About Steeping E-Liquid - Steeped or Unsteeped?
Before we talk about this issue, as vaper, we need to konw:
What is steeping e-liquid? Steeping e-liquid, in its simplest form, is the process in which you allow a bottle of e-liquid (or E-Juice) to "age" or mature in the bottle. Similar to the aging process for wine... actually, its basically the exact same thing. Wine uses the extracts of natural fruits (namely grapes) When you extract the flavor from a fruit such as grapes, you get a concentrate form of the fruit.
and for vapers,which one you prefer - to get maximum flavour,or get more feeling of Throat Hit?
Actually most of vapers' answer is get more best flavour,so let's give you the conclusion first: steeping will bring your better flavour of the E-Liquid.Steeped or Unsteeped: The Winner is Steeped!
Accoring to the tester : 8 experienced vapers, the results of the test is very clear. Eight vapers who tried the e-liquid in the four days after the e-liquid had been sent out preferred the steeped version.
What’s also interesting is the ONLY person who chose the unsteeped version was a late tester (more than ten days after the e-liquid was sent out). Steeping continues after a bottle is sent out, which could account for the different result.
How Steeping Affects Flavour
We also asked each vaper to rate each e-liquid between 1 (terrible) and 10 (excellent).
The mean rating for the unsteeped e-liquid was 6.33 and the rating for the steeped e-liquid was 8.11.
The really interesting difference was in the low scores given. One person gave the unsteeped version a 3, while a second person gave the unsteeped version a 4. However, the lowest score for the steeped version was a 7.
There was also a big difference in the high scores. Before our late tester, the unsteeped version receive a single score of 8, and no scores of 9. However, the steeped version received five scores of 8, and one score of 9.
Intriguingly, our late tester gave both e-liquids a score of 10.
How Steeping Affected Throat Hit
We asked each vaper which e-liquid had the biggest throat hit. The results were:
Steeped e-liquid: 3 votes
Unsteeped e-liquid: 5 votes
Skipped question: 1
While it appears that steeping reduces throat hit, we’d really need stronger data to be sure.
Conclusion
Despite the limited data, our small test suggests that steeping can lead to a big difference in the taste of e-liquid.