Vacuum Steeping

[Maurice Pudlo]

Re: Steeping

but its not steeping,its the air introduced during the mixing process settling out.
the term steeping is a marketing buzz word.

regards
mike

If this is true, and I have no clue if it is, would not a method similar to that used to remove water vapor from an AC unit work?

I was under the impression that steeping was more of an oxidation process along with time needed for more dispersment of flavor molecules.

Maurice

 

[Jimi D.]

I just use the standard method of steeping. Cap it and let it sit in a cool dark area. Shaking the hell out of it. Using heat, sending it to outer space. Damages the delicate flavor molecules.

 

[Mutescream]

Steeping *is* a misnomer, but it's one of the less offensive than some of the terms we use.

Steeping would imply that we have something in the juice that is adding to it, such as leaving tobacco in a base to make wta/net for a period of time. What we do with our juice, would be more accurately be termed "aging".

I think it has more to do with oxidization, and other chemical reactions, than air bubbles being purged.

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

Thanks guys for the confirmation.

Whomever coined a bunch of our terminology, Sir or Ma'am you make my head hurt.

Maurice

 

[Alac]

Re: Steeping


If this is true, and I have no clue if it is, would not a method similar to that used to remove water vapor from an AC unit work?

No, to remove water vapor from an A/C unit requires removing all liquid and gas from it.
There is refrigerant recovery and all other things, but it this involves taking the refrigerant out as a vapor and compresses it back to a liquid, water gets separated out because it cannot be compressed the same way refrigerant can (overly simplistic terms here).

A better way to look at it is air in a car's brake fluid, which usually just gets dumped until clean/air bubble free fluid fills the line.

I was under the impression that steeping was more of an oxidation process along with time needed for more dispersment of flavor molecules.

Yea, that's what most of us think anyways, which me agreeing with you on this point makes the first half of my answer pointless.

To be fair here, there is a VERY rare instance this can be true. Once in a great while someone might get a "cloudy" e-liquid caused by micro-bubbles in the liquid. Letting the bottle sit allows the bubbles come to the surface.
Think of it this way, open a bottle of Club Soda and watch all the carbonation come forth, then letting it sit until it goes flat.