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My AF is harsh and im getting no clouds i never got this before its the first time i followed the how to pack AF in a funnel bowl video sad.gif I cut the coals in half and im still getting harshness..

blah double foil and everything. tastes good but im getting harsh in the back of my throat. Edited by newjacksm
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You know what? When AF started releasing new flavors I noticed that some of them were harsh. I've bought 2x 250g tubs of AF Watermelon. The first tub I bought was harsh and I only used it as a mixer. The 2nd tub I bought was perfect. You maybe just bought a bad batch?
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I think the double foil some how screwed up really really bad with my hole pattern Im gonna re-try with single foil and my old hole pattern. I usually use bigger holes and single foil with AF in a small funnel... Edited by newjacksm
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Much much much... I fixed it by doing single foil and my hole pattern and putting a 1/4 of an exotica and 2 halfs of a 1/4 on there right now much better smoke and flavor no harshness... Edited by newjacksm
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how did you break your 1/4s in half? coals are so strong I'd like to know for my personal reference.
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when they are hot I grab them with one pair of tongs and then I score them with another pair of tongs and then they break of course you must be careful and precise or they will break apart into a lot of peices and be real uneven but for the most part very easy process and so far ive been successful doing so smile.gif Edited by newjacksm
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QUOTE (Hippo_Master @ Nov 5 2008, 02:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Af is heat sensitive like a bitch, You have to keep your coals moving like a train. smile.gif

Sometimes I have to flip my shisha ove rin the bowl, if worst comes to worst.


i never move my coals around... the coal stays in the same spot for the whole duration unless i need to ash but it goes right back in the same spot.
the next coal will go in a different location though.
no harshness.
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QUOTE (voski @ Nov 4 2008, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Whats the date on your peach? Peach is my favorite don't tell me it went to shit!!!

Apricot smells like fucking windex and melon smells like a tea bag. Watermelon sucks now too =(


I just had some from a couple 50g packs of watermelon, it was excellent.

As was my grape.


Is it only the 250g packs that have been giving people problems? I was really considering buying 250g of each, they're so damn good. Not hard to work with like tangiers either...
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QUOTE (nathan_Choi @ Nov 4 2008, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (voski @ Nov 4 2008, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Whats the date on your peach? Peach is my favorite don't tell me it went to shit!!!

Apricot smells like fucking windex and melon smells like a tea bag. Watermelon sucks now too =(


I just had some from a couple 50g packs of watermelon, it was excellent.

As was my grape.


Is it only the 250g packs that have been giving people problems? I was really considering buying 250g of each, they're so damn good. Not hard to work with like tangiers either...


I don't know I haven't picked anything up in 50g boxes lately. The color of watermelon has changed from red to a sort of shit brown.

It is quite disappointing I don't want to find another brand to smoke.
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Guest DJ_HOSSEIX
i have new batches of AF (Aug 2008) and they all taste good. I use a standard egyption and pack the AF by sprinkling till it goes a little bit over the rim. 2 QL and i get about a 1-2 hr sess depending on who smokes with me.
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QUOTE (DJ_HOSSEIX @ Nov 4 2008, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i have new batches of AF (Aug 2008) and they all taste good. I use a standard egyption and pack the AF by sprinkling till it goes a little bit over the rim. 2 QL and i get about a 1-2 hr sess depending on who smokes with me.


I also heard Aug 08 is supposed to be good. Where do you get yours from?
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by my local persian market: "Super Irvine". I was on another forum and supposdly john from 'banned vendor due to nht reference' is their supplier.

I know a couple of good shops but they're kind of far from the glendale/burnak area which is where tujunga is i think...

There is a smoke shop in La Verne on foothill blvd passed the 210 freeway which sales a good amount of tabby for a decent price. There is also another persian market in Upland on mountain avenue and foothill called "Super upland / farmers market" which has a lot of fusion, al waha, AF, and nakhla for some amazing prices. There is also Kings market in anaheim which sales a lot of hookahs and tobacco.
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newjack, I'm also having these same issues. I hope I can find a good solution or I will be a sad sad ninja forevermore.
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try using bigger holes on the foil and single foil also dont forget to put a hoil in the middle and get good air flow with a funnel that fixed my harshness.

Ill take a picture of my hoil pattern when im done with my session.. I always smoke after im done with classes with the day... Always relaxing smile.gif


EDIT: I bought a new tangiers bowl and the middle part is up a lot and seems to obstruct the flow a lot with the foil a bit might mess up a session . It's easily fixed if you over a pack a tiny bit. But I never overpack with AF.. Edited by newjacksm
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that hole pattern is what I pretty much use for everything even tangiers but it doesnt really work the best on tangiers sometimes it does sometimes it doesnt. I think its more-so my packing actually now that I think about it.
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QUOTE (newjacksm @ Nov 5 2008, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>



that hole pattern is what I pretty much use for everything even tangiers but it doesnt really work the best on tangiers sometimes it does sometimes it doesnt. I think its more-so my packing actually now that I think about it.


those, are some pretty huge holes my friend.

on the topic, my first tub of AF watermelon was like that. I got some clouds, but i couldnt stand to hit it for more than 2 seconds. I would get a weird sour-ie, stingy feeling in the back of my throat.

But i wasnt hesitant to order a 2nd batch because after i left the lid open in my closet overnight, my room was filled with an intoxicating watermelon bubblegum smell, and the shisha was AWESOME.

Same goes with my AF strawberry. I let it open in my car over night, and when i woke up to drive in town the next day, my car smelled awesome, smoked a bowl when i got back and it was perfect.

For my AF cherry, i dont know...its weird. Maybe Ill buy some AF Cola and mix it and see if it gets any better, because right now, it just tastes really burnt.
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Hah i'll tell you the prob. Its the new AF

EVER SINCE that damn company has changed the cut and flavor of the tobacco...EVERY damn sample and TUB I have come across sucked horribly.

I tried different holes on the foil, different layers of foil, more, less coals, different bowls, ACCLIMATING for a week!

Nada


Like the flavor are too "strong" to the throat that I can't even take full draws while other shishas like SB and Hookah Hookah smoke smooth and great like a dream

The new owner of Af should resign tongue.gif

BTW, the only thing that KINDA helps is to pack down the tobacco down a lil if you pack it in the phunnel. Not to a point that the juices start coming out, but just to get the air pockets out of the tobacco.

I mean, the irritating feeling on the throat is still there, but AF starts to smoke soooo much better when its done like that.
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