Honey Or Agave-based Tangiers?

[JDHarding]

Tangiers is all molasses-based shishas, and some of the batches seem to be 'bad' if not acclimated for a proper amount of time. Infact, some of them (like Lucid BGB, or Blueberry) are just way too finicky.

So I'm curious if a honey-based or agave-based Tangiers would make a good new line of Tangiers shisha products? Maybe the Tangiers guys could try a batch of one of their shishas using honey or agave instead of molasses, and try it out on some of us ginnea pigs.

Who knows, it might be good?

[JDHarding]

Oh, and I don't know if the molasses has anything to do with the flavor or smell sometimes being "off" and requiring acclimating, but it seems most honey-based shishas don't require any acclimating. This is why I thought of honey or agave.

[a_shimoon]

I think it would be a good idea. Not for your reason though, I'd just be curious to see how Honey based Tangiers would taste. Probably a bit sweeter.

[ToncSTAR]

well, i think what he was aiming for was a more traditional style shisha...

[cotsi95]

the reason you have to acclimate it is because the leaves are baked before it is made so it will go into humidity shock when it comes into contact with an environment that is different then when it was packaged. It has nothing to do with molasses.

[Click]

Tangiers is black molasses-based tobaccos whereas Al Fakher, Nakhla, Starbuzz etc, are corn syrup based.

The reason for this is: 

"The base (Corn Syrup, Honey, Molasses) creates a residue 
that sticks to pipes, hoses and heads. Frequently people get mixed 
results unless they positively clean like crazy everything they can 
before switching types of bases. People smoking my tobacco out of one 
of my lounge pipes get great results. They take them home and the 
molasses argues with the honey or CS and smokes poorly the first two or 
three times until the new base takes over." - Taken from an old post Eric made

 

[JDHarding]

Tangiers is black molasses-based tobaccos whereas Al Fakher, Nakhla, Starbuzz etc, are corn syrup based.

The reason for this is:

"The base (Corn Syrup, Honey, Molasses) creates a residue
that sticks to pipes, hoses and heads. Frequently people get mixed
results unless they positively clean like crazy everything they can
before switching types of bases. People smoking my tobacco out of one
of my lounge pipes get great results. They take them home and the
molasses argues with the honey or CS and smokes poorly the first two or
three times until the new base takes over." - Taken from an old post Eric made

Good thing I always clean my pipe like crazy after every smoke.

[erufiku]

Tangiers is black molasses-based tobaccos whereas Al Fakher, Nakhla, Starbuzz etc, are corn syrup based.

The reason for this is:

"The base (Corn Syrup, Honey, Molasses) creates a residue
that sticks to pipes, hoses and heads. Frequently people get mixed
results unless they positively clean like crazy everything they can
before switching types of bases. People smoking my tobacco out of one
of my lounge pipes get great results. They take them home and the
molasses argues with the honey or CS and smokes poorly the first two or
three times until the new base takes over." - Taken from an old post Eric made

Yup Eric has everything down to a science... that being said: what happens if you smoke non-Tangiers stuff from a reg bowl and smoke Tangiers from the phunnel exclusively?

[JDHarding]

the reason you have to acclimate it is because the leaves are baked before it is made so it will go into humidity shock when it comes into contact with an environment that is different then when it was packaged. It has nothing to do with molasses.

Huh.. so that's why it smells like BBQ and soy sauce..

I'm guessing Lucid BGB is more affected than other flavors because.. of less flavoring? Or milder flavoring?

[Fluffy]

i find glass bowl hod alot less flavor and reidue from the base as opposed to clay bowls.but they need a very hardcore cleaning once a week(and i mean hardcore)

[Hobbs]

The reason for that Fluffy is because glass is non-porous while clay is porous. Glass won't ghost or hold flavor like a clay Egyptian bowl will.