Tips For Cleaning your Shisha Vases

Most of the people find shisha smoking a great stress buster. At least twice in a week you will want to smoke a shisha. Some people may even smoke a little more. The shisha tastes best when you enjoy smoking with your family and friends. Maintaining the shisha also plays an important part in the experience of your smoking. Well, cleaning is not at all a hectic job.

The best way that your shisha works is, clean it after every use. If not possible to clean for every smoke, wash it after every 10 times of use. The prominent part is the shisha vase. After smoking, most of the people do not know that the vase gets a little moist, so it will be easy for the dust to accumulate on the moist surface forming a junk. Often, cleaning such junk becomes difficult. So it is always better to keep it dry after use.

Many shishas have two important connections namely the vase, the hose port. With little efforts you can clean them well. You can make your shisha vase shine as the day you bought them. When you buy a shisha, you will be provided with cleaning brushes and liquid soap. If you do not get it, then its better you buy them. These are made especially for shisha accessories like shisha pipe, shisha hose and shisha vase. They are so soft that they penetrate well through the vase well. After washing, allow it to dry. You can also blow in air to make sure that it is clean and dust particles are not struck up. You must also make sure that the hose and valves are also cleaned in a timely manner. Maintaining a shisha is not at all a tough task, all you need to do is just spare about 15 minutes of your free time.

If you did not get a cleaning brush at the time of purchase you have an alternative way of cleaning. You can use the brushes which are used to clean bottles. Some shishas are simple to clean because of their design. Sometimes, it becomes difficult to clean vases which have other designs. Then you can simply use this trick of cleaning with bottle brushes as they have a long hand, they easily penetrate through the sides and angles of the shisha vase. In case if you do not have liquid soap, you can also try this, take a piece of cloth and clean the dry dust particles. Mix a few drops of lemon juice and vinegar and try cleaning your shisha vase. To your wonder, you will definitely see the difference. You can also take a pinch of baking soda and mix with few drops of water and then clean the surface. Shishas when cleaned and maintained properly can be used for longer periods with great sealed flavors.

Shisha accessories and their uses

A shisha is popular not only in Middle Eastern countries but also all over the world these days. A traditional shisha is made of several shisha accessories namely the shisha bowl, vase, hose and the pipe. Other important shisha accessories include charcoal holders, ashtrays, shisha grommets, wind covers, aluminum foils, mouth filers etc.

In a shisha tobacco is placed in the bowl with the help of charcoal holder and covered with an aluminum foil. The coal is actually placed in the bowl. When the coal is lit, heat is produced which results in smoke. The shisha pipe is used to experience the smoke. You find a variety of charcoal holders in the market these days. Generally, these are made of clay, steel and are available in different sizes according to the capacity of the charcoal it can carry. Some of the models include:

·          Simple charcoal holder with a handle

·          Premium charcoal holder with a handle in arc shape

·          Large charcoal holder

Ashtray is used as one of the main shisha accessories. These also come in different shapes and sizes. You can select one which suits best for your shisha. The main material used is steel with some other color combinations. Next important in the list is shisha grommets. When talking about grommets, there are different types. Some of them are shisha base grommets, head grommets, hose and the bowl grommets. Based on its functional use, these are fitted to different parts of the shisha. When you smoke a shisha, mouth filters act as a source to avoid excess heat or smoke from taking. Mouth filters are meant to fix tightly to shisha pipe where you experience the smoke. Like the above mentioned shisha accessories, these are also available according to the model of your shisha.

Wind covers and aluminum foils protect the charcoals when they are lit. It is always safe to cover the bowl filled with charcoal with wind cover because if it catches the air, it may burn heavily. To reduce such risks, these are used to safeguard the shisha. Aluminum foils when small holes are poked distribute the heat evenly there by you have a smooth and dense smoke. So, all the shishaaccessories have their own functional capabilities. You should know that each and every part is as important as the other, have a joyful smoking!!

Shisha maintenance and tips

These days shisha has become a great part of entertainment in parties or get together at home. Most of the people experience the shisha smoke either in a hookah bar or a shisha lounge. But, buying a shisha is not at all tough these days. You need to do a little research on the internet before you buy one. Have an idea about shisha, its accessories and most important its set up. Every part of a shisha is very important. Maintaining the shisha also plays an important part in the experience of your smoking. Well, cleaning is not at all a hectic job.

The best way that your shisha works is, clean it after every use. If not possible to clean for every smoke, wash it after every 10 times of use. The prominent part is the shisha pipe. After smoking, most of the people do not know that the pipe gets a little moist, so it will be easy for the dust to accumulate on the moist surface forming a junk. Often, cleaning such junk becomes difficult. So it is always better to keep it dry after use.

When you buy a shisha, you will be provided with cleaning brushes and liquid soap. If you do not get it, then its better you buy them. You can clean the hookah pipe with pipe cleaner. These are made especially for pipes. They are so soft that they penetrate well through the pipe. After washing, allow it to dry. You can also blow in air to make sure that it is clean and dust particles are not struck up. You must also make sure that the hose and valves are also cleaned in a timely manner. Maintaining a shisha is not at all a tough task, all you need to do is just spare about 15 minutes of your free time.

Shisha tastes better with constant watch over the cleanliness. You will definitely enjoy the great taste and that punch of the flavors. Have a pleasant smoke and a fun time with your friends, family and even guests!!

Enhancing the hookah flavors

Hookah smoking is on these days, most people use only tobacco as a flavor. You can out different hookah flavors. You can try these interesting combinations and have fun with your friends and family. There are many ways to enhance the flavors and have a wonderful experience.

Add Ice cubes to the Water: As we know, water is used in the hookah bowl to cool the produced smoke. You can try adding two to three cubes of ice and see what happens. To your surprise, you will find the smoke smoother than before.

Add some fruit to the Base: Adding some fruit pieces such as an apple along with some fresh mint leaves, a piece of peach to the hookah base, gives a rich and fine flavor. You can also use similar fruit which goes similar to the tobacco flavor. To enhance the smell and taste you add lemon or strawberries too.

Mix Flavors: For a change, you can try mixing two flavors and see how it works. It is the part of fun and joys in hookah smoking. Some of the interesting mixing combinations are apple- fresh mint, watermelon- fresh mint, and strawberry –peach, strawberry –banana, mango-peach, fresh mint – rose.

Add fresh fruit juice: You can add fruit juice into the bowl of hookah along with water which you add normally. You can feel that light sense of flavor. This is best for the people who like mild flavors.

Add some wine: I t gives a good authentic taste for your hookah. People who love drinking wine will definitely enjoy this kind flavor.

Apart from having fun, let us see some of the tips you should remember before experimenting:  

·          Try adding only your favorite flavors.

·          Avoid unpleasant or the flavors which you don’t enjoy.

·          Be careful while trying the flavors as all your friends or family should have to be fine with flavors.

·          Be careful not to add any harmful substances which ignite the coal very fast, as this may produce more smoke.

Discover these fantastic flavors and have a pleasant experience of hookah smoking!!