Mixing Flavors Went Bad?

[Arcane]

Soooo, I was smoking Sour Grape....yummmm. Then I moved on to Mimon....yummm. Then, I thought...Sour Grape + Mimon = win? Apparently not.

For some reason, mixing the two turned it into Rotten Grape + Sewage? Really? What happened?

[sleeperhit]

Happens. I mixed Mint and Apple today. Did a 40/60 ratio and Mint overtook it big time.
It still was great but a waste of Apple and it wasn't as potent of a Mint as usual.

[Amn_sinclair]

thats what happens sometimes u just dont get a good mix flavors u think would compliment each other actually dont and ruin the whole bowl

[Arcane]

its not that the flavors didn't go well together...it literally made it taste bad. like i was inhaling rotten grapes that fell into a sewer drain.

i felt nauseous after 10 minutes...

[mattarios2]

yep, that's happened to me before.

I've mixed flavors before and it made the smoke taste like nothing, they each countered each other so it only tasted like smoke too.

[chinodos]

I have a stash of used, unburnt tobacco, from leftover bowls that I keep in container. Sometimes when I'm in the mood for a smoke without flavor I'll use this stuff because it does counteract when you use alot of different flavors, giving a smooth smoky taste.

[hookah hippie]

when I mix I find it important to use flavors that compliment each other it

requires lots of trial and error sometimes

[mushrat]

We have a favorite mix thread in the reviews. I'll make a Death Mix one later today.

[joytron]

its not that the flavors didn't go well together...it literally made it taste bad. like i was inhaling rotten grapes that fell into a sewer drain.

i felt nauseous after 10 minutes...

hmmmmmm.... sounds like tangiers to me!


joking joking!

[fcbayern]

This is exactly why I dont mix shisha flavors.. The shisha gods intend for their gift to be smoked exactly as they are recieved.

Dont mess with the nectar of the gods!

[ilikemyusername]

This is exactly why I dont mix shisha flavors.. The shisha gods intend for their gift to be smoked exactly as they are recieved.

Dont mess with the nectar of the gods!

if that were true, then why is mint such a great mixer?

[Click]

Eric mentioned to me the other night when I asked about mixing M-cherry with the soon to be New Lemon Lime that it wouldn't work because the flavors would collapse.  Not necessarily sure what that involves but that's your answer.

[kdkhookah]

I believe it's all about ratio and flavor choice. If it makes logical sense that the flavors will go together, like strawberry and vanilla, then it should work, well usually. I have a flavor mix that uses four flavors, and when people are over they usually want me to mix that one. But one night I just made up something and mixed a different batch; it was amazing. I tried to replicate it again the next night, and it was just okay. It was because I added more of a certain flavor than I did last time, and that flavor ended up taking over. Wish I would have written the general idea down now.

[Arcane]

Eric mentioned to me the other night when I asked about mixing M-cherry with the soon to be New Lemon Lime that it wouldn't work because the flavors would collapse. Not necessarily sure what that involves but that's your answer.

yeah, i was there when he was talking about it. i didn't know collapse might "taste like sewage"...but, now i know.

[supersubby]

imo after a while any grape flavor starts to taste like indian food. not good i never want to smoke indian food flavor shisha..

[Bulldog_916]

It's more to do with the chemical makeup of each flavor. If 2 chemicals dont mix well you wont get an accurate representation of what the flavor mix SHOULD be. There are all sorts of reactions that could take place. The flavor could mix well because the chemical makeup of it is favorable to the flavor you're mixing it with. Or it could mix badly, having certain chemicals break down therefore you wont get a good flavor at all, just some sort of awful shit flavor.

I believe this is how it works. I could be wrong though.