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Cafe Istanbul In Az, Today's Purchase


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Just went to Cafe Istanbul in Tempe. Their KM inventory has increased, along with their MZ inventory. They have tri-metals for $89.99... but could probably be bargained down to $80.00. ASUSean's got his KM there for $80.00.

Also, I picked up a Tundora styled hose for $20.00. Not the best deal in the world but it was an impulse purchase.
http://www.hookahcompany.com/68_quot_blue_272_prd1.htm

looks kind of like the one in the above link, but it's cleaner, with red cloth and yellow writing.
Anyways, I think there might be a tiny leak where the mouth piece is inserted into the hose itself. Have any of you had this problem before with this style hose or KM hoses? I am going to use electrical tape to make the seal tighter around the mouth piece to hopefully stop the leak.

Before Cafe Istanbul, I stopped in at Baiz Market in Phoenix and picked up a 250g AF Vanilla for $7.99. They have a limited supply of KM hoses there too for $11.99.

Lastly, I picked up an AF Healthy Hose for $1.99 just to test it out.

I'm crazed for hookah today...!
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Phoenix's hookah popularity is definitely on the rise... I think making a trip to Phoenix to stock up on the shisha or hookahs could be worth it. I know someone came to PHx from IL and went back with some goodies. If anybody is every making a trip out here, make sure to send me a PM.
A. We would need to get together to smoke hookah and share hookah war stories
B. I know many places that sell specific shisha tobacco and hookahs, and most places can be bargained with.

In the two stores I visited today, I saw.
KMs, MZs, Myas, KM Hoses, Mya Hoses, AF Healthy Hoses, all kinds of different hookah heads, Syrian hookahs, cheapo Chinese hookahs, standard Egyptian hookahs, Starbuzz, AF, Layalina, Nakhla, Al Waha, Fusion, Al Asafanhi (sp), Poof Poof (no bueno), Golden AF, Nakhla Zagloul... just a little bit of everything.
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Thats cool man. Any pics of the Cafe? Any KM's that kinda stuck out to you?

PS:I always thought that the hose looked cheaply made. It looks like someone had the material and was forced to produce a hose out of them in less than 5 mins, and thats what he/she came up with.

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QUOTE (Codename067 @ Mar 6 2008, 11:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
PS:I always thought that the hose looked cheaply made. It looks like someone had the material and was forced to produce a hose out of them in less than 5 mins, and thats what he/she came up with.


i just took a look at that hose and the thing looks hideous! lol. i dont even want to be in the same room as that thing.
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The one in the pic I posted doesn't represent the one i bought well, but I can't find any similar pics of it online. In codename's sig, it looks like the red one minus the "sweatband" looking things on both ends of the handle.
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I was in and out kind of quickly, but the tri-metals stood out. Looked like there were several different large model KMs there too with several different types of KM hoses. They had the same model of KM that I purchased. Looks like a KM Pear or a KM Blue Caravan. They also had tall KM's without the "marble" looking pear thing in the middle of the stem. Edited by MrMoodz
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yea man i was the one that went down there for 4 days....that place is awesome i got some sick picks of all the stuff they got there and yea my dad picked up a sick hose for 19 there that is the same as a nammor...hit great....but yea that place is cheap as hell i picked up 3, 250g of shisha for 7.99-8.99 a piece a base protector a box of 100 coals for 7 and a double bowl for 10...great place, great price all around awesome....if anyone wants i can put the pics back up so
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If anyone wants to see the pics bigger say something and ill post the links...oh yea and the layalinas was 7.99 and the AF was 8.99 great prices........and i have pics of the hookah i got to smoke there...AMAZING PRICES was 8.99 to smoke a huge bowl and like 1.99 for drinks with unlimited refills....was great Edited by Nikon1323
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QUOTE (SimplexCoda @ Mar 7 2008, 01:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Mr Moodz,
Do any of the shops you know of that sell KM's ship to other places and/or have websites?


Not to my knowledge.
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By the way, the KM hose I picked up last night couldn't seal well so I'm returning it this weekend. Just ordered 2 Razans.
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