Steeping

[dannydestroy]

I understand flavors can take time to blend. I have read that flavors can steep without nicotine. I know some flavors take longer to develop. Why don't flavors steep in their original bottle? Does just adding it to pg or vg cause this? You can have a max vg mix or high pg but some flavors call for weeks of steeping to get better. Why does adding it to these make it steep and not just in their own container?

 

[Teresa P]

Flavors and other fluids age over time just like anything else, hence the expiration dates on the labels. Flavors may change color or lose their "umph" but that's a different thing from "steeping." When different Flavors and fluids are put together, there is a chemical reaction of sorts. The steeping process involves the mingling of the fluids and the end result creates something different. Strawberry in a bottle is just strawberry. Vienna cream in a bottle is just vienna cream. Mix them together with pg, vg, and nicotine and allow them to get to know one another and you end up with a smooth, creamy strawberry. Some Flavors taste entirely different when permitted to age with other flavors. Chemical bonding....
I hope that made sense....

 

[dannydestroy]

Flavors and other fluids age over time just like anything else, hence the expiration dates on the labels. Flavors may change color or lose their "umph" but that's a different thing from "steeping." When different Flavors and fluids are put together, there is a chemical reaction of sorts. The steeping process involves the mingling of the fluids and the end result creates something different. Strawberry in a bottle is just strawberry. Vienna cream in a bottle is just vienna cream. Mix them together with pg, vg, and nicotine and allow them to get to know one another and you end up with a smooth, creamy strawberry. Some Flavors taste entirely different when permitted to age with other flavors. Chemical bonding....
I hope that made sense....

Yea thanks. It does. I've read some on this. So do flavors change in their own bottle or will they stay mostly the same till expiration?

 

[Zamazam]

Flavors and other fluids age over time just like anything else, hence the expiration dates on the labels. Flavors may change color or lose their "umph" but that's a different thing from "steeping." When different Flavors and fluids are put together, there is a chemical reaction of sorts. The steeping process involves the mingling of the fluids and the end result creates something different. Strawberry in a bottle is just strawberry. Vienna cream in a bottle is just vienna cream. Mix them together with pg, vg, and nicotine and allow them to get to know one another and you end up with a smooth, creamy strawberry. Some Flavors taste entirely different when permitted to age with other flavors. Chemical bonding....
I hope that made sense....

Wooo. good on ya. ^^^^this^^^^^

 

[Teresa P]

Depends on a lot of things, like what type of container they're stored in, what temperatures they're exposed to, how well they're sealed, what company puts them out, etc. Some last longer than others, depending on what they are. Most here don't keep flavorings more than a year.

 

[Teresa P]

Wooo. good on ya. ^^^^this^^^^^

Aw, thank ya sir.....

 

[Smoky Blue]

Flavors and other fluids age over time just like anything else, hence the expiration dates on the labels. Flavors may change color or lose their "umph" but that's a different thing from "steeping." When different Flavors and fluids are put together, there is a chemical reaction of sorts. The steeping process involves the mingling of the fluids and the end result creates something different. Strawberry in a bottle is just strawberry. Vienna cream in a bottle is just vienna cream. Mix them together with pg, vg, and nicotine and allow them to get to know one another and you end up with a smooth, creamy strawberry. Some Flavors taste entirely different when permitted to age with other flavors. Chemical bonding....
I hope that made sense....

nuttin like that bond between chems good post Teresa

 

[Smoky Blue]

Depends on a lot of things, like what type of container they're stored in, what temperatures they're exposed to, how well they're sealed, what company puts them out, etc. Some last longer than others, depending on what they are. Most here don't keep flavorings more than a year.

I might be the exception.. I still have flavoring from 3 yrs ago, and it is still just as strong.
It depends on how it is stored and used..

most I have kept in zip locks, and then plastic shoe box sized containers.. and then placed into Styrofoam containers..
not saying it has to be done this way, but it has helped contain the smell mixture at my house, and by keeping them in the dark, my theory is I have kept them in isolation and well it works for me.