Hi guys, quick comment on streathing/breathing vs. Normal steeping.
I see a lot of people promoting the practice of streathing or breathing their mixes.
When to streath/breath?
When you have used concentrates with alcohol content.
Why do it?
Alcohol (or derrivatives) are used as base in which to disolve the chemicals for specific types concentrates.
It typically has a negative impact on the flavor and streathing helps to get rid of the alcohol through evaporation.
How it should be done?
Do not just place the mix in a cool, dark place with the cap off, you are allowing fresh oxygen to circulate constantly meaning you are expediting evaporation and oxidation
Step one: decant your mix into an air tight container with plenty of head space. I.e. if you mixed 30ml liquid store it in a 50ml bottle. The head space will provide sufficient space for the alcohol to evaporate.
Step two: shake well and store the mix in a cool dark place
Step three: shake well daily. take the cap off and squeeze the bottle a few times to ensure the old air is pushed out and replaced with fresh air.
Step four: put the cap on and repeat for a few days.
When not to streath/breath?
You shouldn't be streathing or breathing mixes that do not contain alcohol or contains very little alcohol. Flavor concentrates are made of up many many volatile chemicals and all are included for a reason as together they make up the intended flavor profile. If you streath or breath concentrates these volatiles evaporate or oxidize meaning you will lose out on what those volatile are suppose to bring to the final product. Streathing and breathing also introduces oxygen into the base liquid that may have a detrimental effect on the final outcome and eventually on your nic. The effect is not drastic but it will have a measurable impact.
NOTE: CLY concentrates contain no alcohol and uses distilled water as base carrier base - volatile chemicals escape much faster from a water carrier base than from a pg carrier base.
But my juice taste better when I streath/breathe them?
Sure it does, but that's not because of streathing, it is because volatiles have evaporated instead of homogenise into the base. A proper steep will allow it to homogenise fully and the perceived bad flavors will settle in and mellow out and will taste much better than a streathed mix. That is a function of physics. Streathing just reduces the volatiles . So in actual fact you are simply getting rid of necessary chemicals instead of allowing the molecules to adopt a structure within the pg/vg base
What is the best method?
Steeping. Simply store your mixes in a cool, dark place with the lid on and shake well often. Let mother nature do her magic. Mix often so that you always have something to vape while your other mixes are steeping.
Happy mixing!
I see a lot of people promoting the practice of streathing or breathing their mixes.
When to streath/breath?
When you have used concentrates with alcohol content.
Why do it?
Alcohol (or derrivatives) are used as base in which to disolve the chemicals for specific types concentrates.
It typically has a negative impact on the flavor and streathing helps to get rid of the alcohol through evaporation.
How it should be done?
Do not just place the mix in a cool, dark place with the cap off, you are allowing fresh oxygen to circulate constantly meaning you are expediting evaporation and oxidation
Step one: decant your mix into an air tight container with plenty of head space. I.e. if you mixed 30ml liquid store it in a 50ml bottle. The head space will provide sufficient space for the alcohol to evaporate.
Step two: shake well and store the mix in a cool dark place
Step three: shake well daily. take the cap off and squeeze the bottle a few times to ensure the old air is pushed out and replaced with fresh air.
Step four: put the cap on and repeat for a few days.
When not to streath/breath?
You shouldn't be streathing or breathing mixes that do not contain alcohol or contains very little alcohol. Flavor concentrates are made of up many many volatile chemicals and all are included for a reason as together they make up the intended flavor profile. If you streath or breath concentrates these volatiles evaporate or oxidize meaning you will lose out on what those volatile are suppose to bring to the final product. Streathing and breathing also introduces oxygen into the base liquid that may have a detrimental effect on the final outcome and eventually on your nic. The effect is not drastic but it will have a measurable impact.
NOTE: CLY concentrates contain no alcohol and uses distilled water as base carrier base - volatile chemicals escape much faster from a water carrier base than from a pg carrier base.
But my juice taste better when I streath/breathe them?
Sure it does, but that's not because of streathing, it is because volatiles have evaporated instead of homogenise into the base. A proper steep will allow it to homogenise fully and the perceived bad flavors will settle in and mellow out and will taste much better than a streathed mix. That is a function of physics. Streathing just reduces the volatiles . So in actual fact you are simply getting rid of necessary chemicals instead of allowing the molecules to adopt a structure within the pg/vg base
What is the best method?
Steeping. Simply store your mixes in a cool, dark place with the lid on and shake well often. Let mother nature do her magic. Mix often so that you always have something to vape while your other mixes are steeping.
Happy mixing!
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