Adding Glycerin To Nakhla

[sss8789]

How much glycerin should I add to 250 grams of nakhla? should I add honey also?

[mathuv]

would like to know same thing, coming to think of it

[Stinkyfisherman]

if you add honey does it give it more of a sweeter taste to it?

[Johnny_D]

One Tea-Spoon of Honey [about 5-7mls]
One bottle of Glycarin - around 27mls.

Mix like -ing crazy. Leave for a couple of days ensuring you keep mixing it up.

Works for me

JD

[mathuv]

cool....must try when im not broke xD btw honey does impart a slight taste. i had some old dry lemon shisha and i added some honey. i can definatley taste it.

[Johnny_D]

Honey alone - maybe. But I find Honey mixed with glycerine reduces the taste from the glycerine.

and the Glycarin reduces any taste from the honey.

JD

[mathuv]

Honey alone - maybe. But I find Honey mixed with glycerine reduces the taste from the glycerine.

and the Glycarin reduces any taste from the honey.

JD

ur probably right (cant say you are cos i havent tried it.)

[sss8789]

one thing, JD's "one bottle of glycerin" is about one ounce (about 30 mls) not the two ounce that you can find and second doesn't to much glycerin make the smoke taste like soap so do I have to be careful when adding glycerin?

[Johnny_D]

one thing, JD's "one bottle of glycerin" is about one ounce (about 30 mls) not the two ounce that you can find and second doesn't to much glycerin make the smoke taste like soap so do I have to be careful when adding glycerin?

We have bottles of food-grade pure glycarin that comes in 37ml bottles for the express purpose of cooking! So basically i use about 30mls.

I find that honey takes that taste away - whilst the glycarin kills the honey flavour. But i'm convinced that it's all in the stirring afterwards.

JD

[MrMoodz]

What does adding honey and glycerin do to the Nakhla? Longer lasting smoke?

[JillyIsJustKidding]

I add about 2 teaspoons to every 50 grams.

So 250=10 teaspoons

Then, I add about 2 teaspoons of honey so it will taste a lil sweet and not make the baccy taste soapy.

It works great

I had a dry tub of AF grape that would burn a lot. I did the glycerin thingy and no burn at all! There was awesome clouds too

I let this air out for like 2-3 hours so the glycerin will soak into the baccy and make sure you keep mixing every once in while.

Make sure you leave the tub OPEN when you let it air out (lol well obviously) or else it will taste soapy. Haha I learned the hard way the first time. Edited February 27, 2008 by JillyIsJustKidding

[chinamon]

I add about 2 teaspoons to every 50 grams.

So 250=10 teaspoons

thats 50mL... quite a bit more than what JD uses.

[Johnny_D]

That's almost double. Personally I feel the idea of adding these to nahkla is not to get it dripping wet, but to help the tobacco reconstitute it's natural state.

I imagine that Mathav, Sean & Chinamon suffer from the same problem I do - The nahkla is limited and probably of dubious quality and age.

That's why I tend togo through this merry dance with nahkla. It's not uncommon for the very centre of a bag of nahkla to be (almost) crunchy dry.

Hence the wetting agents and mixing.

I'm surprised you chaps other side of the pond have the same problems.

JD

[shisha fan]

i used to add this stuff to nakhla, its honey and glycerin premixed in the right ratio: http://www.shisha-world.com/BahraMolasses+Mix+100ml.htm

haven`t used it in a while, because i can now get fresh nakhla for a fair price.

[JillyIsJustKidding]

I add about 2 teaspoons to every 50 grams.

So 250=10 teaspoons

thats 50mL... quite a bit more than what JD uses.

Hehe still works for me. No soapyness whatsoever

[chinamon]

That's almost double. Personally I feel the idea of adding these to nahkla is not to get it dripping wet, but to help the tobacco reconstitute it's natural state.

I imagine that Mathav, Sean & Chinamon suffer from the same problem I do - The nahkla is limited and probably of dubious quality and age.

That's why I tend togo through this merry dance with nahkla. It's not uncommon for the very centre of a bag of nahkla to be (almost) crunchy dry.

Hence the wetting agents and mixing.

I'm surprised you chaps other side of the pond have the same problems.

JD

thats why i smoke starbuzz.

[mathuv]

nakhla here is pretty dry and opn the box there usually isnt any indication of its expiry/production date..