Donkeema Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 hey people - im back from time to time i always come back and i just thought i would put in the effort and just add some reviews of OTHER peoples work not my own in 1 post instead of searching around which sometimes annoys me. i havent wrote down who's reviews what but would just like to say THANK YOU to EVERYONE who reviews a shisha flavour!! - it means alot!now moving on to buisnessSoex watermelon Cut: Rough! OH, GOD, IS IT ROUGH!!! Looks almost like grass clippings. Wetness: Greasy. That’s right, greasy. Not sticky, not bloody, but greasy. Smell: Wonderful watermelon scent. Flavour: Very light watermelon flavour. Not enough to make someone say, “Yum, Soex!” Smoke: Decently thick. OVERALL: 6/10 – JUST BECAUSE IT SMOKES!!!Nakhla rose Cut: Rough with a couple logs an leaves. Wetness: Rather dry. Smell: Potpourri. Flavour: Potpourri…nice. Smoke: Just enough to play with. OVERALL: 7/10 – a good change.Layalina grape Cut: A fine cut, no huge logs and no grit. Wetness: As with the past few…delightfully sticky. Smell: Candy grape scent. Flavour: Mild grape flavour. Like candy grape but without the sweetness. Smoke: Just enough to play with. OVERALL: 7.5/10 – for free ma’assell, it’s pretty good.Al Waha 5 star Cut: More of a shred then a cut. Wetness: Delightfully sticky. Smell: Thick molasses and bubble gum scent. Flavour: Definite bubble gum flavour with mild berry taste added. Smoke: Perfect thickness. OVERALL: 8/10 – a good change from the normal all fruit flavours.Al Fakher two apple Cut: Typical Al Fakher cut. Wetness: Not as wet as the others but delightfully sticky. Smell: Sweet molasses scent with mild anise undertones. Flavour: A cooling sensation on intake with strong anise flavour. I am the only one out of my group that likes it. Oh well…more for me. Smoke: Thick Al Fakher clouds. OVERALL: them: 5.5/10 – too powerful. me: 8/10 – tasty goodness.Al Fakher orange Cut: Typical Al Fakher cut. Wetness: Fluid in the bag. Smell: Oooooooooh, orange! Flavour: “Body Shop” orange flavour minus the soap…if that makes any sense at all. Smoke: Thick…’nuff said. OVERALL: 9/10 – as with the cola…go and pick this up NOW!Al Fakher cola Cut: Typical Al Fakher cut. Wetness: Fluid in the bag. Smell: Candy cola scent. Flavour: Tasty candy cola flavour. I heard rumors of this being “salty” and I can say that there is no salt. Smoke: Puffy, Puffy, Puffy. OVERALL: 9/10 – beautiful flavour. Go and pick this up NOW!Al Fakher cherry Cut: Typical Al Fakher cut, some logs. Wetness: Fluid EVERYWHERE!!! It looks like blood. Smell: Powerful candy cherry scent much like Kool-Aid. Flavour: Light, semi-sherry flavour. Smoke: Thick, puffy white smoke. OVERALL: 7/10 – could be better. I have heard good things about the Al Amir cherry so you may want to try that.Al Amir lemon Cut: Extremely fine, the best cut I’ve seen. It is slightly gritty. Wetness: Fluid in the bag. Smell: Realistically lemon. Flavour: Sweet lemon flavour with an after touch of Lemon Pine-Sol. It’s not gross, but tastes clean. Smoke: Thick and smooth. OVERALL: 8.5/10 – well worth the money.Just got through a couple more samples of Starbuzz, and got my first taste ever of Al Amir. Here are my thoughts:Starbuzz Sour AppleGREEN. I mean like the Hulk. I have never seen ma'assell this color before. Smelled great, very nice, consistent cut. Not super fine like Romman or Al Amir, but not really coarse like Nakhla and Al Waha either. Somewhere in the middle. Taste was great. I would have liked maybe a little bit more sour, and maybe a little bit more apple (I was thinking it was going to be like a Jolly Rancher or something). It tasted more like a sweet apple to me. I didn't notice any anise. I can see this as being a really good everyday smoke. Thickness and body was unreal, just like the other Starbuzz flavors that have been reviewed. No harshness whatsoever, etc, etc. It seems that these qualities apply to Starbuzz across the board. Very nice. I'd give it an 8/10.Starbuzz OrangeI've got to say the only other orange I have tried was Nakhla mandarin. IT WAS POOP, IMHO. I was actually kinda afraid to give the Starbuzz orange a try because of the nightmares I got from the Nakhla.This is an orange I can live with. I've never really liked citrus flavored tobacco, but this one was actually pretty darn good. Not very strong (which I think was good), and it had a real orange flavor (unlike the Nakhla). Flavor lasted a long time on this one too. Didn't really taper off until the bowl was almost finished. If you like orange/citrus, you will probably want to give this a shot. You will probably love it (where I only liked it). 7/10.Al Amir Carmel AppleMy first Al Amir. Very fine cut (almost gritty), but easy to break up and work with. Very few twigs and such. Did not have a very strong smell, and was not super gooey. Really, for me, it was almost perfect, even before smoking. I could tell the smoke would be great, even before getting it going.I FLIPPIN' LOVED IT. Easy to get the bowl going with 2 Three Kings. Not harsh, but not quite as smooth as the Starbuzz. Not quite as thick either, but excellent flavor. I was a little worried with a name like carmel apple that it would be a kind of a fake, too sweet flavor. Not at all. It was not super sweet, you could really taste the caramel, and a little bit more than a hint of apple. Al Amir has created a very good balance of the two flavors. Flavor lasted for almost the entire bowl, which lasted quite a while too (almost an hour with 2 Three Kings). I haven't tried any other flavors, but I can see Al Amir being an excellent alternative to AF (even though I don't think I can live without G AF Esk). The price is great, and the smoke is excellent. I am very happy with it, and look forward to trying out some more flavors soon. 9/10.Starbuzz GuavaCut - 8/10Aroma - 8/10Wetness - 8/10Smoothness - 10/10Flavor - 9/10Thickness - 9/10I kinda forgot about the guava Starbuzz I had. While reaching for some Al Waha cherry last night, I remembered I still had one more Starbuzz flavor to try out. Guava? I don't know, it just didn't sound that great to me. After smoking a bowl, I am sold. I really liked the guava the best out of all the flavors I tried. Maybe tied with kiwi-strawberry. I can't remember the last time I ate anything guava flavored, so I really don't want to say it is an authentic guava taste. But, the taste is fantastic. I can't really pinpoint what it is about it. It is a little "woodsy", if that makes any sense. Very aromatic, almost like incense? Maybe a hint of fruitiness too. I think I liked it so much because it was really DIFFERENT from the other stuff. This is a Starbuzz flavor I can see myself ordering a can of, even if it is a little pricey. I think out of all the flavors, I would recommend it first if you want to give something new and different a try.I've gotta get my ass posting some more. Since my family and I moved, I haven't had a ton of time to visit the forum. I've still got some more Al Amir to try out, and I am REALLY looking forward to giving the Tangiers a shot. I also got a new hookah for Christmas which I will post some pictures of. My wife (God bless her) got it from a Pakistani friend of hers who recently visited Quatar and bought it there. It is made in Syria, although the stem is Egyptian style. Glass is nothing special, but the stem and tray are SWEET. Like I said, I'll post some pics later on.Well I am going to say that I am going to have quite a bit of stuff to review in the days to come. I am going to try to do at least one review each day.Hookah Setup. 