The cypress reviews!!!

[NERV]

lol my bad i was thinking of a different brand, i kno thehookah has al amir and george has sent out samples

[cypress]

I have a few reviews to do today so here goes.

Al Amir Lemon

Aroma: I was very excited to
get to this one as I havent tried a lemon before.  The aroma was
quite different then what I expected.  It smelled something
similar to Lemon Joy minus the soapy scent. 

Cut/Wettness: The cut was a
fine cut. However, the wettness was lacking. I am not sure if it was
because it was from the top of the batch or because it was just that
way.

Taste/Smoke Session: I would
first start off with WOW.  I think this is one of the very few
that hit the flavor pretty much right on. I was expecting a candy
lemmon drop type flavor.  What I got was very close to lemmon
zest.  It wasnt the sour type flavor either.  The smoke
thickness was good also. I was using 2 goldens and my session lasted
1.5 hours.

Overall Rating: This smoke was
good. Even though I would have been satisfied with a lemmon drop type
flavor I think this one is going to grow on me because its different
and it was good. My overall rating is going to be a 9.5. I am still
looking for my all time favorite and that will be the one to rate a 10.





Al Fakher Mango:

Aroma: The aroma of this one is mango syrupy type smell. It wasnt anything too special to me as noted by other reviews in this forum.

Cut/Wetness: It was pretty much your standard Fakher cut.  It was pretty much wet  like many others in this line.

Taste/Session: The flavor of
mango isnt a blast like I was expecting. When I think of mangos I think
of it being strong. It didnt help my expectations that I had some mango
salsa recently so the flavor was fresh on my mind.  The thickness
of smoke is always good with Fakher.

Overall Rating:  If you
like a mild flavor that is pleaseing then this one is for you. As for
me I like a strong sweet or tart flavor. I am going to rate this a 7.5.  I would say this is slightly above the traditional brands that are out in the market.



Romman Raspberry:

Aroma: I couldnt quite put a finger on the aroma other than being a
blue raspberry type bubble gum scent. I was kind of disapointed on this
from the beggining. Raspberry is my favorite fruit and I have been
searching for something similar to a raspberry. I guess I have 3 other
choices to try; Al Amir, Al Waha, and Fumari.

Cut/Wetness: This one is a no brainer. This brand is pretty much consistant in wettness and cut.

Taste/Smoke Session:  The
flavor wasnt anything that I would want in a raspberry smoke. It tasted
like a fake wanabe raspberry. It didnt taste bad but for 20 bucks I was
expecting more. The thickness was good though.

Overall Rating: I think this is
going to be one of my lower ratings for Romman. Luckily I didnt buy a
250 and be out 20 bucks plus shipping. If this wasnt a premium brand I
would have given it a 6. Since it is I am expecting a little more then
what I had. My rating is a 5.5. The
sad part it is that I tried this one twice on two separate nights
because I though I may have done something wrong. Both times I was 30
minutes in and could not get in the mood to finish it. It just wasnt
something worth smoking 1.5 hours for me.

[cypress]

Al Amir Grape

Aroma: I couldnt quite pinpoint the smell at first . Now after the
second time in smoking it I have concluded that it is similar to a
Grape Bublegum type flavor. This is very different in flavor that AF
Grape like I am use to.

Cut/Wetness: I have concluded that a few of Al Amir's cuts are fine.
The three samples of Al Amir that King Mo sent were pretty consistant.
It was finer than Romman and AF. I didnt have any problems with finding
big chunks of stems or leaves.

Taste/Session: In this case the aroma matched the flavor. It tasted
like Bubblelicous (sp) grape gum that I use to chew as a kid. I dont
chew gum as often anymore as I have a tendency to bite more than I can
chew. Sometimes my tongue suffers.  The smoke with 2 goldens comes
out nice and silky.

Overall Rating: I was pleased with this smoke. Its not a powerful
flavor. Its just enough to know that its there but not enough to get
you buzzed up. I tried the nose hit thing like some others and this
wasnt bad at all. This is definatly something you might sit down and
relax with not expecting a big punch out of. My rating is a 7.5. I
think I still like AF grape better but this isnt a bad second.

