The Tonic Thread

[clickhea]

from what i understand most people enjoy the flavors they are getting from their tonic.

iam having an issue where i can taste the flavors but they are soooooooooooooooooo light, where if i diddnt know what i was smoking i probably wouldnt be able to tell you what it was.

everything is as clean as it can get hookah/hose wise

is there anything else i should be checking?


my hole configuration is just a bunch of random holes, and i pack the bowl the same way id pack starbuzz, very light pushed down slightly just so the tobacco isnt touching the foil

with 2 outa 3 pieces of exotica coals across from each other.. which brigns me to my next question

does this tobacco require tons of heat? cause the 2 coals really doesnt provide me with many clouds at all Edited January 3, 2008 by clickhea

[iamscott06]

What kind of bowl are you using? For some reason when i smoke my tonic i use my superchief and i start it out with a wind cover. Once I start getting them good clouds i pull the cover off and its good for the rest of the session.

So my advice... try a windcover? lol

[clickhea]

funnel bowl

i been messing with the wind cover, i dont really notice much of a difference

maybe i need more holes? bigger holes?

[iamscott06]

With the phunnel and tonic i'v just done two circles of holes and then like one ore two holes in the middle.

just make sure the bowl is nice and warm/hot enough .

[Canon]

get triple apple, if you cant taste that then theres something wrong with you.. i love that flavor.

[thecoalition]

on all three tonic flavors i tried and am almost completely out of
i only had to use 1 3k 40mm and i was blowing storm clouds off of my tangiers
medium phunnel.
on the raspberry cheesecake i sometimes had to throw on an extra 1/3 to get it going but then took it off because it would start to burn

[Canon]

hmm, i didnt think about it but yesterday my girl was having a bit of trouble making clouds with her tonic.

we are doing a hookah party tonight so we will see if the problem is fixed.

[mushrat]

i have found that the tonic takes a bit more heat than SB. More heat to maintain as well. The flavours I got, even the bad one, was definitly full flavoured.

[MAKCuMG]

So far, I've had Double Apple, Orange Cream, and Cosmopolitan Tonic. Best setup proved to be Tan. Funnel + Glass Mod, just like with SB. Two rows of holes around the circumference. 3 kings 40mm broken in two halves.

Def. very forgiving as far a heat is concerned. Once up to good temperature (can take 2-10 minutes sometimes), theres plenty of smoke and flavor.

Cosmo has a very distinct taste. You will either like it, or hate it with a passion. Smokes great.

Orange Cream is a new favorite, out of everyone who has smoked it (4-5 people including me), we all really enjoyed it.

Double Apple plain sucked. Felt like smoking plain Anise. No one like it. And I tried to like it. Was very hard to bring up to the right temperature. Just not pleasant to deal with at all. AF Double Apple is alot better in terms of flavor.