Another Tangiers Question.

[shisha fan]

to be honest unless your climate is friendly the stuff sucks. Obviously it is awesome shisha, but it isn't and CAN'T be for everyone, for some areas it just won't cooperate and will never acclimate.

no offence to eric or tangiers lovers around the world but it isnt "awesome shisha" if it is so tempermental and inconsistent with the comsumer's local climate. i think saying it has the potential to be awesome shisha is more fair.

edit: i prefer the taste of crushed dung beetles myself.

amen! i totally agree with you chinamon. the fact that tangiers needs so much attention and effort to get a decent smoke is a product flaw in my eyes. i mean if you don`t acclimate it for a few the days in the exact right climate before use, then there is no chance of even getting a decent smoke.

i tried it many times myself and it has always disapointed me (and yes, i know what i`m doing). must be the climate where i live i suppose. or maybe tangiers just isn`t all that its cracked up to be.

[ilikemyusername]

Try my way. Just leave a bowls worth of shisha on the scrap of foil you plan on wrapping the bowl with......let it sit for an hour or so in the open.

see, i tried that, and this is the problem i'm having http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=28565

[Bulldog_916]

to be honest unless your climate is friendly the stuff sucks. Obviously it is awesome shisha, but it isn't and CAN'T be for everyone, for some areas it just won't cooperate and will never acclimate.

no offence to eric or tangiers lovers around the world but it isnt "awesome shisha" if it is so tempermental and inconsistent with the comsumer's local climate. i think saying it has the potential to be awesome shisha is more fair.

edit: i prefer the taste of crushed dung beetles myself.

amen! i totally agree with you chinamon. the fact that tangiers needs so much attention and effort to get a decent smoke is a product flaw in my eyes. i mean if you don`t acclimate it for a few the days in the exact right climate before use, then there is no chance of even getting a decent smoke.

i tried it many times myself and it has always disapointed me (and yes, i know what i`m doing). must be the climate where i live i suppose. or maybe tangiers just isn`t all that its cracked up to be.

But see, if they changed the recipe just for those who cant get it to smoke right, that would piss me off because then there would be a chance that it wouldnt be the same. If it isnt the same, I wouldnt be a happy camper.

[JDHarding]

Lucid Blue Gumball has this problem too. Smells like a mix of burnt BBQ and Soy sauce sometimes. Usually takes anywhere from 24 hours to.. well one person said he spent 3 weeks acclimating his.. till it doesn't smell like soy sauce, but you know it's acclimating correctly when it starts to smell sweet, or tangy-sweet. I got some of the BGB myself that stunk, acclimated it 3 or 4 days, and now it's a sweet smelling soy sauce. Smokes a lot better than it smells.

Raspberry and BGB are almost the same product, flavor and smell-wise.

[shisha fan]

to be honest unless your climate is friendly the stuff sucks. Obviously it is awesome shisha, but it isn't and CAN'T be for everyone, for some areas it just won't cooperate and will never acclimate.

no offence to eric or tangiers lovers around the world but it isnt "awesome shisha" if it is so tempermental and inconsistent with the comsumer's local climate. i think saying it has the potential to be awesome shisha is more fair.

edit: i prefer the taste of crushed dung beetles myself.

amen! i totally agree with you chinamon. the fact that tangiers needs so much attention and effort to get a decent smoke is a product flaw in my eyes. i mean if you don`t acclimate it for a few the days in the exact right climate before use, then there is no chance of even getting a decent smoke.

i tried it many times myself and it has always disapointed me (and yes, i know what i`m doing). must be the climate where i live i suppose. or maybe tangiers just isn`t all that its cracked up to be.

But see, if they changed the recipe just for those who cant get it to smoke right, that would piss me off because then there would be a chance that it wouldnt be the same. If it isnt the same, I wouldnt be a happy camper.

i`m not saying they should change the recipe, i could care less, i`ll just smoke the vastly superior nakhla. and the fact the fact that i can`t get it to smoke "right" has nothing to do with my skils, its because tangiers is just way too dependant on climate (i don`t exactly live near san diego). just look at all the daily threads about tangiers, how come there are so many people posting about problems with it? i highly doubt that all those people are doing something wrong.

[mattarios2]

I for sure know I did everything properly, and the only flavors to work for me were k-peach and melon blend, everything else wouldn't acclimate, even after 4 weeks.

[redjako]

Meh, after watching some video's and adding coals slowly but surely I can get it to taste wonderful, but zero large Clouds (as compared to other shi sha's).


I'm going to try horchata, and maybe one more flavor then call it quits honestly.

I'm a fan of flavor And clouds, and if I can only get one, then I'll just move on to different shisha./