Tangiers Value?

[Arcane]

I was wondering how many bowls do you guys usually get out of a 250g of Tangiers? I was just thinking about it last night, after I used Scoop's method of packing. With his method, I'm thinking I'll get around 4-5 bowls out of my 250g using a small phunnel. Then I thought about it some more...at $12-15/package, that's roughly $3-5/bowl. With a 250g of Starbuzz(let's say at $20), I'll get around 10-15+ bowls depending on if I use an egyptian or phunnel. So that's ~$1-2/bowl.

We all complain about how expensive SB is, but given a per bowl basis...it seems that SB is the better deal. And if you throw AF or Nakhla into the mix, it's practically a steal in comparison. However, IMO, the per hour comparison along with the performance (flavor/smoke) of Tangiers far exceeds Starbuzz.

Just wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts.




Note: I do not think Tangiers is overpriced at all and am gladly purchasing more and more if it constantly. Damn you Eric for such a great product!! Edited April 2, 2009 by arcane

[mushrat]

I agree, with the duration I can get on a small phunnel, added to the fact that it's just a better product, 3-5 bucks a bowl is no big deal.

[evilded777]

Hmmm.... Tangiers is so in a class by itself (even, bearing in my, that I have only smoked like 3 bowls of it so far), that its hard to do the $$'s/bowl calculation the way you might with another brand.

[ih303]

Ugh... I want so badly join the "Tangiers: Baccy of the Gods" club, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I've been sitting on three quarters of a kilo of new tangy that simply will not acclimate even after three weeks. The hassle involved with Tangy severely cuts into it's overall quality rating IMO. Just my .02.

As for packing and value, this occured to be before as well. This could possibly be altered through using a mod such as the tealight mod. As amount of shisha used per session goes down, the value goes up. Edited April 2, 2009 by ih303

[evilded777]

Weather out there in SD really stinks, don't it?

My primary support people for my banking system are in Sioux Falls so I hear about it every couple of days.

I've been lucky so far, and think everything except maybe my OG Apple has acclimated without issue (weird how the one I think I may be having trouble with is the one Eric says he smokes when everything else is having issues!).

[ih303]

Yeah, the weather out here has been really erratic lately. I suppose I'll have to move to another state if I ever want to smoke Tangiers.

[Scoop]

starbuzz in a small egyptian bowl has 45mins of flavor, in a small phunnel nearly the same amount of tobacco as tangiers it gets 1.5hours to 2 hours max.
tangiers in a small phunnel, in my experience, ive smoked up to 4 hours.

depends how often you smoke and for how long. personally ill stick with tangiers.

[Bye bye now have fun]

probably some where for 8-10 bowls out of my phunnel. and they last for at least 2 hours

[inino]

mini phunnel can get about 10 bowls i think, that tase much better and smoke much better than SB. But its all about preference i guess. So if you like SB more, then you should smoke it. if you dont like SB more than you shouldnt regardless of the price. No one said this hobby was cheap lol.

[JDHarding]

I usually pack pretty heavily and tightly into my small Tang phunnel. I also rarely, if ever, finish the whole bowl. So when I'm taking the foil off, I usually toss the foil and whatever's crusted on it in the trash, then scoop the rest back into the tub. That is if it's not crusty or burnt. I've gotten 10+ bowls or so with this method.

[redjako]

Well with a medium phunnel and my method (I cram the tobacco in there with my palm, then scrape off the fluff) I'll get 3-3.5 rounds of coals on the sucker...thats about three hours, and many times theres still good tobacco left at the very bottom...put it back in the container

Its definately a deal, but novice smokers can't handle the nicotine of OG etc.

[Arcane]

i'm thinking maybe i should start putting the unused tobacco back in the tub too. i waste a lot, usually about 40g of the 50g of shisha goes unused and gets tossed.

should i wait until the shisha has cooled down before placing it back in the tub? won't it retain some kind of "baked" aroma or have an effect on flavor? and will it affect the shisha currently in the tub at all?

[Giant Ninja Robot]

If we're talking value we should look to the closest shisha to Tangiers, namely Nakhla.

Both are unwashed and use little to no dye, both are packed fairly tight in a phunnel for best results, both have great strong flavor, however one is twice the cost of the other. You can also take into account that barring the newer nakhla which seems much juicier, Nakhla traditionally needs some honey/agave and glycerine to produve the level of cloud that Tang does.

For pure cost effectiveness I go with Nakhla however Eric is a master at releasing phenomenal flavors so as untill Nak releases orange soda I'll be buying both.

Can't wait to try more Tangiers but cost does play into my decisions.

[Arcane]

and am i the only one that gets 4-5 bowls from a 250g?

[SuburbanSmoker]

Last 250 i picked up i had 5 bowls, however i packed my large phunnel twice. if they all wouldve been in a small it would be closer to 7.5

[shaffaaf27]

is it easy to acimilate tangiers in the UK?

anyone done it?

also where can one buy glycerine from in the UK?

[AzZ]

is it easy to acimilate tangiers in the UK?

anyone done it?

I ordered 4 different Tangiers flavours and 3 of them smelt good straight from the package, and so I only let them acclimate for a few hours. Peach iced tea took a bit longer. So yes, Tangiers acclimates fine in the UK.

[shaffaaf27]

cheers

does one have a link on how to prepare tangiers?

[AzZ]

Tangiers wiki:

http://www.hookahforum.com/wiki/index.php/Tangiers

[redjako]

i'm thinking maybe i should start putting the unused tobacco back in the tub too. i waste a lot, usually about 40g of the 50g of shisha goes unused and gets tossed.

should i wait until the shisha has cooled down before placing it back in the tub? won't it retain some kind of "baked" aroma or have an effect on flavor? and will it affect the shisha currently in the tub at all?

Most of the burnt crap in my cases always comes out when I peel the foil back, STILL HOT!

Then I take out another very small layer to get the rest of the burnt, and the rest is fine.

It could potentially retain that smell, but, you mix it into the rest of the Tang and your golden.

[ilikemyusername]

Yeah, the weather out here has been really erratic lately. I suppose I'll have to move to another state if I ever want to smoke Tangiers.

UMM.... wait now, tats a joke right?

[shaffaaf27]

much <3

[erufiku]

Just reuse the baccy that's not burnt and you'll double your yield. I usually smoke for 2-3 hours out of my medium, and I'd say 3/4 of the bowl is still good to go. No point in just tossing it.

[EternalSoil]

i buy it by the kilo and smoke about 75% of a small phunnel a day...

i cant remember exactly how long it lasts though...

looking at previous orders, seems like 1 kilo lasted me about 3 months... that may not be at the rate i smoke now though.

Now though... 500g of Tangiers plus maybe 1.5 bowls left before i got more on about march 13th. I probably have about 2/3 left...

so lets see here ~530g * ~ 2/3 smoked = ~353g. so 353g in 21 days = ~ 17g. mini phunnel so not too bad.

so 250 / 17 = ~ 14.7 which sounds about right to me.


if you're only getting 4-5 bowls you are using a lot. is your phunnel a medium? you might want to get a smaller one.

[Arcane]

i'm using my small phunnel and using roughly 40-50g per bowl(packing it using Scoop's method). i don't have a scale on me, so i'm not entirely positive. but, i just packed one bowl out of my 250g K-Cherry and it looks like I'm only going to get about 3-4 more bowls out of it.

if i had a mini, i'd be using that instead....then maybe i'd get more bowls out of a 250g