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I am not sure if this is the right spot for a tutorial, but I know our admins will know and put where it belongs. As time goes on, you will find this is a fine group of people, who will help you as much as they can. I have addressed this subject so many times I think I will find one of the tomes and copy it into the tutorials. This is a pleasure today. Most of the time I am doing this at 12 or 1 o'clock in the morning. Starting while I feel fresh is wonderful Let me start by pointing out, no one forces you to steep. That is your choice. However, if you want the true flavor of your mix, most of the time you MUST steep. That said, this is chemistry! Pure and simple, add a little solvent, mix in some acid, and marry it to a plant extract and you get an elixir that smells and taste like strawberries or some other human delight. Leave that same juice to steep and meld and you have a strawberry jam like grandma use to make. Why, because, this is chemistry, not rocket science. Rocket science, you work your****off to get everything mixed in just right, then you stick a match to its tail and you instantly have the final results of your endeavors. We on the other hand, introduce strangers from the far corners of who knows where and ask them to play a symphony they have never heard before. (****, I love these metafores. I'm going to do his in the morning from now on.) It is not going to be as wonderful the first day as it will after they have had time to practice. That said, let me throw a monkeywrench in too confuse things a bit. There are certain flavors that, when mixed as singles, require NO steeping. Let me reword that, Most flavors, when mixed alone require LITTLE or NO steeping. It is easier to tell you the worst of the lot, than identify all the ones that do well without steeping when mixed as a single. I think the worst is peach. Peach can take from 3 to 6 weeks (Yes, Ethel, he said weeks) to attain that wonderful, sweet smell and taste. I think that this paragraph BASICALLY explains why we need to steep when mixing two or more concentrates into a vaping delight. Now the process. Hold your ears. I'm going to yell. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT STEEP IN THE MICROWAVE!!! Regardless of what the guy who has been mixing and vaping since 1795 tells you, don't do it. Remember, I said these concentrates are made from chemicals? Some of those chemicals have a very low flash point. For instance: The chemical that give you that nice Turkish Tobacco taste, has a flash point of 212 degrees F. Now that is at full strength, but, strange thing happen when you play with the chemistry set. Throw in this and that and you may have supplied a catalyst that makes the chemical more volital . Please notice; PG, VG, nic, and some of the concentrates are quite thick. Unless you put some water or alcohol in, these thick fluids are not going to jump into each others laps. The are going to layer. OH Yea, the guy in the back hollers out. I shake the hell out of my mixes. Try this. In a graduated cylinder, bigger than 10ml, if you have it, put the following: PG = 4.75ml VG = 1.75ml Cherry = 1.2ml Use a concentrate like Wizard Lab's. It is a bright red color Capt. Black = 1.8 MTS = 3 drops *If you don't have a suitable cylinder to mix 10ml and see the action, mix a 5ml batch. That will fit in a 10ml cylinder When you have these in the cylinder. Put your thumb over the top and shake it. After shaking, notice the red stuff is still isolated in the middle. Now, you have seen, with your own eyes, why we need to steep. Now, put your mix into a bottle and cap it. This is where the micro comes into play. Boil about a cup or a cup and a half of water. When it boils, remove it from the micro and put the closed bottle of mix into the boiling water. About every 5 minutes, take the bottle out and shake it. Let the juice stay in the water until it has cooled to the tepid stage. Notice, all the contents have mixed. You just, at the very least, started the steeping process. You can vape it now and get a better idea of how it is going to finish. The longer it sits the better it should get. Also, the richer you mix, the more important steeping become. Without getting all PHD here, I think you should have a better understanding of why steeping is necessary. Remember, this dissertation primarily addressed the process from a mechanical point of view. However, chemically, the same principals are at play. I hope his has been of help and has not been b o r i n g . Also, enjoy the juice you made, it is really good. Even for those who don't like tobacco flavors to much.
hi,may i ask how often do i need to do this and when do i know its steeped enough?short story there is a juice that i buy,very cheap,due to poverty i stick with that brand $95 for a 10ml and $4 for a 30ml..cheap right? now,i did this but instead of a micro,i boiled water,then did the same steps(for cofee hehehe)then i thre it tin the rice cooker when the rice was just about to be finished,there was definitely improvement on the taste..but do not know if i do it like everyday?until my bottle is gone?
thanks for taking the time to reply...currently,i did risk taking a couple of juices into heating method and it did improve taste.only reason i was intrigued was i saw a couple of people steephttp://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/comments/1n2vue/steeped_vs_unsteepted/well known brands and had improvement too so i just wanted to try it as well.i have tried diy before but pretty much failed due to the limit of flavors available in our country(ph)plus not sure of the ingredients as well.there are capellas loranns available on local sites like vapetime,then again cost was too high.well intial cost i guess and to have a recipe ingredient well cost me 4 times as much compared if i bought a premixed one...lor anns would be priced about $5 for 18ml,its not a chinese juice its more of locally made...yup people here are great,everytime i needed any solid ang thought about information this is the place i go,most places are great but not as this.
Whatever you do, stop using the stuff in question until some can identify it and and any dangers. We will need to know the brand name and the supplier. There are Chinese juices out there that are, cheap, and made with oils and other chemicals that are proven to do irreparable damage to your lungs. [/size]
I appreciate the time taken to instruct on steeping. I hope that my lack of steeping is the answer as to why all my recipes are tasting like a bad medicine and have a nasty throat hit. I will give it a try. Do you have any advice on what and how long to steep a liquid? I would be interested in knowing, I have wasted so much time and money on ingredients by not steeping.