mixing brands

[logan92]

i was just wondering if you guys have ever mixed  a good 
flavor of  one brand (ex. al waha strawberry) with a good flavor
of another brand (ex. AF vanilla) to make an awsome mix? would the two
different types of brands negativly effect the outcome? thanks

[yashman19]

You're asking if one brand mixed with another brand will make an uber
mix? Sure why not...Take whatever flavors you like and mix them. It's
not rocket science...

[logan91]

no need for the sarcasim man, im new to all this (buying and doing
everything myself), i am used to having a fine waitress deliver my
ready made hookah for me, in fact, i havent even seen the tobacco up
close in person, (the bowls and cafe's are covered by foil), and if you
are about to tell me to read up on the posts, i already have, just dont
have the time to check every one, the ones that i have read, some guys
go into crazy detail about the tobacco, the moistness, if the leaves
are grouded up and processed or whole, if there are stems, the smell,
EVERYTHING, since i figured there could be such differences, i figured
that i would get a bad bowl from mixing brands, just wanted to see if
any guys got a bad reaction, if you dont like my questions then dont
reply, "Sure why not..." doesnt tell me wether or not you have actual
experience with it, your just telling me that I COULD if i wanted to,
no sh*t,  just like you CAN go jump off a tall building, its just
not wise, have a nice day!!!

[MR Bubble]

Let me tell you something, logan91, If you have been reading through posts, you should realize that yashman meant no harm, nor sarcasm toward you. Lighten up here, because you don't know the person on the other end of the wire.
If you had been reading the posts, you will have seen that masking profanity DIRECTED toward another member doesn't cut it either. We are here to help each other, not get into mud slinging contests on our second post.
MR Bubble

[logan91]

didnt mean any harm? why dont you let me and yashman figure that one
out on our own, he didnt exactly send me a private message, he made a
public response that made me look like an idiot ("Sure why
not..."  and "It's
not rocket science..." with the dot trail....... is spitting sarcasm
through the screen mr bubble) its sarcastic no matter how much you
vouch for your friend, he doesnt know me as much as i dont know him,
with the type of respose he gave, he might as well have posted a
message  asking why i ask such stupid questions.  I am
generally a light hearted guy, i dont know much about this stuff and
want to ask some basic questions, im not here to start any trouble with
anyone or make enemies. 

I also was not trying to mask anything,  my concern was that the
profanity wouldnt show up if i didnt cover the "i", and i didnt call
him anything, the remark was directed towards the people reading, so
they know im not an idiot, and that i did not appreciate his response,
im not here to throw mud on anyone, just to ask questions about
hookah's, its real nobel of you to run to your friends aid but you
should go back and read my second post, its pretty detailed about the
fact that im new and just wanted a response from someone who really
wanted to help, i guess the part that made u mad was the last part
WHERE I WAS SARCASTIC, im sure he didnt like it either

p.s. just for your own information, another big reason why i got mad at
his reponse (other than the fact that it insulted me if front of many
members who read it) is that the members will hesitate to give an
actual helpful resonse when (as you claim) such a great guy like
yashman has already made fun of me,  most people will laugh and
move on after reading his post.

[mushrat]

sure..why not? its not rocket science...
And i HAVE mixed af esk apple with al waha and Nakhla double apples. Both were excellent. You might have checked out our topics on mixes using the search engine and SEEN that we mix flavours AND brands all the time.
He gave you a straight answer to a straight question. Too bad you didn't like it. If you were that interested in the possiblility of mixing YOU COULD have actually looked up prior to asking, and found your answer several times over. So relax and have a smoke.
(and bubble isn't just jumping to the aid of a friend, he's the sole active moderator here and I suggest you check out the "read this" tacked to the top of the forum about respect towards members, junior. )

[alen]

so here we go again - if i should get upset everytime people dizz me about things i would left this forum long time ago i understand what you say logan sometimes things looks bad and if both person has pms that day things can go wrong maybe youre right that yasman want you to look like a idiot i dont know ?- but if it wasnt the meaning use the emotions yash then ppl knows if it just a joke or if it serious -
i said in a post that i thought that a.f cappuchino was a good flavour and someone wrote back that it tasted like wet coffegrind how should i take that ? should i take it that the guy think im a idiot ? maybe ? but insted of being pissed i answer with the same medicine -im not saying that any of you is right and i really dont think B is taking anybodys side just beacuse anybody has been here longer than anybody else all he say is lighten up and so do i but it is really difficult to know in what tone things are said in just reading a text so once again use the emotions more and if you having a bad day stay off the forum that day insted of making your forum members feel bad-
 and to answer your question my experience is that i have tried to mix different brands and imo i say that use the same brand if you want to mix beacuse it burns the same way it has the same cut etc hope this will help some
peace everybody and be nice we have had enough flamewar and dickheads here on the forum
Alen

