What is a cocktail steam?

Smoking hookah in recent years has become particularly fashionable and popular. But life does not stand still, and not so long ago, a new, revolutionary option - a steam cocktail. What is its difference from already known methods and why do some consider it to be the best for today? This must be understood.

Cocktail for smoking

The fact that cigarettes smoking is harmful, people have understood for a long time. This is what made many of them turn to such alternative ways as hookah. But this option is also not ideal. After all, it still uses tobacco, which means that there is a potential threat. You can argue as long as you like about the level of such danger, but the fact of its presence can not be refuted. This is what prompted manufacturers to invent a new option, which was called a steam cocktail. He made a real sensation among the supporters of safe smoking. What is so interesting about him and why do many steamers bow to him? In fact, a cocktail steam is the same hookah, only without the usual tobacco.

Instead of it special porous stones are used, impregnated with a syrup with aroma of fruit. When heated, the moisture evaporates from them and a large amount of steam is formed, which people inhale during the smoking process. Experts say that it is completely harmless.

Magic stones

Now the cocktail steam can be ordered in any hookah or cook it at home on your own. For this, you need to buy special stones in the store. They are sold immediately in a filling of fruit syrup. The stones themselves are made of special rocks and have a porous structure. This allows them to absorb the moisture well, which then becomes abundantly heated, forming a large vapor cloud. The syrup is used the same as for hookah tobacco. It consists of treacle, glycerin and fruit fillers. Each of these components plays a role. Patoka gives a pleasant sweetness, additives - a fruity taste, and glycerin is precisely the main steam-forming ingredient. And in the stones it accumulates enough to make a good thick steam. Increased concentration allows you to strengthen the existing fragrance. It's very pleasant to smoke such a cocktail. And the surrounding people, being near, will not mind it.

An interesting novelty

Some specialized establishments began offering their visitors a steamy fruit cocktail. What is it and how to cook it correctly?

The design is a regular hookah, in which natural fruit is used instead of a bowl. Make it simple. The order of preparation can be considered on an example of a variant with the use of grapefruit:

1. First you need to prepare the fruit itself. To do this, it must be cut across into 2 parts. One will be used in the work, and the second one can be put aside. After that, from the side of the peel, you need to make a round hole with a special knife. Then gently cut a piece of pulp with a small knife. The cup is ready. Before using the cuts place, it is necessary to get wet with a paper towel.
2. Decoration of the bowl. Take the box with the stones and gently lay them inside the grapefruit. To do this, you can use a teaspoon. Take the pebbles a little bit, holding them with a spoon on the edge of the jar to stack the syrup. After that, cover the bowl with foil, tightly press and cut off excess edges. On the surface of a toothpick or a needle make a few small holes.
3. Install the finished bowl on the top of the shaft.
4. Put hot coals on it.

Now it remains only to tighten up and have fun.

Alternative option

More and more recently, people are beginning to choose steam cocktails instead of hookahs with tobacco.

This is quite natural and understandable. But not everyone knows that such cocktails can be prepared in different ways:

1. Use the fruit as a bowl, and the stones for steaming. Both these elements give the desired flavor and aroma. In this case, you can simply pour clean water with ice into the flask.

2. The usual bowl and fragrant stones are applied, and for additional effect the bulb is filled with pieces of fruit.

The second option is easier to prepare. Do not make details of the products. Hookah is getting ready to work in the usual way. It remains only to pick up the fruit to achieve the desired flavor. The combination can be the most unusual. The main thing is that it is liked by the steamer himself. There is another very important point. The second method is interesting in that it produces a double effect, since aromas are mixed with stones and natural fruits.

Benefit or harm

Experts still can not unequivocally answer the question of whether a hookah is really safe. The steam cocktail, of course, appreciably wins in such rivalry. It should be noted that he has many more positive sides. First, for steaming, syrup-soaked stones are taken, not shredded tobacco leaves.

As a result, the product absolutely does not contain nicotine and carbon monoxide, which are formed when the sheet is burned. This is very important, because such components clog the lungs and are capable of provoking quite serious diseases, ranging from poor airway patency and heart problems to cancerous tumors. Secondly, such devices are allowed to smoke in public places. This is also an important factor, especially for those who depend and try to get rid of the addiction by all sorts of safe methods. Thirdly, he absolutely does not make a headache. Fourth, the preparation of a cocktail on the stones takes half as long as the usual filling of the hookah. The conclusion from the above is self-evident.