Strong Flavor Ghosting

[Shifty]

So I'm a fan of mint. I had a great session with wintergreen, spearmint, and peppermint all mixxed together. I almost had to pour boiling water down my throat.. It was excellent.

Just curious though, for your opinions.

When you're a fan of strong flavors such as mint, or coffee, or what-have-you. How worried are you that the flavor will take over your future bowls or even embed itself into your stuff. Do you have a special bowl and hose specifically for those flavors or do you hope that lemon juice and hot water will eventually get the smells out. I feel like buying a tub of mint, I just dont want to smoke it alot and then down the road have Fruit punch with Mint later on.

How do yall handle the ghosting?

[Seanij]

I ghost anything >_>

[austinthecity]

blow the smoke out of the hose at the end of each session

[shoresidejake]

flavor ghosts haunt me.

[thecoalition]

normally with strong flavors like my kpeach or kapple a couple rinses of hot water through the hose takes care of it. vinegar is the next step.

[mdl]

Buy a seperate bowl for the mint flavors and even a seperate hookah.

[gaia.plateau]

Buy a seperate bowl for the mint flavors and even a seperate hookah.

The wisest way to go, I think. At the very least, get a separate hose.

I use my mini mya acrylic, my green ceramic bowl and a marked green syrian hose for mint flavours.

[Plain Old Me]

I think the answer depends on how often you smoke. I smoke just about every weekend and I don't use separate hoses or anything for mint and strong flavors, and as long as I wash the hookah I cannot taste any residues.

[mdl]

OT: gaia, the news crew in your sig is from my home town

[hookahlife]

Hey Shifty,

Preferably, you'd want to get a separate hose/bowl for each flavor you smoke. Realistically, however, the costs associated with doing so, would pile up quickly. What I usually do, especially if I'm smoking mint, is rinse the stem/bowl, and lightly and shortly rinse the hose with warm water and lemon juice.
If you do it right after your session, than you should be in the clear; if you wait....you'll still taste the ghost flavor next time you smoke.

Hope this helps!

-Eugene
Hookah Life

[Luke69]

I think it affects the hose far more than the bowl becuase the bowl does not give off that much "ghost" flavour.

[Snoopy1966]

With my Nammor all I do is rinse it out with very warm water everyday, sometimes more if it is a stronger flavor and I do not get any Ghosts! Bowls I just soak in Baking Soda and Lemon juice once in a while.

[r1v3th3ad]

I use everclear to clear up the ghosting, nothing else works for me with my hookah.

On the note of mint, once in a blue moon, I take some of my homegrown peppermint and spearmint, blend it with honey, and add peppermint extract to it. Its a potent, yet refreshing smoke.

[Switch]

ive never had problems. As long as the hookah is cleaned after its use, and not like a week later. After a few puffs of whatever new flavor im using. Its fine

[hookah hippie]

a thorough cleaning should take care of the flavor