Top Beginner Hookah Tips
Top Beginner Hookah Tips Many of us have smoked hookah for years and have extensive knowledge in our craft gained from time spent working in hookah bars, tobacco stores, and taking regular phone calls from our clientele, however it wasn't always like that! In an effort to share our decades worth of knowledge with you, we have put our heads together and come up with a list of Shisha tobacco tips and tricks for beginners to help make your hookah sessions as satisfying as possible!
Use Heavy Duty Foil Good quality aluminum foil that is fairly thick is one of the most immediate ways you can improve your hookah sessions, especially if you've been using very thin foil! We typically recommend using foil that is marked as "heavy duty" (or "HD") instead of some of the lower quality, thinner foil sheets. You can easily get HD foil to enjoy premium hookah flavored hookah tobacco.
Use Two Layers of Foil Whether or not you've opted to use a "heavy duty" foil mentioned in the previous tip, we also recommend doubling up on the amount of foil you're using on your hookah bowl with hookah molasses! Using two layers of foil instead of one creates an even better barrier between your shisha and coals, much like how we talked about with H.D. foil, allows for a more even heat distribution that helps prevent your coals from burning your tobacco, and can ultimately result in a better tasting, more satisfying flavor from your shisha.
Make Sure Your Foil is Tight This is the last "foil" related tip for this blog, we promise! No matter what type of foil you're using, or whether or not you're using two layers instead of one, you'll want to make sure that your foil is nice and tight on your hookah bowl. By "tight" we mean that the flat surface of the foil is taught and the edges are firmly crimped around the edges of your bowl, creating an essentially un-moving foil cover around your bowl.
Sample Flavors First Time and time again, new hookah smokers jump into picking up shisha flavors without knowing what they taste like, and in some instances without knowing what flavors they themselves like to smoke! This can cause plenty of frustration, especially in the early days of your hookah career, as you might get stuck with tins of flavors that you try once and end up hating. Luckily, a simple solution to this problem: smaller size options! Many online hookah store, offer either a 50 gram or 100 gram size of their flavors alongside the larger 250 gram and 1000 gram sizes.