Hookah -Do You Hookah? - hookahs, shisha and hookah products

One of the oldest traditions of the Middle East is the art of hookah smoking. The hookah, also referred to as a narghile or narghila, shisha or sheesha, water-pipe, and hubbly-bubbly, has long inspired great discussions of politics, religion, and the daily happenings. In social gatherings, the passing of the hose is remarkable- a narghile is placed in the center of a group and smokers pass the hose to the next in the circle, all the while exchanging words and sharing ideas in a playful mode.

The popularity of the hookah has sky-rocketed in recent years, mainly due to the social nature of hookah smoking. In the United States, where everything has become so fast paced that people rarely have time to socialize with family or friends, it certainly contributes to the smoker's integration in his or her social environment in a brotherly peaceful act of solidarity.

Clusters of hookah smokers can now be seen at sidewalk cafes in West wood, California, in nightclubs in Chicago and Miami's South Beach, and at a new restaurant at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - which features a hookah smoking lounge for weary gamblers. Many people prefer hookah smoke to cigarettes or hand and glass pipes because of the cool, smooth flavorful taste of the smoke.

The shisha, also called tombac, gouza, moassel, shisha or sheesha, is a special blend of fresh, dark leaves, fruit pulp, honey or molasses, and glycerine. The shisha is available in a wide variety of flavors including double apple, strawberry, melon, pineapple, vanilla, pistachio, and rose. This blend contains only 0.5% nicotine and no tar.

With a vast collection of flavors to choose from and many other variables to manipulate, hookah smoking is truly an art. Many seasoned smokers enjoy adding ice, fruit juice, milk or wine to water in the glass vase to change the taste, texture, or effect of the smoke.

The original design for the hookah came from India or Persia, but it was rather primitively made from a coconut shell. Its popularity spread to Iran and then the rest of the Arab world. But it was in Turkey that the water pipe completed its revolution and has hardly changed its style for the last few hundred years.

These days in the cafes of Cairo, puffing on their hookah water pipes, patrons mutter about the unstoppable invasion of American fast food and trash television. Few realize that the hookah itself is stealthily spreading across the globe.

The spellings and names used to identify hookahs are as various as the pipes themselves. Hookahs are also known around the globe as hookah pipe, hooka, huka, shisha, shisha pipe, hooka pipe, sheesha, sheesha pipe, narghile, nargila, narguile, and hubbly bubbly.

HOOKAH ETIQUETTE

The etiquette of hookah smoking is very important in some cultures and often times it is regarded as disrespectful to break away from these traditions. Etiquette also helps to keep all hookah smokers happy.

> Smoking a hookah pipe is about patience and tolerance, so relax and enjoy it.

> There is no urgency or competitiveness when smoking a narghile, unlike the smoking sessions using other glass pipes or water pipes. So smoke until you are pleased and then pass it on to the next person.

> As a courtesy, turn the hose connection of the metal stem toward the next person as you are handing them the hose.

> Never light cigarettes using the lit charcoal on top of the hose.

> Never light a self-lighting charcoal on top of the hookah- the extra smoke will overwhelm the tobacco flavors.

> Do not blow smoke in the face of another person.

> With a multi-hose hookah, do not blow into the hookah hose to clear the smoke while another person is smoking.

> Never share your plastic mouthpiece with another person, as it does not promote good hygiene.

> When you are finished smoking hookah, wrap the hookah hose around the metal stem.

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