Taste buds out to lunch? Need to steep longer? Tasteless Extra Flavor RY4

[Dugz]

Allright, I can't tolerate PG so I ordered some VG 24mg RY4 with Extra Flavor from two different vendors. My thought was that the extra flavor would compensate for the VG. I realize that most liquids need to steep but I decided to try some samples anyways.

I put some into small sample bottles and thinned them with a few drops of PGA, and ... I can barely taste these. Both are the weakest thing I have ever tasted. I originally tried a disposable that seemed to have RY4 and it was about ten times stronger than what I have here now.

I have some other tobacco liquids that pack a serious flavor punch. Is this a matter of needing to steep these liquids or have my taste buds left the building? Will fresh RY4 increase in flavor that much through steeping?

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

If other flavors still taste fine to you then its just that one juice. If all juices taste bland then your tongue is temporarily dead and will be back online in 3 days or so.

 

[Irishgal55]

Steeping does help, but sometimes if you are vaping the same flavor for a while, Your tastebuds seem to become less sensitive to that particular flavor. Try a different strong flavor (like an icy menthol), and see how that Works. It may "kickstart" your tastebuds, so that when you go back to the Other flavor you'll taste it better. My Dad was having the same Problem...he always vaped the same flavor and stopped being able to taste it. The strong menthol helped, and now he's tasting the other liquid just fine.

 

[Dugz]

I switch things around quite a bit. I just would have thought that the extra flavor options would really kick things up, even for a 100% VG liquid. Maybe I should have gotten double flavor. Perhaps I should just order a bottle of flavoring and juice them up until they seem right.

I'll give them a week or so to steep though and see if any flavor emerges.

 

[akatina]

Another possibility: too much flavoring in juice will make it taste weak. It's commonly discussed in the DIY threads. If you can smell the flavor in the juice but can't taste it, odds are there's too much flavoring in it.