When you say near the end of the steep… how long are steeping bakery recipes?
I haven’t made any bakery recipes yet. But I am getting ready to try a couple I found on here. Both have fruit flavors in the recipe. So I don’t really know. I was just thinking that waiting to add the fruit flavors may give the bakery flavors a chance to develop. Then adding the fruit flavors towards the end might help them be a bit more prominent. I was just wondering if anyone else does this, and if so if I could get some pointers. The Cuttwood Unicorn Milk recipe on here for example has strawberry in it. But even on my ridiculous Clapton builds when I vape the real thing the strawberry doesn’t come through all that strong.
That is an awesome paper you wrote there! I make it in the morning, shake it in an ultrasonic for 5 minutes, cook it all afternoon, leave it for 24-48 hours to gas off in the cupboard and then cap it and toss it in the drawer. Fruits and menthol’s need two days, cream needs a week, custard needs 10 days. But that’s just me and I’m pretty happy with the way my stuff turns out 
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Oh… and a chemist at a flavor company told me the “gas off” time was more important than anything.
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I’ve never left my juices with the cap off… Perhaps I should try it 
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I put some ejuice in a centrifuge just for kicks to see what happened. I warmed the juice to 120f and spun it for a couple minutes. Color change did occur but the juice sat in the centrifuge bottle overnight because I was called away and did not see the results until the next morning. I guess the results I saw were probably more of a result of heating and leaving in an open container?
hehe centrifuges aren’t great for mixing - rather the opposite - separating stuff
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I have made some juices now and am trying different steeping methods, I just got my new heated USC that arrived today, so excited about it i cancelled meeting my girlfriend after she finished work, she is not impressed to say the least, Anyway iv been thinking about this a lot recently, it seems to me, from limited experience tho that the colour change in the juice when steeping is primarily down to the nicotine in the juice, however not exclusively. I say this as i have bought may juices with no nic and the juice is clear, but i have a 3 day old DIY juice that has a slight tint starting to appear. Im a little confused as the juices i have bought before never changed colour even after 2 month. I never breath my liquids i just leave them till i want to vape them, that is until now. Can someone please clarify the logic i am missing or a least point me in the right direction.
PS very interesting read and thanks for all the input from everyone.
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I confussed also, some say lids off after mixing. I have tryed differant time and ways. But like one one the ELR reg. said you have to balance it out.If you leave the lids off it get ride of the bad stuff, but also you lose the flavoring.Still working on this my self. Still have not made a patch that I just love. Just not good at paring, steeping and WAITING to see. i can’t smelling anything, so i have to go by tast, and that is mutted some what. Thanks to ELR and the great people on hear, I read alot of posts.
For what it’s worth, I’ve never left the lid off my mixes - Steeping with time just works I do warm water baths, shaking and occasionally froth my mixes though
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This is great stuff! Thanks for sharing everyone!
I seed steep quite a bit; helps hurry things along in my book, but you have to be mindful to store away about 20% of your intended mix for use at a later time.
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woke up this morning and all i could think about was speed steeping, so i made a new batch 30ml and blended it to foam, its currently in the USC @47. i didn’t do 50c as the temp goes up by approx 3c on a 20min cycle,
The only other step i will add is to bending it again after a 20min rest and before I repeat the process.
Will keep you posted on results.
Update.OK so I have managed to get about 4 or 5 cycles done today. I have noticed the colour has changed from clear to golden. I have put it back into a bottle and in a dark cupboard to steep. One thing I have noticed in comparison is the thinning of the juice. Can any one tell me if that’s normal even after the temp has returned to normal Or if maybe I have done it wrong. Pg/vg ratio 40/60.
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Your ratio is fairly fluid at room temperature. I used to mix max VG (+/-20/80); very thick. As of late, I’ve been doing 40/60 or 50/50 because I find my tobacco flavors pop more intensely with a high pg content. As a result, my mixes are very fluid. The only issue is having to change my wicking arrangement in my tank atomizers…more cotton!
OK…so what are your flavor %s (standalone or total of several flavors combined)…?..and how long will you steep your juice after your preliminary frothing and USC cycles?
I’m using 5 flavours at 3% each 4.5ml total. After frothing I speed steep in uc for 20mins @ 47c. Then I rest for 20mins .I froth again and repeat 5 times. Once completed I put the lib back and store away I’m box no light. For at least a few days that’s the plan anyway
That’s cool…I have frothed 1 time, but see the virtue of several frothings…I am also mixing at 40/60…Just haven’t quite figured out total steep time…My devices are LemoDrop, Goblin Mini…and a variety of those Aspire tanks with the BVC coils…What are you gonna be vaping on?
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I’m using a sigelei 150w TC mod with a dodge V2 rda , kangertech plus tank and my fav the crown tank.
It’ll be interesting to hear your tasting notes. I am particularly interested to hear the differences (if any) between your tanks and your RDA.
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