The cypress reviews!!!

[Mathazar]

Sorry man,  I didn't know you were joking around.  All in fun,  right? 

[E.G.]

[quote name='Mathazar']I'm no more a puppet of H-H...[/quote]

The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks...

E.G.

[cypress]

Water under the bridge right?

[Mathazar]

Absolutely.....Let's get back on topic 

[cypress]

Yes back to the topic.

Romman Bananna

Aroma: Opening the package it smelled like a candied bananna or a
canned banana. It was real close to what a bananna could smell like but
not like a fresh bananna. It was a pleasing aroma that made me want to
smoke this even more.

Cut/Wettness: The ma'asell was very wet and runny. I would not say it
it as wet as Fakher but it could have been because it was a 50 gr
sampler pack. The cut was a thin cut in the tabacco leaves with a few
stems. The color is a light brown which is different in comparison to
some of the other reds like Nakhla, Fakher, and Al Waha.
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Taste/Smoking Session: I started off with one coal and did not get the
flavor blast like I wanted so I put another.  Then the flavor took
off. The taste was sweet and pleasling bananna flavor. I think the
flavor is similar to the bananna syrup that they use on snow cones but
not as sweet. The smoke was thick and lasted for a little over an hour.

Rating: My thoughts on this was a great smoke. The flavor was there.
The thickness was there and the aroma was there.  The only thing I
would say bad was that when I added the second coal it did get a little
warm. I tried taking that extra coal off and the flavor was not as
strong. I think the solution is to have 1.5 and it would have been an
excelent smoke.  My rating is going to be a 9
on this. I would recomend this but for the price I might want to try
Fakher Banana as its almost half the cost. But it definately was good.

[Mathazar]

Nice review,  but I would have to disagree with you on the
score,  as I would give it something more like a 7.  The
flavor was just too candy-like for my palate.  And if you smoke
enough of it,  you'll know what I mean.  It gets boring REAL
fast.

[cypress]

You might be right. I guess i was in the mood today for something sweet
because I have been smoking double apple the past couple of days and it
hit the spot for now.

[cypress]

Okay its review time again. Sorry I have not done anything lately but I
have been recovering from a cold and now I m well enough to start
reviewing some things again.

Fumari White Peach:

Aroma: The aroma of this is
quite strange. Its not something I have smelled before. It definately
did not smell sweet or anything like Romman Peach.  The smell is
similar to a very young peach that is hard and not quite ripe.

Cut/Wettness: The cut was a
nice clean cut with few stems. It looked similar to Romman in color and
cut but the wettness was not all there. Sorry I did not take a picture
of this to show but I will post one when I smoke the watermelon as it
is similar.

Taste/Smoking Session: When I
started off I used 1 coal thinking that 2 would be too much because of
the lack of wettness. Boy was I wrong. 1 coal did not make very much
smoke. I ended up using 2. Wow. This was a verry good smoke. The smell
of the ma'assell matched the taste of the smoke. It was nice. It tasted
tart like a young peach with a slight hint of sweetness.  This
didn't taste as harsh as Mathazar claimed. It was pleasingly smooth.
The buzz factor was at a minimal.

Rating: This was interesting
smoke. This definately had a unique flavor that could not be compared
by another brand.  I got a good hour from the smoking
session.  My rating would be an 9.
I was on the borderline in giving this an 8.5 but i bumped this a half
a point for the uniqueness in flavor. I don't think you are going to
find another taste similar to this. This is definately a great buy. I
recommend that if you are going to order some of this that you might
want to order 50 bucks worth of White Peach and Watermelon to save on
shipping. I know the Watermelon was great because I could even taste it
when I had my cold and I will be trying it again to write a review.

[ZooJohnnyZETA]

Hmm.. Nice review Cypress!

 I have yet to try anything from Fumari, but Im really dying to
try the Watermelon. After being completely disappointed with Al-Amir's
Im still looking for a real delecious tasting Watermelon to try. Im
pretty sure I'll find that in Fumari, but unfortunately I'm going to
have to wait a while until I have the money to order. But such is life
eh?


 The White Peach does sound worth trying while I'm at it. There
are a couple other Fumari flavors I'm really itching to try so I think
I'll order these if I can swing it... Watermelon (2 jars), White Peach,
Chocolate, Blueberry, Sour Apple, and Honey.

