Archive for October, 2007

Shisha flavour updates

October 9th, 2007 • chatter, hookah

So I finally got try all the tobacco I got last week and it was a real mixed bag of flavours from 3 different companies. Everything is smoked using Smiley’s Cocoshell charcoal from Hookah Company (except for one bowl of Romman). First up Romman.

  • Romman Peach: reminds me of my local shop’s peach shisha but lighter on flavour. Heavy peach scent from the tobacco itself, almost no anise seed taste, burns for about 2 hours
  • Romman Sweet Start: went into this one blind and didn’t really like it. It’s a mixture of different mints and licorice basically, I’ve never liked anything with mint, licorice/anise seed, or similar in it because I don’t like the harshness of the smoke. I know other people like it. Burns for about 2 hours.
  • Romman Double Apple: tastes like many other double apples but with a anise seed undertone. I could only smoke this for about an hour although it’ll burn for about 2.

    • Next up, the legendary Al Fakher.

  • Al Fakher Two Apples: I smoked this for about 15 minutes and changed bowls because this has a heavy licorice/anise seed overtone. I won’t be smoking this again.

    • Now the most debated shisha I think I’ve ever tried: Tangiers.

  • Tangiers #71 Red Tea: smells amazing, exactly like red tea but I don’t think it smells anything like typical rooibos tea (your typical African red tea) but it does smell exactly like tea. Very wet, feels like it uses tea oil instead of molasses or honey for consistency, use of a Tangiers Super Chief or Tangiers Funnel is pretty much mandatory unless you want shisha juice in your base (and stuck in your stem!). Smoked this for over 2 hours but it was light on smoke, I wasn’t using enough heat. I didn’t have enough similar sized Smiley’s to get this going well and no quick lites at all so I have to give this another go before I can really decide on it.

    • So far I’ve smoked the Romman Peach twice, once with Smiley’s Cocoshell charcoal and once with Muzzle Natural Wood charcoal. Each time the flavour was hardly affected by the charcoal. I’m going to try the Tangiers with some halved Three Kings quick lites to see how it does and will update on that.

    Linux system requirements

    October 9th, 2007 • comic

    So I’m catching up on my feeds from the last week or so (I haven’t been this busy in at least 2 weeks) and I came across this comic from little gamers about typical Linux users.

    Hate to say it but damn, it’s true.

    My new shisha came today

    October 3rd, 2007 • chatter, hookah

    I finally got my package from hookah-shisha.com and I’m so eager to try it all. I purchased:

  • Tangiers #71 Red Tea 250g
  • Romman Sweet Start 50g
  • Romman Peach 50g
  • Romman Double Apple 50g
  • Al Fakher Two Apples 50g

    • I ordered 50g when I could so I was able to sample the flavours without worrying about wasting a ton of shisha if I hated the flavour. I’ve been smoking the Romman Double Apple for about an hour now and it has a strong mint undertone with a crisp apple overtone. It’s very refreshing to have an apple flavour that’s not full on in-your-face punches of apple, even though that’s nice too. It’s not your typical Bahraini Apple or Eskandriani Apple but it’s definitely a sweet flavour from Jordan that I’ll probably order a 250g tub of soon enough.

    My birthday is on Saturday and we’re supposed to see Sonata Arctica at the Culture Room so I’m excited about that! I wish I knew what Jess was getting me, I’m antsy for it.

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