30 in Engineer Syrian Hookah from Hookah-Shisha.com, Chilled water, Nours Natural coals.Hookah Hookah Lineup: Strawberry, Hazelnut, Pineapple, Margarita, Menthol, MelonAl Fakher Lineup: Grape, Cola, Coconut, Plum, CherryRomman Lineup: Cherry, Pineapple, Sweet Melon, Peach, BannanaAs you can tell I have quite a bit to smoke and tell.HH PineappleAroma: My initial take on the smell something very sweet. I kinda reminded me of a cross between a jolly rancher and the sweet thick pineapple juice from the can. I enjoyed opening this jar as it filled my nose with sweetness.Cut/Wetness: I think I am going to post a picture with all my reviews. Sometimes its hard to get a visual picture of what it looks like in just words. The cut looks almost like dipping tabacco. Its a real fine granular cut. The wettness was not as wet as I though it was going to be but none the less the smoke did not lack any flavor.Taste/Smoking Session: I was amazed how the aroma was developing as I placed the coal on the foil. When I started smoking I used 1.5 coals. About 5-7 minutes into the session I had to cut back to just one. The smoke came out a very thick white. I was a solid smoke. When smoking I started having a craving for pineapples. It made my stomach growl. The pineapple tasted very sweet and was pleasingly good. I smoked this about hours after eating breakfast. My smoking session lasted almost 1 hour. I didn't have any problems with that. The first 30 minutes were definately the strongest. Even in the latter 30 minutes I was still tasting the pineapple flavor. It was not as strong but I would say tasted better than a cheap brands.Rating: My thougths is that this was a very good smokind session. I would rate this a solid 9.5. The only way I would rate it a 10 is if the last 30 minutes was as good as the first 30 minutes. Don't mistake the last 30 as being bad but the first 30 was exceptionaly good.HH Margarita:<>Aroma: I opened up the jar and the first thing that came to mind was the sweet & sour mix. This is the basis of a margarita. The scent gave me a craving for a real margarita. Especially in our almost 80 degree weather we had in Houston today: <> Cut/Wettness: The cut is the same cut as pretty much all the HH cuts. The wettness was alot more wet than the pineapple. The juice was thin almost like the sugar free pancake syrip.Taste/Smoking Session: Given the aroma I was expecting it to be a blast of lime flavor. Instead I got a hint of lime and a blast of tabacco. The smoke was pretty thick cloudy white using 2 coals. I used 2 coals this time since it was more wet than the pineapple. This session did not last as long as anticipated. The lime/margarita flavor was pretty much gone by 30 minuted into it. The buzz factor was way up though as the tabacco seemed stronger than the pineapple.Rating: If all are looking for is a good buzz with a hint of flavor thet this batch would be the one. Otherwise what I am looking for is a blast of enjoyable flavor. My thoughts on this would give it a rating of about 6.5. The originality of flavor was good but it was not the blast I was expecting after smoking the pineapple. Its been about 1 hour after I smoked and I still taste the strong tabacco flavor in my mouth. Some of the problems with this one might be is that the syrip is too thin. Looking at the discolored water in my vase has lead me to believe that quite a bit of it was dripping down. I think in the next session with margarita I might go ahead and mix me up a batch with some good tequila and make it strong to get a good buzz off of the smoke and the drink.AF ColaAroma: When I opened up this bag of stuff the aroma blasted me with a strong cola nut aroma. My initial thoughs in buying the cola flavor was that it was going to smell something like a Coka Cola. Then I thought to myself that Coke is an American product and that there should not be any similarities between the two.Cut/Wettness: AF is a premium cut. Its not clumpy or has big stems like some of the other cheap stuff that I have had. The tabacco was very and the juice is very thick and sticky. The color of the juice has an apearance of a deep redish brown.Taste/Smoking Session: When I started this session I underestimated the amount of coals that I needed. This tabacco was so damn wet I needed 2 almost 3 good size lemonwood coals. I started out with 2 smaller ones and it was not enough. The cola flavor really shined with the added coals. The cola flavor was not a sweet flavor. None the less it was good. My wife pinpointed a taste related to thos Willy Wonka Bottle Caps. I agreed with her that it tasted like that just without the added sugar.Rating: I personally like sweet flavored ma'assel but this was the exception. It was a very nice rich smoke. The smoke filled my lungs and the flavor inhaling and exhaleing was there. If you are looking for a nice cola nut flavor then this is the one. My overall rating is a 9.5. I would give it a 10 if the smoke was a sweet cola flavor but other than that it was verry good.HH StrawberryAroma: Wow when I opened this jar I was a little scared to smoke it. I kinda had a sour smell. I could tell it was strawberries but it reminded me of rotten strawberries.Cut/Wettness. If you read some of the other reviews on HH then the cuts is pretty much the same. The ma'assel did seem dry and I didn't know how good this was going to actually be.Taste/Smoking Session: I started off with one coal because I was scared to have some burn because it was kind of dry. When I got it going I was amazed that it had a great strawberry flavor. I was not too sween and not to strong. It was just right. With that one coal I had a real good thick smoke. I didn't have any problems smokeing over 1 hour with this one.Rating: Overall this was a really good smoke. The favor was great. I have smoked Al Waha, and Nakhla Strawberries and this was way better stuff. My over all opinion of this is a 9.5. I guess to rate if I rate something a 10 I would have to be my all time favorite. As of right now I still have quite a bit to still review left and I make change a 9 and above to a 10 if I find a new favorite flavor. HH MelonAroma: The aroma of this is about the closest thing to actually smelling like a cantelope. I would have a hard time telling the difference having the ma'assel side by side with an actual cantelope. Maybe the only way to tell the difference is that the ma'assel might be slightly stronger aroma.Cut/Wetness: Like I said in the previous post the cuts is pretty much the same. Althoug the wettness does vary. In this case it was not too dry like the strawberry and not to wet like the margarita flavor.Taste/Smoking Session: I started off with one coal and the smoke was not as thick as I wanted it for me. I almost wanted to put another half of coal but my dad and wife were smoking with me and I did not want to burn the tabacco. For the most part we enjoyed the smoke for about 40 minutes. The flavor wasn't bad. I could taste the cantelope flavor. Rating: If cantelope was one of my favorite fruits I would have rated this higher than what I am going to rate. The flavor was not a sweet flavor like I wanted ot to be. I base that sweetness on how you can buy some fruits that are very sweet and delicious and some fruits are ok. My rating is going to be an 8. I would smoke this again but its not going to be somthing I would be craving. My wife and my dad liked it. They like cantelpe more that I. So if you are into that fruit then that would be the one for you.AF GrapeAroma: I opened up the fresh bag of ma'assel and it brought a smile to my face. I didnt smell like actual grapes but none the less it smelled like white grape jam/jelly.Cut/Wettness: By now you should have a good ideal