delSol_si Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I have gotten Nakhla Strawberry and Nakhla Tropicana from a local store and I have gotten Nakhla Mizo grape from HC or H-S, can't remember and none of them have had aluminum. I have never had aluminum wrapping on any shisha I have bought. I have had shiny aluminum colored plastic wrap, but not actual aluminum...I would think wrapping in actual aluminum would make it really expensive to package... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapten Kanel Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 QUOTE (delSol_si @ Jun 7 2009, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I have gotten Nakhla Strawberry and Nakhla Tropicana from a local store and I have gotten Nakhla Mizo grape from HC or H-S, can't remember and none of them have had aluminum. I have never had aluminum wrapping on any shisha I have bought. I have had shiny aluminum colored plastic wrap, but not actual aluminum...I would think wrapping in actual aluminum would make it really expensive to package...When you mention it... its more like a kinda thin aluminum "film" on plastic, still ,the lower quality variant is just a half-transparent plastic bag with "nakhla" "written" on it here and there, so no misconception there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 my mizo came in an like an aluminum type-ish plastic bag dealy...yeah, i dunno if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimbleCow Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Jun 7 2009, 06:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tangiers is oily...not wet. If Nakhla's adding more water to their shisha, it will make it last less time, not more. Water makes the tobacco's flavor give out faster. What brand has the longest flavor/smoke duration? I'd like to think Tangiers. What has the lowest water content? Tangiers. Its not a coincidence. Water makes the tobacco cheaper. If you mean its getting oilier, thats something different. Adding more water to Nakhla will make it die faster, if I understand what's going on here...Is there a benefit to laying out the wet stuff to dry out a bit? Kind of like a chef would reduce a sauce to increase it's intensity? For example: If you laid out some drippy AF and let some of the water evaporate--would you have a concentrated and less sloppy product afterwards?I ask because I'm hooked on this little egyptian bowl that came with my Mya--but anything real drippy just makes a horrible mess. But tobacco that isn't drippy wet works perfectly. Would love to still be able to smoke AF and the wetter stuff using an Egyptian but without all the sloppy mess and weirdness in flavor and session that happens when the juices run down from the bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shisharob777 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Its legit, lived in Egypt for 3 years would go out and buy Naklah all the time, it was always wrapped in plastic, they may just do the aluminum for exporting and maybe that one got mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 QUOTE (NimbleCow @ Jun 7 2009, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Sonthert @ Jun 7 2009, 06:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tangiers is oily...not wet. If Nakhla's adding more water to their shisha, it will make it last less time, not more. Water makes the tobacco's flavor give out faster. What brand has the longest flavor/smoke duration? I'd like to think Tangiers. What has the lowest water content? Tangiers. Its not a coincidence. Water makes the tobacco cheaper. If you mean its getting oilier, thats something different. Adding more water to Nakhla will make it die faster, if I understand what's going on here...Is there a benefit to laying out the wet stuff to dry out a bit? Kind of like a chef would reduce a sauce to increase it's intensity? For example: If you laid out some drippy AF and let some of the water evaporate--would you have a concentrated and less sloppy product afterwards?I ask because I'm hooked on this little egyptian bowl that came with my Mya--but anything real drippy just makes a horrible mess. But tobacco that isn't drippy wet works perfectly. Would love to still be able to smoke AF and the wetter stuff using an Egyptian but without all the sloppy mess and weirdness in flavor and session that happens when the juices run down from the bowl.No! Water based tobaccos stop smoking when they dry out. You need to protect that water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 i got some double apple recently (from a friend who got it for me thinking id like it). it was pouring wetness...definitely not the oily stuff i was used to. not sure if it was new or not but god damn ive never seen nakhla that wet before. still tasted like crap (i really dont like anus...err anise flavor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 QUOTE (Scoop @ Jun 8 2009, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i got some double apple recently (from a friend who got it for me thinking id like it). it was pouring wetness...definitely not the oily stuff i was used to. not sure if it was new or not but god damn ive never seen nakhla that wet before. still tasted like crap (i really dont like anus...err anise flavor)mmm double apple.oh and on a side note, i think if the new stuff is soaked that will be a good thing. in my experiences and everyone i have talked to about it says the stuff in the cans and jars is the best nakhla because it is juicy, they say it lasts twice as long which imho would make it have close if not the same duration as tang, and the flavor is 5 times stronger from jar/can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Hmm. Interesting point. Maybe Nakhla is supposed to be wet, but it dries out in their packaging and we see "dry" as the norm, when its supposed to be wet. That additional flavor comes from the moisture...I think I may change my opinion and go with mattarios on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 i guess we will have to wait and see ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 QUOTE (mattarios2 @ Jun 11 2009, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i guess we will have to wait and see ...yep...getting pretty excited about the guava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimbleCow Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Are the jars pretty consistent? I remember reading a jar review that said the seal was bad and the top of the jar was bone dry and the bottom was only slightly moist.Also--on Nakhla's site they say that make 250g cans--anyone seen them for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 hc sells fakfakhina mixed fruits and a few others in a can, and hookah-shisha sells 1kg cans of about 6-7 different flavors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Dude, I'm pretty sure you're right. No wait and see. My mind can be changed. You did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 haha, i hope so, the few times i've gotten really juicy nakhla it was 10 times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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