Charcoal briquettes for a hookah session should be replaced when they have turned gray on the outside and have a consistent ash coating. This usually takes around 2 hours of usage, depending on your briquette’s quality.
Replace them when they start to produce less heat or fewer smoke clouds, as this indicates they are burning out. Always prioritize safety and avoid inhaling any harmful fumes or particles.
In the first 30 minutes, charcoal will already turn gray and emits a glowing red light. But it does not mean you already have to change it, because it still gives heat and it’s still can be used.
As the hookah session progresses, the charcoal briquettes will start to turn gray and expand on the outside and develop a layer of ash. This is normal and indicates that they are burning and providing heat to the shisha tobacco.
The optimal time to replace the charcoal briquettes is when they have turned completely gray on the outside and have a consistent ash coating. At this point, they will still be producing good heat and smoke.
You might notice a decrease in smoke production and flavor intensity as the briquettes start to burn out. The heat also keeps getting lower and lower. You can replace it now but also you still can use it, because this is the sign of replacement, and use new charcoal briquettes.
For the briquette burning time, it depends on your size and shape. The bigger it is, the longer the burning time.
So smoking shisha/hookah duration can be with what you want. If you want a short smoke duration, you can use a little briquette size. And if you want a longer duration then you can use a bigger briquette size.
In the middle east, the favorite shape is a cube with 25x25x25 millimeters. But some of them also use smaller or even bigger sizes.
Different sizes have different purposes, large hexagons can be a longer burning time compared to small cube shapes.
Or hexagon with a hole also can be a shorter burning time compared to a hexagon with no hole.
But hexagon with hole also will be easy to light and gives a higher heat. Because they have a good open room for fire to spread out and can increase the temperature.
Hexagon also has a variant angle, there are taper and also blunt. This is not just for a briquette’s lovely display, but it also can affect the burning time.
If briquettes with a taper angle, then they do not have an extra length in the corner. While a blunt hexagon has extra length for rising the angle and can give more burning time.
But this angle not gives a significant difference in burning time, it affects a little. It is more focused on the appearance.
However, some users also see the details. Hexagon is commonly used for hookah and also BBQ.
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We are also a Private Label Manufacturer. We can produce coconut charcoal briquettes under your brand.
And then we can produce coconut charcoal briquettes with a custom specifications also, this is only can be done by a few charcoal suppliers.
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Hope this article helps.
