What Is Hookah?

A hookah is a traditional Middle Eastern or South Asian device for smoking, which operates by water-filtration and indirect heat. It can be used for smoking many substances, such as tobacco, and herbal fruits.

There are so many different names for this unique smoking device. Some call it a hookah, hooka, shesha, huka, nargile, narghile, shisha, shesha, sheesha, nargila, or shishah. The HOOKAH (NARGILE as it is known in the Middle East) has been the standard of smoking for centuries in the middle east and originated in Turkey over 500 years ago.

This unique smoking experience is rapidly growing in popularity all over the world. Many people prefer HOOKAH or HOOKA smoking to cigarettes and cigars because of the smooth, flavorful, and cool taste of the smoke.

Tobacco smoking is not what hookahs were originally invented for as there are many examples of hookahs in both art and archeology prior to the arrival of tobacco in the Old World. In this pre-tobacco period the most commonly smoked substances in hookahs were opium and hashish (although not marijuana). After the arrival of tobacco in the Old World hookah use became more widespread because of the lower level of intoxication induced with tobacco smoking.

What Is Shisha?

Tobacco mixed with fruit molasses and honey is used when smoking out of a HOOKAH. Other names for this include: tabac, tombak, tumbak, gouza, guza, moassel, SHEESHA, etc. Specifically, the tobacco is a grounded up mixture of dried fruit pulp, flavored molasses, and fresh tobacco leaves. The SHISHA tobacco (also known as SHEESHA) tobacco comes in a variety of flavors including apple, apricot, strawberry, capuccino, mint, cherry, grape, and the list just goes on and on.

Anatomy of  Hookah

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