Hookah Love Blog

In the face of much fanfare, we have finally stocked Vortex Hookah Bowls! For those of you not familiar with the Vortex bowls, they are a new twist on the popular Phunnel Hookah Bowl. The Vortex provides all the great benefits of the Phunnel Bowl (allowing the shisha to stew in its own juices, retaining [...]

Howdy Hookah Friends!  This unusual way to smoke a hookah was sent to us from Adam Q, Owner of Redline Hookah Lounge. Thanks Adam! Recently I had a friend tell me that she never used a screen or foils when smoking shisha–she was putting the coals directly on the tobacco. My instant reaction was “Are [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 or bamboo into [...]

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 [...]