| Hookah smoking involves a variety of elements | | | | The next option is the lemon wood or olive |
| working together to bring you a quality | | | | wood based "logs" of coal. Often times |
| smoke. One vital yet overlooked element is in | | | | referred to as "natural" coal, these tend to |
| fact, the heat. | | | | burn cleaner thus eliminating excessive coal |
| | | | flavors. They will not light with a portable |
| Hookah smokers will often sit around and talk | | | | flame unless you happen to keep a porto-torch |
| about the greatest shisha (hookah tobacco) | | | | in your glove compartment. Generally, you |
| flavors and brands that exist. Then, they | | | | will require a stove top and a short waiting |
| will move onto hookah sizes and styles from | | | | period. The end result could be well worth it |
| large to small, cheap to unaffordable, | | | | since you won't be tasting the chemicals of |
| colors, hoses, and more. Yet, the most | | | | the self lighting coals. |
| frequently overlooked piece of the hookah | | | | |
| smoking experience is in fact what makes the | | | | Finally, there is the "charcoal bricks" which |
| whole thing work. The coal. | | | | are often referred to as "Egyptian coal". |
| | | | These charcoal bricks are also lemon wood and |
| Once you sprinkle your shisha/hookah tobacco | | | | they resemble random shapes that appear as |
| into your bowl and wrap a nice layer of | | | | though you could barbeque with them. They |
| aluminum foil around it, you will then place | | | | have a long heating period on an average |
| this important item on top. This item known | | | | electric stove so you might want to get out |
| as "the coal" will transfer its heat down | | | | that propane camp stove to fire up these |
| through the tobacco which will ultimately | | | | coals. The smell of the coals cooking can |
| fill the base with smoke and end up | | | | overwhelm the pleasant smells of your house, |
| (momentarily) in your lungs. However, its not | | | | so you might want to think twice before |
| that simple. | | | | cooking coals in your kitchen. Despite their |
| | | | dominant heating odors, these coals provide |
| Several types of coal exist in the growing | | | | the most flavorless heat source available in |
| hookah market and a beginner may find it | | | | the hookah coal market. The charcoal bricks |
| difficult to select the best flame. The most | | | | are often large and also burn quickly so |
| common is the self lighting coals made by | | | | don't clutter your bowl. |
| Three Kings. They are convenient since you | | | | |
| can light one up with a Zippo, in the wind, | | | | Whichever hookah coals you smoke should |
| possibly while its raining. However, the same | | | | ultimately depend on your preference and |
| chemicals that make it a quick lighting coal | | | | situation. If you are a natural coal smoker |
| also add (often unwanted) flavors to your | | | | at home, it never hurts to keep a box of |
| hookah smoking experience. Thus you exchange | | | | quick lighting coals around for those last |
| taste for convenience. | | | | minute trips to the beach. |
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