When talking about a good bottle of juice, we often pay attention to whether its flavor is authentic or not, how sweet it is or the quality of each flavor. However, there is another factor that needs to be kept in mind, which is the complexity of the bottle of juice when many flavors are mixed together. To put it simply, it is the number of flavor “notes” that you feel in a puff and whether those flavors complement each other or not.
There’s nothing wrong with a single bottle of juice, like a pure green apple or strawberry with a hint of mint, they’re still refreshing, but there’s something more interesting about enjoying a bottle of juice with many nuances, stimulating your taste buds in many different ways.
These are juices with countless layers of flavor, depending on the type of coil, airflow or atomizer, they will bring different experiences. The flavors will emerge and disappear at different times in the puff, making your taste buds always excited. Now let me find out what a complex juice is and what makes them so popular among vapers.
Flavors are multi-component.
Of course, a bottle of juice is considered “complex” must have many flavor components mixed together. In theory, all vape juice must have this, including single juice bottles. For example, a bottle of green apple juice, when you smoke it, you need to feel the sweetness, a little sourness and the aroma, a little astringency of the apple peel, then it is a good bottle of juice. Or for example, tobacco-flavored juice, here we take Virginia tobacco as an example, you will have to taste the moderate sweetness of tobacco leaves, the rustic aroma of soil or the slight burnt smell of the fire-cured process.
But if that were all, there would be nothing left to write about, right? Think of it this way, custard is delicious on its own, but it would be even better if it was topped with a layer of caramel and candied banana. Or tobacco, which is spicy and bitter, would be more delicious if mixed with a little vanilla. Then you will have a bottle of juice that has the best characteristics of each flavor. The fatty taste is balanced with fresh fruit, the hot spicy taste is softened by a little sweetness, all of them will appear in layers. Being able to recognize different layers of flavor at each time will make vaping not only a tool to quit smoking, but also a hobby that requires sophistication from the user.
The balance between the layers of taste
A movie will only be good if the opening, the lead, the climax and the ending all fit together, without any weak or flawed parts. The same goes for juice, you can buy a bottle of juice with a flavor list of more than a dozen ingredients, but one flavor overwhelms all of them, that will definitely be the most disappointing experience in the world. To create a delicious bottle of juice from many ingredients requires the manufacturer to understand each flavor, when they can go together, whether they complement or destroy each other's flavors,... Only when this is done properly, can you fully enjoy each flavor in that bottle of juice.
The quality of each ingredient
Yes, the quality of each ingredient has a huge impact on the overall flavor of the juice. Simply because high-quality flavors have their own complexity. Remember the apple juice example I mentioned above? A low-quality apple juice can’t even describe the true smell, let alone the taste of a real apple. Additionally, in juices that use cheap ingredients, they often add a lot of sweeteners to cover up the flaws. This leads to the fact that when you smoke, you will taste nothing but a sweet syrup mixed with a few drops of syrup.
When complexity backfires
#1: Too many sweeteners
Sweetness is a flavor that can easily overpower other flavors. Think of it like cooking. Too salty? Add sugar to make it less salty. Too sour? Add sugar to make it less sour. Spicy? Bitter? Astringent? All can be fixed with sugar. The same goes for vape juice. Too much sweetener in your juice can overwhelm the other flavors. And if you can’t taste anything but sugar in a flavorful juice, it’s a waste.
#2: Cannot clearly differentiate the taste
The lack of a clear separation of flavors makes the overall juice lose its value. The flavors will blend together into a mess instead of each flavor having its own stage. This is a common mistake among first-time juicers. Remember that to make a good juice, you almost have to bet, fail and correct a lot of times to find the exact ratio between flavors.
#3: Vaper's Tongue
Why am I talking about taste loss? Taste loss is the inability of your taste buds to perceive certain flavors. A complex juice with strong flavors will saturate your body and create a barrier that prevents you from experiencing them. If you experience taste loss after a simple juice, you can easily switch to a completely different flavor. But if you experience taste loss after a complex juice? Well, things start to get messy.
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