In the West, all the chatter concerning Shisha and Hookah smoking seems to be almost all surrounding health issues. You can’t go a week without some news outlet telling us that if we even look at a hookah pipe we’re going to catch something. But, the rest of the world (as opposed to us ‘free’…… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Shisha General
Hookah Not Understood? Hide it in Plain Sight With this Decorator’s Tip
When I first started smoking shisha, it was a bit of a taboo amongst my friends. The first thing anyone thinks about when they look at the hookah pipes is that you’re going to be smoking illegal stuff in it. “Why have you got a bong in the corner of your living room?”, they’d ask.…… Continue Reading
The On-Going Controversy Over Shisha Safety
It seems not a week goes by without someone or some organisation trying to tell us that hookah is dangerous, kids are all at it, and it should be banned outright. The thing is, this attitude is one driven by ignorance of the industry, the way people smoke and what people smoke, so here are…… Continue Reading
What Gives the Best Shisha Smoke? A Big or a Small Hookah Pipe?
If you browse through our catalogue, you’ll notice there are lots of hookah pipes to choose from. Some of them are small and some of them are large. Others are huge. But what’s the difference? We asked questions and did some tests to see what we thought was the best type of pipe to use…… Continue Reading
UK Government to Change Law to Allow Indoor Shisha Smoking
In a shock change to the law, the Government has announced that it is to bow down to pressure from many lobbying groups and allow the controlled smoking of hookah pipes inside buildings for the first time since the smoking ban. When the ban was first introduced, it was seen as unfair against shisha bars…… Continue Reading
Where’s the Largest Hookah Pipe in the World?
The 17th March is St. Patrick’s day, which is always a good time for me because I like Guinness and I like food that has Guinness in it. I basically like Guinness. So, I was looking to see if there was any Guinness flavoured shisha about and I drew a blank. Nor surprising, really, Guinness…… Continue Reading
What’s It like Smoking Shisha for the First Time?
This question was asked of me as I sat in a bar in London. I was there for a conference and I’d explained to the guy I was with that when it was all over, I was going to find a Shisha Bar. I’ve been to a few in London, many of them are great…… Continue Reading
World Book Day and Shisha
If you live near a school, you may have noticed that instead of children walking past your house today, there were caterpillars, oompa loompas, Stick Men and Gruffalos. It is, as if you needed reminding, World Book Day, and it got me thinking, are there any books relating to Hookah pipes or shisha smoking in…… Continue Reading
Seven Reasons Why You Should Buy Natural Shisha Charcoals
Natural Shisha Coal is the BEST! Most Shisha or hookah smokers can probably easily recall the moment when they first bought the quick light shisha charcoals to save time and enjoy a quick shisha session. Using the natural shisha charcoal was seen as a very difficult and laborious task for the shisha smokers because of…… Continue Reading
My First Experience with Shisha – On a Camping Trip!
A friend of mine recently spoke to me about her camping trip and the day she first smoked shisha. I thought I’d repeat it here! I’d been at university for only three months when I’d already got friendly with a lot of people out of my biology class. There were six of us, four girls,…… Continue Reading