of what AF produces. If you need more info on this look further up on this thread.Taste/Smoking Session. I needed about 1.5 coals for this baby to get going. This was some wet stuff. When I got the smoke going it was a nice thick rich smoke. Thus far I havent had any problem with richness in smoke with AF. I was reading King Mo's flavor interpretation on this and I was trying to see if our reviews matched. I don't know I i really tasted a black currant. As an avid wine drinker I know that black currant is associated with red grape but this is white grape flavored massel. What I did taste is a sweet jelly like flavor. Quite possibly I tasted ripe gooseberries which is a cousin of the currant. I know some gooseberries have a tart taste but this was more of the sweeter. This one is going to require me to do some more research. I might have to get gooseberry jelly and black currant jellly and try to pin point this further.Rating: Combined with the sweetness and thick rich smoke this was pretty damn good. I got a pretty discent buzz and felt relaxed. My overall rating is a 9.5. I would deffinatly put this one in the books as wanting some more. AF PlumAroma: When I opened this bag of stuff up I smelled an aroma of something similar to plum jelly. It smelled some what sweet but not too sweet. I had high hopes of this since it smelled pretty damn good.Cut/Wetness: By now you should have a good ideal of what AF produces. If you need more info on this look further up on this thread.Taste/Smoking Session: This was a fairly good smoking session. I achieved a nice thick rich smoke and intense flavor with 1.5 coals. The taste was not an sweet type of plum flavor. I do agree with King Mo's interpretation of the flavor. It has a buttery taste to it. I guess the best interpretation of this is comparing apple jelly to apple butter from the grocery store. I haven't tried the peach yet as I have read it tastes similar. Overall it was not bad. I would smoke this again when I am not in one of those non sweet moods. My overall rating is going to be an 8.5. I think the only way for this to get better is to be slightly sweeter since more of my tastes are toward the sweeter ma'assels.AF CherryAroma: This ma'assel had no aroma of real cherries. In fact it was more like grenadine as I had some and put my nose side by side and took a whiff. I also caught an aroma similar to the AF cola. It had that cherry cola kind of smell.Cut/Wettness: By now you should have a good ideal of what AF produces. If you need more info on this look further up on this thread.Taste/Smoking Session: I tried 1, 1.5, and 2 coals to get a good intese flavor that I have been getting in the past with AF. For some reason the flavor was not as intense as I wanted it to be. The taste was on key to grenadine again but the flavor was subtle. I think this will be good on those non sweet days again since it was not obsesively sweet. My rating for this is going to be a 7.5. Thus far this would be my lowest AF rating. Maybe I got an old batch as I expecting a more intese flavor. After this is gone I will be willing to try another batch of this stuff since AF hasnt really failed me in flavor yet.HH Hazelnut:Aroma: Wow when I opened this jar up I was blasted by the aroma of Hazelnut. I mean it hits you in the face type blast. It was even stronger that the hazelnut stuff from like starbucks.Cut/Wettness: All the HH cuts are pretty much the same but the wettness I see varies. This stuff was soaking with juice but it was not a thick juice like the AF I have been smoking. It was more runny like that sugar free pancake syrup.Taste/Smoking Session: Where shall I start. I wish the blast of aroma matched the blast of taste. Smoke smelled good with 1.5 coals and it filled the house with a pleasant aroma but I just was not getting the flavor like I wanted to. I did taste a semi sweet hazelnut flavor but I didnt last very long at all. There again there still could be that flavor inconsistancy issue again. I think I would be willing to try to smoke the flavors that I reviewed and was disappointed with in the futer when they iron out all of their kinks with the ma'assel. I do give them credit for the originality of flavors. My rating for this is going to be a 6.5. It wasnt bad but like I said that it did lack intesity. HH Menthol:Aroma: Wow! I was kind of scheptical to even try this stuff. The aroma is strong and potent and smells like some sports pain reliever. I figured since Mathazar was kind enought to send me some samples I should be kind enough to write a review.Cut/Wettness: The cut is pretty much all the same. Please read previous reviews and you will see what I am talking about.Wettness varies and I would this is about an average wettness for HH.Taste/Smoking Session: I started off with one coal and that is all I needed. The smoke was nice, thick and rich. The flavor was surprisingly good. This is the first menthol/mint I have smoked so I dont have anything to compare from but I thought it was packed with flavor. It tasted like a very smooth menthol cigarette. I didnt even gag while smoking this. While smoking it left a cooling sensation in my mouth. It like taking a few of the candy pepermint s and putting them in your mouth. The session lasted about 45 minutes. I think it may have had the potential to last longer if I would have tried another coal towards the end.Rating: I was definatly surprised from this smoke. I typicaly like the sweet fruit flavored ma'assel but this was definatly the step to try something different. I don't think many people are in to the mint/menthol flavors but if you are I would definatly recomend this one. My overal rating for this is going to be a 9. The buzz factor in this was pretty good for me. It was not like the Margarita but this was more of a mellow buzz that made me feel good.Romman BanannaAroma: Opening the package it smelled like a candied bananna or a canned banana. It was real close to what a bananna could smell like but not like a fresh bananna. It was a pleasing aroma that made me want to smoke this even more.Cut/Wettness: The ma'asell was very wet and runny. I would not say it it as wet as Fakher but it could have been because it was a 50 gr sampler pack. The cut was a thin cut in the tabacco leaves with a few stems. The color is a light brown which is different in comparison to some of the other reds like Nakhla, Fakher, and Al Waha.Taste/Smoking Session: I started off with one coal and did not get the flavor blast like I wanted so I put another. Then the flavor took off. The taste was sweet and pleasling bananna flavor. I think the flavor is similar to the bananna syrup that they use on snow cones but not as sweet. The smoke was thick and lasted for a little over an hour.Rating: My thoughts on this was a great smoke. The flavor was there. The thickness was there and the aroma was there. The only thing I would say bad was that when I added the second coal it did get a little warm. I tried taking that extra coal off and the flavor was not as strong. I think the solution is to have 1.5 and it would have been an excelent smoke. My rating is going to be a 9 on this. I would recomend this but for the price I might want to try Fakher Banana as its almost half the cost. But it definately was good.Laylina Black Grape:Grape has always been one of my favorite flavors. Up until now, ididn't think anything could match fumari grape in flavor and smokethickness, but WOW! does this stuff taste great and boy does it smoke!Huge, thick, white clouds of smoke for about an hour on my small bowl.flavor lasted then entire bowl and took 2 sets of japanese bricks.Layalina is my favorite brand right now, and