Where's the flavor

[cRaZyIpAdMoM]

Ok so I just thought I would put my 2 cents in because I had a hard time "tasting" anything at first like alot of new people coming off / cutting down the analogs . I have found that lower nicotine and extra flavor helps at first , but my taste buds are changing alot. The double flavor low nicotine Helps with chain vaping too so I don't get too jittery . Welcome all and good luck

 

[dormouse]

Nicotine is peppery and will overpower weaker flavors. Also - your tongue can only taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (MSG). If a liquid has none of those flavors then there is little to taste. The rest is all aroma. You have to smell the vapor occasionally. Analogs do that for you by dumping smoke all over your face. With ecigs you have to remember to smell the vapor.

A cherry ejuice should leave an appropriate bit of sweet and sour on the tongue. But it is not cherry unless you smell it. Food is the same way, though food is helped by visual and texture cues.

Good idea with lower nic and more flavor. That should help avoid over-nicced headache, rapid or irregular heartbeat, and other malaise of too much nic.

 

[newbie70]

Another thing to try is switching your juices around. I generally vape a cart of one flavor, then switch to another- I think your taste buds just get used to one flavor if its all you use.

 

[LanceMcKilroy]

Nicotine is peppery and will overpower weaker flavors. Also - your tongue can only taste sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (MSG). If a liquid has none of those flavors then there is little to taste. The rest is all aroma. You have to smell the vapor occasionally. Analogs do that for you by dumping smoke all over your face. With ecigs you have to remember to smell the vapor.

A cherry ejuice should leave an appropriate bit of sweet and sour on the tongue. But it is not cherry unless you smell it. Food is the same way, though food is helped by visual and texture cues.

Good idea with lower nic and more flavor. That should help avoid over-nicced headache, rapid or irregular heartbeat, and other malaise of too much nic.

Wow! that is awesome information, I had no idea

 

[El-ahrairah]

You could try exhaling though your nose, or doing a french inhale. Personally, I don't because when I do I get an instant runny nose!

 

[dormouse]

Good idea on switching juices too. Definitely. My main vapes are two contrasting flavors and I use cartomizers so I can totally switch from one to the other. Each refreshes my taste buds and nose for the other. I use 2 ecigs to make that easier.

 

[reprisal]

The occasional exhale through nose works wonders.

 

[P1NkY]

+3 on changing flavors! You'll instantly know when you've hit that damn flavor wall...
I stopped vaping my coconut because it just didn't taste "right" after a couple of days, like it'd turned sour or something. Started on mint chocolate and was fine, until I loaded a "forgotten" cart that was filled with coconut and I said, "Hey! This ain't mint chocolate! Pretty good coconut, though!"

 

[swedishfish]

Well, I didn't follow any of the advice in this thread. I started with nhalers nuport 24 mg and I'm still vaping it 7 months later. Lower nicotine, I vaped more than I wanted to. Never had an issue with nicotine at all, still don't. Vape when and how much I want to. Same juice.

Since we've all had nicotine in our system for a number of years, I think your body regulates itself as far as nicotine. No one smoked themselves into a coma, you won't vaping. You know when you've had enough. The idea that people have had enough nicotine but still vape until they get sick of have 'symptoms' seems somewhat silly to me. I don't see it happening.

 

[bucknut]

Another thing to try is switching your juices around. I generally vape a cart of one flavor, then switch to another- I think your taste buds just get used to one flavor if its all you use.

I agree. After a few days with the same flavor it doesn't taste the same. I switch and then come back and it tastes the same as I remembered,

 

[Dihydrogenmonoxide]

wow! I learned a lot more in this thread than I intended. Especially the bit about juices losing flavor. Good to know I'm not the only one =P Thumbs up to you all!