steeping question

[adubs]

Hi everyone!

I'm usually too impatient to steep but I've had a few juices that I think need to be steeped. My question is...do you steep them with the cap on or off? Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[Los Marauder]

I steep them cap on. It helps too if you soak the bottle in very hot water for about 5 minutes after mixing the juice. Good luck.

 

[DaveP]

Steeping for me is done in a box that blocks light and I leave the cap on the bottle. Steeping just allows the ingredients to thoroughly mix over time. Some vendors mix up juice in advance so that they have inventory in stock. Others mix and bottle it at time of order processing in the name of efficiency. No one wants to be caught with 100 bottles of juice "x" that generates no orders while juice "y" is in demand and some of the ingredients were used up to make 100 bottles of juice "x".

I think of steeping like I do spaghetti sauce. It's always better the next day or the day after. In the case of ecig juice, it's better two weeks after. If a vendor makes it a week or two before you order it, then it might just be great right out of the bottle when you get it.

Shaking is a good habit. Shake it well before you open it and a few times each time you refill a carto. When they are really full and won't shake, I roll it and invert it and let the bubble do the mixing as it moves in the bottle.

 

[Scottinboca]

I do a 24 hour steep w/ the the cap off and the let it sit capped in a my night table for a week.

 

[adubs]

I just stole a cigar box from my BF for my supplies....that should do to keep the light out. Now to work on my impatience.

 

[hairball]

I just stole a cigar box from my BF for my supplies....that should do to keep the light out. Now to work on my impatience.

That's the hardest part about steeping.

I steep mine in a cool, dark closet for a minimum of 2 weeks with caps on. If you want to speed it up, you can take the cap and dripper off, sit it out sunlight for 24 hours. Replace everything, shake, and do it again for another 24 hours.