Do all juices benefit from seeping?
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It's actually called "steeping". 
Not all flavors benefit from steeping. Many of the e-liquids are made in large batches, cut into smaller quantities and bottled, and remain shelved in a warehouse to await shipping to the customer. This allows the liquid time to steep before it reaches your home.
Custom-made e-liquids are mixed to your order at the time you place your order. These only get a couple of days to steep before they are shipped/delivered to your home. These may well need an additional few days to steep to maximize the benefits of steeping.
Steeping can be compared to this analogy. Eating a meal from a freshly made pot roast tastes good on the first day; but it tastes much more flavorful on the second or third day because all of the different flavors have had a chance to meld together.
The more complex flavors tend to need a little more steep time. Flavors like coffee and tobacco flavors, especially. There are many methods to steep juice in order to speed up the process, however my experience has taught me that good old Mother Time is the best method.
Not all flavors benefit from steeping. Many of the e-liquids are made in large batches, cut into smaller quantities and bottled, and remain shelved in a warehouse to await shipping to the customer. This allows the liquid time to steep before it reaches your home.
Custom-made e-liquids are mixed to your order at the time you place your order. These only get a couple of days to steep before they are shipped/delivered to your home. These may well need an additional few days to steep to maximize the benefits of steeping.
Steeping can be compared to this analogy. Eating a meal from a freshly made pot roast tastes good on the first day; but it tastes much more flavorful on the second or third day because all of the different flavors have had a chance to meld together.
The more complex flavors tend to need a little more steep time. Flavors like coffee and tobacco flavors, especially. There are many methods to steep juice in order to speed up the process, however my experience has taught me that good old Mother Time is the best method.
its actually called aging... steeping is the process of extracting a flavor from a solid while being soaked in a fluid... you steep tea, you age wine ( since it doesnt have solids in it), and since our vape liquids dont have solids in them... you cant steep them
Steeping has already been cemented into the vaping lexicon.
I take the caps and nipples off the bottles the night I receive the juice until the next day to let it breath, if you will. After that, I send it to the back of the line in the rotation, not that I won't nick into it every now and then.
Disregard the need for hot bathing or ultrasonic cleaners en lieu of giving the bottle a good shake each time before using it.
I take the caps and nipples off the bottles the night I receive the juice until the next day to let it breath, if you will. After that, I send it to the back of the line in the rotation, not that I won't nick into it every now and then.
Disregard the need for hot bathing or ultrasonic cleaners en lieu of giving the bottle a good shake each time before using it.
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yup it has... unfortunately its the wrong word..
just as wrong as "smoking" your juice
Many of my juices are good right after I make them. Fruit flavors are a good example. It depends on the juice. I made a lemon meringue pie juice, and it was great right away, but the longer it sat, the more the lemon flavor diminished. I altered the recipe, and now I just have to let it steep after making it. Yes, coffee, vanilla and cream type juices benefit from sitting for a while.
As far as commercial juice goes, I got 120ml each of vanilla bean ice cream and strawberries and cream from a vendor which were both pretty good right when I got them. After a couple of weeks, they have become absolutely delicious.
As a general rule, if the juice tastes like {censored} to begin with, letting it sit probably won't help it much.
As far as commercial juice goes, I got 120ml each of vanilla bean ice cream and strawberries and cream from a vendor which were both pretty good right when I got them. After a couple of weeks, they have become absolutely delicious.
As a general rule, if the juice tastes like {censored} to begin with, letting it sit probably won't help it much.
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