Monday, December 17, 2012

What Do You Get at a Shisha Shop?

By John McCree


These days, you can see a number of hookah bars and hookah shops in the U.S. since of the popularity of hookahs. Exposure to shisha and its satisfying experience continues to drive demand for shisha suppliers. However, as with nearly every physical product of the 21st century, shisha sales and distribution are driven more and more by the online market. It doesn't mean that a local shisha shop doesn't have any sales. It definitely does. Shisha shops tend to be more heavily concentrated in the same sort of locations where hookah lounges are found; larger ethnic towns, and near universities and colleges.

What Can I Find at Shisha Stores?

Usually, anything associated with smoking shisha can be found at a store. This includes all the components of the smoking device, commonly known as the "hookah", along with maintenance equipment, and the shisha tobacco itself. A shisha store normally has:

1. Shisha tobacco - This is the flavored tobacco, which is burned to create the smoke. With the advancement in manufacturing procedures, it has become really simple to add ingredients to tobacco in the course of manufacturing and you can get a wide variety of unique flavors.

2. Hookah Pipes - The smoking device used to purify and inhale the shisha smoke. Hookah pipes come in a wide variety of sizes, styles, and price ranges. Some are larger with multiple hoses, some are smaller with travel case manufactured for frequent travel, while others are even appropriate as sophisticated household decorations in addition to smoking devices.

3. Charcoal - Without fire, hookahs would be impossible to smoke. Since coal is so important, it is available at almost each and every shisha store. It might seem that charcoals are all the same, but it is far from the truth. There are self igniting charcoal that needs to be light on one side and the remaining charcoal burns itself. Other kinds of charcoal may need to be heated in fire or a charcoal heater. Most say that self lighting charcoals burn out quickly and that the temperature of the charcoal isn't optimal resulting in chemical taste during a hookah session.

4. Hookah Accessories - There is a large list of stuff that can be added to a hookah for fashion or for function. Two of the most common accessories are steel charcoal screen and hookah grommets. A charcoal screen can be used instead of aluminum foil and a grommet is used to airtight the hookah at the connecting parts.

Present Day Shisha Shops

If you are not able to find a shisha store in your area, you can purchase shisha and shisha products on the Internet. Nevertheless, buying goods on the Internet has some disadvantages:

1. Have to wait a couple of days before product arrives

2. Can't physically examine the merchandise before purchasing

3. No merchant to ask questions to

Internet stores are ideal for those who know what kind of shisha flavor they want and which brand they want.

A quick Google search can turn up numerous online stores that sell hookah and shisha items.




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