Have any experiance with the last 4 by chance?

[cypress]

Okay, I tried something different today that I dont think that anyone
has done yet. I mixed a 50% ratio of Fumari Watermelon and Fumari White
Peach.


The taste of this was unbelievably good. Wow. The peach offset the
potent watermelon while the watermelon offered a few sweet spots in the
smoke as opposed to the tartness of the peach. I rated both watermelon
and peach at 9 and damn this was even better. I rate this a 9.75. I
clearly tasted the best of both worlds. The smoke was still a nice
thick, milky white texture that I have gotten before from Fumari. This
is definately a must for people who are looking for a strong flavored
smoke. And talk about the buzz I had today. I think it was because I
was taking hit after hit after hit.  That relaxation definately
hit the spot.

[cypress]

Time for a new review. Wyteboy so generously sent all of the ma'assel
that he had ordered to me in grattitue for the samples I sent him.

Nakhla Strawberry:

I chose this one first because of all the huff and puff of which brand
is better. Nakhla vs Al Fakher. A few of the members who started
smoking the hookah for the first time smoked this brand and flavor and
fell in love with this.

Aroma: The aroma of this had no
resemblence to strawberries. If I was blind folded and asked what
flavor it was I would have had to think verry hard.  I think what
the scent came close to is strawberry potpourri that has been sitting
our for about 3 months. It has maybe a slight floral, slight strawberry
scent but it was verry faint.

Cut/Wetness: The cut was pretty
much the standard Nakhla cut. It had quite a few visible stems and the
color was the light brown. The wetness on the other had was quite drier
than the double apple and apple I have from them. It had the
consistancy of left out pancake syryp. The kind that you have left over
if you would eat pancakes and leave the plate out and not wash it for
several days. (I was in college once too and lived those messy days. I
am reformed and wash dishes after each meal).

Taste/Smoking Session: I was
surprised I needed as much heat as I did to produce a thick smoke
considering how dry it was. I used 2 good size nour chunks that went
across the full length of the bowl. I must say that the flavor was
verry faint. I thought of myself actually smoking for the buzz as
opposed to for the flavor.  Even if no one told me what flavor
this was i would not be able to guess it.

Rating: I would have to say I
was quite disapointed with the flavor of this smoke. It was not a bad
tasting smoke where I would never try it again but this is not
something I would buy again nor crave.  I would smoke this in
desprate need of relaxation and a buzz without much flavor. My overall
rating for this would be a 4. 
What I might try to do is do some experimenting with this one with
fresh strawberries, honey or molasses. Since this is not something I am
going to worry about wasting I might give it a shot maybe next week and
post some results.

[wyteboy]

Sorry you didn't enjoy it much, but that was my exact experience with the smoke.  With all of ZJZ raving, I thought maybe I was doing something wrong!  But I wasn't...Nice review and great descriptions!
I wonder if it was just an old batch I got? But I don't really think so, personally....
Keep on reviewin   I am curious when you smoke the alwaha if you like it better...
The girlfriend leaves later this afternoon which means later tonight it's HOOKAH time!  My nose is pretty stuffed, not from hookah scratchiness, but from allergies, lol.

[cypress]

Well, its time for me to review a sample that Mushrat sent to me. He sent me a couple to try and one of them was Sarah 2 apple





Sara 2 Apple



Aroma: The aroma had a destinct 2 apple scent. I could definately pick
out the licorice scent with a hint of mint.  This aroma actually
smelled wonderful as I have been away the weekend from smoking due to
family events. After opening the bag my craving for two apple went from
a 7 to a 10.



Cut/Wetness: The cut was far superior to any I have had. This had
absolutely no stems. None. Nada.  Romman and AF have a few but no where
near Al Waha and Nakhala. The wetness was superior as well. It was not
a thin watery type wetness it was a thick, heavy molasses type
wetness.  In both areas I thought in both areas it was superior to AF
and Romman. The color was a nice deep maroonish color.



Taste/Smoking Session: The aroma matched the taste of this smoke. It
was wonderfull. I used 2 good sized lemonwood and the session lasted
well over an hour. This two apple had a strong licorice/minty flavor
with floral undertones. The flavor lingered on my tongue even after I
exhaled. I would say up untill now this would be the best 2 apple I
have tasted. I have smoked Romman, Nakhla, and Al Waha.  I warn people
if you are not into the licorice then this is not for you but man this
was the kind of smoke that hits you in your face.  The smoke thickness was excelent. It is comparable to Romman and AF.



