Steeping is basically, after receiving your ejuice/eliquid, letting it sit for a while to allow the flavors to mix/mellow out. Sometimes when ordering a liquid, especially if it was made to go, when you receive the eliquid, it can come off as way too strong, overpowering. Allowing the eliquid to sit a few days all the way to a couple of weeks can really bring out all the flavors that the vendor intended, allow all the flavors to properly mix, or just mellow out if it is too overpowering.
It is the same concept with aging wine/whiskey/etc. Just on a shorter scale
An example: I ordered a RY4 flavor from a vendor, because I never tried the flavor, and I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Anyways I got it in the mail, opened, smelled and, almost threw up (exaggerating). It was absolutely horrible smelling, like a caramel paint thinner. I thought if I vaped it, it might be better. It most definitely was not. Anyways, I left it in my room, and 2 weeks later, I thought I'd give it another shot. Well, allowing it to steep for 2 week, made ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. It was 10x better, not my favorite but bearable--good for every once in a while. Completely different from when I first opened it.
From my experience (yours may be different), not all eliquids require steeping, but before you go to your vendors website and write a horrible review, give your juice a bit of time to settle down a bit. Get to know her a little bit before you throw her out and never want to see her face again
note: when steeping, if possible, keep your juice in a relatively cool, dark, place. Some people even open the bottle, and let it air out. If your as impatient as I am, Fill a pot with the hottest water you can get from your sink, and throw your bottle in there for a few hours to 24 hours. Its a quick steeping technique, not as effective as just letting it sit, but it works.
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Based on my experience with Halo, I thought that they were delicious right out of the bottle. I've tried a majority of the tobacco flavors and I'd have to say Tribeca and Prime 15 are my favorites. I get mine from my local shop, so I assume the bottle sit there for a while, I could be wrong. This last time they didn't have Tribeca in 18mg, so I ordered it, which was much cheaper BTW. Hasn't arrived yet but ill let you know how it turns out, straight from HALO.
- JerseyB
