Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju and a Vortex
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Three 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical dyed Starbuzz, I found no stems to note on in my batch
Smell: The smell reminds me of cherry cola. When I take a sniff, my nose fizzles up due to this carbonated scent. It's cool how they replicated this. It brings a tickle to your nose.
Flavor: Flavor is a very fizzy cherry flavor, very much like cherry cola. It's good!
Smoke: Thick! I love Starbuzz!
Longevity: It lasted an hour and a half.
Overall thoughts: I like this flavor a lot. It's different from all the rest and brings a uniqueness to it due to the fizzy flavor it brings to the flavor. It was very enjoyable. I would definitely like to mix this in with more cherry to have that flavor pop out more as it doesn't as much as I'd like. It's a great mixer, me thinks!
RATING: 9/10
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
REVIEW: Hookah Hookah Black Pomegranante Tea Shisha
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical tea leaves, shredded. IT wasn't wet at all, but it wasn't completely dry. I didn't have to clean my hands or wipe them down at all after touching it.
Smell: Smells like a nice natural sweet. Don't compare this to actual pomegranate though, you'll have to actually sniff the juice from POM to get any sort of comparison. The smell was okay at best!
Flavor: The is no flavor in my opinion. The scent comes out in the smoke but it's a floral scent and it's way too potent. It's like I'm sucking on grandma's perfume bottle. YECK!
Smoke: Medium body, but I'd like more.
Longevity: I didn't find out how long this lasted me, I couldn't continue past ten minutes of this.
Overall thoughts: This was the worst shisha I have ever had. I was very disappointing and I'm sad I wasted three coals on this.
RATING: 0/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical tea leaves, shredded. IT wasn't wet at all, but it wasn't completely dry. I didn't have to clean my hands or wipe them down at all after touching it.
Smell: Smells like a nice natural sweet. Don't compare this to actual pomegranate though, you'll have to actually sniff the juice from POM to get any sort of comparison. The smell was okay at best!
Flavor: The is no flavor in my opinion. The scent comes out in the smoke but it's a floral scent and it's way too potent. It's like I'm sucking on grandma's perfume bottle. YECK!
Smoke: Medium body, but I'd like more.
Longevity: I didn't find out how long this lasted me, I couldn't continue past ten minutes of this.
Overall thoughts: This was the worst shisha I have ever had. I was very disappointing and I'm sad I wasted three coals on this.
RATING: 0/10
Sunday, January 31, 2010
REVIEW: Al Fakher Lemon with Mint
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Three 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed shredded shisha. Extremely wet. No stems from what I got.
Smell: The smell is a very natural lemon and mint scent. It's bang on with the scent. It smells a lot like Lemon with Mint hot tea that you'd drink when you're sick.
Flavor: The taste has medium body and it is bang on as well. It tastes just like it smells.
Smoke: Smoke is weak, it never got even NEAR smokes I get from Starbuzz or HookahHookah.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour and a half.
Overall thoughts: The smell and taste is really bang on. I removed some points for the extremely wet nature of the shisha and how surprised I was to see how QUICK it got hot. I figured with wet shisha, I'd need 3 coals, but it was over kill and it got way too hot way too quick. Bummer.
RATING: 8.5/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Three 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed shredded shisha. Extremely wet. No stems from what I got.
Smell: The smell is a very natural lemon and mint scent. It's bang on with the scent. It smells a lot like Lemon with Mint hot tea that you'd drink when you're sick.
Flavor: The taste has medium body and it is bang on as well. It tastes just like it smells.
Smoke: Smoke is weak, it never got even NEAR smokes I get from Starbuzz or HookahHookah.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour and a half.
Overall thoughts: The smell and taste is really bang on. I removed some points for the extremely wet nature of the shisha and how surprised I was to see how QUICK it got hot. I figured with wet shisha, I'd need 3 coals, but it was over kill and it got way too hot way too quick. Bummer.
RATING: 8.5/10
Saturday, January 30, 2010
REVIEW: Hookah Hookah Butterscotch
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Three 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed very fine to medium grounded typical hookah hookah tobacco. Not very wet, not dry.
Smell: The smell is a chemically butterscotch smell if you put your nose up against it. But if you wave it around in front of your nose to get a quick sniff, the smell is bang on for a creamy caramel/butterscotch scent.
Flavor: The taste is VERY strong with this. Hookah Hookah got the taste of butterscotch BANG ON! If I was to rate it on taste alone and how right they got the flavor, I'd definitely give it a 10/10. But because I'm more of a fruity shisha fan,
Smoke: Smoke got thick only after I was forced to use a third 33mm three kings coal. It took about 15-20 minutes and I would compare the smoke to that of a weaker Starbuzz, but I definitely got some GREAT pulls and smoke from it that impressed me.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour and a half.
