Hookah (hubbly) Newbie

[Mattookah]

Hey all ! Great site.ive learnt quite a bit from this place already

Im from South Africa and have had my Hookah (as we call it hubbly here) for 2 months.
Here he is below


Cost me around 20 dollars for a 2 pipe and a flavour and coal packet (decent?)

Here in South Africa the name brands ive seen so far are :

1.Afzal - pretty decent so far
2.Al - Waha - popular i think....is good
3.El Basha - was not good.ugly grape taste

i saw today at the my local market a flavour called 'Soex'....what the heck is that? it was also
abit more costly.

Ive been loving my hookah.But now i wanna know a few things
Sometimes the shisha me and my buddies smoke burns way too quickly...is this from packing it too close to
the foil ?
Also i put a can over the bowl sometimes and it REALLY makes a difference in thickness.I do think heat as mostly everything to do with thickness
But now how the hell did this guy get it this THICK???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1q9T9dnpY
WOW!

another thing.i saw today at the market bigger bowls...twice the size of the average one.will these make any difference on anything???

overall im pretty pleased with my setup.

Just saying i love hookah and i like this forum

Cheers
Matt

[DrShisha]

Hello Matt Welcome to the forum. Erm regarding your queries i think it depends on the quality of your tobacco and a small bowl will always burn up quicker than a bigger one, it also depends on what coals you use and how many you use. Many factors. Perfecting the art of smoking hookah is vast and wide, some will say jus pinch it put it and plop the coals on top and smoke, others will take care n pride in what they do. It depends how you feel about it. But iv watched the vid about the fella there and all hes done there is hes put loadsa glycerine in his tobacco by the looks of it. Add glycerine to ur baccy leave for a few ours n smoke, should be rip thick. All that you see is vaporised glycerine!

[DrShisha]

Soex is like smoking poo. Wouldnt reccomend such things. Order from one of the international sites if you can afford it, look at our vendor section on the forum. Try Starbuzz Al Fakher Fusion, youl see the difference.

[Mattookah]

Ok thanks man!
i WANT the thick smoke just to impress friends.....lol they like thick thick smoke (SNOOP dogg ).is it easy to just purchase glycerin in store?

also ive been reading about natural coals.all they sell here are quicklites.... where can i get natural coals.a natural coal is not one you put on the barbeque is it? (much larger than a quicklite) i dunno

[Apollo]

yeah i was wondering that too, where can i purchase glycerin

[imagelessdude]

Is it [glycerin] sold at the grocery store/supermarket? That would be bitchin'.

SoEX is herbal. I'm not gonna hate on it, I've smoked it once, and I think mine was rly dry... good flavor, but not as thick smoke. I'm getting a free SoEX sample, so I'll be sure to review it.

I heard from someone it is sugar cane in molasses? Smells good though.

I prefer good ol' fashioned shisha. Edited February 25, 2007 by imagelessdude

[ioannisds]

Soex is like smoking poo.

What he said.

[OPR234]

Ok thanks man!
i WANT the thick smoke just to impress friends.....lol they like thick thick smoke (SNOOP dogg ).is it easy to just purchase glycerin in store?

also ive been reading about natural coals.all they sell here are quicklites.... where can i get natural coals.a natural coal is not one you put on the barbeque is it? (much larger than a quicklite) i dunno

People here will tell you to NEVER use a barbecue coal for hookah, supposedly they give off too much carbon monoxide that leads to bad things. If you can only get quicklites locally, you'd have to order some natural wood coals from somewhere else. Or you can start a campfire and use coals out of it.

[Purdue]

Glycerin can be bought at a local pharmacy or grocery store. The safety of this isn't guaranteed, but I believe it is safe to smoke. There is also a vegetable glycerin available, not sure where.