[cypress]

Back to some qualtity posting. Yashman19 i sent a PM last week and you havent responded. Are you not interested?

Al Amir Peach

Aroma:  I cant quite pinpoint the aroma as other than being a fake
kinda peachy scent. I dont quite get that realy peachy scent as I do
with Fumari and Romman.  On a blind fold test I would not be able
to pick it out as being peach.

Cut/Wetness: See previous post as it is similar.

Taste/Session: The taste matches the aroma.  The flavor of the
smoke has that fake peachy candy taste. Its not bad but not
exceptionally good either. The smoke thickness is good. ITs about the
same as the Grape Al Amir. Its nice and silky. It doesnt have that hard
hitting buzz as other flavors and brands have.

Overall: This wasnt a bad smoke. For 6 bucks a 250 at my local Egyptian
Market it isnt bad.  I definately won't spend over 9 bucks for
this as I can get AF for 10 bucks at some online stores.  I might
have to resort to Al Amir as my primary if the trend of online tobacco
cease. My rating is a 7. I do like more of an in your face type of
peach flavor but the smoke thickness was good which ofFset the
flavor.  This is a nice smoke for people not looking for a strong
tobacco flavor or big buzz.

[Mathazar]

Yashman19 said goodbye to this forum.  He was upset because he
felt that I was pushing a newbie,  Molson,  in the direction
of buying Premium Hookah products rather than letting him explore
what's out there on his own.  I was bashing Nakhla and 3Kings
Coals,  and I was trying to inspire him to buy Romman and Golden
Coals. 

We got into a fairly heated debate,  he couldn't handle it, 
and he said he would never come back to this forum again.  And MR
Bubble blamed me for his leaving. Go figure 

[great glavin]

good reviews cypress, keep em coming 

[great glavin]

Old forum members are always replaced by new ones

[cypress]

Well, I am not leaving. I didnt spend the last 8 months trying to be an
active member and just quit.  We all have our opinions. We all
have our moments. I just will not tollerate some one's namecalling or
childish remarks. Most of in here are adults and we needs to act like
them.

[Mathazar]

cypress.........I frigging lost my moderator priveledges when I tried
to ban badass this morning.  I don't know what I did wrong to
cause this.  I also keep getting logged-out.

Is there any possibility you could go into the Admin/Moderator section
of my profile and see if there have been any changes to my account that
would cause these problems?  You don't have to,  but I'd
appreciate it.  Every time I try to delete those childishly
moronic posts,  the system logs me out.  Or if I try to Edit
my own post,  I get logged-out.  It's really weird.

I'm not leaving either.  We're just going to have to weather the
storm with these forum trollers and hope they get tired and go away
soon.  I would reccommend that everyone just ignore their posts
completely. 

Thanks for whatever assistance you can provide me with 

[cypress]

I will have a look. I was having the same problems this morning with
the deleteing thing. I just would logg out and log back in. I'll see
what I can come up with.

[cypress]

Review time again:

Nakhala Cherry:

Aroma: I opened up the box and low and behold I was given a nice scent
of black cherry. It was very distict. It smelled good.  I have
high hopes of this being good. Typically I am not a Nakhla fan but for
4 bucks a box I was willing to give this a try.

Cut/Wettness: Are you kidding... This is the regular style of Nakhala.
Broad cut with plenty of stems to go with it.  What wetness. I
don't really have to worry about getting my hands dirty because its so
dry. Given the dryness I know I am going to have to manage my heat to
not burn the ma'assel.

Taste/Smoke Session: Well I was quite disapointed. I am use to Romman
and Al Fakher Cherry and this did not come any where close to their
rankings. The flavor that hit me in the face the most was this
floral-perfumey type flavor which i really have no care for. I would
say the floral was not an undertone it was more of the flavor and black
cherry was the undertone. The floral flavor was pretty solid for about
20 minutes. I was also disapointed in the smoke density. I was a thin
cloud.  I used 1.5 coal and could not use anymore. My session
lasted a measly 45 minutes. I am typically use to 1-1.5 hours with
Romman and Al Fakher.