Overall thoughts: I first want to say how grateful I am of HookahHookah.com for giving me this free shot of shisha. The shot is definitely enough to fill my small vortex bowl and good enough for a single person session. Overall, this is a strong flavor and for that alone it's enjoyable. The smell and taste is all butterscotch and as I have said before that they were BANG on with the smell and definitely the taste. No buzz from this whats so ever, but I kind of enjoyed that for a change! If I was to rate on taste alone and how on target they got this shisha, it would be a 10/10, but considering I am more of a fan of shisha flavors, I won't rate this as high if it was a fruit.
RATING: 7/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Three 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed very fine to medium grounded typical hookah hookah tobacco. Not very wet, not dry.
Smell: The smell is a chemically butterscotch smell if you put your nose up against it. But if you wave it around in front of your nose to get a quick sniff, the smell is bang on for a creamy caramel/butterscotch scent.
Flavor: The taste is VERY strong with this. Hookah Hookah got the taste of butterscotch BANG ON! If I was to rate it on taste alone and how right they got the flavor, I'd definitely give it a 10/10. But because I'm more of a fruity shisha fan,
Smoke: Smoke got thick only after I was forced to use a third 33mm three kings coal. It took about 15-20 minutes and I would compare the smoke to that of a weaker Starbuzz, but I definitely got some GREAT pulls and smoke from it that impressed me.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour and a half.
Overall thoughts: I first want to say how grateful I am of HookahHookah.com for giving me this free shot of shisha. The shot is definitely enough to fill my small vortex bowl and good enough for a single person session. Overall, this is a strong flavor and for that alone it's enjoyable. The smell and taste is all butterscotch and as I have said before that they were BANG on with the smell and definitely the taste. No buzz from this whats so ever, but I kind of enjoyed that for a change! If I was to rate on taste alone and how on target they got this shisha, it would be a 10/10, but considering I am more of a fan of shisha flavors, I won't rate this as high if it was a fruit.
RATING: 7/10
Friday, January 29, 2010
REVIEW: Hookah Hookah Melon
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed course grounded tobacco. Not very wet, not dry.
Smell: The smell of cantaloupe is predominate in this tobacco. It's a very natural cantelope smell and if you close your eyes, you'd think someone stuck a cantaloupe in your face.
Flavor: The taste is very subtle, but whatever you do taste is exactly what you were smelling. There is a cantaloupe taste, just like the smell.
Smoke: Smoke got thick only after I was forced to use a third 33mm three kings coal. It took about 15-20 minutes and I would compare the smoke to that of a weaker Starbuzz.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour
Overall thoughts: I first want to say how grateful I am of HookahHookah.com for giving me this free shot of shisha. The shot is definitely enough to fill my small vortex bowl and good enough for a single person session. Overall, this is a very light flavor but enjoyable. I wish it was a bit more moist, but it could have just been the batch I got considering I know Hookah Hookah to be generally more moist than the sample I got. The smell and taste is all cantaloupe, so I think the name should be changed to cantaloupe instead of "Melon" since melon makes me think I may get a mixture of some watermelon, honey dew and cantaloupe. I got a semi buzz, but I'm a light weight :P
RATING: 7.5/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Undyed course grounded tobacco. Not very wet, not dry.
Smell: The smell of cantaloupe is predominate in this tobacco. It's a very natural cantelope smell and if you close your eyes, you'd think someone stuck a cantaloupe in your face.
Flavor: The taste is very subtle, but whatever you do taste is exactly what you were smelling. There is a cantaloupe taste, just like the smell.
Smoke: Smoke got thick only after I was forced to use a third 33mm three kings coal. It took about 15-20 minutes and I would compare the smoke to that of a weaker Starbuzz.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour
Overall thoughts: I first want to say how grateful I am of HookahHookah.com for giving me this free shot of shisha. The shot is definitely enough to fill my small vortex bowl and good enough for a single person session. Overall, this is a very light flavor but enjoyable. I wish it was a bit more moist, but it could have just been the batch I got considering I know Hookah Hookah to be generally more moist than the sample I got. The smell and taste is all cantaloupe, so I think the name should be changed to cantaloupe instead of "Melon" since melon makes me think I may get a mixture of some watermelon, honey dew and cantaloupe. I got a semi buzz, but I'm a light weight :P
RATING: 7.5/10
Thursday, January 28, 2010
VENDOR: www.hookahookah.com / www.saharasmoke.com
Links:
Hookah Hookah
Sahara Smoke
Review:
Both Hookah Hookah and Sahara Smoke are ran by the same company. I bought separate orders around the same day before I learned about this. Once I did, I called their 1(800) number and asked if they can ship it together, they obliged and told me if the shipping was less, they'd give me the credit back of the difference.
