Stuie Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 So I have notice something. On a lot of the cheaper tobaccos I have gotten Double Apple the majority of them say Special Flavor somewhere on the box. Even Nakhla has it separate from their other lines. Don't get me wrong I am a bid DA fan. What's so special about Double Apple? I know it's an old traditional flavor, but why is it so Special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Because only Arabs and hardcore/oldschool smokers like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inino Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Im almost positive it used to be the first flavor you could buy besides tombek. That makes it special to alot of people. Also in most of the middle east if you are not smoking tombek you are smoking DA. In really old school lounges all they carry is tombek and DA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [quote name='inino' date='10 March 2010 - 01:08 AM' timestamp='1268201334' post='456277'] Im almost positive it used to be the first flavor you could buy besides tombek. That makes it special to alot of people. Also in most of the middle east if you are not smoking tombek you are smoking DA. In really old school lounges all they carry is tombek and DA. [/quote] bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimbleCow Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Anyone know the history of the flavor? How, why and when was it created? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I think DA was the first flavor i ever smoked before, luckily it didn't have that damn anise in it back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSU Smoker Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 the anise ruins it imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 DA has had anise in it for as long as I remember (10 years ago was my first exposure to nargile, in Beirut....where the air smells of DA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [quote name='PSU Smoker' date='10 March 2010 - 10:25 AM' timestamp='1268234703' post='456342'] the anise ruins it imo [/quote] Thats what makes the flavor at least in Nakhlas. I think the other brands over due it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westh Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Ye Nakhla DA was my first, and ill admit that i think without the anis it wouldnt be the same.. that extra liqourice flavor is nice with the apple. admittetly its something i rarely ever smoke now.. once every other month maybe.. and i only do it on my old hookah and hose.. no need to have the taste stuck in the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cheng Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I love DA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 I knew DA was one if not the first flavored shisha made... but what decades or even a century later... what constitutes the "special" denotation after all this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 It hasn't been centuries, fruity flavored tobacco is about 25 years old....my mom grew up in Lebanon in the 60s and 70s and she HATES the flavored stuff--I think largely because she didn't grow up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 [quote name='Hassouni' date='10 March 2010 - 02:15 PM' timestamp='1268252130' post='456406'] It hasn't been centuries, fruity flavored tobacco is about 25 years old....my mom grew up in Lebanon in the 60s and 70s and she HATES the flavored stuff--I think largely because she didn't grow up with it. [/quote] I said century. I don't know when Flavored tobacco was introduced I know that Nakhla is approaching their 100 year anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBKakes Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I said it at .us and I'll say it here. Absolutly nothign. Just becuase it was the first tobacco flavor doesn't mean I have to like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZ22 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I personally think it's terrible. The smell also makes me nautious. It was my first nakhla flavor and it made me hate nakhla... Fortunately I tried other flavors before judging the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [quote name='delSol_si' date='10 March 2010 - 04:03 AM' timestamp='1268229839' post='456329'] I think DA was the first flavor i ever smoked before, luckily it didn't have that damn anise in it back then. [/quote] pretty sure traditional DA had anise in it before you were born.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 [quote name='Stuie' date='10 March 2010 - 03:33 PM' timestamp='1268253194' post='456409'] [quote name='Hassouni' date='10 March 2010 - 02:15 PM' timestamp='1268252130' post='456406'] It hasn't been centuries, fruity flavored tobacco is about 25 years old....my mom grew up in Lebanon in the 60s and 70s and she HATES the flavored stuff--I think largely because she didn't grow up with it. [/quote] I said century. I don't know when Flavored tobacco was introduced I know that Nakhla is approaching their 100 year anniversary. [/quote] Well fair enough. Flavored mu'assal was introduced in the mid 80s. Nakhla I guess used to make unflavored stuff, much as they still do: zaghloul, khass, batta (which means "duck"...), etc. That's certainly the only stuff the older generation had to smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I hate DA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 [quote name='Arcane' date='10 March 2010 - 04:47 PM' timestamp='1268261250' post='456428'] [quote name='delSol_si' date='10 March 2010 - 04:03 AM' timestamp='1268229839' post='456329'] I think DA was the first flavor i ever smoked before, luckily it didn't have that damn anise in it back then. [/quote] pretty sure traditional DA had anise in it before you were born.....lol [/quote] dunno, it was layalina...i just know the first few times i smoked it, i really liked it, then didn't smoke hookah for a good year or so, then when i came back, tried it again and hated it. BUT, it could have been esk. apple that had the first time, who knows. I also remember when i was a beginner, i called it esk. apple "triple apple" because of the picture, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 If Nakhla two apples was the only flavor available and it only came in kilo cans I would be just fine with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzbizz Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Whats the difference between the regular Nak DA and the DA in a can and in a jar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 its special because I smoke it and love it then I get sick of it and never want to smoke it again but it always creeps back in.it's the dreaded nakhla double apple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazar Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) [quote name='dizzbizz' date='11 March 2010 - 11:59 AM' timestamp='1268305161' post='456528'] Whats the difference between the regular Nak DA and the DA in a can and in a jar? [/quote] Can/jar is a tad wetter. Not that it's that much of a deal, I have yet to buy Nakhla that doesn't smoke great (with one exception). About the anise taste, Eric once mentioned that the taste was meant to resemble that of the alcoholic beverage [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arak_%28distilled_beverage%29"]arak[/url], to give it a sort of "bad boy" taste. (And I agree with twoapplesplease. Give me enough Nakhla DA and Tangiers K-Peach to last for a lifetime, and I wouldn't care about every other flavor going extinct). Edited March 11, 2010 by Balthazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I smoke nakhla single apple and mizo apple. What is the difference of those to double apple. They are both appley and have some anise. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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