What's the deal with steeping?

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Cf11

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Unfortunately they are battery powered but I have a tiny hand blender meant for acrylic paints. The tip fits into most of my 30ml bottles and stirs up without excess air bubbles. I'm just too lazy to use it usually, I give things a shake and throw them in the cupboard. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000...aint+mixer&dpPl=1&dpID=21Ws4-oWJiL&ref=plSrch
CF it Looks like fasttech has something too if you look for paint mixer, mini mixer or mini frother
Thanks, will check them out :)
 

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Unfortunately they are battery powered but I have a tiny hand blender meant for acrylic paints. The tip fits into most of my 30ml bottles and stirs up without excess air bubbles. I'm just too lazy to use it usually, I give things a shake and throw them in the cupboard. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000...aint+mixer&dpPl=1&dpID=21Ws4-oWJiL&ref=plSrch
CF it Looks like FastTech has something too if you look for paint mixer, mini mixer or mini frother
Yup.. same device, funny how they'll stick on slightly different tip on it and call it something different. :D

But yesterday, I realized that I have a mini "dremel" in my tools that I might be about to fit these tips on it, and with a "dimming switch" for the AC power I would be able to adjust it to a decent speed and have the actual power to really get things mixed like I've never mixed before...:)
 
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Lots of good info and experience here. I will be experimenting with different steeping/aging times with my different juices. I have started vaping some juices right after getting them before coming across info on steeping. Glad to know there are some that are just shake and vape. I will look into mixers and stirrers if I continue down the vaping path to DIY mixing. Thanks again everyone! Definitely cleared some things up for me!
 

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i found my greek yogurt shihsa strawberry takes months to steep,not sure eveyoone likes a sock full of feta but it is now my favorite. i should mention if it gets really dark then the nicotine has oxidixed and chuck it bro
Nona cake, single mix, is like that... didn't like it for the weeks after I mixed it... set it aside, then 3-4 months later, tried it again, and it was completely different and so much better.
 

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Erm. For me it's little to zero change.
I've done it all. Waiting days, weeks, months, crock pot, microwave, shaken, stirred etc...

Barely any difference for me but the majority says it works so I guess it does...

Just give it a go, can't hurt.
there are some recipes where its shake and vape though like my strawberry lemonade or peach mango, no steep needed. I have noticed vanillas need a bit to sit in the back shelf , then you forget about em and try em 3 months later and say whoa man that taste good ).
 

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Nona cake, single mix, is like that... didn't like it for the weeks after I mixed it... set it aside, then 3-4 months later, tried it again, and it was completely different and so much better.
but it didnt get dark right, mine just turn a little more yellow. Reminds me of my gelato maple ice cream, forgot that under my table for about 6 months, grabbed it and it fully steeped, hahah. I use dx only in my brew.
 

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Just curious here....How does a frother reduce air bubbles as opposed to shaking? A frother would create way more air bubbles , albeit smaller ones. And air bubbles reduce flavor? Really? None of this makes sense to me. I mix in 100 ml bottles and shaking has worked great for the last 5 years.
 

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you dont want the molecules to reach each other. I mix in 120ml bottles bout 10 at a time and all I do is shake them once in a while. if it aint broke dont fix it eh?
I'm with you. Not knocking what anyone else does...Just trying to figure it out. I'm hearing don't shake my eliquid because it adds air bubbles and will reduce flavor. I should use a frother instead. But if I use a frother on a half full glass of milk, I can have a whole glass of frothed milk. If that's not air, then what caused the increase in volume? I've never shook a 100 ml bottle until it was more than 100 mls....
 
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