About a week later, my order was waiting on my door step. The packaging was very well done. It was done with a lot of pillow pak bubble wrap and everything was put into smaller baggies to contain it in one spot. Upon opening it, I immediately realized that there was a lot more shisha there than I actually ordered. It was Christmas day at my house! I have gotten an extra 2 shots of Hookah Hookah tobacco in Butter Scotch and Graham Crackers, 100g of Hookah Freak Snicker doodle, 50g of Hookah Hookah Irish Cream and two 50g of Hookah Hookah Tea Shisha in Orange and Kiwi! Total price of free stuff: $19.78! AWESOME!
The prices there are very fair in my opinion, especially if they're going to be throwing in some free stuff occasionally. I was happy with the customer service and when I called, I was satisfied with the answer in minutes.
Overall rating of SSC (the company that owns both websites): 10/10!
Hookah Hookah
Sahara Smoke
Review:
Both Hookah Hookah and Sahara Smoke are ran by the same company. I bought separate orders around the same day before I learned about this. Once I did, I called their 1(800) number and asked if they can ship it together, they obliged and told me if the shipping was less, they'd give me the credit back of the difference.
About a week later, my order was waiting on my door step. The packaging was very well done. It was done with a lot of pillow pak bubble wrap and everything was put into smaller baggies to contain it in one spot. Upon opening it, I immediately realized that there was a lot more shisha there than I actually ordered. It was Christmas day at my house! I have gotten an extra 2 shots of Hookah Hookah tobacco in Butter Scotch and Graham Crackers, 100g of Hookah Freak Snicker doodle, 50g of Hookah Hookah Irish Cream and two 50g of Hookah Hookah Tea Shisha in Orange and Kiwi! Total price of free stuff: $19.78! AWESOME!
The prices there are very fair in my opinion, especially if they're going to be throwing in some free stuff occasionally. I was happy with the customer service and when I called, I was satisfied with the answer in minutes.
Overall rating of SSC (the company that owns both websites): 10/10!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
REVIEW: Layalina Kiwi & Strawberry
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical Layalina, stemmy and choppy cut. Very juicy and dyed.
Smell: You can smell artificial strawberry but no scent of kiwi to my nose.b
Flavor: Very light taste, if any at all at first 15 minutes. It takes about 30 minutes to taste the maximum you are going to get from this shisha.
Smoke: Medium clouds, nothing like Starbuzz.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour
Overall thoughts: Light taste, heavy scent but I wish it was the opposite. I'm sure there is a better Kiwi Strawberry out there and I'm on a mission to find it!
RATING: 4/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical Layalina, stemmy and choppy cut. Very juicy and dyed.
Smell: You can smell artificial strawberry but no scent of kiwi to my nose.b
Flavor: Very light taste, if any at all at first 15 minutes. It takes about 30 minutes to taste the maximum you are going to get from this shisha.
Smoke: Medium clouds, nothing like Starbuzz.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour
Overall thoughts: Light taste, heavy scent but I wish it was the opposite. I'm sure there is a better Kiwi Strawberry out there and I'm on a mission to find it!
RATING: 4/10
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
REVIEW: Starbuzz Blue Mist
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical Starbuzz cut, rather stemmy, but typical. Juicy and not dyed.
Smell: Very blueberry with menthol after tones.
Flavor: The methol mint hits you quicker than the blueberry does, but there are hints of it while smoking. I liked this flavor simply because of the mint but may consider mixing it with more solid blueberry since I wasn't satisfied with the fruit aspect to it.
Smoke: Thick.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour, I added another coal after-wards for a bit longer smoke.
Overall thoughts: Nice mint flavor with blueberry undertones that were, at best, satisfying. I enjoyed this but enjoyed other flavors way more.
RATING: 7/10
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, double fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Typical Starbuzz cut, rather stemmy, but typical. Juicy and not dyed.
Smell: Very blueberry with menthol after tones.
Flavor: The methol mint hits you quicker than the blueberry does, but there are hints of it while smoking. I liked this flavor simply because of the mint but may consider mixing it with more solid blueberry since I wasn't satisfied with the fruit aspect to it.
Smoke: Thick.
Longevity: Everything lasted me about an hour, I added another coal after-wards for a bit longer smoke.
