PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Tangiers Kashmir Peach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahc87 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 great review! keep 'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartvarg1 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 i dream of trying this flavor every waking hour.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahDuck Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Haha then it is probably about time to get some! Kash. Peach is one of my favorites as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LB] Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 ha! you think al amir is juicy you have no idea! (try al qemmah strawberry- i practically drowned in juice!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 i've never even heard of al qemmah... what's it like and where do you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 [quote name='PipeSmokeMcGee']i've never even heard of al qemmah... what's it like and where do you get it?[/quote] Al Qemmah is a line by AL Fakher, kinda like El Basha and Fakhfahina is to Nakhla. Typically, Quemma tends to be a little "darker" tasting than the typical AF line up. I reviewed Al Qemmah grape several months ago. Hold tight and I'll find it for you. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 PipeSmoke' here ya go: Howdy kind and gentle peoples, tonight we're going to look at another sample Mo sent. Tonight's random pick is Al Qemah grape. My first concern is if there is a recent QA problem wit hthe Fakher people. The only difference between the stems in this and and Nakhla are the length of them. The girth are the same as well as the quantity. No big deal. I just consider them to be like a soup bone. You know, helps the flavor in the bag[img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]. Gotta keep smiling. The smell is somewhat of a grape and there is enough sauce left over to spread on your biscuit if desired. The flavor isn't quite what I expected. But then again Mo always claimed this to be not the most desireable grape. I must agree. How can I describe this....Let's see....."Dark" is a word that comes into my head. I don't mean a Concord grape versus a white grape either. I detect a slight grape taste to it but it is not up to full speed as being a grape. No, not the toxic waste type of grape Nakhla's El Basha puts out. Just a deep, dark hint of grape that is masked by dark sweetness of some substance that isn't bad, but isn't something I'd pay money for. I always accused the fakheline of being a sweet wad of goo until I tasted the right flavors and must agree they are really good. But this is a wad of dark, sweet goo. Imagine this: You have a spoon of dark brown sugar, but a small gnat's pinch of grape drink mix(the drink mix is pretty accurate mix) that you shoved in the middle of the sugar. You shovel it in your mouth, take acouple crunches and swallow it down. You say, "Damned that is sweet, but there was this slight hint of grape in there." That's what we have here. Of course, this has to be for the folks who don't want an over-powering fruit taste, but a hint of fruit with their tobacco. That's okay, and I can't blame them. But this could be just a bit more grapey to call it grape flavor. There is nothing wrong with the taste. That is, there is nothing that makes me go "yuck[img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley11.gif[/img]." Just short of the amount of flavor (besides a wad of sweet goo) that makes me want it on a regular basis. Not a loser, but far from a success. I will pick AL Amir grape over this any day at any price. Flavor: [img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]-Nothing nasty like we all know is out there. A pleasant, thick, darkish sweet with a hint of grape to it. I'm not barfing, but I'm not jubilant either. I'm here, it's here and we just get along. Smoke-density:[img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]- Just like God said it should be. I always praise Nakhla for its high smoke density but the Fakher has a smoke that is "silky" looking. I can't say it's any thicker, or any better, but it just seems whiter and silkier. Make sense? Nose-hitability: [img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif[/img] Ah... maybe a 2 carpet tack rating, but I get a better sense of "grape" through the nose with this one, which is a good thing. Buzz-Factor: [img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif[/img] A medium buzz. Fakher always has a "tight, controlled" type of buzz to me and this is no different. Closing thoughts:[img]http://hookahforum.com/forum/smileys/smiley2.gif[/img] It's smokeable. No nasty Lucky Strike taste to it or something from Three Mile Island. It is pleasant to smoke, with a hint of grape to it that falls short of a grapey experience. What grape is there is an accurate grape taste, but shrouded in too much dark wads of sweet goo. I'm really looking forward to the regular Fakher grape he sent me and I really do appreciate the samples once again. I believe Mo and I see eye to eye on this one. Have a great night! MR Bubble __________________Just Smoke It! Remember that is the grape. Of course strawberry will be different, but the point I'm making is that AQ is a darker type of sensation. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghunfrytimma Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 great reviews Bubble and PipeSmoke....keep um coming! ive yet to try a grape flavor so mayb ill start with AQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 dammit tang!!! send me some samples!!!....i know i know...im a minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 [quote name='ghunfrytimma']great reviews Bubble and PipeSmoke....keep um coming! ive yet to try a grape flavor so mayb ill start with AQ[/quote] Well, thanks, but I can't take credit for being a new post. That was a review from back in July. It was copied here to give an idea of the "darkness" of Al Qemma. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 I don't really favor extra-juicy shisha, but I might have to try that Al Qemmah sometime. Can you order it online anywhere? What is the price like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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