mushrat Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Quick question for anyone who happen to have a bag of noir (or similar finger type) coals around. Can you look and see if it says anything about their ingredients? I found something that looks similar here. its like 95% coarcoal, 5% cellulose (for a binder). Its in long finger like pieces. Same stuff different name? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKE~N~BUBBLZ Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I have some finger coals, but some dodgy brand without composition on it. They work alright thou. Sorry i couldnt help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I have my bag of Nour Fingers right here in front of me, and I looked over the entire bag and the only thing that is actually readable says: Specifications: 1. Made of the best kind of natural wood. 2. Does not contain any toxic chemicals. 3. Odorless, smokeless, and doesn't crack. 4. May be used to burn Incence, Barbecue, or for Smoking Narguille (waterpipe) without changing the flavor of the tobacco. 5. Is not messy. But sorry Mush, nothing about ingredients on the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 yashman: Thanks man. Not messy and MADE from the best kind of natural wood plus the pictures of the coals on peoples hookahs, and the fact that charcaol doesn't really come in nice finger shapes i'm going to guess they are also pressed natural charcoal with a binder like the ones i got here. I'll try them this weekend and let you all know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Mush, I did some research on coals that are supposed to be made from olive. Trust me when I say Nours are of this type. Here's what happens: Olive trees are in such high demand because of the uses for the olive like olives, olive oil, small wooden trinkets, and other neat things they make out of pits in the Middle East. It is not cost effective to make coals out of the wood, being the trees are so small to begin with, and as said before, there are better things to do with them besides smoke them. There is one problem concerning the olive industry: What do we do with all these processed pits? Smoke THEM! The actual process is unknown to most people including myself due to business competition, but they take the olive pit waste, stuff it into some kind of tubes and heat it up super-hot until you have charcoal fingers. Miost people do fine with this stuff, but I cannot. I have tried several types of "olive coals" and become very ill from these. That is what prompted me to research this. So chances are you aren't smoking wood coals, but cellulose-based, waste olive pits. THAT is why they are so cheap, you lucky farts. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 bubble: hmmm... well, apparently i can smoke them ok. Turns out they are what my local cafe has been using, not actualy bulk charcoal like it thought. So what I have are probably the same as nour's, pressed olive pits and binder. Well, i guess I'll use the last of my bulk REAL charcaol for tis weekend's SCA event and experiment with my "finger" stuff when I don't have an audience. I do remember seeing some stuff, "Arabian Nights or something like that that actually says "olive pits" on the bag. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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