Correct Steeping Method

[frozenhill]

As i searched in the forum and internet for e liquid steeping method , i end with the following steps :

1-shake bottle thoroughly for 90 second the open it and leave bottle with open cap exposed to air in dark cool place for 24 hours.
2-after 24 hours close it and shake again for 90 second and keep it close .
3-next day shake it for 90 second open for around 10 second the close it .
4-repeat the previous step every day till you finish steeping time which depend on changing taste and color of juice .

Is the above steps regard the correct steeping steps method or there is another method for steeping ,

your advice will be appreciated .

 

[supertrunker]

it depends on the juice, a lot of fruit ones can be vaped right away. Tobacco ones seem to need the most steeping time, but i read steeping as just shake it when you make it and leave it alone to mix itself for a period of time.

My impatience means i don't often steep juices and nor do i notice much improvement doing so. A miserable juice will not suddenly become a phoenix of flavour.

As for ultrasonic cleaners speeding things up - believe what you will!

T

 

[FearTX]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...eeping-times-ultrasonic-cleaner-part-iii.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/seanchai/5416-what-steeping-how-do-i-do.html

There are literally 10s of dozens if not more of people's favorite way to cuddle, care for, caress, warm, heat, hug, shake, and steep their juice. The two links above have some good stuff in them.

If you use a heating method of any kind on your juice keep it below 120° F, nicotine degrades past that.

Removing the caps is to let any alcohols evaporate, more than 24 hours or so you are evaporating juice you paid for.

 

[Briankrok]

I've seen the above method before. Also seen a thread talking about quick steeping by boiling glass bottle for 30 seconds.

Great advice on DIY: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/268758-diy-master-techniques-steeping.html

 

[vaperature]

There is nothing shaking your bottle is going to accomplish that a good manual mixing won't accomplish. First of all, it's my solid opinion juice vendors should be selling pre-steeped products. For those who can't because they mix your juice to order when you order it, they should at least mix the juice. If your juice arrived with no taste or with too much taste, then most likely the vendor merely squirted the ingredients into the very bottle that they sent it to you in. Since the ingredients are all of different thicknesses, shaking them is not a sound method in my opinion. You are better off emptying your bottle of juice into a small flask of some sort and then mixing it up manually with a clean object like a small spoon. Mix it vigorously for about three minutes and the mixing part is over. Now flavors sometimes have alcohol or water in them, so leaving your flask sit for some time with the juice exposed to the air will help evaporate that. But since when does it take days or weeks for water or alcohol to evaporate. So I'd say if the juice still tastes bad after all of that, it's just bad juice and there isn't much you can do to change that. Yes, leaving juice age for a period time "may" improve the flavor by allowing everything to settle and blend, but that's just the difference between a pretty good flavor and a good flavor. Letting your juice sit for long periods of time isn't going to add flavor to it that isn't there to begin with or make a horrible tasting juice suddenly taste great. This is what I've learned through trial and error. Take it out of the bottle, mix it vigorously, let it sit for maybe twelve hours, and put it back in the bottle. It's steeped.

 

[Dakota Jim]

your system works for me frozenhill, although I have been known to tape a bottle to sawzall for some extreme shaking once in a while

the ultrasonic method does not work the best in my opinion so if you are thinking about buying an ultrasonic cleaner just for eliquid just wait and see (I do use mine now for cleaning all my tanks and heads though)

 

[Thunderball]

it depends on the juice, a lot of fruit ones can be vaped right away. Tobacco ones seem to need the most steeping time, but i read steeping as just shake it when you make it and leave it alone to mix itself for a period of time.

My impatience means i don't often steep juices and nor do i notice much improvement doing so. A miserable juice will not suddenly become a phoenix of flavour.

As for ultrasonic cleaners speeding things up - believe what you will!

T

Im in agreement with this whole-heartedly...

 

[frozenhill]

for example my Boba's Bounty 30 ml in the way ,some said it good right from bottle ,others steep it for 2 weeks then become nice ,
also Dragon's Fire (Purity) – 30ml from heathersheavenlyvapes .

 

[TheKiwi]

Here's my little routine

1) take out 0.5ml and vape it. If it tastes awesome alrdy, I'll just slot it into my rotation. rarely the case though. If I don't like it...
2) plop the bottle into a bowl of very very warm water for 10 - 15 mins
3) shake it like crazy, then caps off, leave uncapped for 24 hours
4) after 24 hrs, recap, shake like mad, and leave it in my cool dark eliquid shelf.
5) before I sleep every night, I just give it a violent shake, and leave it alone.
6) try it after 2 weeks. If it doesn't taste good, repeat step 5)
7) test every 1 week. repeat 5) if doesn't taste good
8) if eliquid doesn't taste decent after a month of that, it goes into the dark little corner of shame.

Some eliquids that this has worked perfectly for:
1) Halo's midnight apple. when the thing first came, it had the most painfully intense perfume-fume smell ever. made me gag. great vape after
2) HHV's dragon fire. mediocre thin weak flavored initially. nice tinge of tobacco and caramel oozed out after steeping
3) HHV's legend (gandalf). this thing smelled almost exactly like dragon fire at the start. After steeping............ boy oh boy....... its love! For some reason this needs a ridiculously long steeping time (3 weeks to a month)

I've also heard boba's bounty is infamous for requiring a painfully long steep (3 - 4 weeks) before it's heavenly. I'm working on that now

 

[pufZeppelin]

I just shake the bottle whenever I hold it (a good shake can't hurt)

new juice I leave 'un capped' and notice droplets on the opening
I just paper towel the top off until it no longer shows the droplets (usually 15-30hrs)

normally I see my bottle sitting there un capped,
I wipe off top, hold my finger over the hole and shake,
then tuck it back into dark cool place till next go 'round...

a 'lil squeeze and sniff tells you a lot also...

