Steeping a recipe's ingredients separately

[Opinionated]

Many times "proprietary steeping processes" just means they are using heat to speed the steeping process. ..

At what temperature and for how long etc is what is "proprietary" to them.

 

[Todd Geer]

Kinda OT, but:

I am SO happy to be making my own juice finally. It's economical and fun, and instead of yearning for every new mod and rda that comes out, I now look at new recipes and buy flavors.

Point is, regardless of the magical "proprietary steeping process", I am more concerned about the condition of the various "labs" where the juice is made. I would venture to say that some are still made in basements and garages. In fact, I was astounded to see a video of Clark (Nicoticket) kicking around an uncovered bucket of his grandma's secret vanilla extract with a bare foot on the shop floor.

And this is (was?) a guy that many respected and trusted.

Yikes.

I've seen a video that appears to be in another country where they are mixing a large 5 gallon tub of juice. Outdoors. On dirt. Barefoot. Yes, thanks FDA for setting some guidelines 'cuz I do NOT want this guy's juice.

I should do more to make my place more ISO7-ish but checking into it, it seems expensive.

BUT, I am curious about an ISO7 "booth" in which is all the materials needed to assemble the juice in a particle-free, stainless environment with a dozen or so of those ghostly rubber arm holes for reaching in and doing the work. I might take that on as a project, BUT, there's the rest of the FDA requirements too, like record keeping, use fees, etcetera. I figure if I have a contract manufacturer, FDA approved, perform the work for pennies on the dollar, I'm ahead. Plus they do the label graphics, so there's that!

 

[Todd Geer]

Well, for what it's worth, I'm taking 7 recipes to a contract manufacturer. I will do everything I can to poke and prod to determine what their bonding/aging/"steeping" process is. If I find out anything of help, I'll put it in here.