txbrit31 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Is Al Waha known for having small trees in it? I opened a new 50g pack of Al Waha grapes today and there were not one, but three small saplings from 4-5 inches each.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I get stems in virtually all the tobacco I buy. I've noticed that my Fahker gets pretty large stems in it. Its no big deal though. I always dump all my tobacco out when I first open it, pick out all the stems, and then just put it back in. And no, its not uncommon to get stems. But are you sure the stems were 4-5 inches? Thats pretty much the entire length of a 50gram box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacator Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 hm where did you buy the tobacco? Maybe its a fake... test it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4r80n Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 lol! trees! maybe you should go get a mini hachet....TIMBER!oh what? yeah happens to all of us, never that long, but really thick i've seen. Look like finger bones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahCaterpillar Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Nakhla commonly has stems and ive found stems in al-waha before too. Al-waha usually doesnt have many but I usually find them when packing a bowl and pick them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Someone should do a video on sorting tobacco. For new people it may be hard to tell a stem from product, depending on cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Al Waha is known for their stems. It's not necessarily a well sorted product in my opinion. Even in my Al Amir I'll find SOME stems, but it's generally alright.Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I think the biggest trunk I've found was in a 250 gram box of Romman. Just think on the positive: They're just soup bones! MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I am forever picking out stems! You think you got it bad? Try picking them out for customers that sit around posting on the hookah forum how many trees there are in your tobacco! Thats stress!Initially alot of companies have real clean tobacco, but it takes lots of time which translates to higher product costs, so less effort is put into it. Also, as the companies make progressively larger batches of tobacco, its harder to find them in the middle.Once the stuff is flavored, you don;t want to go rooting around in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converge Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Hahaha, you have a small family of trees in your little cup. Pick it before it gets too big I have found several stems, mostly in my Pharaoh and Nakhla though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahEnthusiast Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Yea al waha tends to be "stemmy" but as stated above virtually all brands have some stems here or there...just part of the whole ma'ssell/shisha experience....i found only a couple in my 250g's of starbuzz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converge Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I really have not smoked one before. What would be wrong with it? Just maybe more harshness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahDuck Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']Once the stuff is flavored, you don;t want to go rooting around in there.[/quote]Hahaha... I totally got a mental picture of you crawling around in a troff of tobacco =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpico Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I know what you mean about the stems, but it's not that bad to just pick apart. Takes a couple of extra minutes to really clear it up and break up the massell...but no biggie. Really, it's just apart of the routine of packing a "bowl" of shisha. No kidding. Just relax, be patient, and have a good smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashraj84 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Are stems bad? I didn't know I was supposed to pick them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 TxBrit 31 mentions at the beginning that the culprit was Al Waha grape. I've seen stems in many brands of grape especially since the grape itself is attatched in nature to a tiny sprig of wood stem. There would be so many more of them than say, melon which has only one thick stem . (even so Nakhla manages to get wood into them too). sheeshabum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR Bubble Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote name='surfpico']I know what you mean about the stems, but it's not that bad to just pick apart. Takes a couple of extra minutes to really clear it up and break up the massell...but no biggie. Really, it's just apart of the routine of packing a "bowl" of shisha. No kidding. Just relax, be patient, and have a good smoke.[/quote] Thank you, surfpico. Words of wisdom guys. MR Bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Stems are our friends...the only problem is the large ones that poke through the foil, creating a tear in an otherwise pristine foil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashraj84 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']Stems are our friends...the only problem is the large ones that poke through the foil, creating a tear in an otherwise pristine foil.[/quote]So are you supposed to take stems out or not? I noticed that Fumari is very finely minced and doesn't really have any big stems or big anything for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4r80n Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I smoke the stems...everyone knows that's where the heroin is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasa Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 THe stemmiest shisha i've ever seen is Nakhla Peach. I gave it to my friend who is starting up hookah-smoking. He was thrilled. "oh yeah, thats some good sh**" i told him "thanks so much!" he told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 [quote name='Smashraj84'][quote name='Tangiers']Stems are our friends...the only problem is the large ones that poke through the foil, creating a tear in an otherwise pristine foil.[/quote]So are you supposed to take stems out or not? I noticed that Fumari is very finely minced and doesn't really have any big stems or big anything for that matter. [/quote]You don;t have to, if you don't wanna. The only thing that really annoys me is the foreign plant matter that ends up in the tobacco. They spread the tobacco out on the floor of barns to dry and age...and whatever's on the floor gets in the tobacco...I've found wheat, corn silk, straw, hay, alfalfa, soybean, wood and even a pecan once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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