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Some call them grommets, others call them gaskets. While these little rubbery curios are some of the smallest components of a hookah, it can be argued that they’re the most important – a true hookah aficionado knows that the first key step of a great smoke is a completely air-tight seal.  We’ve broken down [...]

A main ingredient of a great hookah smoking session is a freshly cleaned hookah hose.  Here we present easy step-by-step instructions on how to clean a washable hookah hose for the most excellent of smokes!
It is important to note that these instructional steps are only for hookah hoses advertised as “washable” (including the Nammor Hookah [...]

Does your hookah hose keep falling out in the middle of your smoking session?  In most cases the hose just needs a good “push and twist” down into your hookah’s hose adapter (don’t be afraid to use a little force!).  Placing the grommet firmly on the end of the hose first  (as far up as [...]

Howdy Hookah Friends!  Here we have the shaft of a single hosed Mini Mya Hookah (which you can get for free!).  You can easily turn this into a 2 hose hookah with a Mya Hookah Hose Adapter and (possibly) a wrench.  Here’s how:

Start by unscrewing the release valve and removing the ball bearing.  Make sure you keep [...]

Howdy Hookah Friends!
While our Heba Diffuser has made countless hookahs across the globe more enjoyable, some owners of Rotating Hookahs have contacted us disappointed that it won’t fit.  Fret not hookah fans!  You can make the Heba Diffuser work perfectly on a rotating hookah – it just takes a little bit of elbow grease.  Here’s [...]

Howdy Hookah Friends!
We’ve covered so far our worst case scenarios when it comes to no hookah bowl and no fire, but what should you do when you hear that unfortunate sound of your hookah base shattering to the ground?
Mike from New Jersey sent us these pictures – an unfortunate case of a broken base occurred [...]

It happens to the best (and worst) of us. First the ashy taste, then the prickly heat in the back of your throat and acrid smoke; don’t worry, it’s just a burned hookah bowl. Since humans began smoking hookahs, they’ve burned bowls. Do you really think the first person to drive reeds [...]

Here at our Hookah-Shisha.com laboratory, we’re constantly playing around with the concept of  “hookah”.  We test the limits of every aspect of hookahs in both form and – most importantly – function.  Here’s a fun little bowl setup that may not make for a relaxing convivial smoke, but will certainly impress the adventurous and daring [...]

Howdy Hookah friends!
Our friend Tatum sent us his ingenious lava lamp hookah mod and wow, how awesome is this? Send us your own hookah mods and if we like them, we’ll post them!

What do these two objects have in common? They can both become your vessel for a superior smoking experience!
In a previous [...]

People are always asking us, “What else besides water can I put in my hookah base to add a dimension of flavor and thickness to the smoke?” Great question, and it’s one that we here at hookah-shisha.com have toiled with for years. So without further ado here are the top ten things to add [...]