I then taste it, if it is good enuff I vape it - if not I go easy on it
allowing more cure time...


just how I learned from trial-n-error

 

[JustMe2]

I just buy my juice about 2 weeks before I would really need it so by the time my current bottle runs out I have 2 week old juice. I buy 60ml bottles and they last me a while. I tried the shaking, letting it breathe, cool dark etc and I never really notice a difference. But I also don't like really strong flavored juices either..

 

[frozenhill]

my problem is this is the first time i order this two juices :
Boba's Bounty
Dragon's Fire
so how i will know if taste directly out of bottle is that nice correct taste or it need steep to get the proper taste .

 

[Amraann]

There is nothing shaking your bottle is going to accomplish that a good manual mixing won't accomplish. First of all, it's my solid opinion juice vendors should be selling pre-steeped products. For those who can't because they mix your juice to order when you order it, they should at least mix the juice. If your juice arrived with no taste or with too much taste, then most likely the vendor merely squirted the ingredients into the very bottle that they sent it to you in. Since the ingredients are all of different thicknesses, shaking them is not a sound method in my opinion. You are better off emptying your bottle of juice into a small flask of some sort and then mixing it up manually with a clean object like a small spoon. Mix it vigorously for about three minutes and the mixing part is over. Now flavors sometimes have alcohol or water in them, so leaving your flask sit for some time with the juice exposed to the air will help evaporate that. But since when does it take days or weeks for water or alcohol to evaporate. So I'd say if the juice still tastes bad after all of that, it's just bad juice and there isn't much you can do to change that. Yes, leaving juice age for a period time "may" improve the flavor by allowing everything to settle and blend, but that's just the difference between a pretty good flavor and a good flavor. Letting your juice sit for long periods of time isn't going to add flavor to it that isn't there to begin with or make a horrible tasting juice suddenly taste great. This is what I've learned through trial and error. Take it out of the bottle, mix it vigorously, let it sit for maybe twelve hours, and put it back in the bottle. It's steeped.

I am going to respectfully disagree. I have steeped juices that NEVER improved but on the same token I have steeped juices that greatly improved.
I ordered some sour watermelon a little bit ago.. It seriously tasted like soap at first, out of the mail, try. After a few weeks it tastes pretty good.

 

[Jimi D.]

I don't believe in calling the witchdoctor or voodoo hocus pocus bologna. I don't shake my flavors like it's Yoo Hoo either. I mix by swirling the flavors in. Then I cap it, and into the dark cool cabinet it goes.

 

[mare ze dotes]

I just buy my juice about 2 weeks before I would really need it so by the time my current bottle runs out I have 2 week old juice. I buy 60ml bottles and they last me a while. I tried the shaking, letting it breathe, cool dark etc and I never really notice a difference. But I also don't like really strong flavored juices either..

I have never found any sort of gymnastics to help steeping. I have tried them all. Nothing works like time. My lesson learned, by ahead as much as you can.

 

[Jimi D.]

I have never found any sort of gymnastics to help steeping. I have tried them all. Nothing works like time. My lesson learned, by ahead as much as you can.

So true ! Patience is key

 

[pufZeppelin]

my problem is this is the first time i order this two juices :
Boba's Bounty
Dragon's Fire
so how i will know if taste directly out of bottle is that nice correct taste or it need steep to get the proper taste .

you only know if YOU like it

just like working a variable volt battery - start low and work up till YOU like the taste

try a sample of juice from the mailbox,
if you don't think its good allow it to steep

you'll know if it has an alcohol taste/smell (let it sit open a little while)
just keep trying it every few days-then you'll know for future reference

don't buy anymore, buy bigger bottles, vape it soon, vape after xx days

just the trial-n-error process needed when dealing with e juice...

 

[NT_Pork_Hunt]

Hi All,
Being a relative newbie to the craft of vaping, the idea of steeping juice before use is not something we hear about too much over here. It sort of makes sense now though, looking at some of the I got from the States when I first started out, it would smell like some ethanol based gasoline.

I've been ordering Dekang and Liqua juices from China and they've been awesome straight out of the mail.

Just MHO of course

 

[Truetopath]

Each liquid for me is different, I taste them as soon as I get them and if they're enjoyable into the tank they go, if not I put it in my juice box and forget about for a bit...no set time frame just until I remember to try again. I always shake my juices I make and any premade ones before I load them up.


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[Coldrake]

As i searched in the forum and internet for e liquid steeping method , i end with the following steps :

1-shake bottle thoroughly for 90 second the open it and leave bottle with open cap exposed to air in dark cool place for 24 hours.
2-after 24 hours close it and shake again for 90 second and keep it close .
3-next day shake it for 90 second open for around 10 second the close it .
4-repeat the previous step every day till you finish steeping time which depend on changing taste and color of juice .

Is the above steps regard the correct steeping steps method or there is another method for steeping ,

your advice will be appreciated .

You're doing just fine.