Toque was the original snuff we started with back in 2006.  We kept expanding the range and when we started selling Silver Dollar in the USA I felt we should make a ToqueUSA aimed more to American tastes than English.  Then I had an idea back in 2020, I felt I wanted to set-up an Artisan website for the smaller producers to have their say.  I also wanted to flex my imagination and make some more artisan snuffs.

At this point my then business partner took umbrage and told me I was going into competition with him and he wouldn’t allow any artisan snuff makes to sell to me.  I think he had a bit of a nervous breakdown as he was going through a really hard time, he had been a really great guy up until that point.  After he told me to move out and he would destroy me, I felt a little sad. But that drove me to create more Artisan snuff and also to create Otto.

Artisan Snuffs are what I would call our luxury snuffs made with the highest quality tobaccos and exceptional flavourings.  Otto is a very Germanic style of snuff well oiled and very easy to take, it was created to be sold in America when Poschl withdrew, but after spending $1,000’s on lawyers we got nowhere. Now Otto is a brand of its own and doing rather well.

If you have any questions I am happy to expand.