Questions about TRUE steeping.
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Place in a shallow dish, something at least as deep as the juice level in the bottle when the bottle is sitting upright in the dish. I use some flat bottom coffee cups.
Put the hottest water you can get out of your tap into the dish until it gets to approximately the same height as the juice in the bottle. This keeps the bottle from tipping or floating.
Let the bottle sit until the water has become lukewarm or room temperature. Drain water, refill with hot water again. Do this 3-4 times. DO NOT SHAKE during this process.
Juice that needs to be homogenized is pretty much any juice with more than 1 flavor component. When a juice tastes raw or undeveloped, not perfumed or alcohol like, but just inconsistent or thin it needs to be blended better.......leave the cap on
Put the hottest water you can get out of your tap into the dish until it gets to approximately the same height as the juice in the bottle. This keeps the bottle from tipping or floating.
Let the bottle sit until the water has become lukewarm or room temperature. Drain water, refill with hot water again. Do this 3-4 times. DO NOT SHAKE during this process.
Juice that needs to be homogenized is pretty much any juice with more than 1 flavor component. When a juice tastes raw or undeveloped, not perfumed or alcohol like, but just inconsistent or thin it needs to be blended better.......leave the cap on
well if it tips over in the water you just lost a batch of juice ,the bottles like to travel on their side if you don't hold them down with something on top of them
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ok cool. That process is steeping. What does that do? Are there any times when a juice simply needs to be shook? thanks for your reply!
Think of it this way. Ever had a meat loaf or spaghetti sauce that tastes better the next day than right after its cooked? That's because the flavors had a chance to meld and that melding actually intensified (changed the character of) them all... nothing was added nor removed while the dishes sat in the fridge as leftovers but the flavors changed for the better. That's steeping.
I don't think we all have the same taste buds ,,what one person likes another can't stand 
I just put mine in a cabinet for a few days, shaking it once or twice. I leave the cap off for 24 hours if it smells perfumy, but that's it.
You always shake the juice before you put it in a tank or whatever. The flavoring and base often separate.
There's a movement afoot among some folks to call it "aging" or "maturing" or something similar, and I do think that would be more self-explanatory.
I put my bottles in a box (so it's not in the sun) and shake them occasionally.
I guess i understood the purpose of "steeping" I was more wondering about more of the details. What you described sounds more like the let it sit method. My understanding is that letting the juice sit is not the same as steeping.
To me there is "Aging" (letting the flavors meld together), and there is "Steeping" (with the lid off letting the perfume or whatever dissipate). Some may disagree with my definition, but that is how I think of the two words meanings. JMHO
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IMO, steeping is letting the bottles sit, cap on in a dark cool place. Breathing is letting the juices sit w/cap off in a dark cool place and recapping, shaking, then uncapping again every day until its matured.
I know some vendors prefer one method over the other for their certain juices. For example, Ahlusion prefers the steeping method. Although it is a good idea if you don't use the cap off method to at least expose the juice to air for about 5 minute to start the steeping process. It's always a good idea to check the vendors website for their preference or email them questions.
I have found that juices that throw off an alcohol/chemical smell when first opened seem to do better with the breathing technique. But I still check what the vendor says to do or search EFC on what others are doing for that particular juice. I personally love the presteeped juices or those that taste great right out of the mail because I have no patience for steeping/breathing methods and want to just vape! This new hobby has taught me to be way more patient!!
I know some vendors prefer one method over the other for their certain juices. For example, Ahlusion prefers the steeping method. Although it is a good idea if you don't use the cap off method to at least expose the juice to air for about 5 minute to start the steeping process. It's always a good idea to check the vendors website for their preference or email them questions.
I have found that juices that throw off an alcohol/chemical smell when first opened seem to do better with the breathing technique. But I still check what the vendor says to do or search EFC on what others are doing for that particular juice. I personally love the presteeped juices or those that taste great right out of the mail because I have no patience for steeping/breathing methods and want to just vape! This new hobby has taught me to be way more patient!!
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