If Your In Illinois Whats Your Method To Acclimating Tangiers

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

i keep hearing how people that live in illinois talk about they have no problem acclimating tangiers orginal so id like to hear your methods for doing this..i tryed once for 2 weeks..i basically opened the package and spread the shisha out flat on tinfoil about 12''x12'' size..there were hints of it coming around it would let off a good smell of the flavor then go away..so what method did you illinois folks use to acclimate it to our weather?

[ryno]

Well, I'm not in Illinois, but I'm in Vincennes which is on the IN IL border. i just set it out in the long shallow tupperware tubs with the 5 on the bottom (polypropylene). Stir it once an hour and wait till it smells right. Just watch the weather ahead of time. I've had bowls that smoked one set the night before, and the next morning wouldn't smoke at all, and I've had it the other way around too.

[Sonthert]

Spreading it out on foil is not recommended. I recommend you acclimate it for a few hours at a time in the tub you will be storing it in. For whatever reason, ost people who acclimate on open foil have trouble with acclimation.

[supersubby]

i ALWAYS check the weather before i open the package.

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

what am i looking for in the weather? humidity?

[supersubby]

what am i looking for in the weather? humidity?

exactly. how humid and how long.

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

ok, tangiers likes low right? whats my base point like under 70% or 60% what would be optimal? i still have my hygrometer from when i smoked cigars and i can use that for humidity readings

[rhineholt]

bump!

I'm gonna get me self some.
and I'd like NOB question to be answered. =)

[Travis]

Hey i live in illinois and smoke tangiers all the time.....




*Before i open the package i make sure that the humidity is gonna be around the same for a couple of days.*

First i open the package, and put it into my ziplok containers.
Stir it up nice and good, then leave it set uncovered for a few hours. Come back, stir it up again, then leave it uncovered.
Basically i do this all day then when it starts to get cooler and darker outside i stir it up once more then slap the lid on it and set it in a cool place. (NOT THE FRIDGE, i put mine in a drawer)
Then i repeat the whole stirring and leaving uncovered the next day.
By then its usually acclimated so that i can smoke it.
This is just how I do it.
Not saying anybody elses way is wrong.
Hope somebody gets some help with this.


By the way i live close to Mt. Vernon, About 1hr away from St. Louis so im pretty far south.

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

wow

[destructo]

i assume illinois has similar weather to PA which is hot humid summers and cold as balls winters. i just throw it in a shallow plastic container and let it sit open for ~48 hours mixing it 2 times a day with a fork that i leave in there

[McLovin600]

i assume illinois has similar weather to PA which is hot humid summers and cold as balls winters. i just throw it in a shallow plastic container and let it sit open for ~48 hours mixing it 2 times a day with a fork that i leave in there

fawk that lol

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

i'll give it a try..hope i do better this time

[destructo]

i assume illinois has similar weather to PA which is hot humid summers and cold as balls winters. i just throw it in a shallow plastic container and let it sit open for ~48 hours mixing it 2 times a day with a fork that i leave in there

fawk that lol

so how long do you let it sit? also mixing it takes about 30 seconds per bin

[mattarios2]

humidity high or low doesn't really matter for acclimation afaik. What matters is change in humidity/dew point, when humidity jumps up or down, it causes the shisha to go into shock.

This has been discussed hardcore on the forum in many threads.

NOB do what eric said, my tang never acclimated, never smelt right, and it is working out much better, not perfect but better with acclimation for 4 hours, then seal it, open it the next day around the same time, 4 hours, seal it, continue to do it over and over until it smells good, then give it a go.

[duckah]

I live between Chicago and Champaign, IL. I've purchased Tangiers twice, with 2-3 flavors each time, and tried following all the advice for acclimating to no avail.

Every single session was complete garbage

[Sonthert]

Relative humidity is only slightly relevant in how quickly it acclimates, what determines the actual amount of water in the air is the absolute humidity. The absolute humidity is frequently expressed as a dewpoint, the temperature at which the current amount of moisture in the air would be at saturation. Or, if you prefer, Dewpoint is the lowest temperature which that exact amount of moisture in the air could exist. Below that, it shakes off as dew or fog.