Steeping E juice

[Fidola13]

Am I supposed to steep all my juices and if so for how long?

I’ve got some yummy sample flavors just delivered and don’t think I can wait to try them !!!

 

[stols001]

Steeping tends to improve flavor, yes. I would say some juices seem to need less steeping than others, such as fruits and berries. Others will need a longer steeping time. If you post your recipes, I'm sure that some folks in the DIY forum can help you.

With that said, if in doubt (or using a complicate recipe) I'd say that steeping is a good idea. I will taste (on my tongue) mixes after about 24 hours just to make sure that nothing is going horribly wrong, but I won't vape anything for at least a week. I know that is harder with your FIRST flavor mixes, but the consensus seems to be that not waiting and steeping may lead to early disappointment, adding more flavor, then over-flavored mixes. I usually will NOT taste or modify a mix for at least a week. I just put them in my closet where it's usually dark and cool, and shake them a couple times a day.

If you do vape them, remember that they are far from "finished" and amending them at THIS point may set you up to fail later if you think you need to "add" anything because you won't really know without a steep time. If you have a berry dominant flavor and have to "try" something, I'd probably recommend that, although it too will probably change.

Best of luck. There are various methods to reduce steeping time but other than shaking, I don't tend to use them. Now that I have a steady routine for preparing as I need flavors, I find the simplest method to be time, as heat can be overdone and "dull" mixes or denature nicotine and etc.

Best of luck, I hope they turn out great

Anna

 

[Beamslider]

Most of the purchased ejuice has already been steeped

 

[stols001]

Sorry about that, yeah if it's premade juice it should be ready to go. When I heard "sample flavors" I went into DIY mode. My apologies Have at them.

Anna

 

[Fidola13]

Steeping tends to improve flavor, yes. I would say some juices seem to need less steeping than others, such as fruits and berries. Others will need a longer steeping time. If you post your recipes, I'm sure that some folks in the DIY forum can help you.

With that said, if in doubt (or using a complicate recipe) I'd say that steeping is a good idea. I will taste (on my tongue) mixes after about 24 hours just to make sure that nothing is going horribly wrong, but I won't vape anything for at least a week. I know that is harder with your FIRST flavor mixes, but the consensus seems to be that not waiting and steeping may lead to early disappointment, adding more flavor, then over-flavored mixes. I usually will NOT taste or modify a mix for at least a week. I just put them in my closet where it's usually dark and cool, and shake them a couple times a day.

If you do vape them, remember that they are far from "finished" and amending them at THIS point may set you up to fail later if you think you need to "add" anything because you won't really know without a steep time. If you have a berry dominant flavor and have to "try" something, I'd probably recommend that, although it too will probably change.

Best of luck. There are various methods to reduce steeping time but other than shaking, I don't tend to use them. Now that I have a steady routine for preparing as I need flavors, I find the simplest method to be time, as heat can be overdone and "dull" mixes or denature nicotine and etc.

Best of luck, I hope they turn out great

Anna

Thanks Anna! This is great info and will use it when I give making my own juice a try which will probably be very soon!!

sara

 

[Fidola13]

Most of the purchased ejuice has already been steeped

Awesome thanks

 

[go_player]

Am I supposed to steep all my juices and if so for how long?

I’ve got some yummy sample flavors just delivered and don’t think I can wait to try them !!!

I think almost everything benefits from a 72 hour steep, or at the very least sitting overnight. I used to sample mixes right after mixing, but I've stopped even doing that because they are so raw at that point that I don't learn much about them from it. That might be different if you use some method of stirring that homogenizes your mixes better than the thorough shaking I give mine.

Past that, how long you should steep things depends a lot on the flavors you use, what percentages you use them at, and your tastes. Many fruit flavors are fine after a couple of days, but others change a lot a lot over time, and can be used at much higher percentages, to different effect, in recipes that are meant to be steeped than they can in recipes meant to be vaped after a week or two. OTOH many people like to use CAP VCV1 as an accent in recipes that aren't meant to steep long at all... in recipes where it's the centerpiece, OTOH, at least two weeks is a good rule of thumb.

So basically, it really depends. You kind of have to experiment and find out what you think. One thing I would advise is letting even seeming early failures steep for quite a while before tossing them. I've mixed a couple of things meant to be shake and vape only to find them un-vapeable after a couple of days only to find them actually pretty good after a month or so.

 

[corn flakes]

All of the juice I buy is made to order. I give them a month at least before I even think about starting them.

 

[Fidola13]

Thanks for all the good advice!

 

[Fidola13]

All of the juice I buy is made to order. I give them a month at least before I even think about starting them.

Where do you buy made to order juice?