What is a steam cocktail?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Hookah smoking has recently become especially fashionable and popular. But life does not stand still, and not so long ago a new, revolutionary option appeared - a steam cocktail. What is its difference from already known methods and why do some consider it the best today? This needs to be sorted out.

Smoking Cocktail

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

Used insteadspecial porous stones impregnated with fruit-scented syrup. When heated, the moisture evaporates from them and a large amount of vapor is formed, which people inhale during the smoking process. Experts say that it is completely harmless.

Magic Stones

Now you can order a steam cocktail in any hookah bar or cook it yourself at home. To do this, you need to purchase special stones in the store. They are sold immediately in a filling of fruit syrup. The stones themselves are made from special rocks and have a porous structure. This allows them to absorb moisture well, which then, when heated, is abundantly released, forming a large cloud of steam. The syrup used is the same as for hookah tobacco. It consists of molasses, glycerin and fruit fillers. Each of these components plays a role. Molasses gives a pleasant sweetness, additives give a fruity aftertaste, and glycerin is precisely that main vaporizing ingredient. Moreover, a lot of it accumulates in the stones to make a good thick steam. Increased concentration allows you to enhance the existing aroma. It is very pleasant to smoke such a cocktail. And the people around, being nearby, will not mind it.

Interesting novelty

Some specialized establishments began to offer their visitors steamed fruit cocktails. What are they and how to cook them correctly?

The design is an ordinary hookah, in which natural fruits are used instead of a bowl. Make it easy. The order of preparation can be considered using the example of a variant using 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 can be put aside. After that, from the side of the peel, you need to make a round hole through with a special knife. Then carefully cut out the pulp with a small knife. The bowl is ready. Wipe the cut site well with a paper towel before using.
2. Decoration of the bowl. Take a box of stones and carefully place them inside the grapefruit. You can use a teaspoon for this. You need to take the pebbles little by little, holding them with a spoon on the edge of the jar so that the syrup stacks. After that, cover the bowl with foil, press firmly and cut off the excess edges. Make a few small holes on the surface with a toothpick or needle.
3. Install the finished bowl on top of the shaft.
4. Place hot coals on it.

Now all that's left is to inhale and enjoy.

Alternative

Increasingly lately, people are starting to choose steam cocktails instead of hookah with tobacco.

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

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

2. Apply normalbowl and fragrant stones, and for added effect, the flask is filled with pieces of fruit.

The second option is the easiest to cook. No need to craft parts from products. The hookah is prepared for work in the usual standard way. It remains only to pick the fruit to achieve the desired flavor. The combination may be the most unusual. The main thing is that the steamer himself likes it. There is another very important point. The second method is interesting in that it produces a double effect, as aromas from stones and natural fruits are mixed.

Benefit or harm

Experts still cannot unequivocally answer the question of whether the hookah is really so safe. The steam cocktail, of course, noticeably wins in such a rivalry. It should be noted that it has much more positive aspects. Firstly, stones soaked in syrup are used for vaporization, not crushed tobacco leaves.

As a result, the product is absolutely free of nicotine and carbon monoxide, which are formed during the combustion of the leaf. This is very important, because such components clog the lungs and can provoke quite serious diseases, ranging from poor airway 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 are addicted and are trying to get rid of addiction in all sorts of safe ways. Thirdly, he absolutely does not intoxicate his head. Fourth, preparing a cocktail on stones takes twiceless time than a regular hookah refill. The conclusion from all of the above suggests itself.