QUOTE (oksanaar @ Feb 3 2009, 07:00 AM) Hi, all, I'm Oksana, a new member on the forum. Originally I'm Ukrainian, however, currently I'm married to a Jordanian, so I am happily residing in Amman I'm managing a small company (Based in Ukraine) involved in wood processing and furniture manufacturing.We've made a decision to start a production line for shisha charcoal, since /as you can understand/ we have a lot of wood that can be utilized. We've done our samples, however, I wanted to ask your expert opinion on what a great shisha charcoal should be like. If you had to make an ideal one, how would it look like/be like? We have hardwood in excess, additionally, we can get some soft wood like apple tree, cherry tree, etc. In particular we are curious of beech - how well it can be used. Based on the fast forum glance, there are indeed big lovers of shisha/arguilah here, and we hope you can give us some insight. Note: I hope this will not be perceived as an advertisement, since I did not even give the name of the company, and the product is not in the market yet. Looking forward to your responses, Oksana Most of what I was going to say has already been said - long lasting, pre-cut squares, no taste, acceptable ash content and no crumbly charcoals. However, i have one more suggestion: consistency! I guess this is just "quality control," but it's super irritating to buy a box of, say, exoticas and have them work great only for the next box to be garbage. Good luck!