This is the most important lesson I can share. This technique is singlehandedly responsible for the greatest improvement I have experienced in my hookah vapouring career. Before this technique, I was simply a novice hookah smoker, not the cloud 9 hookah vapouror I profess to be today. Trust me, cloud 9 is where you want to be.

So, what is this gap technique, and why is it so great? I'll try my best to explain. The technique simply involves leaving a small space between the shisha and the tin foil, or hookah foil. This gap prevents the tobacco from directly contacting the coal, and "burning" the delicious shisha. But, how will I smoke my hookah if the shisha doesn't burn? You don't. You vapour it my good friend, vapour it.

With the gap in place, the hot coal or coals will warm the shisha indirectly bringing it to the perfect temperature where the sugars, molasses, honey, and flavours evaporate into a wonderful flavourful vapour.

Here are some important considerations for using the Gap technique.

This drawing illustrates the basic principle of the gap technique.

The actual gap dimensions are not set in stone. The drawing above says 1/8^th of an inch, but that is just a rough guideline, and more of a minimum. I find that older bowls tend to tell you how much of a gap they require. They do this by developing a black "soot" ring around the inside top lip of the bowl. From my experience, filling the shisha to the bottom of this ring measures the correct gap.

Photographically, you can see a clear gap

A hookah foil is placed over the shisha leaving the gap in place.

Holes are poked.

The coal is lit.  Like I said above, two of these are likely to be required.  I think this was a larger sized coal, so we only used one.

 And finally; ready to vapour.

mmm. Vapour!

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