Hangin10 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I'm fairly new to owning my own hookah, and I was wondering about the "pipe" flavor from some brands. What's that like? And also, is there tobacco that's not flavored that's suitable for smoking in a hookah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 If you're looking for a flavor-less tobacco, try to find some Zaghoul, Kass etc. Zag is probably the most common, and is made by Naklah. Traditionally with Zag, you're supposed to pack your bowl, skip foil and put the coals directly ontop of the baccy... If you're bold enough to try it, let us know As for pipe flavor, only one I've tried before was Havana Pipe flavor, which is by far my most favorite havana flavor. It's very sweet, but not fruity. To me, it's like a creamy, vanilla/chocolate-esk flavor, which I LOVE. Having trouble finding some more locally for a good price, so I might have to suck it up and buy some online eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAHkoo Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 i think layalina made a cedar flavor. not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 im gonna have to give zag a go one time...with foil cuz ima wimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattler Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Zag can't be that bad without the foil. When I was having difficulty getting my QT to smoke I Ripped the foil off and through 2 coals onto the tobacco. Craploads of smoke them If I can get my grubby little hands on some Zag I'll try it without the foil and let you guys know. (oh I should warn you guys...I smoke 1.5 packs of nonfilter cigs a day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 rattler: I can get Zag cheap here locally. PM me if you want me to send you a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattler Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 QUOTE (mushrat @ Jan 6 2007, 05:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>rattler: I can get Zag cheap here locally. PM me if you want me to send you a box.Mushrat...thanks but I found it online at the place I am going to try an order at next just in case I can't get it at my local shop. My local shop seems to be a fair bargain on most stuff. Cobra hoses are marked at $6.99(very nice cobra hoses) and he's willing to haggle the price down to 5 bucks Anyways I'm not due to buy anymore tobacco until the end of this month as I am already well laid in with my intial testing supply. No one warned me I would have the urge to try every possible flavor when I started this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rattler Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 OK the local shop carried Zaghoul. I talked to the Arab gentlemen who works there about how to smoke it since you guys said it's supposed to be smoked without foil I wanted to know if there were any particulars that might help. He explained to me that there should be almost as much tobacco mounded up out of the bowl as in the bowl to make the smoke cooler...Toss one coal(and he said do not use a instant lite!) right on top in the middle of the stack in the bowl. He said once it is smoking very well to take the coal off and smoke it until it begins to slow down and then apply the coal for awhile more.So I followed his instructions to the best of my ability. I used my Mya qt (only pipe I have) loaded the bowl and lit a jap quick lite and headed outside...I was not about to smoke this stuff in my house. At this point I was feeling a little apprehensive because of the look/smell. Oh well I am a man and WILL smoke this. I sat down in my chair and tossed the hot coal up and it and puffed away for about a minute or two...damn harsh smoke. The tobacco was all nice and smoking on it's own now so I pulled the coal off and too a few harsh puffs...and then it mellowed out. HUGE clouds (absolutely the most smoke I have ever seen come out of my lungs hands down) of not terribly harsh smoke for the next 15 minutes. The smoke is more reminiscent of smoking really crappy sweet pipe tobacco out of one of my Peterson pipes than smoking a hookah. No complexity whatsoever...certainly nothing like a Frog Morton on the Bayou(my favorite pipe tobacco) just unabashed tobacco flavor. Anyways after 15 minutes I had to through the coal back on and in another minute it was ready to come back off again. I had another 15 minutes of good (not to harsh to inhale) tobacco smoke. OK so after a little more than a half hour I pussed out. I began feeling sick as hell from the nicotine buzz, I actually thought I was going to puke for a few minutes. There was still quite a bit left in the bowl, but I dumped it into the trash. I would not recommend a new smoker try smoking this stuff without the foil. I would think they may actually become very ill. For the more experienced smokers...this is something everyone should try once just to know. I'll mix the rest with flavored tobacco and smoke with foil thank you very much.So is this what hookah smoking was like in the old days? If it is I would not have been much of a hookah smoker LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangin10 Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 Wow, thanks to all who replied , especially rattler. Rattler, perhaps you could post similar in the review section? I searched earlier based on the other replies and didn't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I smoke zag on a constant basis...probably making my lungs blacker than the zag itself. Its essentially flavorless, but I always get a thought of "this is what smoking woodchips would be like" I love that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Al Majlis Pipe Tobacco flavor (as opposed to Zaghloul) is excellent. Other brands I couldn't answer for. Zaghloul is pipe tobacco, but some brands make a pipe tobacco flavor of pipe tobacco. If you see what I'm saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke69 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Sonthert you've talked about al majlis before. I want to look into it. But i cant find it anywhere on the internet. Could you point me in the right direction for it? Please Pm me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 You've been PMed. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Did I mention in the PM that nobody sells it? They don't, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah2005 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 the guy at the shop I biuy some of my hookah from gave me some nakhla zag for free one time. it smoked good but it gives me a headache, im not sure why.I like to mix it with really strong flavors to dull them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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