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Neffa-style snuff with wood ash
From volunge on the Snuffhouse forum, 2020
This starts as a plain Scotch-style snuff made from Pöschl Pueblo Yellow rolling tobacco, and a little wood ash brings it closer to North African neffa. It makes a 10 g batch.
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Equipment
Digital scalesFor weighing tobacco, alkalis and salt accurately, which matters most when you're working in small batches.Coffee grinderFor turning dried leaf or rolling tobacco into a fine powder.SievesFor separating fine snuff from the coarse bits after grinding.Mixing bowlFor stirring liquids into ground tobacco and letting it sit while it takes up moisture.GlovesFor handling alkalis such as sodium carbonate (soda ash), potash and slaked lime.
Method
Tasting notes
Without the ash it's a plain, factory-style snuff. The ash makes it more "mouth-watering".
Notes
Use ash only from clean wood with no rubbish burned in it, and sift it through a fine sieve to get the grit out. Ash is alkaline (it holds calcium and potassium carbonates), so handle it with gloves like the other alkalis.