How to smoke and smoke a hookah. The most useful tips

Hookah helps to really relax, this is what distinguishes it from cigarettes, because smokers are pulling after another cigarette after a nervous breakdown or quarrel, which has nothing to do with the hookah. You can not smoke a hookah, standing and looking at the floor, you need to lie on a comfortable sofa, but the easterly sofa with a lot of colorful cushions is most preferable. The hookah should stand lower than the one who smokes it, but if the hookah has a shortened tube, then it can be put on the table, although in most cases it is put on the floor.

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You need to fill a cup with tobacco, for this, take tobacco just like salt, when you throw a pinch into a saucepan. It is necessary that the air circulate between the leaves, with the tobacco to be laid correctly, so that the leaves are completely straightened, but you can throw them as you like. Such a slide of tobacco is called free, it burns completely freely, slowly and evenly, so you get a rich and pleasant smoke. The distance to the edges of the cup should be 5 millimeters. Then carefully wrap and cover the cup with a small piece of foil. It is necessary that there is a distance between tobacco and foil, undesirable tight fit. Because of the tight fit tobacco will light up, so smoking a hookah will be unpleasant because of the bitter smoke. In this case, you need to move the coal to one of the edges of the bowl, this will reduce the heating of the tobacco.

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Always fold the foil in several layers, for example in two layers. This reduces the risk of tobacco fire. Then look for a thin and sharp object in the apartment, and with it, make small holes in the foil, so that the air from the coal can freely flow. For this purpose, a toothpick or a small knife will do. If you do not want to waste time, you can roll sheets of foil on a small grater.

Add cold water to the flask, the tube should be inside approximately five centimeters. If you load it deeper, then it becomes almost impossible to inhale the smoke and it is very unpleasant. But if the water is not enough or very little, the smoke will not be moistened and purified. You can replace water with anything, even champagne or lemonade, this will make the hookah taste very attractive and even intoxicating. Also very pleasant taste of strawberry tobacco on milk, be sure to try.

If your hookah has a glass bottom, you need to firmly insert the upper part into it and to enhance the effect of using a sealing ring of rubber. If the bottom of the hookah is made of metal, then the upper part can be screwed without any problems on the thread. When you connect the bottom and top, proceed to installing the hose and sealing gasket. If there is no sealant, use a paper napkin, paper or even toilet paper, just twisting it around the fitting. After assembly again check the tightness, just cover your hand with the upper part, and then try to draw air from the mouthpiece. In the event that the air is inhaled - check all the elements of the hookah.

Repeat the inhalation procedure several more times, after a while the air will be free to inhale, and you do not have to exert force, you will also hear characteristic gurgling. Then try to draw in the air, while closing the smoke outlet located at the top of the hookah. Try to make efforts to inhale air, if you do not get anything - great, but if you try to inhale air inside, you will see that the valve has opened slightly and the air is gradually coming out of it.

Start to kindle coal, you can use a burner or a gas stove if you do not have a special hookah lighter. If you purchased a flammable coal in tablets, you need to wait until it finally burns, and sparks will not pour. After a while, acrid smoke will cease to stand out, but if you use simple coal, then there will not be any chemicals in the smoke. Note that the tablet may seem completely normal to you, because it will have a black color and about the same shape as before. But the temperature of the tablet is extremely high, so do not touch it. During burning out, you will feel an unpleasant smell, do not let anyone be pulled out of the hookah, as this is very dangerous for health. In order not to be injured during a burnout, it is necessary to put on a protective cap, which often comes complete with a hookah. When the coal is completely burned and the smoke ceases to appear, wait 20 seconds before tightening.

When coal is prepared, it will have the most common color: silver, gray, red and so on. Put it on foil, for example, on the central part, and then put the cap on the hookah if it was included. Only now you can start smoking. After one or two minutes, the tobacco will become hot enough, so remove the coals to the edge, otherwise the tobacco can ignite and there will be a terrible smoke with an unpleasant smell. If you smoke a hookah for the first time, you will necessarily feel a bitter or sour taste in your mouth and a strange sore throat. All this is due to the unstable emission of smoke, a problem arises due to low tightness. It is necessary to look at all joints, especially on the place of connection of a hose or a tube. Of course, we must see if the tobacco touches the coal. Put a piece of foil on the tobacco, on the foil there must be holes. Then remove the coal to the foil.

If you are uncomfortable with the fact that you need to make efforts to inhale the smoke, you need to look at the amount of water in the flask. The problem may be that the tube coming out of the top of the hookah is too heavily or slightly submerged in water. Ideally, it should go deeper into the water only 5 centimeters. At a normal liquid level, you need to look at the flexible tube or hose. Since fresh tobacco is impregnated with aromatic substances, it is sticky and very wet, while liquid is extracted from it, which is why manufacturers pack it into polyethylene, and then into a cardboard box. Often, tobacco is packed in tins, glass and plastic jars. Most often, paper packaging occurs in black tobacco varieties, which is not complemented by aromatic substances. It is this kind of tobacco that causes discomfort when smoking, since smoke is too small. It is quickly dried, so after the purchase, remove it in a plastic bag and tin can.

How often can I smoke a hookah?

