A shisha vape is a vape filled with hookah flavours — Two Apple, Lemon Mint, Grape Mint, Gum Mint — instead of the candy and fruit-ice flavours most disposables use. In Canada the one that matters is the Al Fakher Crown Bar, because Al Fakher is the shisha brand: the same company whose Two Apple has filled hookah bowls for thirty years now makes a rechargeable disposable with the same recipes. You'll also see it called a hookah vape, a hookah pen, a shisha pen or a sheesha vape. They all mean this. Here is what it is, how close it tastes to the lounge, and which one to buy.
What a shisha vape actually is
Hookah works by heating flavoured tobacco (shisha, or sheesha in the other common spelling) with charcoal and pulling the smoke through water. A shisha vape keeps the flavour and drops everything else: no tobacco, no charcoal, no water, no setup. Inside the Crown Bar is a tank of e-liquid in Al Fakher's shisha flavour profiles, a coil, and a rechargeable battery. You draw on it like any disposable vape and get the Two Apple taste in a few seconds instead of the twenty minutes it takes to light a bowl.
One thing to know before anything else: a hookah bowl is tobacco, and a Crown Bar is a nicotine vape. They deliver nicotine differently, and the Crown Bar is a lower-strength device than most Canadian disposables, which is partly why the draw feels closer to a hookah pull than to a typical nic-salt vape. If you've never vaped, that's the right place to start.
Why the Crown Bar and not another "hookah flavour" vape
Plenty of disposables list a "Two Apple" or a "Mint" flavour. The difference with the Crown Bar is that Al Fakher makes it — the flavour profiles are the brand's own, not a copy of them. That's why the Two Apple in the Crown Bar has the anise edge the lounge version has, and why the mint flavours taste like Al Fakher mint rather than generic menthol. It is the same reason the Crown Bar has become one of the most-searched vapes in Canada this year: hookah users recognise the flavours on sight.
The two Crown Bar models
The Crown Bar Mega Max 75K is the flagship: up to 75,000 puffs, rechargeable, adjustable airflow, eighteen flavours, $41.99 — about 56 cents per 1,000 puffs. The Crown Bar Cloud X 60K is the smaller device: up to 60,000 puffs, rechargeable, eight flavours, $38.49 — about 64 cents per 1,000 puffs. If you want the widest flavour list or a tighter, more hookah-like draw, the Mega Max; if you already know you want Two Apple or Lemon Mint, the Cloud X is the cheaper way in. The full Al Fakher vape guide compares them line by line.
Hookah flavour vs Crown Bar flavour, one by one
These are the flavours hookah users ask about first, and how each one lands as a vape.
| Flavour | In the hookah bowl | In the Crown Bar | Buy it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Apple | The Al Fakher classic: double apple with a liquorice-anise edge. The most-ordered shisha flavour in the world. | Same double apple, same anise note, cleaner and slightly sweeter without the smoke. The most faithful of the set. | Mega Max 75K · Cloud X 60K |
| Lemon Mint | Bright lemon over cool mint — the lounge order for a hot night. | Sharper lemon, colder mint. The cooling agent in the vape makes it icier than the bowl. | Mega Max 75K · Cloud X 60K |
| Grape Mint | Sweet dark grape with a mint finish. | Grape leads, mint follows — a touch sweeter than the shisha and easier to vape all day. | Mega Max 75K |
| Gum Mint (G Mint) | Bubblegum sweetness with mint — the Al Fakher cult flavour. | Bubblegum up front, mint on the exhale. Very close; the gum note is clearer without the coals. | Mega Max 75K · Cloud X 60K |
| Spearmint | Clean spearmint, no sweetness to speak of. | Identical profile, colder. The one flavour that arguably improves as a vape. | Mega Max 75K |
| Orange Mint | Orange peel and mint. | Juicier orange, softer mint than the bowl. | Mega Max 75K |
| Magic Love | A sweet mixed-fruit blend that lounges keep on the menu for people who don’t want mint. | The same fruit blend with an icy finish added — the biggest departure from the shisha, and a best-seller anyway. | Mega Max 75K |
The rest of the Crown Bar list — Blue Razz, Blueberry Ice, Mango Ice, Peach Ice, Pineapple Ice, Lush Ice, Watermelon Kiwi, Watermelon Lime, Cherry Classic, Cherry Raspberry, Strawberry Punch, Summer Dream, Mixed Berry — are vape flavours rather than shisha ones. Blue Razz is our single best-seller across the whole range; the flavour ranking by what Canadians actually buy has the numbers.
How close is it, honestly?
Close on flavour, different on feel. The recipes are the same, but a hookah session is warm, heavy smoke through water; a vape is a cooler, lighter draw with no smoke character at all. The mint flavours come across colder than the bowl because of the cooling agent in the liquid. Two Apple and Lemon Mint are the two that hookah users most often say taste "right"; Magic Love is the one that changes most, because the vape version adds ice. Nobody has recreated the ritual — the coals, the hour, the company — and the Crown Bar doesn't try to. It gives you the flavour in your pocket for the five weeks between sessions.
Shisha vape vs the other big disposables
Against the other 60–80K devices we sell — the Elf Bar BC Pro 80K, the Vice Box 2 70K, the Flavour Beast Alpha 80K — the Crown Bar costs a few dollars more per device and gives fewer puffs per dollar. What you're paying for is the flavour profile. If you want candy and fruit-ice, those devices are the better buy; if you want Two Apple, nothing else on the shelf has it. Every 60,000–75,000 puff vape we carry is on one page if you want to compare.
Frequently asked questions
Is a shisha vape the same as a hookah pen?
Yes — shisha vape, hookah vape, hookah pen, shisha pen and sheesha vape all describe the same thing: a disposable or pod vape filled with shisha-style flavours such as Two Apple, Lemon Mint and Grape Mint. The Al Fakher Crown Bar is the best-known example in Canada because it is made by the shisha brand itself.
Does the Al Fakher Crown Bar have nicotine?
Yes. Unlike hookah tobacco, the Crown Bar is a nicotine vape. Canadian stock is a lower-strength device than most disposables, which is part of why the draw feels closer to a hookah pull than a typical nic-salt vape.
How long does a Crown Bar last compared to a hookah session?
A hookah bowl lasts about an hour. A Crown Bar Mega Max 75K is rated for up to 75,000 puffs — three to five weeks for most people — and the Cloud X 60K for up to 60,000. Both recharge over USB-C, so the device lasts until the liquid is finished.
Which Crown Bar flavour is closest to real Al Fakher Two Apple?
Two Apple itself — it is on both the Mega Max 75K and the Cloud X 60K and carries the same double-apple-and-anise profile as the shisha. Lemon Mint and Grape Mint are the next closest to their hookah versions.
Does a shisha vape taste exactly like hookah?
Close, not identical. The flavour profiles are the same recipes, but a vape has no charcoal and no water, so the taste is cleaner and cooler, the mint flavours come across colder, and there is no smoke character. Most hookah users find Two Apple and Lemon Mint the most faithful.
Where can I buy a shisha vape in Toronto or across Canada?
UniVape stocks the full Al Fakher Crown Bar range — Mega Max 75K in 18 flavours and Cloud X 60K in 8 — online with Canada-wide shipping, same-day delivery across the GTA, and pickup at 335 Yonge Street, Toronto. 19+ only.
Every Al Fakher Crown Bar ships Canada-wide from Toronto, with same-day delivery across the GTA and pickup at 335 Yonge Street. 19+ only.
