Got my Al Amir order today!

[yashman19]

Hey guys, hows everyone doing? This is sort of a review of my whole experience with Social Smoke and Al Amir.

Well last sunday I put in an order at Social Smoke which was my first
time doing business with them, and I have to say that it was great.
Order was placed Sunday night, shipped Monday, and arrived right on
schedule Friday, today. I used the cheapest shipping, UPS ground.

Also, remember to say "hookahforum" in Social Smoke's discount coupon
code section to recieve a nice little discount, either 5 or 10 percent,
I can't remember.

I opended the package to find my 5 tubs of Al Amir safely tucked away
in packing peanuts. I ordered Sour Apple, Blackberry, Vanilla, Pina
Colada and White Grape, all of which arrived safely.

I always liked Al Amir's packaging. They come in a plastic air-tight
tub, where you open it up to find the ma'assel in one of those clear
packaging bags where they use a vaccuum to suck all the air out. Its
sort of funny, it doesn't matter what flavor of Al Amir you order, all
their ma'assel looks EXACTLY the same. All of them have a sort of
blood-red color, with the same consistency of cut which is finely
chopped, not like the Al Waha I'm used to... Its great

Now I'd like to write some VERY brief reviews of the flavors for you
all. Please keep in mind that I have never written a review before, and
I don't have the greatest writing skills, so bear with me. I'm also not
going to get very in depth with these reviews, but isntead just tell
you how the smoke and flavor was, and my own personal rating out of a
scale of 1 - 5, 1 being poop and 5 being sex in hookah form

Also so you all know my setup, I'm using a 36" standard egyptian hookah
with a ceramic bowl and foil. Also, I am using ice in the base and a
vinyl hose, not a traditional hookah hose. The coals are Nour Fingers.

So first on the list

Blackberry:
I would have to agree with most people who have tried Al Amir
Blackberry that it is indeed a great smoke. Something that I have
noticed with quite a few Al Amir flavors is that they don't always
smell how they are supposed to taste in the container, and Blackberry
was no exception. I couldn't smell the blackberry in it from the
container, oh well. But another thing I noticed is that even though
they don't smell the way they are supposed to out of the container,
they do infact taste the way they are supposed to, thank god.

Well the smoke density was very thick and plentiful, so no complaints
there. The taste was supurb. I'm not sure I would put Blackberry on my
Top5 list, but it indeed was great. I've only smoked it once though, so
my pallate might change with more use.

If you are a person who smokes hookah for the buzz, then Al Amir might
not be for you. Like Tangiers pointed out, Al Amir is one company that
"washes" their tobacco, so buzz'z weren't very aparent in my session.
But that didn't deter me as I really enjoyed the flavor.

Blackberry was the only flavor that I had gotten a chance to try out
thus far, but don't you worry, I'll be getting to the other flavors
shortly

Also, just for bragging rights I thought I would share with you all a
picture of my current stash of ma'ssel. This might not be a lot
compared to some of you iron-lungs out there, but this is the most I've
had on hand at any one time in a while

[img]http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6960/img21075vj.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1613/img21097mh.jpg[/img]

Hehe, two containers of Al Waha still present, Grape and Cola. Gotta stick to my roots

I will continue to write more small reviews on Al Amir as I get to them
in this thread. Feel free to to write your own reviews here, but I
would like to keep this thread Al Amir. Cheers guys!

[HookahDuck]

Welcome to the finest "general use" ma'assel IMO



I do break out the Romman on special occasions though... =)


And Blackberry is one of my all time favorites.

[yashman19]

I think I got the blackberry in response to you mentioning it earlier.

And I just realized that I forgot to give it a rating. And a 1-5 scale
doesn't work because I don't think Blackberry is good enough to be 4
out of 5, so instead I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I really like it, but I
really can't taste the blackberry as well as I would have hoped.

[ioannisds]

Good reviews Yashman19.  I hope to post some myself in the next few weeks, once I get moved and settled into my new home.As far as Social Smoke goes, the more I talk to the Social Smoke guys, particularly Ali, the more pleased I am with the way they run their business.  I just placed an order for 250g of Golden AF Esk Apple and a handful of 50g AF boxes.  The fact that they give a discount to us forum members is great (15% by the way, Yash).  I have some Starbuzz and Al Amir coming in from them as well ( mushrat), and will be posting my thoughts on these when they arrive.  Social Smoke has quickly become my favorite online retailer for the following reasons:1) Best.  Service.  Ever.  From ANY retailer I have dealt with online (not just hookah shops).2) Quality of both hookahs I have bought from them is top notch.  My Social Smoke single-hose Egyptian is my favorite hookah.  Built like a brick sh*thouse and smokes like a dream.3) Service is awesome.4) They have a great selection of shisha, hookahs, and accessories, and it will get even better when they add Havana to their line (which I hope will be soon).  I also have high hopes for the new Starbuzz tobacco.5)  Service kicks major ass.6) I like their service a lot too.I know almost every post I have made in the last few weeks has been about how fantastic of a company they are, but it is only the truth.  I am not kissing butt here.  If a retailer treats me (and others) right, I will be sure to spread the good word.  If there is anything the world needs right now, it is good-hearted people who take pride in their business and go out of their way to please their customers.  There is entirely too much Wal-Mart going on right now, IMHO.  To all of you out there thinking about a new hookah/tobacco purchase, you owe it to yourself to give Social Smoke a try.  I can guarantee you will be pleased. 

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wow social smoke has been gettting nothing but %100 reviews i really
have to try it out at least once. By the way yashman you have a
gorgeous brass hookah- mines a pain to deal with sometime.