Shisha tobacco is the oldest product on this site, and it is also the one most often misunderstood by buyers who arrive from the vape ranges, so this page starts with the plain facts. Shisha tobacco, also called molasses or muassel, is real tobacco mixed with molasses, glycerin and flavour, and it is smoked in a hookah pipe with charcoal coals. The tobacco sits in a bowl at the top of the pipe, a piece of foil or a heat management device sits over it, hot coals sit on top, and the smoke is drawn down through water in the base of the pipe and up through a hose. There is no battery, no coil, no e-liquid and no charging, and there never will be, because a hookah is not an electronic product. This page is the shisha tobacco range at POD Shop, built for Dubai first and delivered across all seven emirates, for adults aged 18 and over only. If you are under 18, this range is not for you, and we do not sell any product on this page to anyone under 18.
The range on this page is one brand and one size, done properly. Al Fakher Shisha Molasses is sold in one kilogram tubs at AED 155 per tub, in eleven flavours: Two Apples, Grape, Grape with Mint, Kiwi, Watermelon, Blueberry, Orange, Gum, Mint, Gum with Mint, and Lemon Mint, which is sold as Super Lemon Mint. One product, one tub size, one price, eleven flavours. That is the whole range, and it is stocked that way because Al Fakher is the brand that defines shisha tobacco in the UAE, and a one kilogram tub is the size that a regular shisha household or a small majlis buys. The tobacco is blonde leaf, with a nicotine content of around 0.05 percent, which is low in percentage terms but still nicotine, and the product is still an adult tobacco product in every sense. Do not order it expecting it to be nicotine-free.
Dubai is the lead city for this range. The full choice on this page, all eleven flavours, is stocked for delivery across Dubai, from Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah to Downtown, Business Bay, Jumeirah, Deira, Al Barsha, Jumeirah Village Circle and International City, and on to the suburbs and communities beyond the city centre. Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are the next focus cities, and Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain are covered on the same terms. Delivery follows the same POD Shop rule as every other page: a flat AED 30 anywhere in the UAE, free shipping on orders over AED 300, a minimum order of AED 85, and cash on delivery. There is no physical shop to visit for this range, and no separate rate for any emirate. A single tub at AED 155 clears the minimum order on its own.
Shisha tobacco is made from tobacco leaf, molasses, glycerin and flavouring, and the balance of those four ingredients is what makes it shisha rather than any other tobacco product. The molasses gives the tobacco its dark, sticky texture and its sweetness. The glycerin helps it produce thick smoke when it is heated. The flavouring gives it the taste, from Two Apples to Watermelon to Mint. The tobacco itself is blonde leaf, which is a light, mild leaf chosen for shisha because it takes flavour well and smokes smoothly. The finished product is a moist, sticky tobacco that is packed loosely into a bowl, never pressed flat, and heated from above by coals rather than burned directly. That method is the whole craft of shisha: the coals heat the tobacco without setting it alight, and the smoke is cooled and filtered through the water in the pipe before it reaches the hose.
That is why shisha tobacco is not a vape, not an e-liquid and not a disposable, and why this page never describes it as one. A vape heats a liquid on a coil and produces vapour. Shisha heats tobacco with charcoal and produces smoke, drawn through water. The two have nothing in common except that both are inhaled, and even the inhaling is different: shisha is a slow, social, shared activity, usually lasting an hour or more around one pipe, while a vape is a quick, personal, single-user activity. If you are looking for a vape, the disposable vapes and pod systems ranges are the right pages. If you are looking for the tobacco for a hookah pipe, you are on the right page. If you are looking for a shisha-flavoured vape, the disposable vapes range includes shisha-style disposables, but those are vape devices with shisha flavours, not shisha tobacco, and they are not a substitute for molasses in a pipe.
Al Fakher itself is worth understanding, because the brand is the reason this range is one brand deep. Al Fakher is the best-known shisha tobacco brand in the UAE and across the region, and its flavours are the standard against which other shisha tobaccos are judged. Two Apples is the classic flavour, the one most shisha smokers in the UAE grew up with, and it is the flavour that defines the brand. Grape, Mint and the mint combinations are the other long-standing favourites, and the fruit flavours, Kiwi, Watermelon, Blueberry and Orange, are the lighter options for smokers who want fruit rather than a classic tobacco taste. Our Al Fakher UAE guide covers the brand in more detail, including how its disposable range relates to its tobacco, and it is worth a read if you are new to the brand.
