Tips to take your home shisha to the next level
Tips to take your home shisha to the next level
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2022.02.07 2022.01.04
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I want to smoke some delicious shisha!
However, when I make shisha at home, it doesn't taste very good.
For some reason, when I smoke shisha that I made myself, I get a headache.
If you have such a problem, this article may solve it.
If you can smoke shisha at a shop and it tastes good, but feel it's not so good when you make it yourself, there's a good chance you're missing some basic and important points.
The key points are water and fire.
Are you talking about Pokemon?
No, that's not right.
I will explain the important points in these two points so please read to the end.
table of contents
- Cold smoke tastes better, so keep it cool.
- Heat is the lifeblood of shisha. Tips for handling charcoal well
Cold smoke tastes better, so keep it cool.
Does the temperature of the smoke really matter?
Preferences may vary from person to person, but if asked whether they prefer lukewarm or cold smoke, 8 out of 10 people would say cold smoke.
If you put ice in the bottle, the smoke will be colder and more delicious! It's perfect for summer though ♪RT @maosama02 : Shisha tastes more mellow with cold water! What a discovery! So delicious! http://twitpic.com/2soyif
— Chamoto @ Gaining Period (@Yusuke_CHAMOTO) September 28, 2010
Yes. Shisha smoke tastes better when it's ice cold, just like beer.
So what is the best way to cool it? There are three main ways to cool it.
Put ice in the shisha bottle.
The smoke that is heated at the top of the pipe must first go through water. If the water itself is ice cold, the smoke will also be cold after it has gone through it. What's more, if you have an ice maker, you can make ice for free, which is a great feature.
However, it can be a hassle to put each small piece of ice made in a regular ice maker into a bottle.
However, even if you make large ice cubes, they won't fit into the bottle.
This ice maker sold on Amazon can be useful in such situations.
It's large but thin, so it's easy to put into a bottle, so I highly recommend it.
Also, even if you put ice in the cup, if the water you pour in is at room temperature, the ice will melt immediately.
Make sure to use thoroughly chilled water as well.
The recommended method is to fill a 2L plastic bottle halfway with water and freeze it at an angle in the freezer, making sure the opening does not close.
Once it's frozen, pour another half-portion of water into the mouth and shake it.
As the ice melts, the water will gradually become ice cold, so pour it into a bottle with ice to create the perfect drink.
If you want to be more particular about how you make your shisha at home, you can place charcoal in the bowl and let the flavor warm up to a certain extent before you start adding water, which will keep the water cool for longer.
Submerge the shisha bottle in ice water
You may be thinking that it would be easier to just put ice in the bottle, but the downside is that you can't (or it's difficult to) add more ice midway through the process. In the hot summer, ice melts quickly and returns to room temperature. Even if you want to add more ice to cool it down, you have to take out the charcoal, bowl, and stem to open the bottle's opening. You don't want to go through all that trouble, do you?
So the idea is to cool the bottle from the outside of the glass.
Highly recommended for professionals who want to enjoy delicious smoke until the very last drop.
Use an ice hose
When you hear the term ice hose, you might think that the hose is made of ice, but to be precise, it is a hose with ice in the handle.
If you put ice in the handle, it'll look chunky.
There are several types of ice horses, but the most common one looks like this.
It's thicker than a normal handle, so some people might think it's a little difficult to hold, but when you actually try smoking it, it's surprisingly easy.
What's inside is not just ice but an ice pack, so it lasts longer than ice.
There are also stylish looking ice hoses like this one.
The pipe contains cooling gel, so you can simply put it in the freezer and reuse it.
If you combine ice cold water in a bottle with an ice hose, you can enjoy even more coldness and ice cold smoke.
Heat is the lifeblood of shisha. Tips for handling charcoal well
- Heat is the lifeblood of shisha. Tips for handling charcoal well
I think you have mastered water previously, but next up is fire.
As you all know, the source of heat is charcoal.
Everyone, are you roasting the charcoal properly?
If you don't pay close attention to the important points here, you may get a headache after smoking shisha or even collapse from lack of oxygen, so please read it carefully to the end.
How to determine the doneness of coconut charcoal
If you have been taught how to roast charcoal in hours, you may want to reconsider this.
This is because the cooking time varies depending on factors such as how moist the charcoal is, the strength of the heat in the charcoal burner, and how many pieces of charcoal are being heated.
Make sure you know exactly what conditions you need to be in when you can start smoking.
The point is,
"Is it white all over?"
is.
If you're impatient, you might be tempted to start using the cigarette even though there will still be some black spots, thinking that they will turn white as you smoke it, but in this case, you should wait until they turn white before using it.
If any black parts remain, they will cause incomplete combustion and you will inhale carbon monoxide, so be careful of this. This is one of the main reasons why people get headaches after smoking shisha.
How to light charcoal in a burner
Social distancing has become commonplace amid the coronavirus pandemic.
You also need to avoid packing the charcoal too close together and leave some space between them to allow air to circulate easily, right?
"No."
Keep the charcoal stuck together over the burner.
This is because the hotter the charcoal is, the more it will turn into a fire itself and help ignite the charcoal next to it.
By the way, if you use a "sieve for making sweets" that you can get at a 100 yen shop, the corner will heat up faster, so if you want to increase the efficiency, please try it. (Please do so at your own risk.)
Apparently there is also a way to speed up searing by flipping the heat management system over and using it as a lid.
How to place charcoal in a heat management system
The trick to placing charcoal on a burner is to place it close together, but for heat management, the opposite is true: place it evenly spaced apart.
This is because you need to heat the flavors underneath evenly and evenly.
If it is concentrated in one area, that area will burn quickly and the rest will be undercooked, which is a waste.
To enjoy the best flavor for as long as possible, place the charcoal evenly so that heat is distributed throughout the flavor.
So how do you place charcoal in the heat management?
If there are three charcoal pieces, place them at 12, 4, and 8 o'clock.
Once placed, leave it uncovered with the heat management lid and let it steam.
If you place the heat management lid on at this time, the heat will be too strong and only the surface of the flavor will burn.
If the charcoal gets weaker while smoking, close the lid and adjust the heat.
What did you think?
This is sure to help you improve your shisha skills!
We hope your shisha life becomes even more enjoyable!
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