Do you really have the patentice to steep?

[theinlawjosie]

I didn't think I'd have the patience for it, but I've got a few bottles that should actually be well aged now.

It helps that I don't use a lot of juice daily, and actually it justifies me buying more, so I can use the old stuff and wait for the new stuff to steep.

That's the spirit! If I didn't have an excuse to buy more juice.... well, I'd probably buy it anyway, but it helps to have an excuse!

 

[Lombaowski]

Things I steep (age): French Red Wines, cigars, e-juice that tastes better if steeped
Things I don't steep: porn, bacon

 

[TigerLadyTX]

I steep by stashing the juice away in a kitchen cabinet for at least a week after I receive it. Some juice I will steep a month or longer with no urgent "must try now" attacks....but this is likely due to the fact that I simply have so darned many bottles of various juices on hand now and my absolute favorites are ordered in 60ml or larger bottles. ...

~Tiger

 

[State Of Zen]

Are there any vendors that are known to pre-steep the juices they sell?

 

[jefsview]

Are there any vendors that are known to pre-steep the juices they sell?

yes, there are.

 

[SirSteve]

Yes and no. I often taste my juices shortly after mixing them, then I usually let them steep and taste again. I did learn the hard way that anything with M Type absolutely needs to steep for at least a couple of weeks, or you'll be sorry you didn't wait.

 

[DasBluCig]

If you want to hone your patience skills.....DIY!!!
Make a batch....then HIDE IT!!
Forget it for AT LEAST a WEEK!
Caveat: ALWAYS have some pre-made juice to "mark" the passage of time.....!!

 

[genghishahn]

It's not so bad if you plan ahead I've taken to keeping at least a week ahead on juice orders. I found a couple of my ADVs and I reorder as soon as I crack the next bottle open--that way I've got the another bottle at my doorstep and then steeping while I'm going through the other bottle. It's working out pretty well so far. I haven't yet run into a situation where I need to vape juice that hasn't had at least a week of steeping time.

For samplers I drip a few drops when they arrive to establish a baseline for comparison and then let them sit for a week or two before tasting them again. I vape my ADVs and older samples while I wait for the new stuff to steep. The downside is that I've got a TON of samples I still need to try

 

[Danielle Carter]

I am new but I have a few juices that tasted like moonshine out of the mail....namely fruity ones so those will sit for a few weeks and be tried again in hopes they improve. Others have tasted fine out of the mail so my plan is to have a stockpile of both juices until I make my mind up on this steeping thing, lol

 

[JRudey]

I steep by stashing the juice away in a kitchen cabinet for at least a week after I receive it. Some juice I will steep a month or longer with no urgent "must try now" attacks....but this is likely due to the fact that I simply have so darned many bottles of various juices on hand now and my absolute favorites are ordered in 60ml or larger bottles. ...

~Tiger

Having a stockpile of juice makes steeping much easier. I received two 120ml size bottles from Azure Vaping yesterday. They're sitting next to my other 120ml bottle in the cabinet.

 

[MrSelf Destruct]

I have enough juice on hand that I don't have any issues allowing new juices to steep. I will try some out of curiosity but usually just open them up and put them in the cabinet when I first receive them.

 

[Lombaowski]

This is somewhat of a science as I am learning. I think Tribeca and Heavenly Army have been the biggest lessons for me. Tribeca was just ok for me after a week, it is completely aweeome after six weeks. Heavenly Army was just not good IMO the first week, I think it's a solid vape at 6+ weeks. Boba's is better after a few weeks, so are a lot of the other tobacco flavors.

Seems pretty simple IMO. If the juice has multiple flavors it needs time to coalesce, meld, open up. Fruit flavors can be vaped out of the mail and they are good, maybe the same at 4 weeks than they are on day one. These tobacco flavors change IMO however, and they change for the better. I never went so far to say I disliked Tribeca, but it is just so better after it has had time to find itself.

