nicotine and flavor

[McCrazy]

Hey guys.. anyone happen to know what affects the nicotine content has on the flavor / "hit" of a liquid? I use 0mg but I received a sample of a flavor I've never tried before at 16 mg (I didn't have an option) and it "hit" really warm, tasted burnt and actually kinda hurt! Being it's not a flavor I'm familiar with, I'm not sure whether it could have been due to the nicotine content, or possibly if I was dripping incorrectly (as I am new at that method). Then of course I was all light headed lol

Also I apologize if "hit" is not the correct terminology but I can't seem to figure that out!

Thanks for any input

 

[Baditude]

Liquid nicotine itself has a peppery flavor to it. It is primarily what is responsible for the "throat hit" of an e-cigarette. Does that help?

 

[McCrazy]

Perhaps! I can't really keep puffing it due to the nicotine to check but that sounds like a definite possibilty. Thanks!

 

[yzer]

The bad taste is more than likely coming from the flavoring and not the nicotine. Nicotine tastes like Baditude described unless it's raunchy, badly oxidized or poorly extracted. Poor grade nicotine can taste like burning rubber. So can a bad flavor. I vape unflavored 15mg nicotine. All I get is the slight pepper taste and throat hit.