the black grape just addsto that. The flavor was not subtle at all, but a very pronounced grapeflavor. Very sweet, but not too sweet like amir grape, and without thatstrange aftertaste that al fakher grape leaves. cut and wetness wasabout that of al fakher grape and had a similar smell too, but thedifference was in the flavor. It's just THAT good! Not even theoverpriced Fumari grape can touch this! A definate buy for anyone whoenjoys a really "grape" grape flavor!9.5/10Layalina Peach:One of the flavors i enjoy has to be peach. I like just about everybrand of peach i've tried. Layalina would definately be classified asa "candy" peach flavor; perhaps the most "candy" peach I've evertasted. It's really sweet! the peach taste is there, but seems a littleoverpowered by the insane sweetness of it. I would equate the flavor tothose little gummy peach rings you buy at gas stations for $.50 a bag.Definately a solid flavor I'd order again, but my favorite peach isstill nakhla. the smoke was thick as ever like with most layalinaflavors! very satisfying once youre finished with the bowl. Lastedabout an hour and 15 minutes in one of my large bowls.9/10Layalina Vanilla:I'm gonna be honest here, I have never found a vanilla flavor I'veliked. Perhaps i'm looking more for the vanilla ice cream flavor thanteh vanilla extract flavor. Just like all the other vanilla falvors,it tasted a bit bitter and burnt. a decent smoke, and probably the bestvanilla i've tried so far, but i wouldn't order it again. as with alllayalina, good cut, wetness, and great smoke thickness. I only went forabout 45 minutes on this bowl not because it was burnt or i didn't likeit, i just got tired of it.7/10Layalina Mixed Fruit:Mixed fruit is rarely good, so keep that in mind. The smell and flavorof this tasted/smelled exactly like cherry nyquil or some generic brandcough syrup. Not that good. I don't blame Layalina, mixed fruit isn'tusually good, but not worth my $9 :P5/10Nakhla Peach:What can i say? It's Nakhla. You either love it or you hate it :PPersonally, i love it! This is the best peach flavor on the marketIMHO. Nakhla peach actually tastes/smells like a real peach! It's notsweet at all, but more of a satisfying bitter peach flavor. Very smoothsmoke for nakhla and smells just like it tastes. I always likeNakhla's cut. There werent too many "Nakhla logs" in it and it was afine, but not too fine cut. Lasted for about 1 hour in my large bowl.If you like peach, you MUST put your nakhla prejudice aside and trythis flavor9.5/10fumari WHITE PEACHthis didn't smell too fantastic when I opened it. Texture was nice ,and wasn't wet but not dry either.Started it up, and smoked it, and I must say it is a nice flavour to smoke. Tastewise it is very accurate, and it was a pure taste which didn't feel contaminated as u sometimes get with cheaper tobacco (u'll have extra tastes here and there). It is a gentle smoke and not strong, but flavoursome, and lasts for very long too. Compared with the romman peach, I'd say it's a tough call and is similar, but this one had a more pure peach taste in my opinion. Great flavour, alround good, but not spectacular in any one way. Tough to fault. 8.5fumari GUAVA:This was rather interesting. Smelt like guava, and the texture was similar to the peach. Once smoked, again the flavour was nice (a little mild) and you could feel and smell the guava. Not too strong, but it was so different that you couldn't fail to be a little excited by it. Not for those who don't like guava, but I liked it.again, great flavour, so different, decent smoke 8fumari MINT CHOCThis was again rather interesting. quality was the same as the other two, and the smell was nice.Once smoked, I must say the mint is what overpowers everything, but where most mint flavours taste like mint with a little hint of crap, this tastes like mint, with a little hint of chocolate If you like mint, you'll like this no question, and the chocolate hint is very very mild, but nice.Enjoyable, possibly best mint I've tried. 8.5fumari YELLOW APPLEThis I was looking forward to. Got it going, and it smelled nice. My criticism is it wasn't too apply, and tasted very very floral. I hate floral flavours, so was disappointed with it as it didn't appeal to my taste. The flavour strength was good, as was the smoke, but I hate flowery tastes. Nice if you are into rose and such flavours.no good for me, but not bad quality, 6 for me, but 8 if you like the flavourfumari CHERRYThis one looked great and seemed to be a nice one. That was until I got it going. it was far wetter than the others, and that I believe affected the smoke. There was far more smoke created (almost of Fakher standards), but the problem was the flavour. It was tooooooooo light. You couldn't really taste it. It was just smoke.Nice smoke, but very little flavour 5.5fumari PREMIUM MELONThis was an interesting smoke, similar to the others in texture, and the same smoke density, which is acceptable, but by no means at all close to fakher.Flavour was decent, and it lasted for a long time as with the others. It doesn't taste luxurious though, and you'd be almost as happy with the cheap stuff.The flavour didn't feel contaminated with others as with the rest, and you get what you expect, if your expectations are of a normal melon flavour.reasonable, but cheap-ish in taste. 7Qemah Apple:I had high hopes for this baby. came in the premium fakher packaging with a flip top plastic case, and 4 mouth filters. smelled strong, nice texture, and nice and wet. The smell was almost honey-syrupy with a bit of apple.once lit, I was unpleasantly surprised. I thought this was gonna be great but it wasn't. The flavour was very "tobacco-y" with a bit of a zaghlool feel to it. The fruity aspect of it tasted like cheap grape (not the fakher grape). A kind of musky taste you feel in your nose.the smoke produced was excellent, and this shisha is probably amongst the strongest I have ever smoked, due to the strong tobacco flavour of it.comparitively, Apple Fakher still reigns supreme for me over all the other apples, but this is the strongest, and has an unusual flavour to it. I would rate it over double apple fakher, and also over golden iskandarani fakher. It is a more pleasant smoke than those. It lasts very long too.overall I give this a 7.5 out of 10. Good quality, and very strong, but was not "appley enough" for my liking, and lacking in sweetness. Not better than Regular apple fakher ,which is the best i've tried. Mango Fakher:this stuff smells nice and fruity. It's really moist, and gives a nice mango smell.Not much to say about this one, as it is pretty easy to describe. A good shisha, with a satisfactory amount of smoke generated. The mango falvour comes through mildly, and is not too strong, in the same style as apricot fakher.overall, i'd give it an 8 out of ten ,as it is a very pleasant (but mild ) flavour, that is good for a change of mood.Coconut Fakher:this is a superb smoke. possibly the only non-fruit flaovour that i love. The smell is great, the smoke itself smells like a sweet cocunut.dessert. It mixes well with many flavours, but on it's own, delivers a quite delightful flavour.I give this one 9.5 out of 10.Golden Grape:I've had too much of this stuff, so will review it again seeing as I am much more used to it.It's a delightful smoke, with a flavour that may not appeal to everyone, but if you are a fan of Fakher grape, you will love this. Very strong rich flavour, although due to the strength of the taste and smell, you find u may get bored of it. I found that happened with Fakher grape before, and I went 6 months not smoking it before liking it again :)beautifully smooth smoke, the