SHISHA____ Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Tangiers, I was wondering if you could show us what gos into making your quality shisha ie. a photo-tour of your factory thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If I did, It would consist of five photos. My physical space for my lounge and production facilities are around 1575 square feet (external dimensions)Do you have specific questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBlack Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yeah, maybe am I ignorant, but i'd like to know a quick summary of the steps to "brewing" hookah tobacco. Always useful to know, seeing as my local lounge's owner is now glad to make me taste the flavors he just made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 yeah,itd be interesting to learn from a pro.maybe a nice list of the procedures?ingredients?cooking?finishing touches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blrlp9 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 or i f your lucky and live in san diego you can go there and get a personal tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 well,unfortunately for me im in new york.so it might be quite a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yeah, I'm in San Diego. The question is very broad, I'm kind of like confroning the question "How do you build the Sphinx?" I could give you stupid, patronizing-sounding answers like "Get alot of bricks and a funny looking cat-man guy as a model". Different manufacturers use different formulas, recipes, techniques, etc. Mine is fairly unique, Dizzing has a really good start if you read his fun in the kitchen thread, or whatever its called. Essentially you cook tobacco with a sweetner/preservative (molasses, corn syrup, honey) and add glycerine and flavor. The tobacco has to be scrupulously dry or the moisture kills the boiling point. What else do you want to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHISHA____ Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 No camera, I'll see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahCaterpillar Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Tang, what do you use as a flavoring? Is it special for making shisha or is it natural ingredients? Also if your coming out with a new flavor how do you get the syrup for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahDuck Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I've always wondered about the flavorings myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djnick Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 im like 30 mins from san diego think i can come buy and check out your stuff? maybe buy a couple bags of shisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Sure, its cheaper here and you don't have to pay shipping.Flavorings: Mostly artificial, some natural, whatever's cheaper. Natural glycerine is less expensive than artificial glycerine. Since the glycerine is 99.5-99.8% pure, the origin ceases to be important. Sometimes natural is cheaper. Despite what you hear, any tobacco less than $100/Kg, retail is made with partially artificial flavors. Artificial works out better. Natural flavors is a complicated term. When we make a flavor, we make it from chemical builind blocks. Each block miht be natural or artificial, depending on what our design parameters are. Ethyl acetate is present in almost all fruits and flavors. Natural ethyl acetate is too expensive, artificial is far cheaper. So, for that building block we choose artificial. We get to our delta-lactone, we find that the natural is cheaper, so we use it. On down the line. Almost all tobacco companies on the market do it the same way. Al Majlis is supposedly made from real molasses and real fruit. At $100/Kg, it makes sense. Its pretty good, but flavors made by the chemical industry are far superior to flavors derived from nature:a) Natural flavors vary by season and make for erratically flavored product. Flavors made by the chemical industry are far safer, cleaner and pure.c)Paying extra because a flavor is "naturally derived", but 99+% pure means nothing. The chemical molecules are the same, its just whether a plant or a man made them.Does that clarify things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikydave Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']Does that clarify things?[/quote] probably... if my head wouldnt have just exploded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4r80n Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokedoc Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sweet, interesting, informative.......Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JByer323 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Interesting information, Tangiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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