So if you're new-ish and you have to steep everything, what until then?

[MsComptrtchr]

I am hitting a point where everything I have has suddenly started tasting perfumy - everything (menthol, bakery, and fruit flavors). I dunno if my 1.5 week old juices from fsusa suck. I know that the MBV I got yesterday cannot be appreciated yet either. I assume that my tastebuds are coming back and I need to steep most of what I have for a week or two. What the heck can I vape in the meantime? I don't want to vape unflavored - it seems pointless. Definitely don't want to go back to analogs.

How did you transition to a nice, steeped collection that you could start rotating around?

 

[random25]

Ive been thinking about vaping unflavored cause I dont think ejuice tatse that great. It more about nicotene for me.

 

[peakcomm]

Go ahead and vape your new juices -- steeping may improve them, but your senses of taste and smell are in so much transition right now that you may or may not be able to appreciate the changes. You're right, your tastebuds are starting to recover and what tastes good to you will seem to shift every day for a while.

In the first month I was vaping, there were flavors that I loved right out of the mail and others, highly recommended, just fell flat for me. Now, months later, I'm going back to some of those earlier flavors ... and some of what once seemed wonderful is now too sweet, too heavy, while those "flat" flavors suddenly are rich and subtle. Part of this effect is no doubt the affects of steeping, but much more is my evolving palate. I'm still searching for that elusive "all day vape" flavor, but content that it may be months more before I find it.

Meanwhile, don't worry too much about steeping. You can try fresh flavors now and compare the more mature versions later. Sample many, switch often, and enjoy the exploration.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

Actually, do try unflavored. It's not as pointless as you may think it is.
I LOVE flavors.. Fruits and chocolates.. Love my orange, my watermelon, strawberry..Halo Shamrock.. Atomic Fireball even...
But, I tend to go to the unflavored juice I have more and more. It clears the palate and has a slightly sweet undertone.

If, as you say, everything is taking on the perfume or chemical taste, this might be your only salvation between steeping.?

 

[Chimney34]

Luckily I have a vape shop that's not too far of a drive & they sell juice that's had a few weeks to steep so I purchased a little from there when i was first getting started & it gave my juices some time to steep. Some juices are weird...some need a week & some need a couple of weeks. Smh! I've had a couple of flavors that were vapable right out of the box. The best thing to do honestly is to reorder the juice as soon as you know you like it! That's what's worked for me so far. Thats way its had some time to steep before you need it. This is part of the reason I'm about to get into DIY! Steeping...a necessary evil!! Lol!

 

[lasttango]

...and you should talk with chimney34 here ;-) she's kind of new... and I have witnessed her discover her vaping nirvana over time... she's really what I see as a success story in terms of finding juices she likes... I am starting to try juices she likes now - btw, chimney34, you did get me on to Fuzion... ordered right after you posted your first order

 

[Chimney34]

...and you should talk with chimney34 here ;-) she's kind of new... and I have witnessed her discover her vaping nirvana over time... she's really what I see as a success story in terms of finding juices she likes... I am starting to try juices she likes now - btw, chimney34, you did get me on to Fuzion... ordered right after you posted your first order

Thanks Lasttango! Fuzion is really good! And for me it's another one that I can vape right out of the mail & it still gets better over time...not saying that they are around for long after I load them up in my tanks! Lol!

 

[MsComptrtchr]

OK, tomorrow is payday. I am going to check out some "tried and true" juicemasters. I'm amassing a huge collection of 5 mls. around here. I feel like I am chasing flavor. Everything seems so chemically and artificial. The nic doesn't seem to be an issue. I do have my 5 bottles of MBV lined up on my bathroom sink with the caps off - a little army of steeping soldiers.

I guess it doesn't help that I can't eat either - nothing sounds good to eat, nothing sounds good to vape. Arggg! I even quit drinking diet soda this week. I'm strictly water right now. I've lot 5 lbs. this week alone. Not a bad thing really.

Then I spilled a clearo of Butterscotch just now - hello?! senses working overtime!

 

[MsComptrtchr]

Ding Ding Ding - MBV's Freckled Lemonade has won me over for tonight - straight out of the bottle. Lemonade with a hint of strawberry. Not bad.

 

[Katya]

Steeping is overrated and overhyped. The only flavors that benefit from steeping are the NETs and some juices that are made with alcohol--at least for me; I don't like boozy vapes so I open those and wait for that raw alcohol flavor to dissipate. Other than that, good eliquids are good straight from the box--or they are not that good. The flavor may change with time, but it should always be vapeable. I never leave the bottles open, BTW, except for the boozy ones.

You should have some unflavored in your nic strength on hand; even if you don't like it as is, you can always dilute the offensive eliquids to a more tolerable state.

Good luck.

 

[Robino1]

I'm going to chime in with Most samples don't need steeping. Some do though. The fresher the juice, the more chance it will need to steep. Also, more complex juices will need steeping. Simple ones need less. Smaller sizes will be ready before larger ones. Shake your bottles before dispersing the liquid into your device of choice.

If you don't know if the vendor your buying from needs their liquids steeped, ASK them. They want you to enjoy their product so that you reorder. Ask if their samples need steeping. The best place to find the information you seek is directly with the vendor.

 

[supermarket]

I am hitting a point where everything I have has suddenly started tasting perfumy - everything (menthol, bakery, and fruit flavors). I dunno if my 1.5 week old juices from fsusa suck. I know that the MBV I got yesterday cannot be appreciated yet either. I assume that my tastebuds are coming back and I need to steep most of what I have for a week or two. What the heck can I vape in the meantime? I don't want to vape unflavored - it seems pointless. Definitely don't want to go back to analogs.

How did you transition to a nice, steeped collection that you could start rotating around?

You could always get liquids that don't require steeping. I know if you order from litecigusa.net, their liqua and nitelitevapor e-liquids are fine right out of the mail. I'd imagine same with dekang.

 

[Caridwen]

Steeping is overrated and overhyped. The only flavors that benefit from steeping are the NETs and some juices that are made with alcohol--at least for me; I don't like boozy vapes so I open those and wait for that raw alcohol flavor to dissipate. Other than that, good eliquids are good straight from the box--or they are not that good. The flavor may change with time, but it should always be vapeable. I never leave the bottles open, BTW, except for the boozy ones.

You should have some unflavored in your nic strength on hand; even if you don't like it as is, you can always dilute the offensive eliquids to a more tolerable state.

Good luck.

I agree with that.

 

[Alter]

If I was steeping my juices I have them in a pantry, in the dark, up high where nobody or nothing can spill them.
I wouldn't have them steeping in the bathroom cause the condensation of showering, bathing will ruin the quality of the juice. Also if I'm not mistaken people take dumps in the bathroom and there are turd esscents floating around looking for a place to land. I've heard about people hotknifing turds but you could tell us what vaping turds tastes like.

 

[aubergine]

What Katya said - with a caveat. Steeping is a relatively new mandate and plenty of juices are just fine out of the box. But before I started judiciously setting all of my purchases aside for a while I'd noticed that they very frequently seemed to get better after time, sometimes much better, and that includes many that don't absolutely demand it (NETS, alcohol-heavy ones).
A harsh, over-dominant fruit flavor would soften, an initially overwhelmed low note would step forward, the flavor became more balanced overall... this was and is mysterious to me, and efforts to explain it generally trail off into vague claims about molecular changes. But it's very real.
If there's a strong alcohol presence it makes a HUGE difference.