How to Use an E Liquid: Introduction to Steeping
Ahoy Vapor Enthusiasts! Crazy Vapes E Liquid Help is here.
E Liquid help is on the way. As a true vapor connoisseur, an unfolding epiphany has arisen over the chaptered months of my experience: VAPING IS AN ARTFORM!
Think about this concept. Every e liquid vapes differently according to its PG / VG ratio; to variable voltage or variable wattage; to ohm resistance in the atomizer, cartomizer or coil head; Personal preference; and even to steeping methods. You may often find yourself wondering why two of the exact same flavor of e liquids (with the same base-mix ratio) taste slightly different. This can happen even if they’re both from the same manufacturer. So why I am telling you this anyway? Because here at Crazy Vapes, we pride ourselves in delivering accurate information for your vaping experience. There are many factors in the proverbial mix, and steeping is definitely one of them.
E Liquid Steeping: Why is this important?
Steeping is simply the process of allowing an e liquid to enhance, oxidize, mix and settle for a fuller flavor. This requires storing an entirely open bottle (with the cap and tip removed) in a secluded room temperature setting from a few days to a few weeks. Your buddy may have lent you a familiar e liquid that had been steeped, yet failed to mention it. So unbeknownst to you, his was steeped and yours wasn’t, and they were the exact same make. Therefore rendering a complete difference in taste. However, not every e liquid will need this. Some E Liquids will not need steeping at all. Some companies will “speed steep” your batch before shipping. This is a process involving immersion of the bottle into heated water in a sealed, air-locked bag for a few minutes. Some manufacturers will simply ship as-is. Depending if your online order has shipped in 2 days or several days, it may result in an entirely different flavor altogether. Climate and time play into the factor significantly. Yet steeping may also depend on personal preference, as preferences lie in the eyes of the beholder.
An e liquid flavor varies from one person to the next. The same flavor may ascend one’s tongue into the pearly gates of taste-heaven, while someone else may scour from pure contempt. Similarly, a country music lover may never grasp why some random teenager is hell bent on indie-rock, while that same teenager can’t figure out why this shit-kicking redneck cannot stop having an ear-gasm over that cat-strangling noise. We are very similar as people, yet very distinguished as well; very much so in our senses. Think of e liquid creation in comparison to cooking an Italian dish. Seven different chef’s will most likely cook a lasagna a myriad of different ways, or they may prepare them with very little difference at all. It all stems from each chef’s preference.
Preference within our senses are heavily based upon one’s perception, varying from one person to the next. It’s all relatively subjective. Vaping is not an exact science or math. While vaping is indeed an art form, consider some people’s perceptions to science and math. Some consider the subject of chemistry so beautiful, they consider it an art, and both math and science will always remain in any art.
-Geno Spaghetti