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Last updated on 01/13/2025 | Reading time approx. 11:20 min
The selection of hookah tobacco is huge. In our shop alone, you can find over 600 different tobacco varieties alongside hookahs, hookah accessories, and hookah charcoal, available in different sizes and variations. No wonder it can be a real challenge for every hookah enthusiast to decide on a flavor.
Since hookah tobacco is not exactly cheap, many customers often stick to flavors they already know. The willingness to try something new is often dampened by the thought of spending a lot of money on something that might not taste good in the end.
This is exactly why we have written this article about the best tobacco varieties of 2025. Here, we present the most popular hookah tobacco among our customers.
For beginners, we have structured this article so that we first introduce lighter varieties with low nicotine content, suitable for all hookah lovers. After that, we present tobacco varieties that are very popular with us but contain a lot of nicotine, making them more interesting for experienced hookah enthusiasts.
In this article, we also discuss the factors that influence the flavor of hookah tobacco. Whether you're a beginner or a long-time hookah enthusiast, there's something in this article for everyone!
The hookah community is extremely active – many of us love to share our favorite tobacco varieties and mixes with each other and rate them. No wonder some delicious varieties from well-known hookah tobacco manufacturers quickly experience a hype.
Especially when they are pushed by popular hookah influencers. However, a hype is often just a passing trend that fades over time. Some varieties are only interesting for a short time – especially as long as you are not yet oversaturated with a new flavor. A good alternative to short-lived hypes is to see how tobacco varieties perform over a year or even several years.
That's why we started setting up a newsletter last year, in which we list the top tobacco varieties of each month, showing our customers the preferences of our hookah community and what has happened in the hookah tobacco sector in the last month.
Info: If you are interested in what's trending in the community and what news we have, subscribe to our newsletter. This way, you won't miss any trends! As a small thank you, you will even receive a 10% discount code upon registration – provided you have never registered for our newsletter before.
Virginia is a light, sweet tobacco with low nicotine strength. If you have little hookah experience or don't like the strong, upfront tobacco flavor of Burley, these varieties are perfect for you.
In our shop, we have set up the category beginner hookah tobacco, where we have listed all hookah tobacco varieties that have low nicotine content and are therefore ideal for beginners.
Classic Grape and Mint Tobacco
Nicotine Strength: Light
The first Virginia tobacco we want to recommend to you is Black Nana, a Nameless tobacco with a delicious grape-mint flavor. Grape-mint is a true classic in the hookah scene, and Black Nana is considered one of the best representatives of this flavor.
If you enjoy grape-mint and haven't tried this particular tobacco yet, you're definitely missing out! Give it a try – you might never want another grape-mint tobacco in your bowl again.
Refreshing Grapefruit and Physalis Flavor
Nicotine Strength: Light
AINO is a relatively new brand in the hookah market, but they produce such high-quality tobacco that they quickly built a huge fanbase.
Great Match from AINO is a refreshing mix of grapefruit and physalis. This blend impressed us so much that we kept coming back to it, smoking it either pure or in various mixes.
Great Match combines tart, sweet, fruity, and sour flavors, making it a true delight even when smoked on its own. The light Virginia tobacco from AINO also offers a smooth and enjoyable smoking experience. All in all, a perfectly balanced hookah tobacco!
Peach and Apricot
Nicotine Strength: Light
If you're looking for an outstanding peach-flavored tobacco, Hookain's Angry Pic Dragon is a top pick. This tobacco is a game-changer – as long as you love the taste of peach. According to Hookain, it’s a sour mix of apricot and peach, inspired by a well-known candy. But honestly, the specifics don’t matter – what you get is a wonderfully balanced and full-bodied peach hookah tobacco that’s perfect both on its own and in mixes.
Prickly Pear and Cooling Effect
Nicotine Strength: Light
The cactus-ice flavor is becoming increasingly popular, and manufacturers are taking notice. More and more hookah tobacco brands are releasing flavors with this refreshing fruit.
Ice Kaktuz from Holster tobacco is definitely one of the best in its category. Juicy, tangy prickly pear meets a smooth cooling effect, creating a perfect summer delight.
