Premium tobacco reviews, part 3

[King Mo]

Good day people,

here comes the 3rd part of my premium tobacco reviews.

to be reviewed over the next few days are:

Al Amir Lemon, Al Amir Grape, Al Amir triple Apple, Al Amir Banana,
and some bonus non-premium flavours: Al waha candy and also 5 stars




To begin:

Al Amir LEMON

Tobacco: nicely presented in their fantastic sealable plastic
container, far stronger than al fakhers breakable container, and less
leaky than Rommans leaky container. Smells really good too, fresh
lemony smell which was similar to the Romman lemon (which is an
excellent flavour and got 9.5 in my previous review)
Good cut, with a gritty powdery feel as with their 10 out of 10 Cherry flavour.

Smoke: nice rich thick smoke, fakher standard with a lovely refreshing
lemony taste that is not strong, nor subtle. A perfect lemony taste
which is not as acidic as you would expect a lemon to taste. A very
pure flavour that smokes beautifully with no extra tastes that
sometimes find their way into various brands and flavours.

Overall: This flavour lasts for a long time ,and belongs in a premium
collection. There is really nothing in it between this and the romman
lemon. This one perhaps is a tiny bit smoother, but both are awesome.
The reason this one gets higher though?? well, that's because it is
practically half the price of romman, with equal or better quality.
This is a fantastic lemon flavour, and I will have to try the fakher
version to see how it matches.
Nothing to fault in this at all. Supreme smoke, no deductions, very highly recommended if you have enjoyed other lemon flavours  10



further reviews over next few days. Both
Cherry and Lemon have got 10 out of 10. A great result for this brand.
Look forward to trying the other 3 flavours I have.

[cypress]

Hmm, now you got me debating between Nakhla Lemon and Al Amir's Lemon as they both got great reviews. 

[King Mo]

if you like fakher, then go with Al amir.

Nakhla is a lower quality product altogether. Will burn faster, less smoke, and usually a less pure flavour.

Romman lemon is phenomenal too, but this one just beats it for value and smoothness.

will review a couple more al amir flavours, but the cherry is a fakher
beater, and the lemon could be (can't remember fakhers lemon).

next up is triple apple, and then banana and grape.

stay tuned

[cypress]

Damn I am at work now and I cant wait till I get off. I have been
craving double apple lateley so I think I am going to fire it up. 

[King Mo]

Al Amir TRIPLE APPLE

Tobacco: a reddish gritty tobacco cut into reasonable pieces. of the
wetter variety as oppose to the lemon which is drier. The smell is very
much like Qima apple, a red apply kind of smell.

Smoke: this took time to get going, perhaps in full flow after about 5
mins. Rich thick smoke, and a taste that is like a cross between Qima
Apple, and fakher apple, but not quite the strong tobacco influence of
Qima apple, nor the sweetness of fakher apple. It is a solid, smooth
apple taste, which doesn't excite in any particular way, but cannot
really be faulted too much.

overall: a cheaper version of Qima apple, but as good and more
stomachable because of the lighter feel of it. Reddish apple flavour
with not much sweetness. Can't taste any liquorice or sour apple
flavour as it is not in that category even. Very easy to smoke and a
decent performer. 8

[King Mo]

here's the concluding part of 'premium tobaccos part 3'


al amir GRAPE

tobacco: this one came in a box for some reason, but had the same
airtight plastic bag as the others that come in plastic containers.
Very wet and has that powdery feel again. Tobacco chopped up into very
small pieces. Smells like grape, but not the fakher grape, more of a
cheapass grape with the lower quality brands. (tough to really
describe, but something detracting from the 'sweet' grapy flavour you
get with fakher.

