Steeping: what is it exactly?

[Sydsut]

Third post already!

Can somebody please explain to me the term steeping? How do you do it? Does it improve the flavour of juices?.

 

[RIMP]

I put mine in a cool dark place and recheck it weekly. You just put the juice aside to let the flavors develop more

 

[Warpigs]

Taking the cap off a bottle of juice and storing it in a dark cool place, like a closet. Some juices need to steep to get best quality flavor out of them. Some you can vape right from the box when you recieve/buy it.

 

[Sydsut]

Thanks for these replies guys/gals. One further question, doesn't a small amount evaporate when left opened for a period of time and isn't the improved flavour just down to the concentration of the flavourings?

 

[Kalaniboi81]

I don't believe there's any evaporation ( at least not a noticeable amount ) Steeping is pretty much giving your juice time to allow the flavors to mix and settle properly. I usually give mine a 2 week steep time max and it works out great.

 

[Msand]

Taking the cap off a bottle of juice and storing it in a dark cool place, like a closet. Some juices need to steep to get best quality flavor out of them. Some you can vape right from the box when you recieve/buy it.

I have heard others say not to leave the caps off for more than 4 hours. Leaving the caps off makes the juice lose to much of the aroma, and also lets air in to start breaking down the juice.

I have also heard others to state to shake the bottles vigorously before storing them.

 

[FallenRawToast]

Thanks for these replies guys/gals. One further question, doesn't a small amount evaporate when left opened for a period of time and isn't the improved flavour just down to the concentration of the flavourings?

That is actually the intended result. A lot of the flavoring agents have a bit of alcohol or some other solvent, to carry the flavor, so you want the cap off for just a bit so that alcohol and any "perfumy" smell the flavorings has a chance to evaporate out of the bottle.

I think most leave the cap off too long though. You only really need to take it off for an hour or two, a couple maybe 3 times in the first week.

 

[FallenRawToast]

I have heard others say not to leave the caps off for more than 4 hours. Leaving the caps off makes the juice lose to much of the aroma, and also lets air in to start breaking down the juice.

The biggest killer of juice is over oxidization of the Nic part of the juice or direct sunlight of the Nic. No matter what this will happen a little, hence part of the reason all juices darken with age, since Nic darkens as it ages.

 

[jaba62]

Some seem to benefit from steeping, some not in my experience. I bought a flavor from doomsday gourmet and by the time I got down to 3/4 of the bottle it went completely tasteless, never had that happen before with any liquid, I want to vape new flavors right away. I have bought liquid from my local B&M and they tasted different when I vaped them at home as compared to the flavor bar there, so I guess steeping does work in some sense because they have the fill bottles there for weeks to fill their flavor bar.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Steeping is the process of extracting flavor from a solid, for example one steeps tea....
for our purposes we AGE juice since there is no solid material in the juice, for example one ages wine and fine liquor.

but as far as aging our juice, it works for some juices and not others due to the flavors used in the manufacturing process.....
in fact some juices become nasty over time while others get better.....

 

[Sydsut]

Wow! this has been really informative. So far my juices have been fairly cheap standard fruit and tobacco flavours and therefore probably not worth steeping. As I'm now on the lookout for the more exotic the replies here will help me. Many thanks for all the replies.

 

[pyang]

Every so often I'll purchase a so called "premium" juice everyone seems to be hyped up about (Usually in a 15ml bottle). What I do is split it into my 3ml bottles, which in turn gives me 5 bottles @ 3ml each.

The first bottle I vape off the back, second usually after 3-4 days of steeping(aging), third after a week, forth after 2 weeks, and fifth after a month.

Imo "most" juices tend to get better after 2 weeks, and after 3 seem to have little taste difference thereafter. But keep in mind that is from personal experience, with the limited juices I've tried.

 

[93gc40]

Wow! this has been really informative. So far my juices have been fairly cheap standard fruit and tobacco flavours and therefore probably not worth steeping. As I'm now on the lookout for the more exotic the replies here will help me. Many thanks for all the replies.

From my short experience I find that tobacco flavors tend to improve with steeping and aging. Especially the cheap stuff. I don't do other flavors, so cant help there.

 

[wonner]

Steeping is the process of extracting flavor from a solid, for example one steeps tea....
for our purposes we AGE juice since there is no solid material in the juice, for example one ages wine and fine liquor.

but as far as aging our juice, it works for some juices and not others due to the flavors used in the manufacturing process.....
in fact some juices become nasty over time while others get better.....

THANK YOU!

I really wish we could get this straight, but alas I fear we are stuck with the terms "steeping" and "mod" in perpetuity.