I haven't been steeping but I hear it talked about a lot. I finally have an abundance of juice so I have some to steep and some to puff.
What is the simple way to steep?
What is the simple way to steep?
Easy Steep?
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Set the bottles aside out of sunlight for a time. vape and decide if more steeping may be beneficial. Repeat as desired.
It really is that easy
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It really is that easy
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steeping occurs as air mixes with the liquid over time. you can accellerate it by taking the cap off and shaking periodically for a few days
I have found if the liquid has a chemical or alcohol taste taking the cap off and letting it breathe overnight gets rid of that unpleasantness. Otherwise just let it sit in the dark and shake it once or twice a day. Some liquids require little to no steeping others need a month. Fruit flavors seem to need the least steep time, earthy flavors the most.
Some people run hot water over the bottle to get more immediate results, I haven't tried that though.
tobacco flavors almost always need to steep though, so make sure you let it steep before you decide you like or hate it.
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tobacco flavors almost always need to steep though, so make sure you let it steep before you decide you like or hate it.
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The process of air mixing with the liquid is actually not the process of steeping taking place. Leaving the cap off for a night or two let's the alcohol in the juice to evaporate getting rid of some of the perfumey or flower-like taste. Although when you do this, the nicotine in the juice oxidizes and deteriorates. Its best to maybe leave the cap off for a night or two and then put it in a dark place with the cap ON for a week or more. Shaking periodically of course. The process of steeping is letting the flavors mix thoroughly with each other.
Some people, myself included, have placed bottles in hot (not boiling) water for a while to speed up this process. Heat speeds up the molecules in the juice making it temporarily less viscous. Shaking the bottle while this is occurring mixes the flavors more thoroughly thus speeding up the steep time (speed steeping). Although like Air, heat deteriorates nicotine slightly so doing this a few times is all that's needed.
I read somewhere on here where a lab tested the nicotine content of a given juice before, and after a 45 minute hot water bath and the degradation was somewhere around 3%
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Some people, myself included, have placed bottles in hot (not boiling) water for a while to speed up this process. Heat speeds up the molecules in the juice making it temporarily less viscous. Shaking the bottle while this is occurring mixes the flavors more thoroughly thus speeding up the steep time (speed steeping). Although like Air, heat deteriorates nicotine slightly so doing this a few times is all that's needed.
I read somewhere on here where a lab tested the nicotine content of a given juice before, and after a 45 minute hot water bath and the degradation was somewhere around 3%
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I will have to remember that about the hot bath steep and losing 3%.
I will test that when I have a chance. I made a note of it.
However, I do this with all of mine, and generally within a day to one week the steeping is done.
Sometimes, right away after cooling.
I use hot water from our water cooler that gets about 140* in a coffee cup, I place the juice I made in there for about 10min
then take out and shake and place it back, I do this about 3 times and that is it. The water will drop it's heat pretty quickly.
I don't open it again till it has fully cooled off, and only if I want to vape any of it. Otherwise, leave it till you are ready, about 3 to 7 days or so. If it tastes good, then vape on, otherwise, close it and wait.
I have only left the cap off a banana chocolate for a few hours cause I could tell it needed it, but I have not vaped it yet.
Personally, I would not ever leave the cap off unless it really has an overtly alcohol or high smell from a strong flavor.
And in the future, I may do that, but put the nic in after that time had passed, then let it sit for a day or more without opening it, due to the oxidizing and potential for it to lose the mg level. That's a waste in my opinion. Which is also why I will test that 3% theory.
If I do lose that 3% by doing that, I will add nic later when ready and then let it sit for a bit and shake every so often.
Then test and adjust as needed.
I will test that when I have a chance. I made a note of it.
However, I do this with all of mine, and generally within a day to one week the steeping is done.
Sometimes, right away after cooling.
I use hot water from our water cooler that gets about 140* in a coffee cup, I place the juice I made in there for about 10min
then take out and shake and place it back, I do this about 3 times and that is it. The water will drop it's heat pretty quickly.
I don't open it again till it has fully cooled off, and only if I want to vape any of it. Otherwise, leave it till you are ready, about 3 to 7 days or so. If it tastes good, then vape on, otherwise, close it and wait.
I have only left the cap off a banana chocolate for a few hours cause I could tell it needed it, but I have not vaped it yet.
Personally, I would not ever leave the cap off unless it really has an overtly alcohol or high smell from a strong flavor.
And in the future, I may do that, but put the nic in after that time had passed, then let it sit for a day or more without opening it, due to the oxidizing and potential for it to lose the mg level. That's a waste in my opinion. Which is also why I will test that 3% theory.
If I do lose that 3% by doing that, I will add nic later when ready and then let it sit for a bit and shake every so often.
Then test and adjust as needed.
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