Burley tobacco varies significantly in nicotine strength and base tobacco flavor. Depending on whether it is a pure Burley tobacco or a dark blend, and how often it has been washed and treated, its taste and strength are affected. However, every Burley tobacco will have a strong, bold base tobacco note that you must enjoy in order to appreciate this type of tobacco. If you have never tried Burley before, you should start by mixing small amounts in a Virginia bowl and gradually increase the Burley ratio. Otherwise, you risk a nicotine shock.
In our shop, we have created the Dark Blend Hookah Tobacco category, where you can specifically browse stronger tobacco varieties.
Sweet Cola Tobacco
Nicotine Strength: Strong
Blackburn Haribon combines a refreshing cola aroma with a delicious candy note, reminiscent of cola gummy candies from a well-known confectionery manufacturer.
Blackburn Tobacco comes from Russia and is known for its intense and unique flavors, which have gained a broad fan base. The dark blend from Blackburn is very strong, but not the strongest on the market.
Exotic Passion Fruit and Pineapple Mix
Strength: Strong
Must H is one of the strongest dark blend tobacco brands available on the German market. Due to its high nicotine content, beginners are advised against smoking this tobacco pure to avoid a nicotine rush. However, experienced dark blend smokers will definitely appreciate the robust base tobacco. The Jungle Jus flavor is an exotic delight that stimulates all the senses. Fruity, sweet, and sour notes of pineapple meet rich passion fruit, creating an intense fruit mix. Sweet, but not too sweet, while also being sour, fruity, and incredibly juicy. A real highlight in the bowl – and rightly one of the top 10.
Exotic Mango, Passion Fruit, and Lychee Tobacco
Strength: Strong
With Must H Tobacco Space Flvr, a fruity, sweet mango meets the floral notes of lychee and is rounded off with exotic passion fruit with a slight acidity. The combination of sweet, sour, fruity, and floral flavors explodes in the mouth and gains depth from the robust Burley tobacco of the brand.
Cucumber, Grape, and Mint
Strength: Strong
Cucumber, grape, and mint – it may sound unusual, but it is incredibly refreshing!
This tobacco is undoubtedly a standout in our list, but the combination of sweet grapes, refreshing cucumber, and cool mint has completely won us over. Kismet Tobacco is traditionally sweetened with real honey and has a base tobacco that carries a cigar-like aroma.
These were all the shisha tobacco flavors that we believe you should try if you like strong nicotine shisha tobacco. Some of these flavors are excellent staples, others are more "special interest" – but all in all, they are very good and tasty varieties.
There is a vast variety of flavors in shisha tobacco. Almost all flavors you know from the world of food also exist as shisha tobacco varieties. If you already know what flavor you are looking for or just want to browse, you can use our variety overview to display specific flavors from various manufacturers – of course, only as long as we have them in stock.
When looking at our customers' favorite tobacco flavors, we see a diverse selection. While a large portion of our customers prefer Dark Blend tobacco, Virginia tobacco still holds a solid share of our sales. However, one thing clearly stands out: Not a single creamy tobacco flavor makes it into our top 10 bestsellers. Instead, fruity flavors dominate, many of them offering a perfect balance of sweet and tangy notes.
The absence of creamy flavors doesn’t mean they are bad – it simply indicates that most of our customers don't prefer the mouthfeel of creamy tobacco varieties. However, this can vary significantly depending on the blend. If you enjoy milkshakes or creamy desserts, you should definitely give a few creamy flavors a try.
Now, let’s move on to our personal recommendations. These are also strong Burley and Dark Blend hookah tobaccos. While they may not be among our customers' top choices, they have still impressed us over the past year.
To give you another top 10 list of various tobacco flavors, we asked one of Germany's biggest shisha bloggers about his favorite varieties and asked him to recommend delicious mixes with each tobacco.
Check out these Pro Picks! If you like some of Aljoscha's choices, chances are you'll also enjoy his other recommendations. We hope you enjoyed our excursion into the wonderful world of the best hookah tobaccos and were able to take away a few new ideas. If you like a tobacco, please leave a review in our store - this will help other customers to make a decision when buying. But even if you don't like a tobacco, a rating is helpful. It's just important that you briefly explain your opinion so that others can understand your rating.
