“it’s the other chemical compounds in tobacco, and in the smoke created by setting tobacco on fire, that directly and primarily cause the illness and death, not the nicotine.”
“even with unanswered questions about benefits and risks, there are now different technologies to deliver nicotine, for those who need it, that doesn’t bring with it the deadly consequences of burning tobacco and inhaling the resulting smoke.”
“looking at ways to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes so that they are minimally or non-addictive, while not altering the nicotine content of noncombustible products such as e-cigarettes, is a cornerstone of our new and more comprehensive approach to effective tobacco regulation.”
Vaper’s tongue is a term used for those times when your taste buds just decide to pack up and go on vacation for a while. It’s not a medical issue. The good news is that it's also not a permanent condition.
New vapers especially experience moments where they seem unable to taste the flavor in the vapor. Some veteran vapers also experience the same thing. A small number of people frequently experience this issue fairly regularly even after vaping for months or years.
There's a few different reasons this phenomenon can happen. Keep in mind this article isn't coming from a medical standpoint, so these concepts are strictly speaking, not scientific.
People who just switched from smoking cigarettes to using personal vaporizors (e-cigarettes) are prime candidates for vaper's tongue. You may not be aware but, smoking ruins your sense of taste. Once you stop smoking cigarettes, your tastebuds must become reacquainted with normal taste sensations.
The ability to taste things slowly awakens after a lengthy slumber. These new sensations can overload your sense of taste and strange things start happening. Eventually, all the stimulation becomes a little too much and your brain elects to close up shop for a little while to let your taste regroup.
As you adjust to life as a non-smoker this shut down effect is likely to happen several times. These shutdowns usually last anywhere from a few hours to a couple days. Gradually, your tastebuds start firing up again and you'll just realize at some point the flavor has returned all on its own.
Vaping will dehydrate you. Vapor actually absorbs the moisture in the surrounding air. Your mouth contains a lot of moisture, which the vapor will suck up like a sponge.
The result of this action is a dry mouth. With an amount of the moisture removed from your mouth, a thin film might form on your tongue. The film acts as sort of a barrier isolating your tongue (and taste buds) from the vapor.
When this happens, it's incredibly easy to fix. Water. Simply increase your water intake while you vape. If you find there is quite a bit of film built up on your tongue, you can scrape it off with your toothbrush. It's kind of a weird sensation, and if your family sees you, you might get funny looks, but it's quite effective at removing any buildup in your mouth.
Is there any particular flavor you call your all-day vape? Do you put out more white clouds than the Polar Express?
This could also be the source of your missing flavor. Constant exposure to the exact same flavor sensation can also cause your sense of taste to hit the high road. This happens because you're so frequently exposed to the same flavor that your brain treats that flavor sort of like the taste equivalent of white noise. You tune out the flavor similar to the way you tune out the drone of other diners in a noisy restaurant.
This cause is another easy fix. Shake things up a little. Experiment with some other flavors. Even if you like to stick to what you know, try to find two or three other flavors to swap between to keep things fresh.
Most people grasp the correlation between illness and the inability to taste things as well as usual. If you have the flu or a cold, chance are your sinuses are good and stuffed up, making breathing through your nose a Herculean feat.
The sense of smell is very tightly integrated into the sense of taste. When you are unable to smell effectively, it generally also means your sense of taste is equally dulled.
Since there is still no cure for the common cold, your best bet to beat this one is some chicken soup and a comfy blanket.
And then there's just the unexplained times when your taste leaves you with no excuse at all. It's like your tongue decided to stay in bed that morning while the rest of your body woke up. Maybe your tongue is still holding a grudge over that whole killing your taste buds with cigarette smoke thing.
These are the times that are probably the most frustrating. Nothing is wrong as far as you can tell, your normal flavors just aren't doing it for you.
Some vapers note that they regain their ability to taste e-liquid after switching to a particularly strong flavor helps revive things. Something with a lot of cinnamon or menthol (or both) does the trick.
Sometimes not even the most fiery cinnamon won't even help scare your tastebuds straight. Since you can't taste things normally, you might want to try a couple of these suggestions while you wait for things to return to normal.
Is there a bottle of e-liquid you thought would taste great but turns out you absolutely despise it? You can't taste anything anyway, why not break out the terrible stuff and save your good e-liquid for when you can appreciate it. Maybe your compromised sense of taste will actually make that juice you hate actually taste decent.
For that matter it can even be unflavored e-liquid, your tongue won't know the difference anyway. Keep a small supply handy so you can wait out any stubbornness your tastebuds decide to throw your way.
Let it Steep for a month!
Most e-liquids you thought had no taste or taste bad will blend fully, deepening and enriching in flavor over time. This will allow for your taste buds to recuperate and return to normal.
LINKS > STEEPING and OTHER TIPS
BURNT or PEPPERY Taste: Keep your atomizers/cartomizers wet. Dry atomizers or cartomizers can give a burnt or peppery taste and lower the lifetime of your device. A peppery taste is also a sign that the juice needs to steep longer, or you are getting a small amount of E-Liquid in your mouth from your atomizer/cartomizer.
