Most Natural Tasting/looking/smelling Shisha

[freeOS]

I've made some purchases based on the reviews here, with mixed results. I've done a lot of searching and reading, and I think I'll know what most people will come back with for answers in this thread. What I'm trying to find out without wasting too much more money myself, is:

What brands tend to have the most natural smell/taste/look, and avoid using lots of dye and artificial smelling/tasting additives?

The two least natural brands I've bought are Laylina and Havana, while the two most natural have seemed to be Nakhla mint and SB blue mist. Both look like tobacco in molasses w/o coloring, and lack any chemical smell that I can detect.

[mattarios2]

Most natural : Tangiers and Nakhla

Least natural: Everything else on the list, heh.

[freeOS]

I kind of thought Nakhla would take the lead. It seems to matter little whether it's apple, orange, whatever. Always brown, never smells like candy. I'm excited to see if my Tangiers will be like that when it arrives. Edited June 14, 2009 by freeOS

[mattarios2]

nakhla has color to it, i have heard rumor they use natural coloring though, not artificial, don't know how true it is.

Tangiers on the other hand looks the most natural, but i would say nakhla tastes the most natural.

[shisha fan]

nakhla for sure, its not dripping in glycerin and dye like the others.

[freeOS]

Any others I should try if I'm looking for the natural look/feel/smell/flavor?

I'm kind of tempted to grow some tennesse burley myself since it looks pretty fool proof.

[mattarios2]

nakhla for sure, its not dripping in glycerin and dye like the others.

it will be dripping in juices soon though shisha fan :-) you wait and see!

[shisha fan]

nakhla for sure, its not dripping in glycerin and dye like the others.

it will be dripping in juices soon though shisha fan :-) you wait and see!

i hope not, why would they change an already excellent recipe.

[mattarios2]

have you had nakhla out of a can? the shit is dripping wet, and out of a can it tastes 10 times better and lasts 5 times longer. I am almost positive nakhla is supposed to be wet, but we get export quality and it is old and dried out. Why do you think there is such a range?

Sometimes i get nakhla in a box and it is moist, sometimes pretty wet, sometimes bone dry, all of them being the same flavor.

The best stuff is out of the can, and that is the incredibly wet stuff.

It is the exact same shisha just with more juice, i don't see why you wouldn't want it that way ...

[shisha fan]

have you had nakhla out of a can? the shit is dripping wet, and out of a can it tastes 10 times better and lasts 5 times longer. I am almost positive nakhla is supposed to be wet, but we get export quality and it is old and dried out. Why do you think there is such a range?

Sometimes i get nakhla in a box and it is moist, sometimes pretty wet, sometimes bone dry, all of them being the same flavor.

The best stuff is out of the can, and that is the incredibly wet stuff.

It is the exact same shisha just with more juice, i don't see why you wouldn't want it that way ...

i have had about 10 different nakhla flavours in a can and they were more moist than normal but definately not dripping wet. which is ok, because it smokes and tastes perfect like that.

and i haven`t had bone dry nakhla in years, whether i buy it from the US or officially imported and taxed in my own country doesn`t really make a difference.
what i`m trying to say is that it doesn`t have to be juicier for me, its great the way it is.

[mattarios2]

i agree it is great the way it is, but i'd love to be able to go through 3-4 rounds of coals in my mini phunnel before a bowl is toast ... who wouldn't ?

[shisha fan]

yeah i`d like that, but i don`t see it happening. but who cares, nakhla is dirt cheap anyway, i`ll just pack a new bowl if the last one is finished.

[mattarios2]

true that my nakhla brotha!

sry for the thread jack ... i seem to be doing that a lot lately ...

sorry .. OG ... as you were.

[TheHookah.com]

Nakhla is a dry tobacco. It is not supposed to be wet. It has been that way ever since I can remember and it is the same in the Middle East.

[freeOS]

Nakhla is a dry tobacco. It is not supposed to be wet. It has been that way ever since I can remember and it is the same in the Middle East.

I hear it's going to be a lot more wet now. The orange I bought last week from hookah-shisha was moderately wet, but not like starbuzz or anything.

[Voski]

have you had nakhla out of a can? the shit is dripping wet, and out of a can it tastes 10 times better and lasts 5 times longer. I am almost positive nakhla is supposed to be wet, but we get export quality and it is old and dried out. Why do you think there is such a range?

Sometimes i get nakhla in a box and it is moist, sometimes pretty wet, sometimes bone dry, all of them being the same flavor.

The best stuff is out of the can, and that is the incredibly wet stuff.

It is the exact same shisha just with more juice, i don't see why you wouldn't want it that way ...

I have a can of cherry I bought from Athens. It is not wet same old dry nakhla.

[mattarios2]

Nakhla is a dry tobacco. It is not supposed to be wet. It has been that way ever since I can remember and it is the same in the Middle East.

garbage ... i have family in the middle east that smoke shisha ... they say their nakhla is pretty wet no where near the dryness of what we get here ...

not complaining as nakhla is my main smoke ... dry or not ...

check out bulldogs photo of his can of DA in this thread linked below ... it isn't random that he got the can with that much juice in it ... that is the way it is supposed to be

http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=29374

[freeOS]

Nakhla is a dry tobacco. It is not supposed to be wet. It has been that way ever since I can remember and it is the same in the Middle East.

garbage ... i have family in the middle east that smoke shisha ... they say their nakhla is pretty wet no where near the dryness of what we get here ...

not complaining as nakhla is my main smoke ... dry or not ...

check out bulldogs photo of his can of DA in this thread linked below ... it isn't random that he got the can with that much juice in it ... that is the way it is supposed to be

http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=29374

Just uploaded some macro shots of my latest Nakhla purchase (orange)

Towards the bottom:
http://www.hookahforum.com/?showtopic=29374&st=20

[freeOS]

I think Havana "Blueberry" wins the least natural looking/smelling title!

Soilent green?

[Moefasaaa]

grosssssssssssssssssssss

[Capt. Morgan]

I'm kinda surprised that fantasia isn't in the lead for least natural shisha.

[shisha fan]

I'm kinda surprised that fantasia isn't in the lead for least natural shisha.

me too, its the stickiest goo dripped dye infested stuff there is.

but thet still have some good flavors though, like blueberry and wild mango.

[Sonthert]

I saw a jar of Hookah Hookah "Blueberry Pancakes" Which quickly became adapted to "Dingleberry Pantscakes". It winds the awrd for the least natural looking.

I accidentally voted for Tangiers for both most and least natural...thats what I get for reading carefully.

[freeOS]

I saw a jar of Hookah Hookah "Blueberry Pancakes" Which quickly became adapted to "Dingleberry Pantscakes". It winds the awrd for the least natural looking.

I accidentally voted for Tangiers for both most and least natural...thats what I get for reading carefully.

Yea, hookah-hookah seems down there on the list for sure. Does Tangiers use any dyes?

[mattarios2]

I saw a jar of Hookah Hookah "Blueberry Pancakes" Which quickly became adapted to "Dingleberry Pantscakes". It winds the awrd for the least natural looking.

I accidentally voted for Tangiers for both most and least natural...thats what I get for reading carefully.

Yea, hookah-hookah seems down there on the list for sure. Does Tangiers use any dyes?

No