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My guess is transient flavors (stuck-on flavors). They don't clean their pipes, they use the same pipes for all flavors. I use a hierarchical 14 level flavor separation scheme to avoid this. Some places make the mistake of using the wrong soap, or even bleach and people find out what a dangerous combo hookah and bleach are!
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[quote name='iheartvarg1']this is why i prefer to do it at home! ;) not to mention its sooooo expensive ever since sultan cafe closed.. 4.99 hookah rental and $2 head refills.... no wonder they went out of business! they had te best turkish coffee in town too :( shed a tear[/quote]
you think that's expensive?  You would get a heart attack if you had hookah in Souther Cali then. Anywhere from $15 - 25 a rental.  About half for refill.
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At some hookah bars, like the one i usually go to.....they use natural charchoal. they put it on a stove then set it under a fan for alittle. This affects the hookah alittle, but i dont know if the bar you go to does this.
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[quote name='afrdzak'][quote name='iheartvarg1']this is why i prefer to do it at
home! ;) not to mention its sooooo expensive ever since sultan cafe
closed.. 4.99 hookah rental and $2 head refills.... no wonder they went
out of business! they had te best turkish coffee in town too :( shed a
tear[/quote]
you think that's expensive?  You would get a heart attack if
you had hookah in Souther Cali then. Anywhere from $15 - 25 a
rental.  About half for refill.[/quote]

hah! no! that was the cheapest rental i've ever seen! now the best
price is 6.99 rental and 6.99 refill. jeez! for the price of a rental
you can buy 1-2 JARS!
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hmmm...not sure about the "rental" thing. The place here, you get a hookah for 6 bucks with the flavour of your choice. you want another head, 6 bucks more....all Nakhla...and can you believe he is presently out of 2 apple and melon???
Good thing he lets me bring my own AF ESK apple and packs my bowls for me for a $3 use of the hookah. But I've been going there since he opened and I bring friends and we all get food and drinks. When he has the 2 apple i get a mixed bowl half my esk half his 2 apple, he charges me 3 bucks still and eveyone is happy...
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Down here in San Antonio, they charge 8.99 a hookah with no more than 3 people on a hookah.  About 2 or 3 years ago this place was $4.99 a hookah and much more relaxed.  All the high school kids found out about it and had to ruin it.
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[quote name='Dingle']Down here in San Antonio, they charge 8.99 a hookah with
no more than 3 people on a hookah.  About 2 or 3 years ago this
place was $4.99 a hookah and much more relaxed.  All the high
school kids found out about it and had to ruin it.[/quote]

you talking about shisha cafe? that place is nightmarish! just a few
feet up the street is sultan. much better food and 4.99 smoke. VERY
relaxed there. where in SA are you?
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yea! hookah cafe is great!!! the owner is indeed an awesome guy! also
try habiba for really good middle-eastern food and great prices on
coals and stuff like so its like 5 stores down in the shopping center
from hookah. the owner of habiba is a great guy too! sultan is on
babcock aroud the 5000 block. they have some of the best chicken
schwaerma and coffee ive ever had.
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