mushrat Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Ok, I've checke dthe old posts and I don't think this has been asked. Has anyone ever started a bowl, smoked a bit, had to go someplace for a few hours, removed the heat, then come back and restarted it again? How'd it taste? I know with cigars and pipes you don't want to do this if you can help it, the taste will never be the same, so how about ma'asell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Better. I'm working up a theory, I'll post my hypothesis in a moment. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Sorry, I just re-read your post. It's not necessarily better but you do get pretty good smoke. My buddies and I rarely finish our last bowl when we have parties, just because we've had so many and we start forgetting that we have a hookah going, so when we wake up we fire her up, whatever's left of her anyways, and enjoy it for a bit. Try it out! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I know that with cigars, some will claim that you can use cutters and cut right behind the burning end, blow into it and you should be fine, but others say its useless and gets "stopped" up or clogged and will never taste/smoke the same as when freshly lit. But then again, cigar tobacco isn't exactly the same as hookah ma'ssel, in that the cut is very different ie: gooey. I really can't tell you how a bowl would smoke after being cold for a few hours, but I can tell you how a bowl smokes after about 20-30 minutes of no use. I started up a bowl and about 15 minutes into the session, a buddy of mine calls me up. He needs me to come over and help him move some furniture. I took the coals off and left, came back about 25 minutes later, lit some fresh coals and started puffin. It took a while to get it going again, and I did notice a bit of lost flavor, but it still smoked very well. That was about 25 minutes. I have though took the coals off mid session for about 10 minutes to go to the bathroom, and put them back on and the session was fine. Don't know about a couple hours though. You might want to think about putting the packed bowl in a air-tight container of some sorts, because leaving any ma'assel out in the open not covered is bound to dry it out, so if you decide to try this in the future, try keeping the bowl sealed up. These are just some ideas, let us know if you try this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 ya, with cigars the really bad taste is often from stale smoke left in it after you've removed the lit part. Thats why blowing through it can help...pipe bowls relit are just plain nasty all around. It's not often i have to cut a bowl short when smoking the hookah, but I was just wondering. If i Know its going to be a short smoke, I just tend to use less ma'asell to begin with. Just hate to waste the stuff you know? Thanks for the imput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sariél Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I do it occaisoinally; not great, but easier than setting up a new bowl. It helps if you flip the puck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 That makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Yeah... Sariels trick works nicely. For some reason when I relight...... the remaining tobacco cashes out faster than I expect given the remaining quantity left. maybe just a perception thing tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LB] Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I bump because i have a question for sariel [quote name='Sariél']I do it occaisoinally; not great, but easier than setting up a new bowl. It helps if you flip the puck.[/quote] My tobacco keeps getting fused to my tinfoil making it impossible to seperate the puck from the foil. Is there a certain way to pack the tobacco so it doesent fuse to the tinfoil without sacrificing session quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 if I may, I would leave a little more space between your foil and your ma'asell so it doesn't touch at all if i was you. .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 i've found that restarting a hookah is usually no problem at all. i have found, however, that when i flip the puck and attempt to recoal, all the flavor vanishes and a foul, vaguely tobacco-like taste dominates everything. it's really terrible. $0.03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 The tobacco starts out all wet and happy. As you smoke it, some of the liquid is boiled away, which we call "smoke", some of it drains through the holes into the water below and some of it stays with the tobacco...The tobacco dries out from top to bottom. If you pull the foil apart, and find wet tobacco, its always under the dried out stuff. If the bowl cools off, and you attempt to reheat it, the dried out part heats up first and reacts by burning, just as if there was mever any maasel liquid to begin with, like pipe tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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