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Purchased a couple days before I discovered I'd wanna smoke dark leaf more than blonde 😌🤌🏻

Heard a lot about Pinkman, and folks who commented on my flavor suggestion post said Sebero was pretty good.

Second photo is an experiment in making shisha. Just used 3g of Bugler rolling tobacco, soaked it to rehydrate, added 1g unsulphered molasses, wrapped it in foil and put it in my rice cooker for about half an hour. The goal is to add some flavor and nicotine to lower nicotine shishas. I'll report back if it's successful 😅

I know it's pretty controversial to use coals more than once, but I try to reduce waste whenever it's reasonable.

Searched through old posts and saw a comment where someone used an airtight metal container to suffocate their coals, as an alternative to quenching them in water (which often makes them split in half).

Rather than buy a whole new item, I found my steel camp cup, put some playground sand in it, and put the coals in. Put a heavy ceramic bowl on top, and voila. Coals fit for reuse.

I'll typically use two fresh coals and two half-coals, keeping the half ones stacked.

It's not about the money as much as it is hating throwing out something that's perfectly fine, with adjustments.

About 30/70 Adalya Love 66 and Fumari orange cream. I hate the mint in the Adalya (the description on the site I ordered from didn't mention it had it), and the orange cream has no orange flavor (but I do enjoy the spiced cream). I'll definitely do this one again.

The other day I really liked 40/60 AF California Citrus Breeze and AF Diamond Dust, cuz the mint became muted enough for the herbal aspect of the CCB to shine.

What are some combos y'all have enjoyed?

What are some you've HATED 😅

Picked up some new tabs from DG months ago, finally tried one this afternoon.

Didn't even take the whole tab at once, but for like 5hrs my cat and I just rotated in the heat under a variety of fans.

Gave me the shits near the end, as often happens when things get a little steep 🫣

Hadn't tripped like that in over a year!

Just got my new Hoob Subatom from shisha depot today 🙌🏻 He beat the lowest price I found, shipped super quickly. Definitely recommend!

Monday is my dead brother's birthday, and for a while it was my tradition to treat myself to something special each year. He was a splurgey dude, and he encouraged me to enjoy the best.

Works awesome, super low profile, open draw, easy to clean. Using the Alpaca mini rook, a cheap hmd from Amazon, and AF Dreamscape.

So Sean, happy early would've-been 36th birthday 💙 The last 15yrs have been lonely as fuck, and I miss you like crazy. I wish you were still in my life like before, but I'll settle for you being the voice in my head when I see something nice that's just barely within my budget.

And thanks to this community, that's quite wholesome and and supportive. It's the little things, amirite?

I've had my cretons get funky on me a number of times, which sucks. But it is pretty 🥲

Just a quiet evening smoke with my cat while I watch Mortal Kombat Annihilation 🙂

Still using only my original gear for the most part, although I got a new hose that's easier to clean (also got a cleaning kit to scrub my base etc).

Got a cheap hmd off amazon, and I'm gonna be trying it with my new alpaca phunnel (it's too big for my small bowl). Aiming to pick up the Hoob Subatomic in a few weeks as my first modern hookah. Got a bunch of new flavors on the way, but tonight I'm enjoying the AF Diamond Dust I got from my local shop.

I've used this box for my hookah stuff for years, and now it's updated with my current flavors, coals, and the pick/tamper tool I made from copper wire scrap.

And that little hot plate for coals has been a game changer when it comes to avoiding roommate detection 👌🏻

I super appreciate this community! I've been able to troubleshoot so many little issues from old posts, and it's nice that there's so much support 🙏🏻

I keep this shot glass of water on my table when I'm smoking so I can douse the coals when I'm done.

Noticed that the resultant solution reacted with the oils in my skin, because the coal ash boiled to make a weak lye 🤓

Science!

I made my own pitch drop experiment on 3/20/24. That first summer (before we had a heat pump installed) it dropped like 50x.

I restarted it on 1/1/26 by chipping up the pitch from the bottom of its jar and adding it back on top.

The last drop fell on 1/6/25.

It's really neat the way the "tail" has barely shifted since the last drop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment