XQS Slim – Apple Crisp Strong 8mg

Tart green apple with a cool, minty edge is what XQS Apple Crisp 8mg puts into a slim white pouch at the brand’s Strong level. Picture a sharp apple straight from the fridge rather than a sweet red one. Each can holds 20 pouches at 8mg apiece.

How XQS Apple Crisp 8mg tastes in the lip

XQS describes the flavour as fresh, sour green apple with a cooling sensation, and the order matters. The fruit arrives first and stays tart, while the chill sits underneath and keeps any sweetness in check. If fruit pouches usually taste too sugary to you, sour apple is a sensible place to look, because acidity carries the flavour here instead of sugar.

Apple Crisp or Orange Apple?

Inside the same range, XQS Orange Apple Strong 8mg also uses apple, but blends it with orange for a rounder, juicier result and lists no cooling. Apple Crisp is the sharper, fresher of the pair. From another brand, ZYN Apple Mint Mini Dry 6mg matches apple with mint in a smaller, drier pouch at a lower dose. Apple Crisp suits mornings and warm days, when a sour, chilled flavour feels livelier than a sweet one.

Is 8mg strong for a slim?

On the brand’s own six-step scale this can scores 4, the middle Strong tier between the 4mg Light cans and the 11.2mg Ultra. XQS fits 10g into each can, so a pouch weighs roughly 0.5g, and reaching 8mg in that little material takes 16mg of nicotine per gram. That is double the concentration of the Light versions, packed into the same compact size. Put simply, 8mg is firm for most regular users without reaching the top of the brand’s range.

• Nicotine per pouch: 8mg
• Nicotine per gram: 16mg/g
• Strength: Strong (XQS scale 4 of 6)
• Format: Slim, white
• Pouches per can: 20
• Net weight: 10g, about 0.5g per pouch

Want a different fruit at the same dose? Browse the full XQS range for every flavour and strength.