Fumari Tangelo is a hookah tobacco blend of sweet tangerine and mildly tart grapefruit, built as a citrus-forward shisha flavor with a bright, zesty finish.
Flavor build: Tangelo opens with tangerine first, giving the inhale a juicy orange-citrus sweetness that feels ripe and aromatic rather than sharp. As the bowl settles, grapefruit becomes clearer on the back end, adding a lightly tart bite that reads more like fresh juice and peel than heavy pith bitterness. Fumari describes Tangelo as a California hybrid citrus that balances sweet tangerine with mildly tart grapefruit, and Hookah.com summarizes it as zesty and bold with a citrus-forward smoke, which matches the way the flavor stays bright without turning sour. Sweetness sits at medium, tartness at medium, and overall intensity lands at medium-strong, especially once the grapefruit note fully shows itself mid-session.
Session behavior: Tangelo comes online quickly and produces dense clouds once heat is even, with a smooth draw that stays clean over longer pulls. The citrus definition is most distinct at a steady, moderate heat line, where the tangerine remains juicy and the grapefruit keeps the finish crisp. If you overpush heat early, the blend can lose some of its zest and drift toward softer sweetness, so small heat adjustments do more than adding extra coal. It also re-heats reliably when you step heat back up gradually, bringing the bright citrus top note back without flattening the grapefruit edge.
Packing & heat tips: Use a phunnel bowl with a fluffy-to-medium pack, finishing just under the rim to keep airflow open and prevent the top layer from cooking too fast. Start on moderate heat, let the hookah tobacco warm evenly, then adjust in small increments. If the grapefruit bite gets too sharp, back heat down briefly and rotate coals to restore the sweeter tangerine body, then return to a steady baseline.
Mixing suggestions:
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Mint in a light ratio to tighten the finish while keeping Tangelo clearly dominant.
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Guava to deepen the tropical body while Tangelo stays the bright top note.
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Orange Cream to round the citrus into a softer creamsicle direction without losing the grapefruit lift.
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Passion fruit to push a sharper, sweet-tart tropical bowl where Tangelo adds clean citrus structure.
Overall, Fumari Tangelo hookah tobacco balances sweet tangerine with tart grapefruit for a zesty, citrus-forward session with dense clouds and stable flavor when managed on controlled heat.
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