Lit Lip Pro - Phunnel - Zombie Azubi

Green and brown are earthy colours on me, not loud ones. Black sits in between and gives everything depth. Where the glaze is thicker, the green turns almost bottle-coloured; where it's thin, the brown shows through. The glaze flows in the kiln, so this picture forms anew on every bowl, and the photo can only give you a hint. Next to a green or smoky-grey base I look all of a piece. I also suit a hookah with wooden elements, because the brown builds the bridge.

My clay is a very dense blend. During firing it gives up its moisture completely and shrinks more than the clay of the classic Lit Lip. That's why I end up minimally smaller.

The design is still a phunnel: a raised chimney in the middle with a single hole, the tobacco in the depot around it, so no molasses runs into the smoke column. I'm made in Spain and then glazed. My lip is roughened, the rim has the standard size for common heat management devices, and foil works too. A silicone grommet keeps me on the hookah.

I'm your bowl if you smoke with an HMD and want a phunnel made from dense clay. You like dark, earthy colours and enjoy a name with a wink. If you want a lot of tobacco in one go, reach for an XL from the Lit Lip family instead.

If you collect Pro bowls, put the Lit Lip Pro Cyborg next to me; it brings a bit more light with orange and white. Also earthy, but with orange instead of green, is the Lit Lip Pro Yegormeista. For a green counterpart from the Classic line, the Lit Lip Toxic fits.

Tobacco? Strong Dark Leaf with herbal or minty notes suits me, but a fruity Virginia mix also cuts a fine figure in my depot.

After the session I stay on the hookah until I'm completely cold. Then lukewarm water is enough to get tobacco residue out of the ring. Please no cold water on hot stoneware.

Even my dense clay has pores. If molasses soaks in with the heat, it can show up on the outside again. A damp cloth and you're done. Fine expansion lines in the glaze are possible on me and change nothing about how I smoke.