Every flavour on this page is the same product, Al Fakher Shisha Molasses in a one kilogram tub, at the same price of AED 155. The only choice is the flavour, and the flavour list is short enough to read in full. Two Apples is the classic: a sweet, anise-led apple flavour that is the most ordered shisha flavour in the UAE, and the natural first choice if you are buying Al Fakher for the first time or for guests. Grape is the second classic: a rich, sweet grape that smokes smoothly and pairs well with mint. Grape with Mint adds a cooling mint note to the grape, and it is the flavour to pick if you like Grape but want it fresher. Kiwi is a light, slightly tart fruit flavour, and Watermelon is a sweet, soft fruit flavour that is popular in summer sessions. Blueberry is a deep berry flavour, and Orange is a bright citrus fruit flavour that works well on its own or mixed with Mint.
Mint is the flavour that does the most work on this page, because it appears in four of the eleven options. Mint on its own is a clean, cooling flavour that is rarely smoked alone for a whole session but is mixed with almost everything. Gum is a sweet, chewing-gum flavour that is popular with younger adult smokers and that pairs well with Mint, which is why Gum with Mint is its own flavour on this page. Lemon Mint, sold as Super Lemon Mint, is a sharp citrus and mint combination that is the freshest flavour in the range, and it is the one to pick if you want a clean, zesty session rather than a sweet one. The four mint-involved flavours are Mint, Grape with Mint, Gum with Mint and Super Lemon Mint, and between them they cover every level of cooling from a light mint note to a full mint flavour.
| Flavour | Profile | Tub | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Apples | Classic sweet apple with anise | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Grape | Rich sweet grape | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Grape with Mint | Grape with a cooling mint note | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Kiwi | Light, slightly tart fruit | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Watermelon | Sweet soft fruit | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Blueberry | Deep berry | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Orange | Bright citrus fruit | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Gum | Sweet chewing-gum flavour | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Mint | Clean cooling mint | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Gum with Mint | Sweet gum with cooling mint | 1 kg | AED 155 |
| Lemon Mint, sold as Super Lemon Mint | Sharp citrus with mint | 1 kg | AED 155 |
Choosing between eleven flavours is easier if you start from the flavour you already know. If you smoke shisha regularly, you already have a favourite, and the list above will contain it. If you are buying for a household or a majlis, Two Apples is the safe choice, because it is the flavour most guests will recognise and enjoy, and Grape with Mint is the second safe choice for the same reason. If you are buying for yourself and you like fruit, Kiwi, Watermelon, Blueberry or Orange are the lighter options. If you like mint, the four mint flavours give you a ladder from a light mint note in Grape with Mint to a full mint flavour in Mint itself. Mixing is also part of shisha culture: Mint is bought to mix with fruit flavours, and a tub of Mint alongside a tub of Grape or Watermelon will last longer as a combination than either would alone. Two tubs at AED 155 each come to AED 310, which passes the AED 300 free-delivery threshold, so a two-tub order is the natural way to buy if you want a mixing flavour as well as a main flavour.
Shisha tobacco is used in a hookah pipe, and this page assumes you already own one or are buying the tobacco for a pipe you have access to. The tobacco is packed loosely into the bowl, leaving air gaps so the heat can move through it, and a piece of foil with small holes, or a heat management device, is placed over the bowl. Natural charcoal coals are lit until they are fully glowing, placed on top of the foil or the heat device, and left to heat the tobacco from above. Water goes in the base of the pipe, the hose is attached, and the smoke is drawn down through the water and up through the hose. A session usually lasts an hour or more, with the coals replaced or rotated as they burn down, and the tobacco replaced when the flavour fades. The pipe, the coals, the foil and the hose are not sold on this page: this page sells the tobacco only, and the rest of the setup is yours to provide.
