Stuie Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 So I got my free sample of Saalaam from Caravan Trading Company. Little Happy Birthday Surprise for me...anyways. Got a nice little letter, even though this isn't my first time trying it.Saalaam has new flavors coming out. I am excited I like this Herbal and those looking to save some dough since the price increase.New Flavors Coming Soon:AppleArabian CoffeeBlackberryBlueberryBlueberry MintBubblegumChocolate MintCinnamon AppleCoconutDouble AppleGrape MangoMandarinMixed FruitMixed BerryMystic BerryOrangeOrange BlossomPeachPineappleRaspberryRed CherryRoseStrawberryStrawberry KiwiSummer MelonTamarindo (SOOOO EXITED ON THIS FLAVOR!)VanillaWatermelon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An1m Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Seems you are the only one excited about this my friend. After I smoke my chai spice I may be a believer! Let's hope this knocks my socks off, I've heard very very good things about it, and I love chai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Tamarindo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synesthesia Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 yay i got mine in today too! that was really fast from when i put the request in to when i got the sample. i got chai spice, and im gonna try it tonight. hopefully its awesome! the new flavors sound exciting.....if this brand is any good im going to be really happy bc i want to cut down on my overall tobacco use (not just due to the increase in prices) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSmoker Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I got mine today, Cherry Cola. It smells identical to Cherry Coke Syrup. Unfortunately my hookah hasn't arrived in the mail yet but hopefully I should be trying the Saalaam on Monday evening. I too would like to minimize the tobacco use as much as possible, so I want to explore the herbal shishas out there. I ordered a 5-pack of black label as I found that brand to have the most posts praising it, but if this Saalaam smokes and tastes half as good as it smells I'll be ordering from them shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 I am going to stock up on this stuff it is so good. but I cant find it in 250G boxes just 50G bah I hate 50g boxes lolalso been looking for a few days trying to find the cheapest price on it seems $3.09 is as low as i can find anyone else find it cheaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synesthesia Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 so i tried the chai spice tonight...the smoke was HUGE and very, very yummy and flavorful! it was really, really spicy tho, and it burned the back of my throat a little (well, more like...tingled). not because it was harsh, but just very spicy. i liked it alot tho, because i smoke clove cigarettes and it reminds me of them a bit. i wonder, if i were to mix it with a little vanilla or something, if it would cut down on the strong spice and give it more of a creamier, chai drink flavor rather than the straight up chai spice flavor that it has? actually, im just about sure that it WOULD, but the only thing is, i'd have to mix it with a vanilla tobaccy-based shisha. has anyone ever tried mixing an herbal shisha with a traditional? i think its time for an experiment!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 saalaam is way better than most tobaccos i am exited, so excited. this brand will officially be in my ling up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likespaceships Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 i hope tamarind taste like this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inino Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 pretty cool that they have some new flavors and sent some samples to you!! even though i hate the stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJCrusader Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yea I like this stuff. Will def. be stocking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarron Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Not bad at all. They sent me a sample of the Spiced Chai. Flavor was good and smoke was thick. My first experience with herbal and will likely try other flavors of this brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimbleCow Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Never tried an herbal but if the brand is worth smoking count me in for the double apple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Mmmmm...blueberry, anyone tried this flavor? Might have to try it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJCrusader Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 QUOTE (NimbleCow @ Apr 4 2009, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Never tried an herbal but if the brand is worth smoking count me in for the double apple!I would def. call it worth it. I really wish they had 250g somewhere but all I am finding is 50g packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 MYSTIC BERRY!i'm mystic johnny.thats right up my alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaffaaf27 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 herbal, as in its tobacco free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Click Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 QUOTE (shaffaaf27 @ Apr 4 2009, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>herbal, as in its tobacco free?Yes. It's sugar cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (click @ Apr 4 2009, 09:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (shaffaaf27 @ Apr 4 2009, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>herbal, as in its tobacco free?Yes. It's sugar cane.Some of it is made of grass clippings...