[19 Feb 2012 | No Comment | ]
Tangiers: Instant Acclimation Is All In The Wrist

There is a new technique that, so far, has been proven (by myself and others) to instantly acclimate Tangiers Noir Tobacco. Before removing the tobacco from the sealed bag, massage the bag for 4-5 minutes. This completely mixes the tobacco in its “California” climate controlled bag. Then, empty the tobacco in to your shallow air tight container, and let…

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[24 Jun 2014 | No Comment | ]
How did the 80 Feet bowl get its name?

Hookah John’s newly released, and oddly named 80feet bowl is the product of nearly 5 years of research and development, butt loads of money, and countless hours of smoking shisha. It’s because of this, that he is PISSED!

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[25 Jul 2012 | One Comment | ]
How To: Foil A Phunnel Bowl

There are a couple ways to prevent air lock when using a phunnel / funnel bowl. The first way to prevent air-lock is to get a good foiling technique down. I have found that a piece of foil that is 6-8in long and 6in wide is the ideal size to work with. Another way to combat air-lock is to poke holes in the foil over the spire. If you employ both of my methods, I can assure you that you will have a successful smeesh.

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[25 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
Why + How To Use A Hookah Diffuser

Diffusers are a tool used by hookah smokers to break up the flow of smoke and create hundreds, if not thousands of tiny bubbles instead of just a few large bubbles. This has a couple of advantages such as, smoothing the draw of a hookah, aid in the filtration of smoke, and quiet the rumble of the hubbly-bubbly.

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[14 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
The Ghost of Flavors Past

If you are new to smoking hookah, you might not realize that you aren’t getting as much flavor out of your sessions as you could be. If you are using the same hose for every session and not washing your hookah between every session, flavors of your past session are going to linger in your hose and stem. The flavor that is hanging around in your hose or stem is called “flavor ghosting”. Flavors that ghost your stem or hose muddle the flavor of sessions to come. Most flavors will …

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[14 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
How To Store Your Tobacco

This aint rocket sciece guys… but for the people that are looking for a second opinion on tobacco strogage here you go.