Wednesday, March 21, 2012

How a Hookah Works




The major components of a hookah are the (typically) Ceramic Bowl, the Stem of the hookah, the Glass Base and the Hose.

So how does it work? Fill the glass base with water, not too full or too empty just enough so that the bottom of the stem is submerged in the water. The water serves as a vapor and filter. Then Shisha (flavored tobacco) is placed in the ceramic bowl and covered with (usually) tinfoil with poked holes or a mesh like cover. Coals are placed on top of the covered shisha to heat it up (not burn it). When you inhale from the hose the smoke from the heated tobacco goes down the stem of the hookah and out of the stem submerged in water and the smoke collects in the glass base and goes through the gasket, into the hose and thus the wonderful thick hookah smoke is produced!

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