Sunday, December 30, 2012

All About Hookah And Shisha flavors

By John McCree


Trying to find the right shisha flavor for you? This article reveals several good resources for you in determining and purchasing your ideal shisha flavor.

Shisha is the name of the flavored tobacco which is generally used in the a hookah. The modern day shisha includes all or some of the following things:

1. Tobacco

2. Treacle (uncrystallized syrup produced in refining sugar)

3. Honey

4. Sugar

5. Molasses

6. Glycerin

7. Nicotine

8. Dried Fruit

9. Distilled Water

The manufacturers of shisha have been experimenting a great deal recently and they have produced some really creative flavors such as Fantasia's "Cuban Mojito". Even so, fruit flavors still are the most used flavors among hookah smokers. Many of the newer flavors do, however, take their cues from the tried and tested traditional fruit flavors. For instance, Blueberry Muffin or Pink Lemonade clearly have their roots in a fruity base.

Shisha flavors have become versatile because of the relative simplicity of flavoring during manufacturing. The dried tobacco, glycerin, and sweetener can be combined with essentially any other ingredients to produce different flavors.

Social Smoking

Hookah is usually shared in a social environment where the smokers may gather for pleasant conversation and to enjoy the aroma created by the flavored shisha smoke. Once hookah became extremely popular in the Middle Eastern nations, every single social establishment started serving hookahs. Today they are seen in places from smoking parlors, to clubs, to the home.

The smoke from shisha has a soothing effect on the smoker, which is one of the main factors why it became popular swiftly. People smoke it out of social pursuit and not for any kind of biological effect it has. On the contrary cigarette to begin with, has a really bad smell and smokers normally smoke cigarette out of addiction. A cigarette undoubtedly lasts no more than 5 minutes and a shisha lasts for more than one hour, but the latter is not addictive.

Getting the Most Flavor from Your Hookah

No rocket science here, just some good common sense and discipline can go a long way when it comes to getting the most from your hookah. To begin with, cleaning and maintaining your device properly is important. Clean your hookah with warm soapy water after each use, or at the very least wash it diligently in between switching brands or flavors.

About specific tactics, it's important to prevent the charcoal from burning up the tobacco mid-session. Make the bowl in such a way as to prevent the tobacco from getting stuck to the foil or screen; in fact, try not to let the tobacco touch the foil at all. When you're packing the bowl, leave a few millimeters distance between the top of your tobacco and the plane made by the rim of the bowl. Then, when you wrap the foil taught around the head, you'll obviously have the desired amount of space needed to prevent the dreaded burn. Placing two toothpicks over the tobacco in a cross is a good way to prevent the foil from touching the tobacco. Also, while "packing" the bowl, don't pack the tobacco down tightly. Rather, loosely pile it into a fine mound allowing the air to flow through the mound. This will also prevent the tobacco from burning as quickly, and it will require less suction on the hose to get a nice, full flavorful hit. Many people also use two sheets of aluminum foil to avoid overheating. The principle is simple don't burn the shisha.




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