What is vapers tongue?
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Vapers tongue is when you can't taste the flavor.. Like vaping air. I used to have the same problems with juices tasting terrible. But in the morning they would be fine. I started keeping 2 tanks with different juices at my side and just swapped back and forth.
You may also have a condition known as geographic tongue. I used to get this all the time when I was a kid from eating too many Jolly Rancher candies in a row. A google search will fill you in on the conditions. The pictures will freak you out but keep in mind, those are severe cases. When I get it, I just get a little white discoloring on the tips of my taste buds.
Years of smoking cigarettes destroy your taste buds. They will eventually heal in most cases over time after you stop smoking. But until then you may have trouble tasting flavors. Even long term vapers will re-experience periods of vapers tongue.
Just practice good oral hygiene. Drink plenty of water. Lots of it. E-liquid vapor dries out the mouth and dry mouth contributes to not being able to taste flavors. Change flavors frequently. Try some cinnamon, mint, & menthol flavors as these are the most strongest.
Just practice good oral hygiene. Drink plenty of water. Lots of it. E-liquid vapor dries out the mouth and dry mouth contributes to not being able to taste flavors. Change flavors frequently. Try some cinnamon, mint, & menthol flavors as these are the most strongest.
I had the worst case of vaper's tongue 2 days ago. I had a bit of a cold (I figure that's what was responsible), but I couldn't taste any vape all day long. Couldn't tell the difference between grape and tobacco. Brutal.
Came back again the next day (thank god! I've heard of this going on for a week with some members).
Oddly enough, on a typical day, my vapes taste bad first thing in the morning, then taste better after breakfast & coffee, and tend to taste awesome in the late afternoon and early evening. Towards bed the vape starts to taste less and less (probably because I vape a lot once I'm home).
I've found drinking carbonated mineral water with a good dose of lemon juice clears the palette a bit.
Came back again the next day (thank god! I've heard of this going on for a week with some members).
Oddly enough, on a typical day, my vapes taste bad first thing in the morning, then taste better after breakfast & coffee, and tend to taste awesome in the late afternoon and early evening. Towards bed the vape starts to taste less and less (probably because I vape a lot once I'm home).
I've found drinking carbonated mineral water with a good dose of lemon juice clears the palette a bit.
To answer your question - it's a pain in the posterior. As with all such pains, it comes and goes. I find a quick burst of Dekang Mint Chocolate will often reset my tastebuds. Ymmv.
The thing that helps me most is vaping wildly different flavors. I do most of my vaping at home and I have 8 setups, each with a different flavor. I will take a couple hits off one and then switch to another. Each time I switch the new flavor is great. As I vape it it starts to level out and then I switch flavor and start all over.
http://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2014/03/vapers-tongue.html
I vape something very strong as suggested, For me that's black licorice. once that's on your pallet nothing else tastes rite, Its very strong. a good strong mint will also do this. I have vaped it for as long as a whole day to get my taste buds working again. Most times just an hour or so will do the trick. Another thing I have done is brush my tongue. Make sure you drink plenty of water. vapors ongue IMO is nothing more then your taste buds getting used to a flavor eventually muting the flavor and then leaving it tasteless. Same thing happens when drinking shots the first few are biting to your throat and mouth and the taste of the whiskey may not be great for most folks, but with a few shots down the rest go smoothly and your taste buds don't really pick up the bad flavors anymore. Alcohol is strong on the pallet so even having a shot when having vapors tongue is an option.
If you don't have a strong smell handy (like ginger or cinnamon or coffee) you can 'reboot' your sense of smell by quickly and deeply inhaling and exhaling through your nose, several times in succession. Clears out particulates and wakes 'em up.
I prefer to just drink a lot of water and change flavours throughout at the day
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