Steeping Question

[FreeTimeNow]

What is the difference between steeping a batch after mixing it and just the fact that a batch is sitting on your counter as you use it? Steeping, as I understand it/do it, is putting the bottle in a cupboard and giving it a shake every day for 6 or more days. Is this correct?

 

[dashreeve]

That's pretty much what I did after looking at some info online. I keep all of my juice out of light, and a few that I tried to "breathe" for 24 hours then recap and put away.

 

[Boletus]

Steeping can be accomplished with just letting the juice sit, which can take weeks depending on the ingredients. It can be sped up with heat (e.g. in a crock pot or thermos) and possibly mechanical agitation (e.g. with an ultrasonic cleaner), to where 4 hours speed steeping can accomplish most of what takes weeks to happen when letting juice sit. A few mixes may require a week or so of sitting even after using the accelerated method.

Dannyv45's blog has a lot of good info about steeping:
E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs
Scroll down and click "next" to find the steeping post, but all of his other posts are also useful for beginners.