Bad Batch Of Al Fakher Cola?

[stuyvo]

I bought a 250g tub of al fakher cola after reading reviews, I was realy excited as I love cola lollies and cola in general so I had high hopes it might be a new favorate flavor of mine (currently im only smoking al fakher grape from before the recipy went bad)

this stuff tastes HORRIBLE, like realy bad; I am fairly noob but havent had problems getting good flavor/smoke from anything iv tried before (mostly al waha double apple, random grape, al fakher grape) but it just tastes like dirt with a faint taste of an open coke can left out for a few days.

the actual tobacco has very little smell, has a slight silicone and a extremely slight cola smell (realy realy faint, gotta put your nose into the sealed bag to smell it) im guessing this isnt normal and iv got a bad batch? the top of the tub is marked "PRO MAR 2008 / EXP MAR 2010" so im guessing its only recently been manafactured.

anyone had a similar experience? iv tried the tobacco both today and yesterday (both with different coals that iv had good results with)

todays setup was my eclair hookah (probably not the best but I do get good smoke out of it especialy compared to my old "king hookah" piece of junk) & 1 "easy light" natural coal

[Voski]

Try opening the case, stirring the tobacco, and letting it sit open for a few hours.

[stuyvo]

the first time I opened the packet and grabbed random fingers full to fill the bowl, the second time I stirred it all up, i'l try mixxing it up again then leaving it sit though.

[MatthewLee]

has a slight silicone......smell

Ohh yeah been there numerous times with AF.
Silicone, waxy, plastic smell...horrid.

[liquidglass]

agreed, make sure you pull from the bottom to get it all mixed. Because I really enjoy the cola flavor. Also talk to whoever you bought it from and see if you can return it, or at least let them know they've got bad batches going out.

[Sahara Smoke Co]

i havent had a bad experience with af cola..yet. i still have a 250g of it and its pretty good. ive been lucky..i havent come across a bad batch of af. i have been hearing theres a lot going around. i have smoked a couple af flavors that i didnt like the flavor but it was perfectly fine tobacco.
im going to try the af cinnamon tomorrow! cant wait!!

[stuyvo]

just a little update: I left the cola AF out for a little while and now it smells alot more like cola than before, it still tastes absolutely terrible though; guess I just got a bad batch

[mobbed]

i have got an older batch of af cola and i cant smoke it because it gives off this twingy sort of feeling about half way through inhaling it and i havent been able to fix it all i can say for you is let it acclimate a bit

[aleemkahn]

First experience I had with AF Cola was when my friend gave me half a 250g tub as a swap for a bit of AF Pineapple. It was the best flavour i had ever smoked. So i bought 2 250g tubs from a friend. And it tasted digusting, like a vinegar kinda taste. I still have it, but i usually mix it in with alot of AF Mint to cover the taste. Anyone else had AF Vinegar?

[mattarios2]

nope but I did experience my first AF Ketchup. I was told if you dont think about it smelling like ketchup u wont think it smells like ketchup. It def smells like ketchup. I let it sit out for 3 days now. I will smoke it tonight. I was told it smells funny but smokes fine, we will see.

[aleemkahn]

If you can, get some of that grape flavoured glycerine. It might help.