it at number 3 in the Small Batch series.  This is my updated ranking for the Small Batch line:

1.  SB#2 - Blood Orange
2.  SB#4 - Raspberry Licorice
3.  SB#7 - Orange Chocolate
4.  SB#5 - Coffee
5.  SB#1 - Champagne
6.  SB#3 - Apple Mint
7.  SB#6 - Svensk Skog