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Reminds me a lot of the market that I used to frequent (Yashman still frequents it, as far as I know). It's nice to get stuff in-store. Good music choice as well, let me know if you need any further recommendations, heh.

I actually prefer the Diamante finger-style coals to Nour; they seem to burn a bit cleaner. Too bad I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Maybe it's just my area but I never order from UPS if I can help it, UPS (in my area) is the most surefire way to make sure your packages get beat to shit. Don't get me started on union stuff, that's not for this forum.

AF Cola

What's really cool is if you keep them separated but in the same bowl (either layered or like a pie chart) so you get certain flavors at certain times. QUOTE (tingjunkie @ Mar 21 2007, 02:14 AM) Wow, over 24 hrs since original post and no one's asked him how he knows what a yeast infection tastes like? This board is slipping! What, you don't know?

Their prices + selection are good enough that I would probably order even if I knew the delay was coming. Hint: use the hookahforum code, its 15% of everything for some reason

Yeah, that's what they did for me. I can't complain, my order was only a few days late and it's still free stuff.

Yeah, the funny thing is that this tobacco has no distinguishing marks of any kind on it, just a clear, small, plastic bag that has been heat-sealed on one end and has about 50g of tobacco in it. It looks similar to some I purchased at a local head shop a while ago under the brand Hookah Bros., which was quite good, but who knows.

Same here, I already got my package today. They also threw in three small plastic bags of some tobacco, which was nice of them. Now, if only I could figure out what flavors they are. I think they might be rose, jasmine, and orange. Even though those are pretty unpopular flavors it was nice of them. Thanks for coming through, hookahcompany.

Yeah, as said before this is not applicable to American style hookah (or probably many other countries). I am under the impression that the stuff they smoke in Egypt and nearby regions is basically high-nicotine, unflavored tobacco that they just pile the coals on without foil. This means that the tobacco is burnt, releasing much more tar, and the overall amount of nicotine released is higher. I remember a while ago we did some calculations, and in a regular bowl of most tobaccos (especially low nicotine ones like Al Amir, Al Fakher, etc) there just plain isn't enough nicotine by mass in the tobacco to equal a pack of cigarettes. Not to mention the fact that some of the nicotine can burn off, and hookah tobacco isn't burnt as heavily as cigarettes anyway. Also, again as said before, the content of other chemicals can be a higher concern. Right now it seems like the coals are likely to contain heavy metals that cause all kinds of shit in the body that you don't want, but I have yet to read anything conclusive about what they do and do not give off. In hookah, or anything smoked, there is all kinds of factors and health concerns that are unknown, so basically the best you can do is to assume it's harmful until proven otherwise. I think the nicotine stuff is BS, but there's a chance that other things about it could be worse, so just assume it's bad for you.

AF Cola is my favorite flavor, period. Obviously I would say that you should buy it, then.

I'm pretty sure that the reason Allia22 did that was because of excitement, not out of obligation. It's nice to feel like stuff is being accomplished, and we are mostly of the generation where we expect things immediately, so what can you do.

I just ordered something from HC on Sunday, expecting it to be shipped out today (monday), but now I see this thread. It would be nice if they at least warned us about potential delays.

I like smoking my sugar cane bagasse because it keeps me regular.

Holy shit, I was JUST about to post this. I've had the package for a while, first smoked it last week, noticed the ingredients yesterday. What a crock, tasted like wood chips too. Bonus link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagasse