I've always enjoyed hookah, but only like once every three years. And as I'm a white guy in the American South, it's not really culturally available like it might be for areas or demographics, so I've never seriously considered buying one. But, if I could grow my own tobacco blends and flavor them, I would consider purchasing one. Has anyone here grown or blended or flavored their own shisha? If so, is it hard to cure/blend/flavor? Does it use it's own distinct types of tobacco compared to cigarettes/cigars/pipes, non-smokables, etc?
Anyone Grow Tobacco for Hookah?
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Tombac
According to a post about hookah (nargile) tobacco, I want to post a new topic because Tombac is a different and very interesting strain. The tobacco used in nargile is Tombac (Tömbeki). World's best tombacs are grown in Isfahan (Iran) following Iraq, Syria and all Arabia. There may be a very...
My (very limited) understanding of hookah tobacco is that in the Middle East, Tombac leaf, a variety from Isfahan, Iran, is the common tobacco ingredient, but that bright leaf is now much more commonly used in hookahs, outside of the Middle East. Since the hookah tobacco is usually cooked and soaked in a sweet, flavored syrup, I would guess that the variety is not particularly important.
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Bob
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I believe @istanbulin wrote somewhere that Sherazi is Tombac. Northwoodseeds.com does indeed say its used for hookah. I agree with Bob though. I doubt it would really matter.
I have grown Shiraz, though not Tombac (from Isfahan). Judging from photos of Tombac plants, they appear to be similar, though definitely not the same. I would guess that a half-millennium ago, when tobacco was introduced into the Safavid Empire of Iran, that the variety grown in Isfahan and the variety grown in Shiraz were one and the same, and have been agronomically selected for different traits since then.
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Husain90
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Hookah tobacco contains glycerin and flavors for the moisturized tobacco blend. But I think the tobacco procedure matters for hookah. Because hookah usage the low volume of nicotine.
gologova
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Does anybody here grow their own tobacco??? I thought it would be pretty cool to make all your own stuff, roll cigars, make shisha, and the works.Tombac
According to a post about hookah (nargile) tobacco, I want to post a new topic because Tombac is a different and very interesting strain. The tobacco used in nargile is Tombac (Tömbeki). World's best tombacs are grown in Isfahan (Iran) following Iraq, Syria and all Arabia. There may be a very...fairtradetobacco.com
My (very limited) understanding of hookah tobacco is that in the Middle East, Tombac leaf, a variety from Isfahan, Iran, is the common tobacco ingredient, but that bright leaf is now much more commonly used in hookahs, outside of the Middle East. Since the hookah tobacco is usually cooked and soaked in a sweet, flavored syrup, I would guess that the variety is not particularly important.
Other members know much more about this subject than I do.
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