Smoking of cigars, pipes and cigarettes does not emit as much smoke as when smoking a hookah. But the smoke is much softer, because it consists of steam water more than 90%.There is steam for the reason that tobacco for hookah is very wet. The less moisture in the tobacco, the lower the amount of smoke that is released when smoking. Due to the huge amount of water in the smoke, a large number of impurities are attracted. Therefore, you can not measure the exact amount of resin in the smoke. Since the main harm of cigarettes is the high content of tar, we can openly say that the hookah does not cause such a high damage to health. Smoke a hookah once a day, and you will not feel any health problems.

What is the best way to smoke a hookah?

In most cases hookah smoke on water, preferably on cold water. You can add a few pieces of ice in the water, so that the smoke is refreshing and very pleasant. This is an ideal way to increase the quality of the work of small hookahs, as their flask heats up quickly, and the ice smoothes out this flaw. True, the effect does not last long.

Hookah on milk is very common, but you need to mix it with water. The whole point is that when smoking creates a foam, so you need to add water. To reduce the amount of foam, you can add 5 grams of salt. Smoke turns out very delicate and tasty, while it is completely cleared of harmful impurities. The only problem is that not every taste of tobacco comes to milk. It is best to choose chocolate, coffee or vanilla tobacco for shisha on milk. Do not forget to clean the tube, flask and mine in a small amount of warm water after smoking.

Often, a hookah is prepared on juice, but it is better to prepare fresh juice than to buy it in the store. Again, you need to add a small amount of water to the juice, and even ice cubes. Thanks to the juice, the taste of the smoke becomes more saturated, but do not forget about the compatibility of the flavors of tobacco and juice. Of course, after smoking it is necessary to use warm water to clean the mine, tube and bulb.

Hookah on liquor is very attractive, you can add any sort of wine, absinthe, champagne, sambuca and even rum. You also need to dilute alcohol with water, add a few ice cubes and so on. But alcohol does not affect the taste of smoke, but only adds a couple of alcohol, which produces an unpredictable effect. Most often a hookah on alcohol is smoked several times in a row, usually 2-3 times, and then the effect is lost because of the weathering of alcohol. Do not cook hookah on vodka or beer, because tobacco becomes bitter and terribly unattractive.

It is not advisable to cook a hookah on Coca-Cola or Pepsi, because they negatively affect the metal elements of the hookah, and lead them into an unfit condition.

How to choose tobacco for hookah?

Most often, they buy a hookah massif, although it has a rather strange name, it is a standard tobacco that has been soaked in honey. Outwardly, it resembles jam or jam, because it is mixed with all sorts of ingredients. You can find a massif with the taste of apple, mint, Coke, grapes and so on. When buying, look at the packaging, if it is deformed - do not buy tobacco in any case. In many shops you can try the tobacco to taste, it is desirable that it is sweet and pleasant. Also, try the aroma of tobacco, it should be clearly felt, but sometimes it does not coincide with the inscription on the package. Do not buy strawberry tobacco, if it resembles a mint flavor, perhaps it is forged or spoiled. It is desirable to store such tobacco in the refrigerator or in a dark place in a sealed package. If inside does not get air, then the expiration date will be released only after three months.

Tombak - no less popular tobacco for hookah, it also has black tea and looks like tea. It is quite strong and dried tobacco, which is most often used in Arab countries. Unfortunately, in Russia such tobacco is almost impossible to buy. He is not as sturdy as one might think by description, an ordinary cigarette is much stronger than a tobacca. If you find a tomb, then make sure it is crumbly and dry, and has a very rich flavor.

When choosing the taste of tobacco, focus on the hookah filler, if you smoke a hookah on milk - buy strawberry or coffee tobacco, and if on champagne, then on grape tobacco.

How to choose coal for hookah?

In the store you will find hookah coal, designed exclusively for smoking hookah. Do not buy other types of coals, including charcoal for fireplace, grill and shish kebab. You can buy not only natural, but also flammable coal, also there is electric and flavored. Between them there are significant differences.

Natural charcoal is a lump coal that is compressed in the form of tablets, pyramids or bars. It is natural charcoal that is considered the most popular among those who regularly smoke hookah, because it has an excellent aroma. Coal is made from several types of trees, for example, olive and lemon, often it is made from grapevine or coconut shell. It does not contain chemicals, so it flares up longer. But there are also advantages: very high temperature, burning more than two hours, no smoke, no chemical taste or smell.

Rapidly ignited coal - often used by beginners, because it's easy to use. Thanks to saltpeter and dry alcohol it ignites in a couple of seconds, of course, and it burns out much faster than natural coal. After burning the pill, you need to wait until it gets hot from all sides. Sometimes there are sparks as the temperature of the coal increases, but the most unpleasant is the terrible smell from chemicals. When the smoke ceases to stand out, you can start smoking a hookah.

Flavored coal is ordinary charcoal, which is pressed into thin plates. The aroma of natural resins completely disappears due to the addition of aromatic substances. Within five minutes after ignition, you will feel the wonderful smell of coal, but then it will disappear.

Electric coal - air passes through the incandescent spiral, the pressure of which increases due to a special pump. This is the safest type of coal without carbon monoxide and odor. But it is not cheap and not so widespread, therefore it does not have high popularity.

Despite the fact that smoking hookah is quite common for people, there are still people who compare the process with philosophical teachings, and the opportunity to completely withdraw into your inner world.