XQS Slim – Black Cherry Strong 8mg

Deep, dark cherry with a sweet undertone and a slightly sour edge is the whole story of XQS Black Cherry 8mg, a slim pouch at the brand’s Strong level. No mint is named in the recipe, so the fruit carries the taste on its own. You get 20 pouches per can.

A darker cherry than the candy kind

XQS aims for the depth of ripe dark cherries rather than the bright red lolly version, with a light tartness that stops the sweetness going flat. It sits closer to cherry jam or black cherry yoghurt than to a boiled sweet. If you lean towards richer fruit, this is a natural XQS can to try. Its rich profile suits a slow weekend afternoon more than a rushed morning.

XQS Black Cherry at 4mg and 8mg

Black Cherry is one of three XQS flavours we carry in both Light and Strong versions. XQS Black Cherry Light 4mg keeps the same taste and pouch at half the nicotine, rated 2 of 6 by the brand. This Strong can rates 4 of 6, and the next tier up, Ultra, is mint-only in this collection. Choosing XQS Black Cherry 8mg over the Light can makes sense once 4mg feels thin, since nothing else changes.

The white pouch it comes in

Like the rest of the range, this is an all-white slim pouch of about 0.5g, cut to sit flat under the top lip. XQS says the white material will not discolour teeth. Ten grams fill each can, which is how 16mg per gram works out to 8mg a pouch. Unlike Arctic Freeze, which uses 0.7g pouches, the fruit flavours all share this smaller size.

• Nicotine: 8mg a pouch
• Concentration: 16mg/g
• Site level: Strong
• Brand rating: 4 of 6
• Pouch: slim, all-white
• Portions: 20
• Can: 10g net

Cherry is only one direction; the XQS collection covers berry, citrus, tropical and mint too.