Abstract: An electronic hookah apparatus comprising a core unit attachable with a stem piece and a base. The core comprises at least one airflow sensor to detect airflow from air pathways, a plurality of cartridges including a wick and a heating element, and a plurality of flavor selection buttons, each of the flavor selection buttons connected to a switch that activates and deactivates a respective one of the plurality of cartridges. The core further comprises a microcontroller that provides power to cartridges activated by the flavor selection buttons based on the detection of airflow by the airflow sensor, wherein providing power to the cartridges causes the cartridges to produce vapor, at least one air chamber that collects flows of vapor from a set of activated cartridges, and at least one hose port coupled to a hose, the at least one hose port tapping the collected vapor from the at least one air chamber.