Do you notice a difference in scent in steeped juice?

[Traijan]

Hey,

So, a few people told me to quick steep the mount baker juice that I bought.

It basically took 4 days to get to me, so that's 4 days of steeping in a dark place, so they told me to steep it in my crock pot for 2 hours, shake it real well, then 2 more hours in the 125 to 150°f water then shake again, then put someplace dark until it cools off to room temperature then it should be good to vape.


Well... Gotta say, it smells no different, still smells sort of like caramel candy, and the other one sort of smells like spicy (nutmeg spicy, not hot spicy) pumpkin pie.


I don't use drippers so I'm hesitant to load up the tank that I do use if it's not ready and end up vaping un-ready juice for another tank.

Should the odor of it change any between unsteeped juice and steeped juice?

 

[Hoosier]

No idea. I've got recipes that change in smell with steeping and ones that don't. I've got recipes that change flavor with steeping and ones that don't. Some that change in smell don't change much in taste. Some that don't change in smell do change drastically in taste.

Unless you tasted it before steeping, you'll have no idea what steeping did, or did not, do for it.

I've only been mixing my own for a bit over 5 years, so some experts may have better information than me. All I know about Mt. Baker is that they were mistaken about the enforcement dates of recent legislation pass here.

 

[Traijan]

Okay, thanks for the reply, I'd have to guess that by the time I get around to needing to fill my tank again it will be another 2 to 3 days, so that will have given it
4 days shipping to me
4 hours steeping
2 to 3 more days sitting
6 to 7 days sitting and a 4 hour hot water bath.

We shall see if it makes any difference. All I'm really hoping it will do is to take the harshness off of the juice. It already tastes and smells like caramel to the extreme but has a certain harshness (not nic harsh) just sort of throat scratchy harsh.

 

[Lannie]

When I put new juice in a tank and then decide it wasn't ready, I just take the dropper tip off the bottle and pour it back from the tank to the bottle. Then I put the bottle away and try later. Meanwhile, I fill the tank up with something I know is OK and vape that. Can't you just pour it back if it doesn't taste right? Now, mind you, I'm a green beginner, so maybe there's a difference between my tanks and your tanks that would make that not feasible (I am in NO way familiar with all the different types of tanks people use), but if you can, why not just try it?

~Lannie

 

[Traijan]

Yeah maybe i'm just too lazy to do it since I'd have to fill the tank, soak the new wick, then try it, if it's not ready, empty it back out, clean it out again, replace the wick again, refill with something else.

Laziness is a *itch sometimes. LOL

 

[Lannie]

I'm lazier than you, never fear. Like I said, I don't know about other people's tanks, but I don't bother with washing them out or replacing wicks or coils (I don't know how to do my own coils, anyway). I just dump it back in the bottle, and put more juice in the tank. The old flavor is gone within a couple of hits, anyway. If I've just cleaned and dry-burned a coil/wick, I just dab a little juice on the ends of the wick that stick out (I have EVOD and mini Protank 2 tanks and heads), and I'm good to go. No soaking required. See? Lazy vaping! LOL! And THAT RIGHT THERE is probably why I'll stick with my "simple" equipment. It allows for my laziness!

~Lannie

 

[coilburner]

I'm lazier than you, never fear. Like I said, I don't know about other people's tanks, but I don't bother with washing them out or replacing wicks or coils (I don't know how to do my own coils, anyway). I just dump it back in the bottle, and put more juice in the tank. The old flavor is gone within a couple of hits, anyway. If I've just cleaned and dry-burned a coil/wick, I just dab a little juice on the ends of the wick that stick out (I have EVOD and mini Protank 2 tanks and heads), and I'm good to go. No soaking required. See? Lazy vaping! LOL! And THAT RIGHT THERE is probably why I'll stick with my "simple" equipment. It allows for my laziness!

~Lannie

Exactly, no need to take it apart, replace the wick and clean the tank. Dump the old juice back into the bottle it came from or use the dripper to suck it out of the tank and put good juice back in.

 

[KattMamma]

The only time I "clean up" between flavor changes is if the flavors are drastically different. Otherwise, as you said, the old flavor is gone after a few hits. On top of that, sometimes I discover that the two flavors mixed create a new flavor that I really like!

As far as flavor or smell changing with steeping (btw, just letting it sit in the bottle for a time is steeping, all the other stuff with hot baths, sonic cleaners, etc. is sometimes called "speed steeping") I have had a few that did not change smell at all (or that I noticed) but the taste changed a lot.

One other note - sometimes heat can change the flavor in a bad way. I normally don't worry about it, but I'm also careful to stay under 150 degrees. Sunlight is another no-no for a lot of juices - hubby just ruined some strawberry milk juice by leaving it in the sun.

 

[hashtag]

Mt baker juices usually take a while to hit their maximum potential. I can smell a difference with most of their flavors when steeped but it varies by flavor.

 

[dannyv45]

Okay, thanks for the reply, I'd have to guess that by the time I get around to needing to fill my tank again it will be another 2 to 3 days, so that will have given it
4 days shipping to me
4 hours steeping
2 to 3 more days sitting
6 to 7 days sitting and a 4 hour hot water bath.

We shall see if it makes any difference. All I'm really hoping it will do is to take the harshness off of the juice. It already tastes and smells like caramel to the extreme but has a certain harshness (not nic harsh) just sort of throat scratchy harsh.

You should always taste a fresh mix then steep. It's the only way to establish a baseline to compare steeping progress.

 

[dannyv45]

When I put new juice in a tank and then decide it wasn't ready, I just take the dropper tip off the bottle and pour it back from the tank to the bottle. Then I put the bottle away and try later. Meanwhile, I fill the tank up with something I know is OK and vape that. Can't you just pour it back if it doesn't taste right? Now, mind you, I'm a green beginner, so maybe there's a difference between my tanks and your tanks that would make that not feasible (I am in NO way familiar with all the different types of tanks people use), but if you can, why not just try it?

~Lannie

This is where an RDA comes in very handy.

 

[Traijan]

You should always taste a fresh mix then steep. It's the only way to establish a baseline to compare steeping progress.

Yup I did that and I've kept it in my subtank vaping on it, so that when I clean it out tomorrow or the next day and put in the "aged" liquid I'm hoping the original is still fresh in my mind what it tasted like to see if it made any difference at all. I know people say if it's not steeped enough then just put it back in the bottle and steep it some more, but the way that I look at it is that if it's not changed with 7 days steeping and a 4 hour speed steeping hot water bath then it's not likely to change to where my taste buds can tell a difference.

About the only thing that I did notice is that after putting it in the 125 to 150°f water bath for 4 hours it got a whole lot thinner, even after it's cooled off to room temperature and sat for a couple more days it's substantially thinner than it was when I first got it. I figured it was just a temporary heating of oils and once cooled it would get thicker again like motor oil.