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I received everything yesterday and had a few sessions. I'm trying to get the plastic taste out of the hose, so after smoking last night I cleaned the whole thing, hookah and hose (it's washable), really well with lemon juice and baking soda. I'm also trying to learn how to get the best session out of social smoke, because I used 3 cocos on an Egyptian and it was harsh straight off. So I took one off and it was a little better but not awesome, so I may try it out with a windcover tonight. I was so hard even to get through the sessions since the plastic taste was so awful.
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Watch my video where I packed SS Mobster, maybe it'll help you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4t-yDnDwjw&list=UU5it5IKnNUaxNFx9kPcV94Q&index=6

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Gratz on your order and WELCOME!

The only problem is, you didn't order a bowl! What you probably got with that sweet KM was a standard, clay, Egyption bowl - which is not bad (better than the crap you get out of the box with a Mya), but not the best. I cannot stress enough, YOUR BOWL WILL MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE! Sorry for the caps but a lot of peeps still don't get this. Now don't get me wrong, Egyptian bowls are great for dryer tobaccos like Nakhla, but for wetter brands, you really benefit from the design of a phunnel bowl (one of the Tangiers variety if you please).

One other thing, while I know a few people who like social smoke baccy (wait, I don't know anyone who likes SS. But I'm sure there are some out there!), there are better brands. As you've read from the responses thus far, the top three are always Tangiers, Al Fakher, and Nakhla. If you are relatively new to smoking, my suggestion would be to start out with something like <shutter> Starbuzz. It's easy to smoke, and people seem to like the names of the flavors. After that, transition to AF. It's still relatively easy to smoke and there are plenty of flavors that mix well together. Also, notice how you will get more than an hour's worth of smoke out of a small phunnel of AF.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.