I bought some Fudge Brownie 50/50 juice from a local juice supplier (is it ok to mention? Not sure they advertise here). When I tried a bit the day it arrived I was overwhelmed with all the favors coming from all directions. I let it steep for a week and it's much, much more mellowed now. So the question is: Do darker juices tend to need steeping moreso than a lighter one?
Darker the juice, longer the steep?
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Not necessarily. I think the tobacco flavors generally need more steep time, but it is never written in stone.
I haven't noticed juice color having anything to do with steeping time needed. Most juices will benefit to an extent, some more than others.
Coloring doesn't have anything to do with it IMO. Tobaccos are the only ones I've found that need at least a couple weeks to mature.
Different flavors start of different colors. For example, Tobaccos can range from light amber to dark, depending on how rich. Some flavors turn darker orange or red (such as vanilla or orange flavors) as they steep. Steeping is believed to make the flavors stronger and for the juice to be more enjoyable. It's the same concept as marinading a good piece of meat if you will.
Hope that helps..
Hope that helps..
Factors such as exposure to UK light, and temperature can effect e liquid flavours. Light especially can cause the color to change. It is much the same as wine, the way it changes with age etc.
Donley from Want2Vape said this in an email,
"...Also many believe that a fresh juice needs steeping. This truly has more to do with nicotine concentration than the flavor package. Nicotine creates a nitrogen Bond with the pg /vg/flavors that over the first few days tries to create a molecular equilibrium (which we all call steeping) and you notice that some start to change color. Especially any with vanalin . So high nic levels need more shaking and steep time."
This has been posted with the expressed written consent of Donley W. from https://want2vape.com/
The full email can be seen here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ke-shake-shake-your-juices-4.html#post6429657 post # 73, although the full text has more to do with NET's.
"...Also many believe that a fresh juice needs steeping. This truly has more to do with nicotine concentration than the flavor package. Nicotine creates a nitrogen Bond with the pg /vg/flavors that over the first few days tries to create a molecular equilibrium (which we all call steeping) and you notice that some start to change color. Especially any with vanalin . So high nic levels need more shaking and steep time."
This has been posted with the expressed written consent of Donley W. from https://want2vape.com/
The full email can be seen here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ke-shake-shake-your-juices-4.html#post6429657 post # 73, although the full text has more to do with NET's.
I've noted some profound differences in taste after steeping with more complex flavors, and also with some deceptively simple ones, and then some things are perfect right out of the mailbox, and there doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule to me which ones those will be. Almost everything I've ever tried improves with at least a week of steeping, though, even if it was good to start with.
This post in no way is meant to imply that I personally have the self discipline to steep before I taste.
This post in no way is meant to imply that I personally have the self discipline to steep before I taste.
In my personal experience I've noticed that some tobacco juices, and many complex flavours, tend to improve and get stronger with steeping. FWIW, I vape strong juices - 24 mg to 30 or higher.
But as mentioned, you never can tell. So if I don't like a juice much, I leave it in my juice drawer for days or weeks. It will either get better with time, or it won't.
But as mentioned, you never can tell. So if I don't like a juice much, I leave it in my juice drawer for days or weeks. It will either get better with time, or it won't.
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