How to make a smoky hookah: tips

Hookah is an oriental pleasure that does not harm a person. Contrary to popular belief, the smoke that we breathe from the hookah is not smoke at all, but the steam that remains after warming the syrup and tobacco. Hookah lovers really appreciate the ability to "slaughter" a delicious hookah with lots of thick smoke and without bitterness. But how to make such a hookah yourself?

How to score a smoke hookah

Even if you have never made a hookah, thanks to our detailed instructions, you can do it really well.

1. Rinse the hookah thoroughly, check the water in the flask - it should be fresh. To improve the taste of smoke, you can use milk or wine instead of plain water. Check the shaft - it should not be rust (if it is metal).
2. Then take all the parts of the hookah and check their tightness. Just draw air through the hookah.If from some gaps pulls "draft", you need to assemble the structure so that the air does not pass. If necessary, seal the gap with pieces of adhesive tape.
3. After that, you can start to hammer hookah. In order not to wash the bowl after each clogging and so that the bowl is not soaked with the smell of tobacco, it can be pre-lined with a piece of foil. Carefully wrap the bowl from the inside, repeating its shape and curves.
4. When the bowl is wrapped in foil, you can put tobacco in it. No need to squeeze or rinse it. After all, the syrup, which is impregnated with tobacco, gives a taste and a special opacity. After all, as you remember, what we breathe is not smoke from burning, but syrup that evaporates from hot air. And if you wash the tobacco and deprive it of the precious syrup, what are we going to smoke?
5. Tobacco in the bowl should be evenly distributed over the entire surface. In no case do not need to tamp and compact it. Between pieces of tobacco there must be a space through which air will flow.
6. Pour into the bowl exactly as much tobacco as there is a space of at least 3 mm above. This does not allow tobacco to touch the coal. If the tobacco touches the coal, it will burn.As a result, we get the unpleasant, bitter taste of the hookah.
7. Cover the tobacco with foil. Foil can be special, ordinary food, and even from a bar of chocolate. It does not matter what side you install the foil - matte or shiny.
8. After that, you need to make holes in the foil. This can be done with a simple needle or toothpick. However, if you often make hookahs, we advise you to make such a tool. Insert a needle into the cork of wine with pliers. To pierce the foil with such a device quickly and conveniently. In addition, a similar tool will always be at your fingertips. To give a hookah a lot of smoke, the holes need to be done not in the center, but as if in a circle of foil. This will allow the coal to remain in the center, but not set fire to tobacco.
9. After that, put the pieces of coal on the foil. The number of coals can be different, exactly, as the size of embers. The main thing is to make the tobacco warmed up, but did not catch fire.
10. After you put the coal, cover the bowl with a cap. If there is no special cap, you can make a cylinder of foil and put it on top. This will allow the tobacco to warm up much faster.
11. After that, you can start to hookah smoke. Inhale the vapors, change the position of the coals.
12. Usually, one serving of tobacco should be smoked for no more than half an hour. It is believed that after the specified time the syrup evaporates completely and the tobacco begins to burn. So we begin to breathe real smoke, that is, simply smoke.
13. After you have smoked a hookah, remove the foil from the bowl with the tobacco. Tobacco should be a little oily. If it is singed and dry, then you have smoked it for too long.
14. After smoking, by all means flush the hose from the hookah. After it dries, it will be practically impossible to wash the pieces of ash and other substances.

This is a simple algorithm for hammering a delicious smoky hookah without bitterness.

Smoke hookah secrets

Experienced hookah workers know that in order for the hookah smoke to be plenty, and also for it to be thick and strong, you need to comply with certain conditions.

1. You need to buy high-quality tobacco. After opening the pack it should be stored in the refrigerator.
2. To smoke was a lot, you need to warm the tobacco thoroughly. Put the coal on the foil, but do not smoke the hookah for the next 5-10 minutes, as you would not want to.The fact is that when more tobacco warms up, more smoke is produced.
3. To get a lot of smoke, use 3-4 layers of foil over the bowl. However, keep in mind that in this case it will be much more difficult to smoke a hookah.
4. It is better to use several small embers than to heat tobacco with one coal.
5. If you smoke hookah alone, it is advisable to use more coal. If several people smoke, it is better to leave some coal, as it can be smoked very quickly.
6. Another of the secrets of the smoke hookah is glycerin. Add a few drops of glycerin to the tobacco to form a thick white smoke.
7. It is better to use silicone and clay cups for burning - tobacco is heated evenly in them, but does not smolder. In ceramic cups, tobacco quickly burns, giving the hookah its characteristic bitterness.
8. It is believed that the hookah turns smoother, if you make it with milk.
9. Remember to get a lot of smoke - no need to put a lot of tobacco. It should be loose.
10. In the assortment of smoking mixtures there are products designed specifically for the hookah with a large amount of thick smoke.

Hookah is not only a way to relax and spend a pleasant evening with friends.It is like a way of meditation - when you smoke, solutions to problems and answers to serious questions come to mind. And most importantly - it is not only tasty, but also, indeed, safe.

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