Smoke: decent smoke thickness, and lasted pretty long. It tasted like
it smelled, which was not fantastically appealing in my opinion. If you
like the cheap grape flavours you tend to get in shisha cafes (The
non-sweet dark grapy hint of a flavour) then this is an improved
version of them. Doesn't really compare with Fakher grape, it taste
differently, but in a bad way, although it is rather harsh to say that
as fakher grape is one of the top flavours around.

overall: a reasonable flavour, which is not sweet at all and is what
you would expect of a standard grape flavour. It is a higher quality
than the cheap stuff, in that you get a thick smoke with long lasting
flavour. Nothing to rock my world though 7


Al amir BANANA:

Tobacco: less wet than the grape, with a banana smell. again tobacco cut quite fine.

Smoke: well, it's pretty tough to find a nice banana flavour, and is
usually in my opinion where most brands slip up. It is something in
priniciple that would sound good to smoke, but is always below
expectations. This is one of the better bananas i've had. mild banana
taste, with almost a bit of cinnamon mixed in.

overall: banana is a flavour that always seems to be something I
imagine to be great, but that doesn't quite materialise. You can tell
it's banana, (with perhaps a melony feel and some cinnamon mixed in).
decent smoke, but nothing to really shout about. 7.5



Al Waha 5 Star Mix:

Tobacco: this one is dripping wet and doesn't look like the typical
alwaha. The smell is strange, perhaps a mixed berry type of smell. Cut
decently too, and literally dripping wet.

Smoke: this is a strange one. Pretty harsh at the beginning on the
throat, almost like a moist feel, but after a few minutes is smoking
smoothly. The taste is like a mixed berry soft drink, with some type of
chemical contamination. It is quite a bizarre taste, and not a very
strong one either. The smoke is typical of the cheaper brands, not
thick white luxury you'd get from fakher, romman or al amir.

Overall: this one is too strange for me to give a review to. It tastes
too artificial and chemically for my liking. Would not purchase again.
thankfully just a 50g pack.  5

that concludes the reviews.

hope they can be of benefit to someone.

incidentally, what's happening to the quality of the forum. It is
becoming very repetative with very little quality. Not the same as when
I first signed up a few months ago. Would be nice to see the old faces
post a bit more. Now it's just like thread after thread of useless
chat, or questions that have been covered a million times.

here's a couple of suggestions:

1) utilise pms a bit more
2) put a few 'sticky' threads with FAQs for people to ask questions.
This way all the threads with simple questions in them would be
condensed into one informative thread at the top of the forum.
3) more tobacco chat, it's nice to hear about the flavours from people.

anways, that's that . not sure when I'll order next, but if i get new stuff, will come back to review it

enjoy people

[cypress]

[quote name='King Mo']here's the concluding part of 'premium tobaccos part 3'
Al Waha 5 Star Mix:

Tobacco: this one is dripping wet and doesn't look like the typical
alwaha. The smell is strange, perhaps a mixed berry type of smell. Cut
decently too, and literally dripping wet.

Smoke: this is a strange one. Pretty harsh at the beginning on the
throat, almost like a moist feel, but after a few minutes is smoking
smoothly. The taste is like a mixed berry soft drink, with some type of
chemical contamination. It is quite a bizarre taste, and not a very
strong one either. The smoke is typical of the cheaper brands, not
thick white luxury you'd get from fakher, romman or al amir.

Overall: this one is too strange for me to give a review to. It tastes
too artificial and chemically for my liking. Would not purchase again.
thankfully just a 50g pack.  5

that concludes the reviews.

hope they can be of benefit to someone.

incidentally, what's happening to the quality of the forum. It is
becoming very repetative with very little quality. Not the same as when
I first signed up a few months ago. Would be nice to see the old faces
post a bit more. Now it's just like thread after thread of useless
chat, or questions that have been covered a million times.

enjoy people[/quote]
 I agree with the way 5 star tastes. I enjoy AF mixed fruit. 
I put these in a side by side smoke challendge and enjoyed AF better.