tobacco itself is syrupy and very fine, with a smell that your neighbours can smell.flavour is rich, and almost blackurranty, and overall, a fantastic experience for the first time, but over time can be a bit overwhelming.My revised score is 9.5, Regular grape gets an identical review, although its flavour is more user friendly with everyone, and can be tolerated more over long periods. Golden Bahraini:this is the one I've been waiting for, and without Hookahculture, I'd have had to by a big box and take a risk:here's the review:initial texture and smell: nice cut tobacco which is soaked in the traditional fakher fashion, not as much as grape but still substanitial. The smell is faint, with a little sweetness and a bit of liquorice.Smoke: smoke generated was excellent, really thick and luxurious as i come to expect. Tastewise, it was pleasant, and typical of a double apple, but with less liquorice and more userfriendly. It is a very mild taste in my opinion, but I prefer it to Fakher double apple, and also Nakhla double apple, both of which have a stronger liquorice taste. Perhaps the taste was not strong enough, but with the smoke generated and the mild taste, you find yourself able to stomach this high quality product very well.In apple rankings, I'd prefer this to the Golden Eskandarani, but Apple Fakher still reigns supreme as the best apple of the range in my opinion.summary: very acceptable smoke, and worth having as a nice change if you watn a double apple flavour which is not overpoweringly liquoricy.8.5overall apple rankings of the fakher range of which I have tried all now:1) Apple Fakher2) Golden Bahraini3) Qemah Apple4) Golden Eskandarani5) Double AppleFAKHER COLAThis is a nice tobacco, the smell as mentioned is like gummy cola sweets. The tobacco is nice and wet and very finely cut.Once this is lit, the sweet cola taste hits you in a wonderful way. Just like cola sweets (sweets is English for 'candy')the smoke is nice and thick, and the flavour really is a lovely change from the norm. It really does taste good and I only tried it briefly before, but now I've made my own i can see that this is one flavour which is welcome to any tobacco collection. It's different from all the flavours, but not in a crappy bitter way like the floral or citrus flavours. It is different in a sweet, kid-like manner in which you feel like a child again truely enjoying the smoke.this is spot on from Fakher 10 out of 10. A great flavour for a change of mood. GOLDEN STRAWBERRY FAKHERThis is an interesting smoke. The tobacco is incredibly wet, and you literally have to squeeze some of the juice out of the tobacco before putting it in the head. Smells like sweet strawberry dessert.Once lit up, this produces a nice thick luxurious smoke. I am not a strawberry man, and am not too fond of strawberry shishas, but for those who like strawberry, this is a fantastic smoke. The flavour is subtle in nature, but the taste is really excellent if you are a strawberry fan. A pure strawberry dessert flavour, with no other noticable taste other than strawberry goodness.Lasts for ages too.I personally give this a 9 because it is excellent tobacco, if you like strawberry then quite possibly you'd give it a 9.5 or 10. AMIR CHERRYThis stuff was very interesting. when opened the tobacco is a reasonable texture, not as fine as the fakher or liquidy. It's wetness had a gritty or powdery feel to it and does not drip as much as the fakhers (esp golden strawberry). It smells pretty nice.Now for the smoke test.Well, to have a good cherry in my opinion. It has to be a subtle flavour that is not strong, but sweet and easily recognisable as cherry. A good cherry is one of the most relaxing flavours to have because it is subtle, smooth, silky and just the kind of thing you would smoke till every last drop of molasses is burnt through.Now for the amir cherry. I tried it at first. took it's time to get going, but after a few minutes of smoking, it had reached a stage with loads of beautiful white smoke, and a flavour that sums up all that I have said above. It really is the perfect cherry in my opinion. It has the sweetness of fakher cherry, without the floral undertones that affect it. It is a light smooth shisha that you can smoke for hours, with a beautiful flavour. This is the cherry for me, and I will enjoy having this in my collection.As a cherry fan myself, I have to give this a perfect 10. It takes time to get going ,but worth the wait. APPLE FAKHERas you know, I love the stuff, So seeing as i been smoking some fresh new apple fakher, it's worth another review ;)tobacco - excellent texture, wet, fine and great smelltaste - sweet apple taste, tiny hint of liquorice which you hardly notice in the great goodness of this awesome flavour.Smoke - beautiful rich thick smoke, to get smoke this thick you'd normally put loads of coal and risk coughing your guts out, but with this, you need minimal coal, and the flavour is supreme with the thick smoke. a lovely combo.no need for elaborations. This is a classic essential flavour for anyone. This is what they serve in upper class places in the emirates, it's an automatic choice, Apple fakher, is second nature to the sophisticated shisha smoker.what mark? well, of course a 10, would be an insult to give it anything else. It is impossible to hate this flavour, you either love it, or you will like it alot.CAPPUCCINO FAKHERthis was a flavour i hadn't personally tried before from fakher. Was looking forward to it.Tobacco: fine fakher cut as you come to expect. This tobacco is literally dripping and far wetter than anything i've seen. The smell is gorgeous, just like the coffee filled chocolates or coffee cake. Really sweet coffee smell.The smoke and taste: when lit and smoked, you get a reasonable taste, which is not as intense as the smell, but a mild coffee, almost chocolaty taste. It is a decent smoke, but not something i feel I can smoke for long. I guess it's not the ideal flavour to smoke and not the tobacco's fault. The smoke was rich and white up to fakher standards.It can be smoked for a good hour easily, and will not burn quick as all the fakhers do, but the flavour is not quite compatible with me, and it is again a nice one for a change, but the change isn't fantastic, not like say cola or other unusual flavours.overall,it is decent, and of a premium standard in terms of quality, but the flavour was not something I'd personally smoke too much of. Another point to note, is also because it is a REAL HOSE KILLER. You'll probably have to have about 5-6 sessions with other tobacco for the taste in the hose to totally fade away. It really really lingers. Coconut and coffee really do stick around for a while in your hose, be warned.overall, 7.5 (good quality but reasonable flavour that is easy to get tired of)PLUM FAKHERThis is another one I hadn't tried before. Seemed like an interesting flavour, so went for it.Tobacco is wet and fakher like, I dont really think I need to describe fakher tobacco anymore.The taste: Well, upon smoking this, I became reminded of the peach flavours I'd tried. Things that didn't go down too well with me. Peach and Plum are essentially in the same category.the best way i'd describe this, is that they have a 'buttery taste' to them. Something I really did not like. I'd perhaps put Golden Eskandarani in the same category too.Well, the sweet buttery taste would go down well with a peach or Golden Eskandarani lover, and i would recommend this for them.It lasts long, with good smoke, the taste I didn't like, but it wasn't something that can be described as bad, because it did the job. Personal preference really.I give this one a 