I have HHV Huntsman and Dragon's Fire at about a month now, Allusion Smooth Criminal and Caramel Wild Wood at about two weeks. I just got a new bottle of Tribeca in and I won't touch that until the new year. I think I have a routine down now, as long as I have Heavenly Tobacco, Tribeca, ECBlend RY4 and Hangsen RY4 on hand and properly steeped, I can wait on everything else. the temptation is there, but I can resist as long as I have my go-to juices to...go to.

 

[Fulgurant]

If it's a new flavor, I invariably try it right out of the mailbox, but I don't judge it until it's had at least a week to sit.

FWIW, though, I've found that most juices come together pretty well after 24-48 hours of sitting without their caps on. The cap-off method is key; two days with the cap off seems to be worth as much or more as three weeks with the caps on.

 

[dreamreaper]

I dont have the patience to steep, but I know it does work. What I have started doing is, buying a couple 50ml (or bigger) of my favorites and always have 3 on hand. When one runs out, I buy more that way I always have to waiting. From my calculations this will always keep my favorites at about 1 month steep or more (usually more).

 

[vjc0628]

This is somewhat of a science as I am learning. I think Tribeca and Heavenly Army have been the biggest lessons for me. Tribeca was just ok for me after a week, it is completely aweeome after six weeks. Heavenly Army was just not good IMO the first week, I think it's a solid vape at 6+ weeks. Boba's is better after a few weeks, so are a lot of the other tobacco flavors.

Seems pretty simple IMO. If the juice has multiple flavors it needs time to coalesce, meld, open up. Fruit flavors can be vaped out of the mail and they are good, maybe the same at 4 weeks than they are on day one. These tobacco flavors change IMO however, and they change for the better. I never went so far to say I disliked Tribeca, but it is just so better after it has had time to find itself.

I have HHV Huntsman and Dragon's Fire at about a month now, Allusion Smooth Criminal and Caramel Wild Wood at about two weeks. I just got a new bottle of Tribeca in and I won't touch that until the new year. I think I have a routine down now, as long as I have Heavenly Tobacco, Tribeca, ECBlend RY4 and Hangsen RY4 on hand and properly steeped, I can wait on everything else. the temptation is there, but I can resist as long as I have my go-to juices to...go to.

while Allusion Smooth Criminal is best after 6 -8 week steep the Caramel Wild Wood the good right away

you can try the Caramel Wild Wood

 

[kabonk]

It's easy when u diy and make 300 ml at a time !!! Like me

this is my method too but I do 240 ml at a time

 

[bshm]

Things I steep (age): French Red Wines, cigars, e-juice that tastes better if steeped
Things I don't steep: porn, bacon

Bacon is pre-steeped.

 

[Ladiekali]

Try it if you dont like it wait three days, try it again, if you dont like it, wait 3 more days.
Most are good within a week. Some take a month.
Few are good right away.

If it tastes perfumey, flowery, soapy, or smells of alcohol. It needs to steep a couple more days.
If it doesnt taste like the description, needs to steep, ex, if you order peach cobbler but cant tadte the peach, it needs to steep

 

[patkin]

The "beef stew" analogy has been used and I agree. If it tastes bad, as in burnt beef stew, that awful taste is still going to be there in the left overs "steeped" in the fridge. If the juice tastes good but could get better as in good left-over beef stew, then do what knowledgeable cooks do to lend that left-over taste the first day of eating. Get it really cold as in store in the fridge or put the bottle of juice in a bowl of ice or bury it in snow if you have that in the winter (yeh, Granmas used to do that with their freshly made pot of stew)... this will decrease the size of the molecules to blend easier and that's why left-overs from the fridge taste better... then plunge that bottle in microwaved really hot water to warm the juice... same thing as cooking the cold left-overs. Your juice is not going to get any better than the results you get after doing this.

Edit: Oh, shake of course to mix up the shrunk molecules... same as stirring stew.

 

[Lombaowski]

while Allusion Smooth Criminal is best after 6 -8 week steep the Caramel Wild Wood the good right away

you can try the Caramel Wild Wood

Good to know. I have dripped CWW and it's very good, guess I'll put it into a carto tank this week and see what I have.