Zinite Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I bought a kilo of Nakhla Sweet Melon a few weeks ago because we would go through the 250's so quickly. The first couple sessions were great - smell and taste were the same if not better than the previous 250g boxes. Now the entire kilo can has a very interesting smell and taste it. I don't even know where to begin describing the weird funk to it... almost a urine-like smell (and no, no one peed in my Nakhla). There is still a slight melon-taste to it, but the mysterious smell overrides it.I have been acclimating it for over 30 hours now. I just transferred it from it's original tin to a huge lock n lock container in case something was wrong with the Nakhla tin. I also added just a little bit of honey.I am open to any suggestions now... I feel like I wasted 30 bucks worth of tobacco. It is borderline unsmokeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 sounds to me like someone peed on it!in all seriousness though, I've never heard of a problem with sweet melon, sometimes its not melon-ey enough but it gets better with acclimation, but as far as developing a new flavor....one that tastes like pee....thats odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 QUOTE (ilikemyusername @ Jul 21 2009, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>sounds to me like someone peed on it!in all seriousness though, I've never heard of a problem with sweet melon, sometimes its not melon-ey enough but it gets better with acclimation, but as far as developing a new flavor....one that tastes like pee....thats odd.Not that I know what pee tastes like :-P It's just a very overly sweet smell, almost acidic like a chemical or urine. It's not pleasant to smell or smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Weird..More acclimation time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I just took a big whiff of mine to see if it was like the AF grape/ketchup thing, its sweet, slightly spicy and very meloney, but no pee-pee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratchy Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I've had this happen to my Nak cinnamon. Smoke damn well for a few sessions and then out of the blue, weird smell, very very sweet taste. Couldn't smoke it at all. I ended up chucking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin600 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 i think I know what you mean. mine smells like this but gets better when I leave it open for 2 hours or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 That sucks cause nak sweet melon in one of my fac smokes of all time I hope it gets better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingsMaster Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 close the containers for a day, once they have sat closed for 24hr open them back up and reacclimate, worked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 QUOTE (RingsMaster @ Jul 21 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>close the containers for a day, once they have sat closed for 24hr open them back up and reacclimate, worked for meagreed. sweet melon is the only flavor that gave me REAL acclimation troubles out of every nak flavor, and i believe i have tried just about every one sold in the states.i closed it for a couple days when i had trouble with mine, then re-opened it, let it sit for a few hours and it was good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 22, 2009 Author Share Posted July 22, 2009 QUOTE (RingsMaster @ Jul 21 2009, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>close the containers for a day, once they have sat closed for 24hr open them back up and reacclimate, worked for meQUOTE (mattarios2 @ Jul 21 2009, 07:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (RingsMaster @ Jul 21 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>close the containers for a day, once they have sat closed for 24hr open them back up and reacclimate, worked for meagreed. sweet melon is the only flavor that gave me REAL acclimation troubles out of every nak flavor, and i believe i have tried just about every one sold in the states.i closed it for a couple days when i had trouble with mine, then re-opened it, let it sit for a few hours and it was good to go!I'll go ahead and do this. I'm sure that over the course of the last week or two It's already been closed and acclimated many times in a row, but another try can't hurt. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 hmm.. I don't think I've ever acclimated my sweet melon b4.. Never really smelled like it needed it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antouwan Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 i bought a kilo of sweet melon a while ago. the 250g boxes seem to be much more reliable - haven't had a problem with them yet. i don't think i'm going to buy another kilo tin of the nak again., esp sweet melon. mine tastes very salty and almost bitter when smoked for a while. very disappointing and a waste of 23 bucks. as we say in texas: horse shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 The human sense of flavor and smell is very prone to suggestion. Large containers of flavoring often smell ghastly. The larger the amount, the stronger the smell...sometimes to the point of not smelling right. I don't know if that makes a difference. It might be acclimation. Try sealing it up for a couple of days and see what happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Jul 23 2009, 05:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The human sense of flavor and smell is very prone to suggestion. Large containers of flavoring often smell ghastly. The larger the amount, the stronger the smell...sometimes to the point of not smelling right. I don't know if that makes a difference. It might be acclimation. Try sealing it up for a couple of days and see what happens...I've been considering splitting it up in to smaller batches and seeing if that gets me anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 If its a defective batch, it won't. If its your nose playing tricks on you, it might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasKM Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I just got some Nakhla Sweet Melon (50g) and I'm not sure what it smells like. Actually it smells like that Fig stuff you can put on bread :b A faint melong smell though. Haven't tried smoking it yet, but I've been acclimating it for the last couple of hours. No change really.This if the first time i try Nakhla, and it's quite a bit more dry than the stuff I've used (which i can't remember the name of..). It's meant to be like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speel Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Like Sonthert said about the big batches and the smell being horrid, try making your own 250g ziplock baggies and acclimate it like that and see what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 QUOTE (TobiasKM @ Jul 24 2009, 05:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I just got some Nakhla Sweet Melon (50g) and I'm not sure what it smells like. Actually it smells like that Fig stuff you can put on bread :b A faint melong smell though. Haven't tried smoking it yet, but I've been acclimating it for the last couple of hours. No change really.This if the first time i try Nakhla, and it's quite a bit more dry than the stuff I've used (which i can't remember the name of..). It's meant to be like this?Nakhla is very dry compared to other brands. This is partly because of the packaging they use. Wax paper and a cardboard box doesn't exactly keep all the juices in. If you buy the jar or the kilo tub though, it's as wet as Tangiers.QUOTE (speel @ Jul 24 2009, 07:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Like Sonthert said about the big batches and the smell being horrid, try making your own 250g ziplock baggies and acclimate it like that and see what happensI did this last night. I took about 200g out of the big batch, and acclimated them separately overnight. I definitely noticed a different smell when I compared them, but I don't know if it was progress or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 Good news:Separating the tobacco into smaller batches worked! I acclimated 200g of Nakhla right next to the big tub. The 200g lost the funky smell over night, while it remained in the big batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingsMaster Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 QUOTE (Zinite @ Jul 24 2009, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Good news:Separating the tobacco into smaller batches worked! I acclimated 200g of Nakhla right next to the big tub. The 200g lost the funky smell over night, while it remained in the big batch.always good to hear smoke on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 +1 for the nose being tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 NEVER transport the tobacco directly into the tin. The tin has a tendency to oxidize when it meets any acid in the flavorings. I had dark areas of juice that were on the tin and realized after a second that the tin was oxidizing and quickly transported the tobacco into a bag and then put that into the tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Jul 26 2009, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NEVER transport the tobacco directly into the tin. The tin has a tendency to oxidize when it meets any acid in the flavorings. I had dark areas of juice that were on the tin and realized after a second that the tin was oxidizing and quickly transported the tobacco into a bag and then put that into the tin.I figured it might have had something to do with the tin, since that's the only difference between 250g of melon and 1000g. Thanks for the additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antouwan Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Jul 26 2009, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NEVER transport the tobacco directly into the tin. The tin has a tendency to oxidize when it meets any acid in the flavorings. I had dark areas of juice that were on the tin and realized after a second that the tin was oxidizing and quickly transported the tobacco into a bag and then put that into the tin.aren't the tins coated?i did this with my 250g of nak strawberry without any problems and it smoked great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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