Although the Flying Saucer bowl is not a revolutionary product and will not replace the HJ mini alien bowl, this newly designed hookah bowl has made smoking heat sensitive tobacco a breeze. If tobacco is packed and treated just like it would be in the HJ Mini Alien Bowl the Flying Saucer bowl will match or beat the flavor results every time. I have found that clouds are not always as impressive in this bowl, but that may be because of the bowl’s tendency to remain cool.

If you’re a fan of the original phunnel bowls, you will not be disappointed with this one. But keep in mind, because of subtle adjustments to the shape and design, as well as variations in craftsmanship, you might need to adjust your packing and foiling technique. So should you upgrade? Maybe. It’s going to be a matter of preference. If you find your current Alien Phunnel bowl wanting, you might find this updated version to be a mark improvement. But if you’re quite satisfied with your current Alien Phunnel bowl, you might want to wait until a drunken party guest knocks your bowl off the table.

Tonic, the company behind popular premium tobacco flavors such as After Sex and Strawberry Citrus Mint, has released and new set of flavors, touted as being ‘Made in the USA’. The new flavors sport hip, but ambiguous names: Minty Dreams, Da Vinci, Virgin Strawberry, Romance, Kama Sutra, Bada Bing, Bellylicious, Babylon and Hitman.
Tonic has also updated its packaging graphics for the new batch of tobacco flavors.

The official description of the flavors is also ambiguous, with most descriptions including the phrase ‘special mixture’. We’ll have to wait for some hands on …

Hookah-Shisha.com, the veiled manufacturers of Romman Tobacco, released a new line of shisha tobacco today under the name Al Tawareg (AL Ta-WEAR-Egg), which means “The Wondering Nomad”. The brand is intended as an economy line of their more expensive brand.

The new brand sports some unique flavors, namely Beer and All American Whiskey, as well as many more common flavors. Currently, there is some crossover between flavors offered in the Romman line and the Al-Tawareg line, such as Banana Split, Cappuccino, Coconut, Double Apple, Spearmint Gum and Sweet Melon. However, some differences should be expected.

LuxuryHookah.com, a new hookah manufacturing company out of Lebanon, launched their website only a few days ago, but has already seen some buzz in the online forums. I had the chance to speak to Chadi, the founder and owner of LuxuryHookah, about his new business and the what is being produced is definitely promising.

Sources at Hookah-Shisha.com, the manufacturer of Romman tobacco and the hugely popular Nammor washable hose, have told us that they are in the process of testing new flavors in their line of premium tobacco products.
We’re told they have been bouncing around more than 20 flavor possibilities and are in the process of narrowing that number down and selecting the best of the best.
There’s no word yet on what those flavors may be, except that some of what they’ve tested was “terrible”, but others have been down-right incredible. We’re told …

After a long conversation with Eric Hoffmann from Tangiers tobacco (also the genius behind the original phunnel bowl), Eric informed me that there would be some new Tangiers flavors on the market in late June. Also with the new batch comes the reintroduction of an old sweet spot; Pineapple.

John Naddour, with HookahJohn, announced last Thursday on his Forum that he will be adding a brand new line of shisha tobacco to his line-up of already popular products, including the HJ Alien Mini Phunnel Bowl, ChronicHookah Charcoal, and the washable Narbish hose.
Naddour says, “if I’m going to put my name on a product it has to be good enough for me to use, and I’m really a picky hookah smoker.” He also expressed his sentiments that he doesn’t simply want to hire a company in Jordan to compose some …