Thread: Hookah

Yes, I know there have been a couple threads on this in the past that have faded away but thought I'd make an attempt anyhow.

A couple weeks ago I purchased my first hookah along with a few different shishas. And then today went out and bought a true hookah, a 3 1/2' monster and what a difference from the little 14" "starter" I bought...lol.

It's truly something my wife, who's been a non smoker until the hookah, and I can enjoy together. She loves the smell of my burl pipes when I smoke and has been quite the enabler in that AD.

But being a long time cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoker, this is still new to me but is most definitely a tasty, guilty pleasure. So share your favorite shishas and post pics of those hookas if you got em! I'll try and post a pic of mine tomorrow

My wife is Persian and she introduced me to smoking flavoured tobaccos in a hooka. I loved it right away, I find that it is a good way to enjoy tobacco without the stench compared to my cigars.

I gotta agree, it fills the house with such a pleasant scent...like incense, but you get the taste as well

I've never tried a hookah, but I had a housemate who used a small one years ago. I'm curious about how the size would affect the experience. Other than the "check out my awesome hookah" feeling of course. Does it make a difference to the flavour or quality of smoke?

I had a hookah in the 80's, it was used for parties and the West Coast flavored tobacco. Good times.

this is my hooka, I also have another base that i broke the top for and have to replace



Three bowls, the one charcoal smoke, 2 and then 4 ect.

I also have a smaller two hose hooka that i use to smoke lets say more recreational tobacco ha ha

As we where talking about on friday I've switched to none tobacco shisha cause I quit smoking cigs and the real stuff was giving me bad nic rushes, so my fav none tobacco flavor is coca-cola, favorite tobacco flavor was apple or mixed fruit.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I had a hookah in the 80's, it was used for parties and the West Coast flavored tobacco. Good times.

Yes, I think I had a Hookah in the 80's as well, don't think it ever had any tobacco in it, but then again, that's probably why I can't remember....

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But being a long time cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoker, this is still new to me but is most definitely a tasty, guilty pleasure. So share your favorite shishas and post pics of those hookas if you got em! I'll try and post a pic of mine tomorrow [/QUOTE]
Do you still smoke cigs, cigars, or pipes? I ask because though I no longer smoke cigarettes, I still enjoy my cigars and would prefer that to the hooka. I mean many of my friends now have hookahs and invite me over to smoke... but I can't get into it. I sit off to the side and puff away on my cigar. I think its because I crave that classic tobacco taste that I just don't get in hooka smoking??

Are there more "classic" flavors that I can buy them so that I might try or enjoy? My friends really enjoy some "floral" stuff.

Yes, I do still smoke all of the above. I find the shisha is just an extremely different flavour, almost candy like, and I'm sure it's not for everyone.
Not sure, but I have read that the traditional shisha was much less like todays and more "tobacco like"...no idea where you could find it though.

Any lebinises(sp?) or jordainan(sp?) stores carry the more natural stuff where the more chic stores carry the flavorful ones, and the bigger the base the smoother the draw and more smooth the flavor