Rating: I would say that this
would be a good buy for 9 bucks a 200 according to Mushrat. Its a very
flavorfull smoke. Let me reiderate. You will not like this if you do
not like licorice. But for me it was a great smoke. My rating would be
between a 9-9.5. I am going to
have to try AF 2 apple and if its not as flavorful, it would definately
be a 9.5. This is a good smoke I will recomend for others who like 2
apple. 

[wyteboy]

Hey cypress, check your PM box
 

[cypress]

Well out of all the Nakhla and Al Waha stuff that wyteboy sent me none
of them were flavorful. The ones I tried were Strawberry, Vanilla from
Nakhla and Apricot Al Waha. They were not flavorful like other brands I
have had. Even the scents where no resemblance to the flavors.
Strawberry and Vanilla I rate 4's. They were not bad but they did not
have the puch of flavor I like. Apricot had a stonger flavor but it
still does not compare others I have tasted. I think that some of the
problems were that these came from a box as opposed to the jar or tub.
I have next to try the Al Waha 5 start. I can compare this to the jar
as I have some. 

[Mathazar]

Stick with Romman

Last night I placed an order through Hookah-Shisha for:

3 boxes of Golden Coals

2 boxes of Double Apple
2 Lemon
2 Strawberry
 
and

4 boxes of Peach

I'll be in HEAVEN when they arrive tomorrow 

[Mathazar]

Oh yeah,  and some Al-Waha 5-Star 

[wyteboy]

Interesting Cypress, I would have to say that all of your feelings are the same as mine on those! I am sorry you did not enjoy them but I know you wanted to try them so I am glad you got the chance to!

[cypress]

Its no problem. It wont go to wast. I will be doing some experimenting
with flavors. Its been a busy last couple of weeks. With work, 3
graduations to go to, new car shopping, and 1 year aniversary i havent
had much time to smoke as much. I am working on it though. I still have
some others to review and I am doing my best to do so. 

[wyteboy]

no rush man!  it seems you and I tend to have the same hookah pallate in terms of the AF I have enjoyed and other flavors I wasn't so high on...
congrats on all the good stuff happening in your life!  have you smoked af straw, gs af straw or esk apple? I am ecstatic to try those tomorrow!

[cypress]

I havent tried those and i am curious what you have to say about them.

[cypress]

Well this is the first of quite of a few samples that King Mo generously sent from London.

Al Amir Bananna.

Aroma: Well I had to smell all of them first.  I wanted to try the
lemon as King Mo rated it a 10 but my wife wanted to try the
bananna.  The aroma wanst bad. It smelled like your bananna snow
cone syrup.  It wasnt a blast but that could have been because it
was a sample instead of coming from a fresh tub.  None the less I
still tried it.

Cut/Wettness: Amir Bananna was a good cut. It was in between the
coarseness of Fakher and Hookah Hookah. Very few stems. The wetness was
good. It was pretty much a standard one. Similar to Al Waha.

Taste/Smoking Session: The flavor after I got it going was discent. It
wasn't a strong hit you in the face bananna but it was just enough to
tell it was bananna and good enough to enjoy it through out the smoke.
I did have to use quite a bit of heat for this one to smoke good and
didnt have any problems with it burning.

Overall Rating: This was a pretty descent smoke. I would say this is
one that is safe all around. The smoke was there and not too thick, the
flavor was ther and not too strong. I will rate this a 7.5. 
My personal preference is an extra thick smoke with a strong
flavor.  This is slightly above your standard bananna but not a
premium like Romman. 

[King Mo]

first time it's 'disent', second time it's 'descent'
it's actually 'decent'

maybe third time lucky lol. Just kidding anyway bro. I'm feeling a little pedantic today.

[cypress]

It doesnt help that I type bad and my spelling is horrible anyway. I am
an engineer and I crunch numbers not letters unless its calculus. 

[NERV]

king mo, where do you get al amir? i know its a brand thats been aorund for awhile but i dont tihnk ive seen it for sale on any of the usual sites