Overall Rating: I was pretty disapointed in all aspects of this smoke.
The best part was the fact that the ma'assel smells like real black
cherries but other than that you can forget enjoying it if you do not
like floral. I really had to check the box again to make sure it was
not El Basha. It was Nakhala. For those who are not familair with El
Basha, it is made by Nakhala and typically is lighter and has a floral
undertone.  My overall rating is going to be a 3.5.  I wasnt
an absolute nasty taste nor it will be something I might purchase
again. I will go ahead and buy Al Fakher as I liked that one better.

[cypress]

I couldnt wait to do some reviews. I even cut some of my sleeping short to do this as I worked last night and got home at 7 AM

Serbetli Bananna:

Aroma: Wow. I opened the package it it was a great smell of bananna's
with a hint of cinnamon. It also had an earthy undertone. This type of
aroma reminds me of something similar to bananna fosters.

Cut/Wetness: Man... I haven't seen anything like this before. The cut
was a semi fine cut. It was some where in between Hookah Hookah and Al
Fakher. That wasnt what amazed me but the stickyness was. This stuff
was so sticky that I could probably take a chunk and fling it on the
wall and it would stick. I definately could not put this in the head
just like that. I had to take a chuck out of the package and break it
up on a plate before loading it.

Taste/Smoke Session: I almost knew that with it being so sticky that I
would only need 1 coal.  After starting my instinct was correct.
You do not need any more than one good coal at a time. It didnt take
long to get this bad boy going. The taste matched the aroma
wonderfully. It wanst a strong hit of bananna's, it was almost a
perfect mix of great smoke thickness and flavor. It tasted real similar
to the fosters that I described in the aroma.

Overall Rating: I was very happy with they way it turned out. As of now
I am going on 1 hour smoking and it still tastes good. I have added a
second coal and the thickness and the flavor is still there. I was kind
of worried before I started that since this was different I was going
to have a bad flavor that I was not use to. I was wrong. Given the
factor, I would rate this a solid 8.5. This
is definately something I would want to see in the states. I havent
tried many bananna's but after I try AF bananna I might have to CON
Alen to hold a box for me and pay for it to get over here to my
house.  Thanks Alen for letting my try this wonderful smoke.

[alen]

glad you liked it too

[cypress]

Serbetli Mint.

Aroma: Well I have to say this was a better aroma than HH Menthol. The
smell was very different. This one actually smells like pepermint. Its
real nice and strong. Just smelling the ma'assel opened up my sinuses.

Cut/Wettness: Same as above. The consistancy is there. In all the three samples that I have.

Taste/ Smoke Session: This is definatly a good flavor. Its nice and
peper minty. During the smoke it opened up my sinuses big time. 
The smoke wasnt as thick as the bananna but the flavor was there. 
An wow the buzz is starting to kick in after 30 mintes of smokeing. Its
a nice relaxing buzz.  I think I might need a nap soon.

Overall: I might have to revise my score on HH Menthol. This is
definatly better in taste.  I had to use 2 coals this time but
that may be bacause I had to use heavy duty foil.  I  havent
taken any deep puffs yet because this is so relaxin and I am scared
that I might over do it and get a halacious buzz. My overall rating of
this is going to be a 9. This is definatly something I would want to
buy here in the states.

[cafedelmar]

This is one of the best threads I've seen, gotta bring it back to the top.  

[Brad]

I agree!
I also think that some of the larger review threads, like King Mo's, Cypress', or Mushrat's should be stickied. OR, a section specifically for reviews would make it easier to find information on a brand/flavor and would encourage members to write reviews.

[cafedelmar]

I like the idea of a review section, but if that is not possible a big
sticky would work great too. Makes it a lot easier when
buying

[wyteboy]

Hey! I have a lot of reviews too!!!  

[alen]

i know that i sent some serbetli red apple too someone but i dont remember who it was but i havent seen any review of iti dont know if i sent it to one of the quitters that left for another succesful forum-30 members anyway mr B got my last samples so ill hope he throw together somekind of review (sorry B but i think i forgot to label the samples so you have to use your nose and tastebuds for the flavours but the flavours was red/green apple - red apple - banana - cappuchino - mint - so good luck and hope it arrives before christmas