I Have Some "Steeping" Questions

[willyg44]

So I understand steeping... I think... letting the juice settle in the cart for some juices allows the flavor to get better. But I don't understand a couple of things about it, hoping someone can help me out:

- What is it about the juices that some of them need to "steep" for the best flavor?

- Isn't it pretty inefficient to get flavors that need to steep? I would need to potentially wait for a week or 2 weeks to start vaping my new juice? And then every time I refill it the same? That's a bit much for me.

- Is there a way to steep juices faster or a way around it?

I've had one flavor that I tried it with, that I wasn't a fan of at first, but then let it sit for a 3 weeks (actually forgot about it), and I love it now.

I don't want to get stuck ordering juices that I don't enjoy because they didn't steep, and was wondering if people had any hints on how to distinguish, if it's possible?

Thanks in advance!

 

[swedishfish]

Some juices are freshly made to order right before they are sent out. They generally taste better or the flavor is enhanced if they're allowed to steep.

Some of the larger vendors have premixed juices in stock and I guess they've already steeped and you can use them as soon as you get them.

The vendors that have juice that need to be steeped usually say so on their website.

If you don't want juices that need to be steeped, I doubt if the chinese juices do or the all PG juices do.

 

[KDK]

I think it's just when you buy it, to let it sit in the bottle for a week or so before you vape it. It's to let the flavor and other ingredients blend. I don't think it has anything to do with refilling. I haven't personally had any issues, as I'm not all that picky, but I have noticed that some juice does taste a bit better as it ages, maybe like wine?

 

[swedishfish]

Even the juice that they say that need to be steeped, I don't think they taste too bad right away. True, the flavor gets a little better after a week or so but it's not terrible right away. At least to me it's not.

 

[willyg44]

Ohhh so it doesn't need to sit in the cart just in the bottle? That makes more sense to me.. If I needed to fill carts up and then wait a while to vape them, that would be a problem

 

[swedishfish]

Yea, just sits in the bottle. Some places allow to you order what ratio of PG/VG you like, or if you want a doubler or what nicotine level you want. Sites that do that custom make the juice for you so it's really fresh when you get it. So when it sits a bit the flavors are enhanced. I don't know if it matters for all juices, maybe mostly the tobacco juices because they add a lot of subtle flavors to it. Some you'll notice even change color. The BWB juices are almost clear at first and turn an amber or a golden color.

 

[CountVapula]

exactly, when you get the bottle of juice, you let it steep for a week or more if you want, some juices are great right out of the box and dont need steeping.

 

[revolver]

Ohhh so it doesn't need to sit in the cart just in the bottle? That makes more sense to me.. If I needed to fill carts up and then wait a while to vape them, that would be a problem

You dont need to leave carts which have been filled sitting there 'waiting', but letting the juice sit in the cart for a while might help... It will wick and taste better; possibly because the liquid starts 'accomodating' itself further into the right spot and will be better dispensed from there. Also, for some reason this seems to be a must in the case of cartomizers or similar; steeping them overnight, at least if you want to get the best out of them... This is what many of us here would do.

Technically though, straight away vaping would be ok... But this will definitely enhance your vaping experience: try it for yourself and you'll see the difference with a regular-filler carto!

 

[Pissant]

Thanks for these tips guys! I'm pretty new to this whole e-juice thing myself and I just bought a bottle of blueberry from MadVapes.com that tasted HORRIBLE! (Like perfume laced dish soap!) I was about to throw it away when I discovered steeping. Not saying that it's going to be any better, but I'm going to give it a few weeks and see!

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[swedishfish]

I would. Sometimes when you haven't been smoking analogs for awhile your tastes also change.

Sometimes they never change. I'm talking to you cinnabomb!

J/K It's really not so bad just sort of a punch in the mouth of flavor