7.5NAKHLA PISTACHIOpistachio? sounds interesting right, great snacks while watchin a movie or something. Can it be made into a tobacco? not really as far as the egyptians are concerned.Tobacco: pretty dry with a bit of stickiness. Very roughly cut, a few pieces will fill the bowl. It's such big chunks that as a result the airflow is pretty good as the packing is rough due to the big pieces not packing well (which is not a bad thing).smoke : decent smoke generated. Ridiculous taste which is almost like some chemical. They should have called it Nakhla chemical flavour.summary: chemical like taste, nothing remotely pistachio about it. not worth they money.overall, I give this a 3.5, simply because it smokes.ROMMAN SWEET MELON tobacco: delightful smell, the cut is wafer thin, and relatively easy to use. No problems there. very wet for this type of tobacco.smoke and taste: reasonable smoke, not of fakher standards, but good quality. The taste is at first a little hard on the throat (not through my own fault, believe me i have made many a shisha ) After about 5-10 mins of smoking, this one starts to get going . The melon taste comes through very well, and it is a nice pure flavour. Something nice and summery, and i like it. once it has settled, it is quite a lovely smoke. light, airy and with a pleasant flavour.overall: This is good quality stuff, and lasts for a long time. Among the best melon flavours I have had, but you have to smoke through a bit of crap to get to the goodness after a few mins, then it's plain sailing.solid flavour, nice smoke, tough to dislike 9 ROMMAN APPLEtobacco: less wet than the melon, again very thin strips of tobacco, almost like flakes of thin coconut in texture. smells very good. The romman flavours seem to have a fantastic smell to the box. almost like perfume.Smoke: this one got going a bit quicker, and after 2-3 minutes, became nice and settled. A light smooth flavour. tough to describe. A fresh tasting apple with a bit of sweetness ,but not very sweet. easy to smoke for a long time, and lasts long.verdict: nice smoke. tough to fault, but not with the richness of flavour or smoke density of fakher apple, which is unbeatable really, so an unfair comparison I like it, but not spectacular in any sense. 8ROMMAN BANANATobacco: reasonable smell, nothing spectacular and not as nice as the previous 2 romman flavours, but pleasant. The cut is similar to the apple, not overly wet, and straightforward to work with.Smoke: romman smoke as before, good, but not close to fakher smoke. This one took at least 15 minutes before I found it settled and nice to smoke. The flavour is decent banana, not too strong, but a nice chilled smoke. It doesn't last as long as the other flavours though, and for that it will be marked down.Overall: as a banana flavour, it is better than most. Not something you'd throw away, but not fantastic. Flavour is optimum for about half an hour or so after the initial period of 'settling'. 7FUMARI WATERMELONtobacco: incredibly strong sweet melony/watermelony smell. Hits you with a moist feeling at the back of your throat, this feeling, common with banana flavours, mean it'll smoke quite harsh with a feeling in the back of your throat. The texture is sticky and good sized pieces similar to romman (in fact i believe the tobacco is the same type as romman use as the texture is so similar, different flavours of course) Smoke: when this is lit, the throaty moisture cannot be felt too much and becomes negligible.now a new paragraph for the taste. The taste is something I would simply describe as absolutely phenomenal. Yes, thats right, Phenomenal. A beautiful sweet watermelon flavour that really really is amazing. F**k fumari peach. this is the fumari flavour worth buying. I totally agree with mathazar here that it is one of the best shisha flavours on the market. The taste is amazing and so pure.the smoke density is acceptable, and nothing is like fakher in that respect, but the flavour more than makes up for it. Doesn't last too long in my opinion, but u should get a good hour, and in fact, a phenomenal hour out of itoverall: beautiful flavour that is something special. Not often non fakhr flavours affect me like this. definately worth a 10FUMARI WHITE GRAPE Tobacco: texture decent, needs to be spread out a bit in order to pack it correctly. smell is nice, has a grape fakher-like smell to it, but not as strong.smoke: once lit, there is a mild grape flavour, but very weak in my opinion. Not one I'd buy again. even burning the hell out of it doesnt affect it too much. Not a strong flavour at all.Overall: fumari are an unpredictable company; this flavour is not a good one, and nothing good to say about it. If you've run out of flavours and want some very mildly flavoured plain smoke, then this would get a 10 lol. But my verdict on this one, a disappointing 4.5HookahHookah Appletobacco: bizarre texture, almost like the inside of a cigarette. Very fine strands that are easy to work with, and the smell is fantasticsmoke: the smoke was pretty flavourless. Very disappointing as the smell was very nice indeed. I could not taste anything, used a small head, a big head, all that was left was for me to get head but still made no difference. tried everything, but most surely this was flavourlessoverall: nice impression and packaging, but absolutely no flavour worthy of mention. a disappointing 4 Hookah Hookah Hazlenut:Tobacco: same as before, glorious smell like my favourite coffee (Hazlenut Mocha) but again a funky cut which is almost like dried grass. no such thing as a tobacco leaf to be found.smoke: this one gave a little hazlenut hint, but again the flavour was way too mild, and did not reflect upon the great smell. After a few minutes of smoking, the faint hazlenut became nothing, and the tobacco was dead. Again tried a multitude of combos to get it to smoke well, but this again had no flavour to mention.Overall: a slight improvement on the apple, the smell was amazing but the smoke is where it counts, and this scores low. 5 Hookah Hookah Melon:Tobacco: same as before, and again a wonderful smell.Smoke: this one I really could taste, and made it worthwhile. A fantastic melon flavour with a touch of honey. Really really nice taste and among the nicest I have tried. Unfortunately, this taste was rather shortlived, and after about 25 minutes, the wonderful taste faded to nothingness, and this was a big head holding about 25-30g of tobacco. The taste was beautiful though, and pushes up the score. Decent smoke density too.Overall: this tobacco is a worthy smoke, but you'll have to keep changing the head every 20-30 mins max to maintain the wonderful flavour. It is damn tasty. It's relatively cheap at 10 dollars, so worth trying and the expenditure isnt high. It loses out because it doesnt last long. If it lasted twice as long, it would get a 10, but because it fades so quickly, then the score I'll give, purely on the nice experience of the temporary flavour is 8.5fruit Cocktail Fakher:Tobacco: this is quality tobacco, lovely red and moist, and the lives easy to break up and use. smells great too.smoke : the flavour is very similar to the plum, not a very mixed flavour, but an enjoyable smoke and relatively mild. It last pretty long too. the smoke density is of fakher standards and the best in the business (closely followed by that of Amir cherry). It's not a flavour I can love, but decent all the same. Nothing really to fault.Overall: a nice flavour, similar to the plum, which will provide a good smoke 7.5FUMARI FRENCH VANILLATobacco: mild subtle smell, very encouraging, could it be a winner, or another one of those flavours that is would