Does anyone taste their juice instead of vaping it when you're trying to see whether all the flavors have blended together? I recently made a 4 flavor mix (TPA Peanut Butter, Philippine Mango, Pear and Kentucky Bourbon) and I was too lazy to re-wick and drip my RTA (which also still had a little bit of juice left) so I just put a drop on the back of my knuckles for a taste. The first drop after ~5 hours tasted mainly of the bourbon/peanut butter but the mango started coming out after another drop at ~12 hours. I can taste all the flavours now and am going to vape it as soon as my tank runs dry.
I know this isn't a substitute for vaping it over different time intervals but it seems like a easy way to know when your juice is ready for vaping.
Thoughts, anyone?
It's sorta a way to gauge how much the flavor has changed, but there are some juices (mostly commercial and a few I made) that tasted great in the knuckle test, but when vaped tasted horribly. Don't think there's really a substitute for good ol' rewicking (or the wickless coil builds like others have suggested).
I've done some searching on flavor testing and there's been a few posts on half-wicking, which is basically filling the coil with a small wick and dripping on it. Once done, you just throw the wick away and replace with another fresh one. Obviously this would be easier when done with a RDA but it could still work with a RTA if you don't mind all the screwing/unscrewing the tank between flavors/juices.
Mix a drop or two with about a shots worth of water and act like one of those professional wine tasters. Whiff it, give it a sip, swirl in your mouth, swallow, and that little smacking your lips/tongue thing after.
It won't taste the same as when you vape it, but it can give you an idea, especially if you do it a couple times as it steeps to see how it's evolving.
I've found the peppery taste of nicotine really messes with the flavor when direct tasting vs vaping
Ohh you just made me realise the peppery taste I get is from the nicotine.. I still can taste the flavour profile of the mix though. We should really mix 1 batch w/nic and another w/o nic to see the difference though. Thanks for your observation!
Yes I do this a lot of the time, after water baths too. I enjoy it.
Can definitely taste the difference, for instance I just made a blueberry custard cream and after the HWB I realised the BB would fade after 5 days steeping once the custard/creamy comes through so added 1-2% more. Also added a couple drops of lemon.
Dont even have myself an RDA rn so it's hard testing single flavors or nuance when mixologing.
12 hours is not enough steeping for such a mix. I'd say give it at least 2 weeks.
I haven't had much luck with this. Sometimes, recipes which taste great also vape great, and recipes which taste bad also vape bad. But I've found that there are many more which taste great but vape bad, or taste bad but vape great.
The only real use for this method is to gauge changes in a recipe, where you have already tasted the original version. But even then, it can trick you.
So really, the only way to reliably determine which recipes vape great is to actually vape them, and not rely on how the juice performs when tasted directly.