Do You Pack Your Bowl of Shisha Better Than a Hookah Lounge?
Good Morning Hookah Whisperers!
As I was sitting down last night smoking a bowl of Al Fakher Grape with Mint with a frozen hose and enjoying it way too much, a thought occurred in my little dinosaur brain. “Do I pack my bowl as well as the hookah lounges that I frequent?” My immediate thought was yes, but then I thought about all of the times when my draw was too hard or the shisha burned too hot. I rarely have those things happen at a hookah bar.
So, I called a friend who owns a hookah lounge and restaurant and asked him what made his pack so great. He explained his process, which is very lengthy by the way, which would explain why it takes a few minutes to get your hookah at a decent hookah bar. He said he lays the shisha out on wax paper and fluffs it up thoroughly. 
This makes it so that air can circulate through the bowl easier. He then lays it softly in the bowl to make sure not to pack it down. That’s it! Compared to what I do, this would be much easier! He also uses less shisha this way and you still get a good 45 minutes of flavor out of the shisha. He told me that when you pack a bowl too tight, you don’t utilize all of the shisha flavor. A lot of it is left in the bowl or burns. This does make sense.
So, my question to all of you is: Would it be helpful if I shot some videos of shisha bar owners packing bowls so that you could see how the professionals do it, or would that be insulting? Let me know.
Until next time, remember: Life is too short to smoke cheap shisha!
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June 8th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
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June 8th, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Yes, videos of packing bowls would be great!