make a good air freshener but a crap tobacco.Smoke: surprise surprise, the mild subtle smell, results in an exceptionally mild flavourless tobacco. Very smooth and doesn't burn. Great for practicing tricks etc, but the flavour is not to be found.Overall: another loser from fumari. I cant believe those guys have the guts to ship tobacco all the way here ,only for it to be flavourless. thats cherry, grape, vanilla from the company that are all absolutely worthless smokes. Nice and smooth, but no flavour 4.5guys, for your own good, never touch anything that scores below a 6 in my reviews. Even out of curiosity. You'll thank me later :DNAKHLA DOUBLE APPLETobacco: well, it's fresh off a tree, giant chunks of tobacco and god knows what. Smell is reasonable, but nothing overly special.Smoke: nice thick smoke. The taste is a mild liquorice with a hint of apple. goes to your head better than many flavours, and enjoyable. Lasts pretty long too. minimum 45 mins.Overall: a good flavour for beginners, and for a change, it is a classic flavour which although isn't spectacular, is tough to criticise. If you feel like a shisha, and something pretty reliable. Then Nakhla double apple does the job. very easy to smoke, and great to kill time with. It has it's place in a shisha collection, and not one to be discarded. 7Qema Grape.Tobacco: thick Qema texture, bigger chunks as with the other Qema flavours. Not the smooth tiny pieces of fakher. This is reflected by the usual strong tobacco influence in this range. smells like grape though, but not as strong as others.Smoke: very thick fakher smoke , that only fakher can produce. The flavour is a mild version of the golden grape flavour, because the tobacco is so strong, you can really feel the 'heaviness' of the tobacco in the taste. If you like strong stuff, then the qema range produces strength of premium quality to complement the taste.Overall: I personally prefer a strong flavour, but no doubt this is quality stuff. I dont smoke shisha for strength, but if I did, then Qema would be what I buy. This is highly recommended if you feel most flavours are weak in their 'tobacco influence' 8PINEAPPLE FAKHERTobacco: fakher cut, wet, small pieces, easy to use. The smell is rather strange, a hint of pineapple with a hint of some type of medicine, not too exciting.Smoke: the smoke in this one is good, as expected with fakher whose smoke is the richest. The only problem is the taste. It is just not good. It tastes of something that perhaps resembles pineapple, but also a medicine. The unappealing smell reflects in the taste. It is smokeable, and you do get rich smoke with a taste, but the taste itself is not a nice taste.Overall: this is one of the weaker fakher flavours. Not in terms of strength, but the taste itself is not nice, and is not what I would describe as pineapple. It is smokeable though, but not nice. I dont recommend it. 5ROMMAN DOUBLE APPLE:here's an interesting one, highly recommended by Mathazar and cypress,Tobacco: romman tobacco, some wetness, same as other romman ,easy to use, although chunks are a little on the big side (could do with being smaller). Smells interesting, mild liquorice smell. Typical of bahraini apple.smoke: very smooth smoke, not a strong liquorice taste and easy to have. One of those standard flavours which are smokable by most. I must say though there is nothing spectacular about it, although it is very smooth.Overall: decent smoke, which to be honest, doesn't do much for me, and I'd say is about the same standard as nakhla tobacco, but smoother with a milder taste. This one I have to disagree with mathazar and cypress. I can see why you guys like it, but trust me, try Golden Bahraini, and you'll get the exact same effect, with smoother smoke and an improved taste. Golden bahraini is twice as good as this one Romman D.apple gets a 7Romman Raspberry:tobacco: typical of romman, smell's good, maybe not quite raspberry, but something along those lines. Invites you to wanna smoke it :)Smoke: decent smoke, nice smooth flavour, which hits you alot more on the aftertaste. Almost like a raspberry bubble gum or something. Not a strong flavour, but enjoyable, and very easy to like for pretty much anyone. Not spectacular by any means.Overall: a nice decent flavour with a pleasant sweet raspberry-type aftertaste. very smooth. An interesting part of a collection, and worth a 50g pack to try. score: 8Romman pineapple:Tobacco: described the texture too many times in this thread. The smell is nice and inviting. A sweet artificial pineapple smellSmoke: decent taste, nothing spectacular, but beats the fakher pineapple (Which is not hard, considering it's the worst fakher flavour )Not worth smoking too much as it does nothing, pretty much everything else is better to smoke.Overall: better than fakher pineapple, but the actual flavour of pineapple doesn't really suit shisha smoking. Not recommended. Average smoke 6Romman Orange:tobacco: nice smell, not overly strong and inviting to smokeFlavour: not the strongest flavour in the world, and has an orangy feel to it, but nothing that really makes me want to smoke it again, my friend didn't like it too much either. I really do not see the appeal (sorry to the romman orange fans). Its a different type of flavour, but nothing remotely special. Would have preferred a bigger hit of flavour, and a sweeter smell.overall: not a strong flavour, nothing too bad though, but certainly not worth buying imo. 6.5 Romman Lemon:Tobacco: nice lemony smell. Something very inviting indeed, got me pretty excited.smoke: This is everything the orange should be. Beautiful amount of white smoke, lovely strong lemon flavour. quite brilliant really. definately one for a collection, and very different.Overall: I loved this one, it's great, wiht only one gripe, in that the lemon flavour itself could become a little sickly to smoke too much. But for every once in a while, it's great. Will have to check out the fakher lemon to see how it measures up, but this is the best romman I have tried. 9.5Romman Rose:tobacco: standard romman tobacco as described many times. No difference here. Smells like rose water.Smoke: very smooth and accurate to the flavour. ROSE WATER. yes, that's what it tastes like ROSE WATER. Floral, bitter, and about as sweet as a raw coffee bean.Man, I hate this flavour, but I gotta hand it to them, it is accurate.Overall: This is an accurate depiction of rose water, translated into smoke. It is smooth, and the taste is strong.the only problem is that it is rose, I would hate it for any other brand, and this is no exception. Score?for me it's -300 (or 8.5 if u like rose)Al Amir LEMONTobacco: nicely presented in their fantastic sealable plastic container, far stronger than al fakhers breakable container, and less leaky than Rommans leaky container. Smells really good too, fresh lemony smell which was similar to the Romman lemon (which is an excellent flavour and got 9.5 in my previous review)Good cut, with a gritty powdery feel as with their 10 out of 10 Cherry flavour.Smoke: nice rich thick smoke, fakher standard with a lovely refreshing lemony taste that is not strong, nor subtle. A perfect lemony taste which is not as acidic as you would expect a lemon to taste. A very pure flavour that smokes beautifully with no extra tastes that sometimes find their way into various brands and flavours.Overall: This flavour lasts for a long time ,and belongs in a premium collection. There is really nothing in it between this and the romman lemon. This one perhaps is a tiny bit smoother, but both are awesome. The reason this one gets higher though?? well, that's because it is practically half the price of romman, with equal or better quality. This is a fantastic lemon flavour, and I will have to try the fakher version to see how it matches.Nothing to fault in this at all. Supreme smoke, no deductions, very highly recommended if you have enjoyed other lemon flavours 10Al Amir TRIPLE APPLETobacco: a reddish gritty tobacco cut into reasonable pieces. of the wetter variety as oppose to the lemon which is drier. The smell is very much like Qima apple, a red apply kind of smell.Smoke: this took time to get going, perhaps in full flow after about 5 mins. Rich thick smoke, and a taste that is like a cross between Qima Apple, and fakher apple, but not quite the strong tobacco influence of Qima apple, nor the sweetness of fakher apple. It is a solid, smooth apple taste, which doesn't excite in any particular way, but cannot really be faulted too much.overall: a cheaper version of Qima apple, but as good and more stomachable because of the lighter feel of it. Reddish apple flavour with not much sweetness. Can't taste any liquorice or sour apple flavour as it is not in that category even. Very easy to smoke and a decent performer. 