Steeping
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You don't have to. Steeping may change the flavour, or it may not. If it's a new flavour, you might start by trying some now and saving some for a few weeks. Then you can see if
- It doesn't change at all
- It changes to something you like better
- It changes to something that doesn't suit you
Ive just never had the patience for steeping personally. I probably need to buy a sonic system or something
Some juice I will try to steep for a week or two, some I won't. If it's freshly mixed some juice can be a little harsh or chemically. With something like that I'll steep and breathe it, breathing is good for mellowing out juice, just give it a little fresh air and then shake thoroughly. A lot of juice i get has steeped already though and i don't bother.
As far as fresh mixed stuff though, some flavors like custards especially get stronger with a little age.
As far as fresh mixed stuff though, some flavors like custards especially get stronger with a little age.
Steeping is an interesting borrowed term for what we do. It kinda fits in a "cute" way. Two primary activities happen over time, diffusion and off gassing. Liquid sitting and not being impacted by "high(er)" heat and/or ultraviolet light will continue to diffuse over time, kinda like a tea bag in water. Liquid left open to air or to even a greater degree shaken so air bubbles get trapped in the liquid will off gas. From testing over time, most of my mixes do not benefit from off gassing. The volatile s lost are part of the aromatic wanted flavor. Diffusion on the other hand always increases flavor in my mixes to varied degrees. I am confident my sampling is not universal with all mixes. Applying that to commercial juices is another totally different bag of worms. Some manufacturers claim to age each juice to perfection. I can imagine some depend on shipping and handling to complete the process. I guess buy a bottle and vape it over a period of a month. If it gets better you can "steep" the next one. As mentioned above if a juice has an alcohol or chemical taste to it try letting it off gas. Hopefully you get lucky and loose the volatile's you don't want and retain the ones you want.
Kinda Depends...
Do you like how it Tastes Now? If so, Vape away. If Not, maybe let it sit for 4 or 5 Days and see if it gets Better.
It depends. Some store-bought are already pre-steeped. I generally find that the flavors get better after some steeping. Also, if a flavor tastes awful, my experience is that no amount of steeping will help.
I have gotten custom juice that benefitted from steeping. Most storebought juice often doesn't require it, but if you are detecting harshness or feel as if the flavor isn't really melded, well, you can certainly not vape it for a week or so. Some of my storeboughts improved with age, and some of that may have been due to offgassing (IDK) as the level of the juice dropped and more air (probably) would enter the bottle.
With all that said, steeping may or may not improve a juice and it can be a bit individual. When I DIY I steep, and fairly thoroughly (I try to time batches so that they steep about a month). If you are an "impatient' vaper, well yes, an UC can speed steep time (sometimes at the cost of other elements, however, depending on how long and how hot your settings are). You really want to not apply too much heat to mixes.
I will agree with whomever stated if they had a juice they really loathed from the first taste, it can be somewhat unusual for steeping alone to remedy the issue, but it can certainly "improve" some juices. That's highly individual, so I would just check things out, keep tasting, and keep notes. If for example you find a storebought juice "perfect" after 2 weeks and 2 days, well that gives you a guide for next time (with the caveat that, depending on where a juice maker is in their "vat" so to speak and whatever) your juice may receive different steeping times depending on where you are with the "batch" of juice being made and etc.
I do think some juicemakers plan ahead and steep as they need to depending on order status, but probably not all of them....
Best of luck,
Anna
With all that said, steeping may or may not improve a juice and it can be a bit individual. When I DIY I steep, and fairly thoroughly (I try to time batches so that they steep about a month). If you are an "impatient' vaper, well yes, an UC can speed steep time (sometimes at the cost of other elements, however, depending on how long and how hot your settings are). You really want to not apply too much heat to mixes.
I will agree with whomever stated if they had a juice they really loathed from the first taste, it can be somewhat unusual for steeping alone to remedy the issue, but it can certainly "improve" some juices. That's highly individual, so I would just check things out, keep tasting, and keep notes. If for example you find a storebought juice "perfect" after 2 weeks and 2 days, well that gives you a guide for next time (with the caveat that, depending on where a juice maker is in their "vat" so to speak and whatever) your juice may receive different steeping times depending on where you are with the "batch" of juice being made and etc.
I do think some juicemakers plan ahead and steep as they need to depending on order status, but probably not all of them....
Best of luck,
Anna
There was a guy local to me who makes some premium juice, I would buy A Lot from him. My favorite flavor was a strawberry cheesecake. Really tasted like cream cheese... Depending on his stock sometimes it was not really "steeped to perfection" and when it was fresh when i would vape it the cheese flavor was not fully developed but present, but the strawberry flavor was not completely combined with the rest and I would get little pops of strong strawberry flavor on my tongue almost like carbonation. Actually a nice experience.
I always try the juice as soon as I get it. I gotta. If I judge that it needs to sit a while after that I let it sit. If it's rockin' my world I vape it.
The one thing with store juice (provided it's not made to order) is that it technically has been steeping for the week or so it's been on the shelf. 
Check to see if there is a date on the bottle that says when it was made. It may have steeped a little already.
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Looks like you received all the information you need already. The order of how you utilize the information may be confusing. First I would vape it and if I liked it, fine. No steeping necessary. If I didn't like it, might keep it in a cool dry dark place and shake the bottle (a few shakes) once a week for a month. Try it again, if good, keep. If bad get rid of it. If the bottle was date marked and older than a month when vaping, get rid of it, it's not for you.
It's always convenient when you buy a juice and forget about it in the back of a cupboard for 9 months...
It really didn't improve Suzy 6 at all....
It really didn't improve Suzy 6 at all....
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