(soex) Edited April 5, 2009 by delSol_si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaffaaf27 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 no tobaco, no buzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 QUOTE (shaffaaf27 @ Apr 4 2009, 11:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>no tobaco, no buzz?...or smoke like me and never get a buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Here's my thing about herbals......I know what tobacco is. I know what "chemicals" it naturally contains and I know after endless government studies exactly what's it's doing to me everytime I take a puff off my pipe. I don't know that about herbals. Just because something is herbal doesn't necessarily make it healthy. Hemlock is a herb. So's belladonna. (Herb as defined by the dictionary: A plant whose stem does not produce woody, persistent tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season.) Not to say that either hemlock or belladonna is in herbal shisha but I think you get my point. Without knowing every single herb and it's long term effects, why would I give up the devil I know for one I haven't got even a sliiver of information on since I'm not an herbalist. What's more, even with herbals, you're still inhaling smoke. You drop the nicotine, but you're still smoking - so where's the advantage to your body? People around the world have been smoking tobacco in it's purest most unaltered form for thousands of years with little observable effect. It's only when they started adding things to it like the added 3,000 plus ingredients in cigarettes and putting paper around it which means you're essentially inhaling wood ash, that it started getting dangerous. Poeple haven't been smoking herbals very long and my gut tells me there's a reason for that - that they would have been popular for several thousand years themselves if they were all that good for you. I'm not saying herbals are bad, just that we have no evidence that they're any better. So me personally...... I'm thinking I'm probably going to stick to tobacco.'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 QUOTE (BohoWildChild @ Apr 5 2009, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's my thing about herbals......I know what tobacco is. I know what "chemicals" it naturally contains and I know after endless government studies exactly what's it's doing to me everytime I take a puff off my pipe. I don't know that about herbals. Just because something is herbal doesn't necessarily make it healthy. Hemlock is a herb. So's belladonna. (Herb as defined by the dictionary: A plant whose stem does not produce woody, persistent tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season.) Not to say that either hemlock or belladonna is in herbal shisha but I think you get my point. Without knowing every single herb and it's long term effects, why would I give up the devil I know for one I haven't got even a sliiver of information on since I'm not an herbalist. What's more, even with herbals, you're still inhaling smoke. You drop the nicotine, but you're still smoking - so where's the advantage to your body? People around the world have been smoking tobacco in it's purest most unaltered form for thousands of years with little observable effect. It's only when they started adding things to it like the added 3,000 plus ingredients in cigarettes and putting paper around it which means you're essentially inhaling wood ash, that it started getting dangerous. Poeple haven't been smoking herbals very long and my gut tells me there's a reason for that - that they would have been popular for several thousand years themselves if they were all that good for you. I'm not saying herbals are bad, just that we have no evidence that they're any better. So me personally...... I'm thinking I'm probably going to stick to tobacco.'Ranijolly good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilded777 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 QUOTE (BohoWildChild @ Apr 5 2009, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's my thing about herbals......'RaniPolitely snipped.Granted, we don't know what's in this stuff (well, I ain't looked at the package yet); but people have been smoking herbs for just as long, and probably longer than tobacco. Here's a couple I enjoy: damiana, coltsfoot, bear berry. The list goes on, many of them having been prescribed by herbalists... TO SMOKE.Just saying.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 QUOTE (evilded777 @ Apr 6 2009, 05:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (BohoWildChild @ Apr 5 2009, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's my thing about herbals......'RaniPolitely snipped.Granted, we don't know what's in this stuff (well, I ain't looked at the package yet); but people have been smoking herbs for just as long, and probably longer than tobacco. Here's a couple I enjoy: damiana, coltsfoot, bear berry. The list goes on, many of them having been prescribed by herbalists... TO SMOKE.Just saying....Agreed... Plus, what about the Native Americans? I'm sure they've smoked plenty of different herbs for different remedies for centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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