Frank Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I am an avid Tangiers smoker as most who know me know.After using chronic coals and coconaras regularly with Tangiers I decided to order the Golden Charcoal from hookahjohn Thursday.Eric uses Golden Charcoal at the Odessey Lounge and swears by them....since the Coconut coals produce too much heat in his opinion.I figured I'd smoke my Tangiers with Goldens and see for myself since I do smoke the best Tangiers whenever I go to Eric's Lounge in SD.Boy am I impressed....this orange soda is smoking perfectly and I will definitely be picking up more Golden Coals to use when I smoke Tangiers.Thanks for the suggestion Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I won't use another coal with Tangiers now. After getting a couple boxes of GCs in my last order I have destroyed two boxes. Need moar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I've got several rolls of Goldens left from before I switched to CH coals...... I don't think I've expressly tried the Goldens with Tangiers though. Thanks for the tip! And thanks to Eric for telling it to you.'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Not the rolls! THESE:http://hookahjohn.com/product.sc?categoryI...p;productId=128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 Those are the same coals I got and Eric uses....they work very well.QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 12 2009, 01:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not the rolls! THESE:http://hookahjohn.com/product.sc?categoryI...p;productId=128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yeah that was aimed for Boho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yeah, wots up now bizitches? Gangsta rolls deep. Dog says the ridez tight, ridez is tight. Or something like that. I think they're the best coal available at any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 QUOTE (mitchard @ Apr 12 2009, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not the rolls! THESE:http://hookahjohn.com/product.sc?categoryI...p;productId=128Ahhhh! Aren't those silver coated though? God but I hate those things............ Take bloody forever to light for me.'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Good Japanese coals light quickly and cleanly. The silver coating lights the coal. No coating, and it doesn't light worth a crap. Crummy Japanese coals/Chinese coals have silver paint that does nothing without an accelerant in the charcoal. Remove the coal and they light the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Apr 12 2009, 02:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Good Japanese coals light quickly and cleanly. The silver coating lights the coal. No coating, and it doesn't light worth a crap. Crummy Japanese coals/Chinese coals have silver paint that does nothing without an accelerant in the charcoal. Remove the coal and they light the same way.On anything hookah, I bow to the master....... Perhaps I got imitations before 'cuz it's been a while and honestly I don't remember the package. Reading this and the Tangiers thread...... Guess I'm going to have to find the time to get off my gorgeous backside and make the drive to San Diego if for no other reason than to learn how to optimize one of my favorite tobaccos.'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Slumber party?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Sometimes I don't heat these long enough on my coil burner, and they turn out tasting horrible. Even with the silver flint burned off, these can still give a fowl flavor. It made me sick for the rest of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplexCoda Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I would love to try the canary golden coals, but they are freakin expensive. Everywhere i find em they are the same price, i cant afford that much for a box of coals when i can get exoticas for 8 bucks a box and with the glass screen you cant taste anything. If they were to come down in price i would deffinatly try them, but i cant now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no longer welcome Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 they are really expensive to stock too, that's why not too many stores have them, however if you drive down to Tnagiers you can get a good deal on them;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplexCoda Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 QUOTE (HookahJohn @ Apr 12 2009, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>they are really expensive to stock too, that's why not too many stores have them, however if you drive down to Tnagiers you can get a good deal on them;)Thats the way i would love to go, visit the man himself. Unfortunately, Sand Diego is a long long ways away from Portales, New Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjako Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 So from everything I've read about these coals on the forum is:Make sure you heat them until the silver all Flakes off?Or, heat them, and allow the silver to flake off on the bowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inino Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 heat them til they are red and blow the silver off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 QUOTE (inino @ Apr 13 2009, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>heat them til they are red and blow the silver off.i heat them till they're red for the most part...there's usually a small circle of silver in the very middle, that is sometime still left on. doesn't really make a difference in taste, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Nah, leaving a bit of silver on there hasn't hurt the taste or overall heat output for me at all. I usually can get most of the lining off by blowing on the coals, but some parts are more stubborn than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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