No Taste?

[Guest Namenone]

Charcoal like the ones you use on the barbeque?

[Smashraj84]

DO NOT USE BBQ Charcoal, you'll be VERY sick.Go to any hookah shop or online store and you can find bulk natural charcoal.

[pavlakos_politakos]

NO!!!!! i really do NOT suggest using BBQ coals.the natural coals are just charred wood.thats it! no additives,chemicals,poisons,etc...those are the best;healthwise and best  for your hookah experience.only thing is theyre a bit of a hassle.

[Guest Namenone]

can anyone suggest a website or place in the uk where i can buy this coal?
 
tthanks

[Sonthert]

In the United States, many grocery stores sell this type of charcoal, for use in BBQ grills. It must be somehow marked "Natural" and the pieces look like actual black pieces of tree, with rings and knots and bumps and all. If you get stuff that looks like consistent pieces, avoid it. Like the difference between Ruffles and Pringles Potato Chips? Ruffles are all different sies because they are cross-sectioonal pieces of a real potato, while Pringles are ground potatoes stuck together with some sort of starch or glue. Ruffles are like naturla coal, Pringles are like the dangerous BBQ coal...

[Lukasa]

[quote name='Tangiers']In the United States, many grocery stores sell this
type of charcoal, for use in BBQ grills. It must be somehow marked
"Natural" and the pieces look like actual black pieces of tree, with
rings and knots and bumps and all. If you get stuff that looks like
consistent pieces, avoid it. Like the difference between Ruffles and
Pringles Potato Chips? Ruffles are all different sies because they are
cross-sectioonal pieces of a real potato, while Pringles are ground
potatoes stuck together with some sort of starch or glue. Ruffles are
like naturla coal, Pringles are like the dangerous BBQ coal...[/quote]

I prefer Krunchers! (tm) brand potato chips.  NO MORE WIMPY CHIPS! (tm)

Since this thread is about not getting a whole lot of flavor, and i
dont want to open up a whole nother thread, let me unload my flavor
dilemmas.  I bought an order of  Fumari a few weeks
ago.  Since then i've noticed that the smoke is less flavorful
than it once was.  I keep it in the tupperware+ a ziplock baggie
and i air it out and mix it up for 20 ish minutes before i smoke
it.  What am i doing wrong?  I get tons of silky smoothe
thick smoke, but the flavor is just weak.  I dont think its a heat
issue.  PLEASE ADVISE!

[Sonthert]

Humidity shock. Spring in the northern hemisphere, means more humidity for a month or so. Try letting it sit out for a couple hours. It may be that when you first got it, it was experiencing humidity shock then and thats why it seemingly smoked so well, too. Actually, try leaving it out for a day.

[Lukasa]

[quote name='Tangiers']Humidity shock. Spring in the northern hemisphere,
means more humidity for a month or so. Try letting it sit out for a
couple hours. It may be that when you first got it, it was experiencing
humidity shock then and thats why it seemingly smoked so well, too.
Actually, try leaving it out for a day.[/quote]

Really?  An entire day?  Would 4 hours or so do any good?

[steve07]

Summer in michigan gets real humid I would have to leave a new bath out for a day. Heck in the summer I have a hard time keeping my cigar at a proper humidity.

[Lukasa]

I left fumari tropical punch out for ~4 hours and it still wasnt all
that strong in flavor.  When the flavor was strong there were
strong underflavors of nasty burnt shisha.  In other words it
required a lot of heat to get the flavor and even then, charred taste
ruined it.

[Eat-sleep-hookah]

Hey,I have been smoking shisha/hookah for a while and i havent really got much taste but i get alot of smoke with the mini shisha i have at home, ttp://server4.pictiger.com/img/241926/picture-hosting/image- 150.jpg http://server4.pictiger.com/img/241927/pic...e-hosting/image -151.jpgThis is a picture of the shisha i am using,I use 1 and a half coals with it and i use foil,The flavours i have are El king-Cherry, El-Basha-Caramel, El Nakhla-Vanilla and Hennawy Tobacco-Banana,Banana is probebly the only flavour that i can tell its banana if i came in to the room and smoked it,The size of my pot isnt very large and am thinking it may be that, http://server4.pictiger.com/img/241928/pic...e-hosting/image -152.jpg http://server4.pictiger.com/img/241929/pic...e-hosting/image -153.jpgComapred to the size of a pencil haha.Any ideas??

You should buy a ceramic bowl, metal ruins the taste that may be your problem

[rel4x]

I joined just to post this reply(I'll probably stick around though). Swift-Lite charcoals are absolutely miserable. They can make anything taste terrible. Pick yourself up some natural coals, or three kings.