Cinnamon Al Fakher Shisha

I love Cinnamon in food,especially in bakery and soups.Thus in an uncaluclated move supprted by an indulgant and euphoric mood I went bold enough to buy a whole tin of 250gm Al-Fakher Cinammon.It was not that smart thing to do.This pack from Al Fakher comes in the usual practical zipp-lock nylon bag in a plastic hinged can that has a problem with its dysfunctional lock.The Colour is red-brown, obviously dyed. The Cut is small -medium.Less than expected stems to remove.Not so overly juicy but fairly moist.Smell of Cinammon is brave and hard-hitting...just like fresh cinammon powder readily sold in a middle-eastern market.There was a problem though.The taste was odd on the exhale.It's Cinammon alright , but with an annoying sour tinge ( the package was only 3 months old , fresh enough for a 2-year shlef-life so to speak).Furthermore there was a wierd undertone of an other undefineable added spice that changes the original taste of cinammon to those accostumed to it. The flavour was a little blunt and moist not as sharp and dry as you'd liked it to be.Imagine cinammon powder that has had a long exposure to ater steam in the kitchen.It becomes dull.Got the picture ?I knew from the start even before opening the can that Cinammon tobacco is not a falvour one would want to smoke alone by itself.So I packed the head with Vanilla Al Fakher , 1:1 ratio. It was quite alright but the taste was still odd enough not to fall in love with.I tried it again with Golden Al Fakher Apple Bahraini changing the mixing ratio to 1 portion Cinammon to 3 portions Apple.The result was greatly improved for the better , yet...I'd have enjoyed more the apple alone minus the cinammon.It makes the session a bit boring to have cinammon in the mix.I also felt the smoke becomes just a little harsher.Now , I don't know how would Cinammon shisha tastes like from other brands like Starbuzz or Layalina but I was not that happy with it from Al Fakher.The net conclusion was :No.,,I don't want to smoke Cinammon flavour again.I know now that the can will sit un-touched for a long long long time before I gather enough urge to try it again.I'd suggest you skip this one and save your money for something else.PS ! I gave it 2 stars in my rating but I only did so because as I said in the beginning I like Cinammon and don't want to hurt its feelings, otherwise I'd have marked this shisha with just one small and humble star !Enjoy (anyway ! ).Ramshakle

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