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Hey all,After a few months of hookah'in I realized something has been missing.  Then I remembered when I was sitting/laying in the hookah cafe in Spain, I always had a pot of tea to drink while I was smoking.  I tried searching the forum for tea and only found a thread or two that talked about drinking tea but not specific brands or types.  I was wondering if anyone had any specific brands and/or types of tea that they like to drink while smoking.
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Bigelow makes an excellent mint tea that should make an excellent and rather traditional companion to hookah smoking. Remember to sugar this fairly heavily to approximate the sort of mint tea traditionally served in the Mideast. Wonderful stuff...
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[quote name='Smashraj84']I got a pack of Stash Chai.  It's absolutely delicious.  I'm smoking it with some fumari Tropical Punch.  What a great combo.[/quote]I generally would smoke the fumari and drink the tea. But its good to see folk's mixing it up a little!!
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Was it a light cloudy color to the tea? Maybe what you thought was milk was realy Arak the Arab answer to the Greek "Ouzo". Its made from anise.
Its great. In the bottle its non colored and clear. Pour a few or more drops into a glass of clear water and it clouds up.
Cheers.
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[quote name='Terence']Maybe I'm going to try get some Arak (It has been way too long!!) and try that in some tea... if it not that same I may have to put some Arak in the boal cos that realy fires the smoke up.Thanks Sheeshabum for your reply. T[/quote]   Last week I put into my water holding bowl 1 part Arak to 7 parts water. Great taste. Sheeshabum
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In Egypt, they drink the crap out of Lipton tea. Another favorite of mine for hookah smoking is Hibiscus tea. The Egyptians use it to settle the nerves before bed time. In the summer, serve it cold. Of course, this needs sugar to taste, and I found just a tad of lemon juice really gets it going. It's a "fruity/floral" taste.
MR Bubble
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An interesting topic, because I've found that drinking something mild like tea or even water while smoking hookah can enhance your ability to enjoy the flavor of the smoke. Sometimes after smoking for a bit it seems your palette can get kinda dry and the flavor gets dull...Coffee can be good, too...
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