One of the easiest ways to ruin your hookah is to pack it incorrectly. In order to fully enjoy your hookah experience, it’s important to take time and carefully pack your hookah in order to keep up the quality and flavor for as long as possible. It takes time to become an expert packer, but attention to detail is the most important thing.

First off, your must have a bowl to put the tobacco in. I prefer bowls that are a little big taller than normal, and thinner. This gives more space to pack the hookah, while leaving room at the top to keep from being burned. I will come back to this later.

Once you have your bowl of choice, you must choose your tobacco flavor that you enjoy the most. Hookah can be prepared by using one flavor, multiple flavors, herbal tobacco, and so on. The mixtures are endless, based on your personal preference; you will know which blend you enjoy best. Let’s say you choose guava and mint for this particular Hookah. Guava, being the primary flavor, must take up more volume in the bowl than mint. Take the guava and the mint tobacco out of the casing, and begin to mix them on your surface of choice. It is important to take out the little sticks and pebbles from the tobacco, but make sure not to waste the actual molasses. It is easy to separate the sticks by unwrapping them from the exterior layers of tobacco that conceal it. So make sure to remove the rubbish from the tobacco, and then begin separating the tobacco strips into smaller strips with your fingers. Finally, mix the two tobacco flavors, and place them inside the bowl. Make sure it isn’t too smashed into the bowl, but leave approximately one quarter inch of space from the top to keep the coals from burning the tobacco too quickly.

Once you have packed the bowl, you must cover the top with foil. Place the foil on top, make sure the edges are very tightly held against the bowl, and remove the remainder from the bottom. Next, poke holes on the foil with a toothpick or needle. Do not make your holes too big, and make sure they are separate evenly. Then, put the bowl on the rest of the hookah, light your coals, and you’re ready to go!