Overall thoughts: Nice mint flavor with blueberry undertones that were, at best, satisfying. I enjoyed this but enjoyed other flavors way more.
RATING: 7/10
Monday, January 25, 2010
REVIEW: Starbuzz Sex on the Beach
As a fan of the drink, Sex on the Beach, I decided to give tobacco a try at this very flavorful drink. We'll see if it holds up to the name!
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, triple fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal, one 40mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Fine, typical Starbuzz. Dyed Molasses.
Smell: I smell hints of orange, peach and cranberry in this, which is what a Sex on the Beach is. It's a very strong scent but to separate the flavors takes time and is hard to pin point.
Flavor: Not much of a flavor at all for the first few pulls, it was as if I was smoking air. After about 10 minutes into the session, the flavor starting coming out but nothing worth noting. I believe I hit full flavor at about 30 minutes into the smoke session. It was a sweet taste and I could only taste the peach.
Smoke: Thick pillows, as usual from Starbuzz, with thick clouds only coming after three full pulls.
Longevity: The coals lasted me about and half and a half and the flavor was still there.
Overall thoughts: It took a while for this flavor to come out, perhaps because I was alone. The flavor is sweet and enjoyable once it does peak. It tastes nothing like sex on the beach, however. In the future, I'd like to add some pineapple juice to my water base for a more fuller flavor.
RATING: 7/10.
Bowl Used: Triple Hose Maju
Foil: Reynolds Wrap, triple fold
Water Base: Ice water.
Coal Configuration: Two 33mm Three Kings Coal, one 40mm Three Kings Coal
Cut of the Tobacco: Fine, typical Starbuzz. Dyed Molasses.
Smell: I smell hints of orange, peach and cranberry in this, which is what a Sex on the Beach is. It's a very strong scent but to separate the flavors takes time and is hard to pin point.
Flavor: Not much of a flavor at all for the first few pulls, it was as if I was smoking air. After about 10 minutes into the session, the flavor starting coming out but nothing worth noting. I believe I hit full flavor at about 30 minutes into the smoke session. It was a sweet taste and I could only taste the peach.
Smoke: Thick pillows, as usual from Starbuzz, with thick clouds only coming after three full pulls.
Longevity: The coals lasted me about and half and a half and the flavor was still there.
Overall thoughts: It took a while for this flavor to come out, perhaps because I was alone. The flavor is sweet and enjoyable once it does peak. It tastes nothing like sex on the beach, however. In the future, I'd like to add some pineapple juice to my water base for a more fuller flavor.
RATING: 7/10.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Hookah Music Collection
If anyone is interested in putting together their own mix of some amazing ethnic tunes to smoke your hookah to, I have put together my own playlist of some great music I think you will all enjoy. Below is also CDs you can purchase!
The Hookah Diaries' Music Mix
1. Cirque Du Soliel - Kunya Sobe
2. Zein Al-Jundi - Wijjak Ma'ii
3. Hisham Abbas - Intil Waheeda
4. Jamal Porto -Gamar Badawi
5. Najwa Karam - Ana Ma Fiye
6. Yasser Habeeb - Elama
7. Sawt el Atlas - Ne Me Jugez Pas
9. Tiris - Tiris Nibreeha
10. Sertab - Buda
11. Istiklal Trio - Kurdilihicazkar Longa
12. Avi Elbaz - Zoara
Hookah CDs for Purchase
Sahara Lounge @ theworldcloset.com ($6.49)
Acoustic Arabia @ secondspin.com ($8.99)
Cafe Hookah @ tower.com ($13.29)
Hookah Music Vibes @ hookahmusicvibes.com ($9.50)
Enjoy your music!
The Hookah Diaries' Music Mix
1. Cirque Du Soliel - Kunya Sobe
2. Zein Al-Jundi - Wijjak Ma'ii
3. Hisham Abbas - Intil Waheeda
4. Jamal Porto -Gamar Badawi
5. Najwa Karam - Ana Ma Fiye
6. Yasser Habeeb - Elama
7. Sawt el Atlas - Ne Me Jugez Pas
9. Tiris - Tiris Nibreeha
10. Sertab - Buda
11. Istiklal Trio - Kurdilihicazkar Longa
12. Avi Elbaz - Zoara
Hookah CDs for Purchase
Sahara Lounge @ theworldcloset.com ($6.49)
Acoustic Arabia @ secondspin.com ($8.99)
Cafe Hookah @ tower.com ($13.29)
Hookah Music Vibes @ hookahmusicvibes.com ($9.50)
Enjoy your music!
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