History of sheesha..

The hookah is a water pipe which allows smoking a preparation based on nature or tobacco flavored with fruit. The smoke is drawn through a hose and passes through a vessel filled with water. The water cools the smoke and makes it very soft. Narghile is primarily a source of relaxation and fun that encourages human contact. Some narghiles are real works of art and may have a purely decorative function.

The hookah is composed of several parts: the chimney, above the bowl, the body (or shell), the submerged pipe and the pipe. Narghile may also have a shelf located between the chimney and the upper bowl.

Bowl (aka home) contains a mixture of tobacco, molasses and fruit essences sometimes called tabamel and coal, which is placed on top. The bowl is raised to the top of the chimney. The body of the hookah is filled with water to half its height, and rose water or other additives to give the taste can be added. Submerged pipe is then placed in the reservoir, and connected to the chimney and the pipe. Tabamel the smoke passes through water and is filtered into it before reaching the smoker's mouth, sucking in the hose provided. The water is changed regularly to remove residue.

The tabamel used in hookah is specially designed for this purpose: it has the appearance of a wet paste composed of approximately 30% of tobacco, which is fermented with approximately 70% of maassal, honey and the pulp different fruits, which are intended to give the smoke flavor and aroma fruité2. There are tabamels all tastes: from apple to cherry, mint multifruits to, and even cappuccino or cola3. The tabamel is heated in the furnace at a temperature of about 450 ° C 4.2.

 

The shells are of various shapes (in the form of coconut or other) and can be metal, crystal, glass, copper or poterie1 .. Some are enhanced with gold or silver parts. The metal parts of the hookah are usually finely chiseled. Some pipes are also decorated. Finally, the plateau of the hookah is also richly decorated (with beads, as in Syria) and chased. Forms of narghiles are very diverse and decorations (which range from the "tourists" to the more refined) decorative reflect the influences of the region where they are made. The mechanism allows Narghile consider simultaneous use of the same device by several smokers, as is sometimes seen outside the company where its use is traditional and where the instrument can be at the heart of a common social practice.