Burned tobacco is increasingly being replaced by vaporizing flavored tobacco. Still the original hookah is often used in rural South Asia, which continues to use tumbak (a pure and coarse form of unflavored tobacco leaves) and smoked by burning it directly with charcoal.
There are three common types of tobacco that are smoked out of a hookah: Mu’assel, Jubak, and Tumbak. ... Tumbak is a pure tobacco that is smoked over coals prior to use.
Tumbâk. It is a word of Turkish origin. The Persian one is close: "tumbeki". The word "tutun" is sometimes used. Tumbâk belongs to the variety named Nicotiana Alata Persica, of the sub-genus Petunioïdes of the Nicotiana Tabacum species. Tumbâk contains many alkaloids among which nicotine. The most used at present is called "'ajamy". It is produced in several countries of the Middle East. In broad outline, the smoker moistens it, presses it several times in the hand then cleans it and finally fills the pipe bowl with it.