[alen]

great reviews mo and im with you about the forum now and then but i think and know that some of the old guys got bored with all sh*t they got from some persons when they tried to make a review or a comment on some brand and just got dizzed beacuse the other person didnt agree- i mean its not fun if youre sitting and write a review on something and then just get replies like - thats just sh*t thats crap and so on -but lately ive noticed that some guys dont write anymore and some guys have changed their attitude and thats good-myself dont write so many reviews and thats beacuse that i cant write so good in english (hard to find the right words) anyway i hope your supply run out fast so we can get more good reviews from you in the future
take care
alen

[King Mo]

[quote name='alen']great reviews mo and
im with you about the forum now and then but i think and know that some
of the old guys got bored with all sh*t they got from some persons when
they tried to make a review or a comment on some brand and just
got dizzed beacuse the other person didnt agree- i mean its not fun if
youre sitting and write a review on something and then just get replies
like - thats just sh*t thats crap and so on -but lately ive
noticed that some guys dont write anymore and some guys have
changed their attitude and thats good-myself dont write so many reviews
and thats beacuse that i cant write so good in english (hard to find
the right words) anyway i hope your supply run out fast so we can get
more good reviews from you in the future
take care
alen[/quote]

hey, thanks for the post man.

it's nice to see a variety of reviews, I don't mind disagreement about
the flavours, as it sometimes leads to a nice bigger picture of the
flavour. E.g. I cannot stand flowery (floral) flavours like rose or
jasmine, but some people absolutely love them. Through the differences
you get a nice post.

it's nice to see a bit more quality in the forum, people who usually give interesting posts. (in no particular order)

Hookah Culture, Mr Bubble, alen, Kofod, tobbsman, nerv, cypress, mathazar (except for the hookahhookah sales pitch ) ZooJohnny, Apoc and maybe one or two others.

now, there's the forum is flooded with stuff that has been repeated a
million times, and nothing remotely new or interesting, or just spam.

it's just an online forum, so it's doesn't bother me too much, but might as well give my view while I'm still a member.

anyway, I've got too much tobacco lying round that doesn't get smoked,
I need to cut down my collection the the 8 flavours I mentioned in the
other thread I made. Waste of money really.

perhaps some new flavours will come out that will interest me.

[wyteboy]

interesting Mo every other person has raved about the al amir grape that I have read...
I love the regular AF grape. have yet to try the gs af grape and honestly don't know if I will as I am pretty settled with the regular af...
but I am ordering from thehookah tomorrow and have to pay $10 s.h.  i am ordering some af grape from them and am thinking of throwing in a 50g of al amir grape but your review makes me wonder if I should...
hmmmm

[cypress]

[quote name='wyteboy']interesting Mo every other person has raved about the al amir grape that I have read...
I love the regular AF grape. have yet to try the gs af grape and
honestly don't know if I will as I am pretty settled with the regular
af...
but I am ordering from thehookah tomorrow and have to pay $10
s.h.  i am ordering some af grape from them and am thinking of
throwing in a 50g of al amir grape but your review makes me wonder if I
should...
hmmmm[/quote]

Keep one thing in mind. AF Grape is whyte grape and GS is a black grape.  The flavors will not be similar.

[King Mo]

Golden Grape is more of a black grape flavour I guess, but that is far superior to the al amir.

It is a decent flavour (al amir), but the difference between that
grape, and the fakher grape flavours is very big in my opinion.

The Amir grape is similar to the cheaper grapes in terms of the 'type' of taste. A little too floral for my liking.

[mushrat]

gee mo...love you too.

[King Mo]

[quote name='mushrat']gee mo...love you too.[/quote]

erm,forgive my lack of perception, but you really have lost me

[mushrat]

just poken at you... thought i'd raised a few new and interesting topics around here...now and then...i thought...perhaps not *sniff*....
 

[King Mo]

[quote name='mushrat']just poken at you... thought i'd raised a few new and interesting topics around here...now and then...i thought...perhaps not *sniff*....
 [/quote]
 
Ah I get you now well, what can I say, you weren't one of the regular posters when I started.
just give it time