Favorite Steep Routine

[Couture]

What is everyones favorite steep routine?
Open for an hour or so then close it up and let it sit
Open it up and leave it open-but for how long
Keep it closed and just shake it every so often.

 

[Robino1]

Mine: open lids and caps off 48 hours, shaking several times a day. Put away for three weeks, shaking daily whenever I think about it. Since I only use Nova's, I want to make sure they are well steeped before vaping them. I don't like dripping, can't quite get the hang of it, and don't have something to really test the juices. I have my routine and it serves me well.

Now that I am ahead of the steeping game, most of my juices actually steep for more than a month now.

 

[middleborn]

I slowly enter the room.
All is dark.
Candles are lit.
I get on my knees and chant to the open bottles on the alter.
I cry a little and beg for them to hurry.
Not really!!!
lol
I do what Robino does.

 

[Robino1]

I slowly enter the room.
All is dark.
Candles are lit.
I get on my knees and chant to the open bottles on the alter.
I cry a little and beg for them to hurry.
Not really!!!
lol
I do what Robino does.

pssst: I beg too! Maybe I should light a couple of candles, think it helps?

 

[Couture]

Love the candle idea! I am still so new I cannot always steep for very long. I am getting ahead of the game a bit now and have had about 3-4 that have been steeping for 2 weeks now.
I was just wondering if they should have there lids off or not. I kept mine off for maybe a day and a half then closed them up. They have just been sitting there now. Maybe I should shake them up.

 

[Caridwen]

Throw them in a drawer.

 

[john0821]

drip test vape as soon as I get it, 2-3 days cap off if a strong perfumey scent, another drip test, store 10 days after born on date or ship date, drip test, if it's not where I want to be forget about it for 2 weeks. shake daily in the morning and at night. if there's no strong unpleasant smell, i'll only leave the cap off 30 minutes to 3 hours (when I remember to re-cap) once per day over the course of a few days.

 

[denali_41]

In a window with the cap off for a week,,if that doesn't work it goes another week,,still no improvement then it goes into extreme hard steeping mode ..if that doesn't improve the juice ?? trash bin

 

[Pappy]

Couture, be sure to pull the drippers off too, not just the caps, for proper steepage.

I've started going 3 days with the caps and drippers off. Then 2 weeks or so with the caps and drippers on. Then caps and drippers off again for a couple of days. Additional steep time as required.

 

[KraKsX]

open when i get it, close when i get to it (no set time, couple hours?)
toss in draw
shake when ever i remember

 

[Couture]

Thanks I was wondering how much air was actully getting in the little holes. Not sure how I would store all the topper things. I have been stock piling juice and have about 15 or so bottles steeping right now. They are lids off and in a box, I fear the kids knocking them over.

Couture, be sure to pull the drippers off too, not just the caps, for proper steepage.

 

[Nas80]

Always informative!!!! Will try and see which is the best for me!!!

 

[Dj tank]

I throw my new arrivals in a coffee mug (in a ziplock air removed) and let the hot water for the tap fill the mug. I leave it running about 5 mins...shake well...cap off and dropper off and put in a drawer for a day. Then cap and shake a few times a day for a week or two depending on mix. The vanilla custard I ordered has been steeping 3 weeks and still needs another 2 but it smells fantastic...still just a bit harsh on the tones

 

[jdrewry]

I open them up, take a whiff, imagine what they'll taste like....then I put them away in a secured, dark location for about 3 weeks.

 

[Tjloa]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/348635-steeping-times-ultrasonic-cleaner-part-iii.html

 

[cocacola31173]

Set it and forget it!

 

[Cool_K]

If the juice is less than 15ml in size, I sit my bottle over a heater for an hour with shaking in between. I make sure that the heat isn't anywhere warm enough to start melting the plastic bottle. I mainly use glass bottles. Set the bottle with cap off overnight. Test the juice the next day. They usually vape well if isn't tobacco-flavored.

 

[Karma]

That may be the problem with some of my e-liquids! I don't steep!

 

[vernhall]

I slowly enter the room.
All is dark.
Candles are lit.
I get on my knees and chant to the open bottles on the alter.
I cry a little and beg for them to hurry.

You forgot the part about hopping on one foot in a counter-clockwise direction
while chanting "Oh-ma, Oh-ma, Golly Gosh; I just want a little Nosh"
to the Vaping Gods and sprinkling your Steeping Altar with driplets of
random flavors...