Smoking a hookah has long ceased to be exotic. This is a stylish, interesting and enjoyable pastime. Many do not want to limit themselves to visiting cafes or clubs, and buy a hookah for home. And here the first problem arises: to enjoy the process, you need to know how to properly kindle coal for a hookah.
Basic knowledge
Preparing a hookah requires some skills and knowledge. First you need to decide on the filling of the flask. Usually this knowledge is gained by experience. It is enough to try several different fillers several times to determine what you like.
Tobacco for hookah is sold in special shops or shops. It can be fruit compositions - cherry, melon, apple, or aromatic - mint, vanilla, cinnamon and so on.
The hookah flask is filled so that the smoking pipe is immersed in it by 1.5-2 cm. The tobacco is placed in a small bowl and covered with a special foil. Now you can start the ignition.
How to Kindle Coals for a Hookah
For hookah, natural or self-igniting coals are bought. Popular options for natural coals that easily flare up and keep the temperature for a long time:
- lemon wood charcoal;
- coconut shell coal;
- coal from pitted olives.
Chemical variants undergo additional processing and create an additional odor in the process of use that mixes with the smell of tobacco. However, they are very easily ignited, although a little sparkle.
Not everyone understands how to ignite coal for a hookah, although there is nothing complicated in this. There are literally four points, the knowledge of which will allow you to do this without problems:
- Coal during ignition is kept on an open fire for up to five minutes.
- Coals ready for a hookah are red inside and gray outside.
- Burning coals break a little and are transferred to the hookah with maximum accuracy so as not to get burned.
- Ignition is best done outdoors, in extreme cases, in a well-ventilated room or on the veranda.
How to ignite coals for hookah covered with nitrate is generally easy to explain. This chemical version of coal is ignited by a regular match or lighter for 1-2 minutes. For the aesthetics of the process, many use special miniature gas or electric burners. You can also use a turboflighter lighter.
What other options are there?
Buying additional equipment is not necessary. It is enough to figure out how to kindle coals for a hookah on the stove. The best option is a spiral electric burner. However, stoves with flat round burners are quite suitable for these purposes. Pieces of coal are placed close to each other. To create the heat from the foil, you can make an additional "house" that covers the burner. Ready coals have a bright red color and a gray coating on the surface.
If you are thinking about how to kindle coal for a hookah on a stove with a ceramic glass coating, then it is better to abandon this idea. Coals, of course, will flare up, but the stove can be damaged.
Safety first
Many people choose to smoke a hookah, because this process does not carry such a danger as a regular cigarette. Although doctors can argue with this statement.
The safe use of a hookah requires accuracy when firing up coal and the mandatory ventilation of the room where the firing was carried out. Make sure that no combustible materials are in the room. In addition, an individual mouthpiece will be useful, especially with group smoking of a hookah. You do not want your pleasant time to end with manifestations of herpes, hepatitis or tuberculosis.
You can smoke a hookah both alone and in a fun company. The most important thing is that all safety measures are followed, then nothing can overshadow a pleasant pastime.
After reading all of the above recommendations, you will no longer have the question: "How to light coal for a hookah?" and you can independently cope with the task.