Thanks, I like GJ4, but I definitely taste the vanilla in it competing with the caramel. It seems to use the same tobacco base as the newer Organic #1.
Which brings me to something that's been stuck in my craw for some time. I first ordered Organic #1 in March 2013 and loved it. It was a translucent medium amber color and had a great straight-up tobacco flavor. I ordered it again maybe three months later, and it was totally different. It was an opaque dark brown, almost black, like motor oil. It tasted different too. Not bad, but it kind of had a wet cardboard flavor to my weirdo taste buds. Could this just be a result of seasonal differences in the tobacco, or did they totally change the recipe? I would really like to get some more of the older, amber Organic #1. It was one of the first ones I'd ever tried from GeJ and made me fall in love with their juices.
I can't directly tell you what happened to your second opaque bottle but I can only relate my own experiences.
I find most GEJ juices vape best young after the initial steep period. Over a period of 6 months the juices that are cased with flavours, such as vita Bella, organic, and others reverse steep and deteriorate quickly. The dark brown colour is an indication of this. Nicoticket juices have the same indicative darkening of the juices to let you know the juices are breaking down. This darkening results in a loss of flavour and in some cases, a putrefaction of flavor. With GEJ I find that they just loss flavour despite the liquid being significantly darker.
I find GEJ juices are one of the worst reverse steeping NETs I have. My patriot is 9 months old and all I am getting is a faint hint of perique. Wild Turkey and the other light analog NET (can't remember it's name) have lost significant flavour. They did not darken because they don't have any other flavours and as such are pure nets.
In the first 4 months these juices where heavenly. The reverse steeping issues don't really affect those who buy just enough to vape over a short period of time.
I think the drastic deterioration of GEJ juices over the longer term is owing to the bottles. Those soft plastic bottles may be the culprit. I don't know if GEJ had upgraded their bottles since then.
The fact that the organic flavored juices are going off is perhaps a good sign that they are indeed organic. After all it's food isn't it? In contrast I have FSUSA synthetic liquids I purchased 3 years ago that are as good as the day I got them.
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