Steeping and the unavoidable function of time in flavor development

Factor52;10186356 said:
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glassmanoak;10184856 said:
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au contraire, mes amis! SOME fruits taste good from the start, but IMHO most fruit flavors and mixtures profit greatly from steeping for a few days. I never judge a new fruit recipe the first week. And tobaccos for the first month (sadly)

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Originally posted by Hoosier:

Steeping means leaving the capped bottle out of sun light for a period of time to allow time for the components time to reach an entropic state. If you think steeping is something else, or don't know what an entropic state is, please talk to someone else about your issues. I have a closed mind on steeping and have not taught basic physics since my freshman classes when the professor gave up trying to counter my arguements and left the class to me.

Steeping, the way I look at it is ya dont throw some tea in some water and drink it right away. Some element of time is absolutely necessary to let the molecules get married. My personal preference before vaping is at least one day in the ultrasonic, four days without. Even those juices that go through the ultrasonic still benefit from just plain ole time. Imo you really dont know what you have until actual, unavoidable time passes.

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Blog from ECF member Robino on Steeping:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/robino1/3343-steeping-why-critical-fresh-juices.html

For all the new DIYers:

E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs

There are as many different opinions on steeping as there are flavors.. cap on, cap off, ultrasonic or not, sunlight no sunlight, heat, dont heat.. The one common theme is that time is involved.... how much or little will be your personal preference that can only be developed through time and experience.
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I am now convinced that steeping in an ultrasonic cleaner has some benefit in speeding up the steeping process.. However.. Just plain old time after ultra sonic steeping still works wonders in helping flavors develop.. and as Hoosier says.. "Less is more" and "More is less" Adding more flavoring to a mix and vaping it right away will not result in a satisfying e-liquid in the long run.
 

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