[[LB]]

lets get back to the topic, id say mixing al waha with al fakher is a
waste, and it would not be worth it! since the al waha is thin compare
to the fakher it would be a useless mix. Get some AF strawberry and
youll be set

[[LB]]

[quote name='mushrat']And i HAVE mixed af esk apple with al waha and Nakhla double apples. Both were excellent.[/quote]

oops i guess not- EDIT BUTTON PLZ

[logan91]

thanks alen and lebanese blonde

[HookahDuck]

I agree with what they said. If you are mixing two brands which are very similar in cut and moistness, it isnt a problem. However, I mixed Nakhla banana(ew...) and Romman peach once. The ma'assels burned differently, and both ended up tasting poor

[yashman19]

Yeah I f**ked up again. Jumped down a newbies throat when I shouldn't
have...Thanks guys for defending me, but it all honesty it was really
lame of me to give logan this impression of how this forum runs so
early in his hookah career..

I posted it real late last night...wake up this morning to see the crap hole I've created...

Check your PMs Logan, really sorry for this...

[pavlakos_politakos]

logan like weve been sayin:sure why not.its not rocket science....
 i have indeed tried it(el nakhla plain/black+romman lemmon if i recall correctly)it was quite good i must say.

[pavlakos_politakos]

by the way guys im kinda new here.my names pavlos im 17 m nyc

[alen]

[quote name='pavlakos_politakos']by the way guys im kinda new here.my names pavlos im 17 m nyc[/quote]
welcome 

[Sonthert]

I use the same expression, I don't mean it in a negative manner. I also say "Its not brain surgery."I think what Yash was trying to say (with foot in mouth) is that a lot of the fun of smoking hookahs is trying different things. That's how we got better and learned things. Nobody asks dumber questions than I do when I don't understand something but am trying to. I salute you Logan. Yashman is really a great guy...but he's no rocket scientist. Actually, your question is very good and provocative. I have noticed that pipes develop a "bias" after having one type of tobacco foundation or another smoked out of them. Corn Syrup or Honey are the almost universal two choices for tobacco foundations. If the foundation creates a bias in the pipe (it doesn't smoke well if you try a different type of foundation tobacco) then it begs the question...If your pipe already has a bias, it might not smoke as well as you would expect by smoking a different brand. If your pipe doesn't, it might make it more..."multicultural" or even "bilingual" to smoke mixes of different brands. It might just make everything smoke crappy if you keep changing back and forth. I think it will have some impact, but it might be so small that nobody could tell except a professional taster. Maybe the language analogy is a good one: unilingual people speak one language, but very well. Multilingual people speak one language very well and several others from fair to poor, depending on how close the language is to their native one. Replace people with pipes and languages with brands of tobacco or types of tobacco foundation. Is is unilingual or monolingual? I don't think its a real word, but speaking Greek and Latin poorly, I can make up words from the roots. unilateral...bilateral, bilingual, unilingual. Did that make any sense at all?To answer what I am inferring from your question, its absolutely safe and your vomitting blood or anything isn't more likely from mixing brands (no guarantees, son.)As a side point, I do resent your implication that members might be influenced to not answer your question seriously because one member flippantly responded to you. If I may speak for myself: I have integrity, respect and honor. I would NEVER  turn my back on someone just beacuse someone I cared for, liked or respected torched them. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.Moreover, as Mushrat, demonstrated and then everybody else, I don't believe most of the users here are any different than me. Even if a great guy like Yash turned you over, the rest of us aren't going to think less of you.

[mushrat]

I actually don't think it was much of a flame myself to begin with. Merely a direct, if a tad flip, reply. As you can see there really isn't a right answer to the question. Some of us say yes it ok to mix, others say no...
Try it for yourself and see if you like it is a pretty honest answer......and one we give a lot, especially when people ask questions like "what hookah would I like?" or "whats the best ma'asell?"
Personally, I think you overreacted Logan, something *I* myself have been known to do around here on occasion. But hey...you'll noticed I answered the question along with my admonishment.

[pavlakos_politakos]

i must say i agree.u cant kno anyting 4 sure unless u try it