| Hookah pipes are readily available from stores in many | | | | States for being lower quality and inauthentic. |
| places around the world. The Internet has now made it | | | | Most die hard hookah smokers recommend you don't |
| possible to buy hookah pipes online from virtually | | | | buy hookah pipes that are small or miniature. The |
| anywhere in the world. But how do you go about | | | | hookah is supposed to be a social smoking |
| choosing the right pipe? There is a big difference | | | | experience, so it's better to have a large pipe that can |
| between different pipes from different countries. | | | | be smoked by multiple people. The tradition behind |
| There is also the question of how and where to buy | | | | smoking through a hookah is that it should be done in |
| tobacco to smoke through the pipe. There is a variety | | | | good company, not on your own – you won't find |
| of tobacco available in different flavors, with herbal | | | | mini pipes at a hookah lounge in the Middle East or |
| options for the health-conscious. | | | | India. |
| So where do you start on your search for a hookah? | | | | The shape and size of pipes can vary greatly too. The |
| The best way to decide on a pipe is to combine some | | | | shape of the pipe you buy is largely up to your |
| online research with a few visits to hookah lounges | | | | personal tastes, and it will be different depending on |
| and bars. You can read all you want about hookahs, | | | | the country of origin. Most online hookah stores provide |
| but reading can't replace the actual experience of | | | | a range of pipes of different brands from different |
| smoking. You need to get a feel for the experience of | | | | countries. |
| smoking through various pipes of different sizes, from | | | | You can also find plenty of good tobacco for hookah |
| different made, and made of different materials. | | | | smoking through an online hookah store. Again, it's best |
| Pipes from Egypt are widely considered to be very | | | | to go to a hookah lounge and experiment with a few |
| high quality. Turkish pipes have been criticized because | | | | different flavors. If you have friends who are |
| they are usually made of copper, and, the argument | | | | experienced with smoking the hookah, ask them to |
| goes, smoking through copper adds noxious elements | | | | recommend some good flavors. As you grow more |
| to the smoke. Chinese pipes are generally looked | | | | confident as a hookah user, you can combine flavors |
| down upon by seasoned hookah smoker in the United | | | | together to make your own creations. |