Hello folks, Paul here once again and I’ve another tobacco review for you.
This one is for Fantasia Golden Double Apple.
Double Apple flavors are kind of hit-or-miss.
The old version of the flavor, which, this is one of the oldest shisha tobacco flavors
out there, should be aniseed apple and tobacco, you should actually taste the tobacco in my
opinion.
And some of the best are things like Nakhla Double Apple, it’s a classic.
Some people absolutely love it.
But it’s definitely kind of polarizing flavor; either people absolutely adore or really can’t
stand it.
I like Double Apple.
I find that it’s an interesting subtle flavor that has a lot of nuance to it that can really,
I don’t know, bring you back to an older time in hookah smoking.
But it’s definitely not one that speaks to a lot of the modern hookah smokers that
really love those candy flavors.
Now, a lot of modern tobacco companies have tried their hand at Double Apple and usually
what they end up doing is just dumping a bunch of licorice flavor, which is not dissimilar
from aniseed but, really, isn’t the same thing, it doesn’t have as much subtlety
to it, and then dumping in artificial apple and calling it good.
That’s kind of what I expected from Fantasia.
Fantasia is a very modern brand and they are a company known for very sweet, very wet,
very candyish flavors, but this is actually pretty good.
So I would still say that this is predominantly a licorice flavor.
I don’t think that there’s the subtlety of aniseed in this, but they at least balance
the licorice and the apple well.
With most versions, I find that the licorice is just so overpowering and it just tastes
like black jelly beans and I’m not really a very big fan, but this is good.
It’s definitely a lighter flavor in regards to Double Apples.
I would call this a light Double Apple.
I’m really liking it.
It’s actually enjoyable and I was not expecting that.
I found the clouds on this to be light by Fantasia flavors.
Though it is an extremely wet tobacco, this is mostly juice with a fair number of leaves
in there, but it is juicy.
I bet this could take a lot more heat that I’m putting on it.
I was a little light; I’m only using two Fantasia airflow coals on top of one of my
mini clay phunnels.
But the clouds are still good and I bet that they could further.
So yeah, that’s it.
This is Paul from Hookah.org saying thank you very much for joining us.
Thanks to Fantasia for sending out a sample of this.
I’m really enjoying it.
I think it is a good Double Apple flavor.
It might be a good introduction to the Double Apple category for a lot of people and yeah,
if you like Double Apple and you think that things like Nakhla Double Apple or Al Fakher
Two Apples are a little too intense, definitely check this one out.
So once again thank you very much for joining us and happy smoking.