Hey everybody, I have been making my own juice for awhile now and primarily do a 50/50 blend of VG/PG. The other week I had a wild hair and mixed up a batch of 70/30 VG/PG to try a different blend, and holy cow this is going badly. I do understand that VG takes awhile to steep vs using higher PG levels, but I had something weird happen. After a few days when I tested my juice (I am quite impatient, and like to see how the mix is steeping) it was tasting quite nice with very good blend and such - I was excited! Today I busted a bottle out and attempted to try some again (approximately 1.5 weeks after initial mix) and I can taste this one flavor in all of the juices, what I presume to be the VG. All of that initial flavor that was coming through nicely has disappeared, and now I am left with this mediocre flavor that I hate. What has me confused is why I had an initial spike in flavor, but then a total drop off. I was under the impression that generally longer steep time = better results, but I haven't heard of flavor peaking and then dropping off. For the tastings I used the same type of cotton that I always have, same coil, same RDA, same wattage.
To clarify for anyone who wishes to know: juice is TFA, nicotine and VG/PG is from NudeNicotine. The bottles are glass, with glass droppers that were thoroughly cleaned prior to use. The mix received an initial steep in a hot water bath and left in a dark, cool drawer with the lids on while periodically being shaken like a baby I didn't like every day until tested.
The mix:
100mg Nic: 1.2mL (4%)
PG: 7.29mL (30%)
VG: 17.01mL(70%)
Blueberry: 1.5mL (5%)
Blackberry: 1.5mL (5%)
Pomegranate: 1.5mL (5%)
I have made this mix numerous times at 50/50 and had quite wonderful results. It is one of my personal favorites - to make feel free to mix it and let me know what you think. This time it has just come out badly, and I want to figure out why so that I may correct my mistakes for future mixes.
Just to clarify, I do understand that VG doesn't mix as well as PG and there is longer steep time required. My question is primarily about why the flavor profile was good, then went badly. Is this mix done for and needs to be redone as I have done my others? Thanks for any assistance with this!
TL;DR: High VG mix came out tasting nice after a few days, tastes horrible after a week and a half.
To clarify for anyone who wishes to know: juice is TFA, nicotine and VG/PG is from NudeNicotine. The bottles are glass, with glass droppers that were thoroughly cleaned prior to use. The mix received an initial steep in a hot water bath and left in a dark, cool drawer with the lids on while periodically being shaken like a baby I didn't like every day until tested.
The mix:
100mg Nic: 1.2mL (4%)
PG: 7.29mL (30%)
VG: 17.01mL(70%)
Blueberry: 1.5mL (5%)
Blackberry: 1.5mL (5%)
Pomegranate: 1.5mL (5%)
I have made this mix numerous times at 50/50 and had quite wonderful results. It is one of my personal favorites - to make feel free to mix it and let me know what you think. This time it has just come out badly, and I want to figure out why so that I may correct my mistakes for future mixes.
Just to clarify, I do understand that VG doesn't mix as well as PG and there is longer steep time required. My question is primarily about why the flavor profile was good, then went badly. Is this mix done for and needs to be redone as I have done my others? Thanks for any assistance with this!
TL;DR: High VG mix came out tasting nice after a few days, tastes horrible after a week and a half.