8al amir GRAPEtobacco: this one came in a box for some reason, but had the same airtight plastic bag as the others that come in plastic containers. Very wet and has that powdery feel again. Tobacco chopped up into very small pieces. Smells like grape, but not the fakher grape, more of a cheapass grape with the lower quality brands. (tough to really describe, but something detracting from the 'sweet' grapy flavour you get with fakher.Smoke: decent smoke thickness, and lasted pretty long. It tasted like it smelled, which was not fantastically appealing in my opinion. If you like the cheap grape flavours you tend to get in shisha cafes (The non-sweet dark grapy hint of a flavour) then this is an improved version of them. Doesn't really compare with Fakher grape, it taste differently, but in a bad way, although it is rather harsh to say that as fakher grape is one of the top flavours around.overall: a reasonable flavour, which is not sweet at all and is what you would expect of a standard grape flavour. It is a higher quality than the cheap stuff, in that you get a thick smoke with long lasting flavour. Nothing to rock my world though 7Al amir BANANA:Tobacco: less wet than the grape, with a banana smell. again tobacco cut quite fine.Smoke: well, it's pretty tough to find a nice banana flavour, and is usually in my opinion where most brands slip up. It is something in priniciple that would sound good to smoke, but is always below expectations. This is one of the better bananas i've had. mild banana taste, with almost a bit of cinnamon mixed in.overall: banana is a flavour that always seems to be something I imagine to be great, but that doesn't quite materialise. You can tell it's banana, (with perhaps a melony feel and some cinnamon mixed in). decent smoke, but nothing to really shout about. 7.5Al Waha 5 Star Mix:Tobacco: this one is dripping wet and doesn't look like the typical alwaha. The smell is strange, perhaps a mixed berry type of smell. Cut decently too, and literally dripping wet.Smoke: this is a strange one. Pretty harsh at the beginning on the throat, almost like a moist feel, but after a few minutes is smoking smoothly. The taste is like a mixed berry soft drink, with some type of chemical contamination. It is quite a bizarre taste, and not a very strong one either. The smoke is typical of the cheaper brands, not thick white luxury you'd get from fakher, romman or al amir.Overall: this one is too strange for me to give a review to. It tastes too artificial and chemically for my liking. Would not purchase again. thankfully just a 50g pack. 5Mog El Bahr (As written on the box) (pronounced m-ow-j)Double AppleTobacco: reasonable double apple smell, a bit of liquorice with perhaps a little hint of Apple. The cut is like Nakhla that has been cut very fine. Sticky and red, and small pieces that make it easy to use and pack a bowl with.Smoke: The smoke took time to come, and is not as thick as Fakher, but comparable with most other brands. The taste is similar to Nakhla double apple, perhaps with a bit more smoothness. Easy to smoke, but loses its flavour after a short while. You can get a good 40 minute smoke out of it.Overall: Nothing overly special, but not bad either. An average tobacco with a decent 'double apple' smoke. I appreciate I am not being totally descriptive with the flavour, but only because the flavour is such a standard one with no surprises or extra hints of additional flavour. It does the job, and was a reasonable bargain priced at Nakhla levels in the UK. 7al waha CANDYTobacco: similar to the al waha 5star, a deep red coloured concuction, that is not typical of the regular Al Waha flavours. The tobacco isn't very fine though, and there are some big pieces of leaves (not so much sticks) which are not fantastic when you are trying to pack a bowl. A slight sweet smell but nothing really strong enough to tickle the senses.Smoke: reasonable thickness of smoke, thick, but not rich white thick as in the fakher smoke. The flavour is one I would describe as sweet with a tiny hint of citrus. This again is very difficult to pinpoint, other than describe it as in the previous sentence. There is an artificial feel to it which is typical of such brands. Quite smooth to smoke and there is a flavour to it (which I guess is a positive result).Overall: This is a decent change if one is looking to try something different with a sweet taste but pretty mild. Nothing to brag about here, but there really isn't much to criticise. I guess because the term 'candy' is quite an ambiguous one which leaves the flavour very much open to question, and difficult to have a comparison. In conclusion, nothing special, but nothing disgusting either. Smokeable, and if you want to cure a craving for a shisha, then you can pop this in and have some low satisfaction, and low disatisfaction smoke. 6.5Tobacco: very wet tobacco, and easy to sprinkle and with your fingers. smells identical to the golden s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LB] Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 nice. i might need to dig this thread up one day for reference. This forum should host files that have all the reviews like this, or the one with all the websites etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 great idea...the whole thing youls have been formated a bit better (ex. Bolded brand/flavour). It is just a touch difficult to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 *wonders aloud how hard it would be to set up a SQL database containing all the reviews, and then conveniently reference it with a simple web based php interface**realizes that it would be quite easy if we had a properly equipped server* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 WOW...just WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sonthert Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 OK, I'll bite, why the bump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 okay ill tell u the truth...since startin this forum i wanted any excuse to use the work bump...n now i have...feel alot better now ...BUMP ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pavlakos_politakos Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 awesome review.i dont remember reading that one........BUMP!.....its contageous.......BUMP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 lol...a new trend...started by the one n only donkeema course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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