Hookah Love Blog

As I am sure many of you already know, we are located in beautiful Austin Texas, and Texas in the summer is hotter than the surface of the sun. I like to ride my bike to work, it helps the environment (the toxins released from my body are nothing compared even to a hybrid), it [...]

Chickenpox. Swine Flu. Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. If you answered “things you don’t want to catch while smoking a hookah with a group of people,” you are correct! All kidding aside, you can never be too careful these days – especially when throwing a hookah party or taking your hookah places where it will be [...]

Too much dust in your mouth? Many hookah afficiandos notice, after numerous uses, suddenly dry bits of bad tasting dust start appearing in the hose, making inhalation unpleasant to say the least.  Why does this happen, and what does it mean?  If you must ask yourself, perhaps its time to replace your hose. As you [...]

As anyone around here can tell you, my day doesn’t start without a hookah bubbling to my left and a mug of coffee steaming to my right.   It should only be natural, after all, as the first hookah lounges were coffee shops.   A Turkish proverb even nods that “Coffee and tobacco are complete [...]

People frequently ask us “What is the best hitting hookah you have?”, to which we invariably answer “The Nammor Old School Rotator Hookah“. While the Greeks referred to the god Zeus as the “cloud gatherer”, with the Old School Rotator, you can steal his thunder by pulling your own rolling storm clouds of smoke, especially [...]

Like the Butter Battle of Dr. Seussian lore, the dispute over screens and foil for one’s bowl gives no indication of decisive conclusion.  Fans of foil are as deeply entrenched as supporters of screens on the means to separate ones shisha from one’s coal.  In this Better Bowl blog, we’ll examine the more specific details [...]

Did you know that just a couple minutes of maintenance can add several years to your hookah’s life?  That’s right – just a few steps can ensure hundreds of extra bowls out of your faithful pipe(s).  With these five low-cost steps you can guarantee a longer, fuller life for your hookah. Coating ball bearings – [...]

One of the most common prejudices against small hookahs, ‘that they smoke worse than tall hookahs’ may be simply a myth based on our perception of the hookah’s appearance.   Let’s take a closer look at some of the claims made about the differences: Myth #1: Tall hookahs cool the smoke more than small hookahs:     [...]

Hookahs would be substantially less relaxing without hookah hoses. Can you imagine taking turns stooping to take a couple hurried puffs straight from the hose connector, or worse – passing the entire hookah from person to person?  Thankfully, the hose allows one to smoke from a distance in comfortable repose, but with so many types [...]

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but most hookah enthusiasts (of either sex) prefer their carbon in a more useful form – Hookah Charcoal! With so many types, sizes, and shapes of coal from which to choose, though, it can be hard to decide which coal works best for you. We’ve compiled [...]