reviews. havana apricot and special apple

[SanguineSolitude]

I am sitting now outside on a gorgeous summer night smoking a bowl of havana apricot. Now apricot is my favorite flavor hands down and as a result i expect more than i would with other flavors. that said this is delicious.Apricot HavanaSetup: socialsmoke 22" egyptian with ice water in base and a normal clay bowl with foil and 2 3kings coalsAppearance of Ma'assel: nice consistency with plenty of wetness though no juice running around. just how i like it really. typical havana cut with medium sized pieces of red dyed tobacco with the occasional small stem. Smells very good, like dried apricots with a bit of a sour note to itSmoke:  good volume of thick white smoke with a pleasant apricot smell.taste: the best apricot ive had so far. very sweet with a very strong tangy apricot taste. tastes almost exactly like when you get a dried apricot that's a little tart still. delicious. compared to nakhla, al amir, and al waha this is miles above the competition. But at times when the smoke gets a bit too thick it takes on a slight (and we're talking very slight) chemical taste.Buzz: a medium buzz comparable to a weak batch of nakhla or a typical al waha strength buzz. nice and mellow.Overall: what can i say. i adore apricot and this tastes as close to a fresh apricot as any shisha ive tried. For 12 bucks(from ss) this is a great deal on some delicious shisha. I have yet to try tangiers, fumari, starbuzz(probably wont too much money), and romman(same reason as starbuzz), but i cant see them being that much better. But i would love to be wrong.i would give this a 9 out of 10 because of the slight chemical taste and the red dyed appearance. I would prefer not having the dye though im sure its safe enough. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who likes apricot, and in my opinion we all should. ive been smoking it for a good half hour and the flavor is still going strong and no harshness, though i did have to decrease to 1 coal because the smoke was getting too thick for my taste.Special Apple HavanaSetup: same as aboveAppearance: typical Havana, same as above. BUT i did find 2 big stems of about 2 inch length in the pot. smells like a double apple with less anise. (i guess thats whats special about it)Smoke: thick and white, but not as flavorful as i had hoped for. smelled like double appleTaste: tastes like it smells with plenty of apple flavor and enough anise for me (double apple has too much in my opinion) very pleasant but not as strong as i would expect following the apricot which just explodes in your mouth.Buzz: medium buzz though when the smoke gets thick it cranks up and can give you a headache.Overall: good but a bit of a disappointment. I guess i was looking for a super strong apple flavor with half the anise of a double apple. instead i got a double apple minus half the anise. good but not extraordinary. the smoke also lacked the havana juiciness i love. I shall definately be trying more to see whether or not it was just my bad luck during the smoking session or whether it is in fact the shisha itself. i would give this an 8 out of 10. certainly worth trying but I wouldnt pay more than the 12 bucks it cost for it. perhaps a bit overpriced on this flavor. rating meaning. 0-5 trade it or donate to a friend with no taste6-7 smoke it if nothings left8 try it if you get the chance9 you need to try it10 ive never found one but this would probably be something i would give myself lung cancer on.hope these help. Ive got some strawberry havana i havent tried yet. when i do ill shoot off a review.

[DownZero]

Nice review.. I'm planning on trying those 2 flavors tomorrow... I'm done with classes... for now.. so I plan to just relax and experiment w/ flavors tomorrow night before I head back home for the summer.. We shall see how I like them flavors. 

[SanguineSolitude]

i think youll like them alot. tell us how they were.

[aronparsons]

Awesome.  I really liked Havana Special Apple.  The brand seems to have some bad blood here on this board, I'm not sure why.  I plan to try a few more of their flavors in the future, I just have too much shisha at the time.

[The Dude Abides]

Thanks for the reviews.  I've been slowly but surely trying Havana's various flavors, and for the most part I have been thoroughly impressed.  Apricot, however, has not crossed my path as of yet, but I'm thinking it may just be the next flavor I try.  My overall impression of Havana is that it produces nice and crispy sweet flavors with smooth dense smoke, but it does not give me that nicotine buzz that forces one to put the hose down mid-session.  Such characteristics suit my tastes almost perfectly, and if you consider the middle-range price for Havana, it has rapidly become the main brand I choose to smoke.

[SanguineSolitude]

indeed and that crisp sweet and (fairly) accurate flavor is especially present in the apricot. its delicious. i still need to try strawberry tonight but will def smoke an apricot bowl as well.