Question About Acclimating

[newjacksm]

can i let it acclimate in my small phunnel bowl over night if yes w/ foil or no foil?

[mjdx88]

I dont see why not, f you were to do it, do it without the foil. But why not just acclimate your whole batch, that way when you want to smoke its ready.

[Anxiety]

with tangiers lucid i just let it acclimate in the bowl (no foil) for like 30-45 mins n shes ready to smoke

[iamscott06]

Just acclimate the whole batch. Either lay down some foil and spread it out or if you have a glad container just leave the lid off and stir it every could hours.

[Dranas]

Wont leaving the shisha out dry it out? Also all you do is spread it out for a few hours right?

[Balthazar]

It wont dry out by laying in the open for a few hours/days. I've acclimated shisha for several days, it has never gone dry in such a short period of time.

[Dranas]

oooo ok. just wanted to make sure i didnt ruin my shisha, ill have to begin acclimating all shisha i get from now on

[Tom1]

oooo ok. just wanted to make sure i didnt ruin my shisha, ill have to begin acclimating all shisha i get from now on

just tangiers bud, unless theres something going wrong with another brand of unwashed shisha.

[Dranas]

ok, so basically i just need to worry about tangiers and the rest should be ready to go out of the tub. Kinda confusing because im reading many different views. Some say acclimate it all, others say its brand dependent, which is probably true. Perhaps ill just experiment. Try one bowl un acclimated, then acclimate another bowl and compare. Once my orders come in and i experiment ill let yall know how it went

[Balthazar]

You should be able to tell whether your shisha needs acclimation or not. If it smells right (and by right I mean like the box suggests) theres no need for acclimation. I've had tangiers that was good straight from the package, and some that needed to acclimate for long before they smelt right.

[Dranas]

hmm, so go by smell. If the box says "apple" and it smells like apples then it should be good to go, but on the other hand it smells like...something other than apples then i should acclimate it. I don't mean to be stupid or anything, just don't want to ruin my shisha is all.

[Balthazar]

I understand, and this is confusing when you're new to it. Shisha that needs acclimation often have a "weird" smell. It's not like Tangiers Watermelon smell like Tangiers Orange Soda, and after a couple of hours the soda-smell has turned into watermelon smell. Usually it will smell vaguely like the flavor the box suggests and also more of a soy-ish flavour. That's usually been my experience, at least.

[tatumvay]

I understand, and this is confusing when you're new to it. Shisha that needs acclimation often have a "weird" smell. It's not like Tangiers Watermelon smell like Tangiers Orange Soda, and after a couple of hours the soda-smell has turned into watermelon smell. Usually it will smell vaguely like the flavor the box suggests and also more of a soy-ish flavour. That's usually been my experience, at least.

Can anybody explain the chemical compounds that make acclimation necessary? It's very intriguing, I've never run across it myself.

[Balthazar]

Climate.

[staygone]

Nicotine is hygroscopic, it "takes" water molecules from its surroundings. Considering humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, yaddy yaddy yada, acclimate the Tangiers so it is in equilibrium with the surroundings.

Why only Tangiers and not other unwahsed shisha? Eh, dunno.

-QM

[tatumvay]

Nicotine is hygroscopic, it "takes" water molecules from its surroundings. Considering humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, yaddy yaddy yada, acclimate the Tangiers so it is in equilibrium with the surroundings.

Why only Tangiers and not other unwahsed shisha? Eh, dunno.

-QM

Nice explanation! Thanks! I guess it does make sense then...

[Bulldog_916]

Nakhla needs it too on occasion. It really depends on how much change is happening from day to day or from where the tobacco is shipped to where you are. Between here and San Diego, where Tangiers is made, the humidity is pretty similar as well as the temperatures. I can get away with acclimating for only a few hours, but I choose, usually, to acclimate a new batch over night, just in case.

[Dom]

i try to acclimate my tangiers constantly. like my K-Cherry container has a crack in the lid, so it is always the same humidity as my house. it won't hurt it at all to keep the container non-air tight - in fact, it helps tangiers.

[mattathayde]

there is a line where it will smell pretty right but not smoke right, if your in a humid climate you might get stuck there as i am. i gota find out the way to break past this point ( ive acclimated it for days and its stiff just off so meh, no tangiers till winter)
-matt