The most common mistakes with shisha tobacco are all about packing and heat. Packing the tobacco too tightly stops the air moving and makes the smoke harsh. Putting the coals directly on the tobacco burns it and makes it bitter. Using too many coals at once overheats the bowl and shortens the session. The fix for all three is the same: pack loosely, keep the coals on the foil or the heat device rather than on the tobacco, and start with fewer coals and add more if the smoke is too thin. The tobacco in a one kilogram tub is moist, and it should be stored with the lid closed, in a cool place, away from direct sunlight, so it does not dry out. A tub that has dried out will smoke harshly no matter how well it is packed, so the lid matters as much as the coals.
Shisha is a shared activity in the UAE in a way that vaping is not, and the one kilogram tub reflects that. A tub is bought for a household, for a majlis, for a group of friends or for a small cafe setup, and it is expected to last through many sessions rather than one. That is why the tub is the unit here rather than a small pack, and why the price is AED 155 for a full kilogram rather than a small amount. If you are buying for one person and one pipe, a tub will last a long time, and the flavour choice matters more because you will be living with it. If you are buying for a group, Two Apples or Grape with Mint are the flavours that please the widest range of smokers, and a second tub of Mint for mixing is the most useful addition you can make.
Shisha tobacco sits apart from every other range on this site, and the boundaries are worth stating plainly so that no one orders the wrong product. It is not a vape, and it cannot be used in any vape device. It is not an e-liquid, and it cannot be poured into a pod or a tank. It is not a disposable, and it does not work without a hookah pipe and coals. It is not heated tobacco either, even though both involve tobacco and heat: heated tobacco uses a battery device and sealed tobacco sticks, while shisha uses charcoal and loose molasses tobacco in a water pipe, and the two cannot be swapped. The only thing shisha tobacco shares with the other ranges is that it is an adult nicotine product for buyers aged 18 and over, and that it is delivered on the same terms.
There are two products on this site that carry the shisha name without being shisha tobacco, and both are worth naming so the difference is clear. The first is the Al Fakher disposable range, which includes shisha-flavoured disposable vapes such as the Crown Bar 8000 shisha disposable: those are vape devices with shisha flavours, and they are sold on the disposable vapes page. The second is the HQD Shisha 20K hookah disposable, a disposable vape with a hookah style, sold as a vape device. Neither of them contains shisha tobacco, neither of them needs coals or a pipe, and neither of them is a substitute for the molasses on this page. If you own a hookah pipe and want tobacco for it, buy the tubs on this page. If you want a shisha flavour in a vape device, buy the disposables. Do not buy one expecting the other.
Ordering is simple. Browse the eleven flavours on this page, open the Al Fakher Shisha Molasses 1 kg product to choose your flavour, add it to your cart, and check out. At checkout you choose your emirate and your city or area and enter your UAE mobile number, then place the order with cash on delivery. Delivery costs a flat AED 30 anywhere in the UAE, and shipping is FREE on orders over AED 300. There is a minimum order of AED 85. Cash on delivery is the working payment method at POD Shop: you pay when your order arrives. Prices on this page are the prices you pay, with no hidden charges added at checkout beyond the delivery rule above.
A single tub at AED 155 clears the minimum order on its own, so a one-tub order is possible, and it will pay the AED 30 delivery fee. Two tubs at AED 155 each come to AED 310, which passes the AED 300 threshold and removes the delivery fee, so a two-tub order is the natural way to buy if you want a second flavour or a mixing tub of Mint. If a flavour shows as out of stock, it cannot be ordered until it is back, so it is worth ordering while your preferred flavour is available, especially Two Apples and Grape with Mint, which are the flavours that sell first. We do not publish delivery times, because times depend on the courier and your exact area, and we would rather state the price rule plainly than promise a time we cannot guarantee. All products on this page are for adults aged 18 and over only.
Dubai comes first. Dubai is the lead city for this range and the target city for POD Shop: the full choice on this page, all eleven flavours, is stocked for delivery across Dubai, from the marina and the palm areas to the older districts, the suburbs and the communities beyond the city centre. If you are ordering from Dubai, this page is built for you first: pick your flavour, check out with Dubai as your emirate and your area, and pay cash on delivery when the order arrives. Dubai orders follow the same plain rule as everywhere else: flat AED 30 shipping, free shipping over AED 300, and a minimum order of AED 85.
Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. After Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are the next focus cities for this range. Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain are both covered on identical terms, and Sharjah is covered the same way. If you are ordering from Abu Dhabi or Sharjah, the process is exactly the same as for Dubai: pick your products, check out with your emirate and area, and pay cash on delivery. There is no separate rate and no surcharge for ordering outside Dubai.
The rest of the UAE. Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain are also served on the same terms, so the whole country is covered: all seven emirates, one delivery rule, no emirate surcharge. No matter which emirate you order from, the price of the product is the price on the page, delivery is AED 30 or free over AED 300, and the minimum order is AED 85. We do not publish delivery times per emirate because times depend on the courier and your exact area, and we would rather state the price rule plainly than promise a time we cannot guarantee.
Shisha tobacco, also called molasses or muassel, is tobacco mixed with molasses, glycerin and flavouring, smoked in a hookah pipe with charcoal coals. The tobacco sits in a bowl, hot coals sit above it on foil or a heat management device, and the smoke is drawn down through water in the base of the pipe and up through a hose. Al Fakher Shisha Molasses on this page is blonde leaf tobacco with a nicotine content of around 0.05 percent, sold in one kilogram tubs at AED 155 in eleven flavours. It is a tobacco product for adults aged 18 and over only.
No. Shisha tobacco is not a vape, not an e-liquid and not a disposable. It contains no e-liquid, it has no coil or battery, and it cannot be used in any vape device. It is loose tobacco that is heated by charcoal coals in a hookah pipe, and it produces smoke drawn through water, not vapour from liquid. Shisha-flavoured disposable vapes exist on this site, but they are vape devices with shisha flavours, not shisha tobacco, and they are not a substitute for molasses in a pipe.
Eleven flavours, all in one kilogram tubs at AED 155: Two Apples, Grape, Grape with Mint, Kiwi, Watermelon, Blueberry, Orange, Gum, Mint, Gum with Mint, and Lemon Mint, which is sold as Super Lemon Mint. Two Apples is the classic and the most ordered flavour, Grape and Grape with Mint are the other long-standing favourites, and Mint appears in four of the eleven options, on its own and in Grape with Mint, Gum with Mint and Super Lemon Mint. Every flavour is the same price, so the choice is flavour alone.
Each tub holds one kilogram of Al Fakher Shisha Molasses, and a tub is bought for many sessions rather than one. How long it lasts depends on how much tobacco you pack per session, how often you smoke shisha and how many people share the pipe, so there is no honest single answer in days or weeks. A household that smokes shisha a few times a week will get many sessions from a tub, and a majlis or a group will go through it faster. Store the tub with the lid closed in a cool place, away from direct sunlight, so the tobacco does not dry out.
Yes. This page sells the tobacco only. You also need a hookah pipe, a bowl, foil or a heat management device, natural charcoal coals, and a hose, and the coals need to be lit until fully glowing before they go on the bowl. The tobacco is packed loosely into the bowl, the coals sit on the foil or the heat device above it, and the smoke is drawn through the water in the base. None of those accessories are sold on this page, so make sure you have them before ordering tobacco for a pipe you cannot yet use.
Al Fakher Shisha Molasses is blonde leaf tobacco with a nicotine content of around 0.05 percent. That is low in percentage terms, but it is still nicotine, and the product is still an adult tobacco product for buyers aged 18 and over only. Do not order it expecting it to be nicotine-free. A shisha session lasts an hour or more and involves many draws, so the total nicotine taken in over a session is not the same as the percentage figure alone, and the percentage should not be read as a measure of how strong a session feels.
Delivery is a flat AED 30 anywhere in the UAE, and it is FREE on orders over AED 300. The minimum order is AED 85, and a single tub at AED 155 clears it on its own. Two tubs at AED 155 each come to AED 310, which passes the AED 300 threshold and removes the delivery fee. Cash on delivery is the working payment method at POD Shop: you check out with your emirate, city or area and UAE mobile number, and you pay when the order arrives. We do not publish delivery times, because times depend on the courier and your exact area.
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