PERFUMEY TASTE: Some flavors have a strong scent to them, this is usually eliminated with steeping. If the perfumey taste is still present after steeping. The flavor may need some extra steeping to 'breathe.' Remove the cap and dripper tip, store the E-Liquid in a cool dark place (Away from children and pets) for a couple of days.
Why Steep? Flavors blend and marry fully over time, so you will have a richer, deeper, more flavorful product after a few days or weeks of steeping.
This is especially true of tobacco flavors and larger bottle sizes. This is also generally true for all e-liquid. At ECBlend we make each bottle custom to your order (we have too many options and products to store premade with the options), usually you will receive the product within 3-5 days of creation. Let them sit for a few days or a week before vaping and you will find yourself with some very flavorful e-liquid.
STEEPING: Although most ECBlend E-Liquids taste great right out of the mailbox, some juices get even better when 'aged' or 'steeped'. This is especially true of complex blends, tobacco products, our Dragon series, 50mL bottles and larger sizes. E-Liquids taste a lot better after properly aged!
Time allows all flavors to be married together and mature, making them taste richer. TOBACCO Flavors generally taste better over time (steep for 1-2 weeks).
For best steeping results: Store e-liquid in a cool dark place (in a safe place AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND PETS) and shake daily. (Steeping can be from 2 days up to 3 weeks. It is a personal preference) PG is a better flavor carrier than VG. The higher the VG content, the better it will taste with steeping.
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE !! SHAKE YOUR BOTTLE !!
IN A HURRY FOR YOUR E-LIQUID? Try This!
(Note: Larger Bottles need shaking! Our 50ml bottles do not have a lot of extra room for mixing in the bottle as our other sizes do. They do require extra shaking and extra time to steep. With 100% VG E-Liquid, they are very thick and will mix slowly when shook.)
Seal the bottle tightly and air free in a zip lock bag, then seal it in another (tightly sealed and air free also).
Place the bottle in hot tap water for 10-15 minutes. This will allow for better mixing when shaking. This process can be repeated as much as needed to completely blend your e-liquid.
Email Comment from a customer who recently tried this method: ''OMG!! I just did your (...) method and I am in love!! Thank you!!''
THIS REVIEW OF DRAGON'S TEAR truly shows how steeping made his experience much better:
Definitely a steeper or do I mean keeper
Posted by JamieFB on 11th Jul 2012
I ordered mine extra flavor and extra strawberry. At first my impression was very blah about it. I just stashed it away with my maybes and back ups.
About a week and a half later, I came back and decided to give it a go because I had blown 2 attys and didn't want to waste great juice. I tooted it a bit and (being the newby I was) finally learned what steeping is all about.
It was juicy and creamy. I went through the rest of the bottle in a day. Thank you Dragon's Tear for properly showing me that steeping can mean keeping. Definitely the best steep I've ever had.
WARNING: E-LIQUID PRODUCTS MAY CONTAIN NICOTINE. NICOTINE IS AN ADDICTIVE CHEMICAL. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN AND PETS
Popular blend of 7 robust premium tobacco leaf flavors. Strong and rich in flavor and aroma.
Our 7 Leaf Blend is one of our most popular blends. It has been in our top 5 favored product since 2011!
Like all of our traditionals, there is no real tobacco in it. It's flavoring!
FLAVOR SHOT NOTE: Please remember, taste is subjective! Always try a sample size of a new blend with a flavor shot before ordering a larger bottle size.
BEST WHEN STEEPED! While 7 Leaf is good right out of the bottle, letting it steep for up to 2 weeks (in a cool dark place, away from children), will allow the flavors to marry fully and provide a very rich tasteful blend.
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Posted by Carline Roberts on Feb 03, 2019
I have used 7 leaf blend for years Have tried other flavors Nothing is better than 7 leaf
Posted by Jack Ray on Jan 23, 2019
I was a smoker for 41 years. Tried e-cig and haven't touched a cig in 7 years. Started with a fruit flavored juice, but hated it. Never smoked a cigarette that tasted like fruit. Found this site and ordered the 7 leaf tobacco blend and love it. very similar taste as a real cigarette. No after smell like fruit flavored has.
Posted by Justin Pittman on Jan 13, 2019
Great flavor nice throat hit my only all day juice
Posted by Shelley Way on Dec 22, 2018
Always have enjoyed 7 leaf blend and at a good price. The Unicorn bottle is too hard to get the juice out of. The smaller softer plastic bottles were much better.
Posted by Unknown on Dec 18, 2018
Smoked for 60 years. Started vaping 3 years ago. The 7 leaf tobacco blend is the closest tasting to my old cigarettes. Fast service, and reasonably priced. The ECBlend rewards is a nice incentive.
Posted by Unknown on Aug 22, 2018
First, I'd like to state that I'm not the average vaper. I don't like sticky-sweet or fruity flavors, and even most tobacco blends have an element in them that I can't stand. However, EC Blend's 7-leaf does not fit that bill, and has been my staple juice for years. I've searched in vain for a flavor that is comparable, and will likely keep trying, but I don't think I'll ever stray from vaping 7-leaf. It has just the right blend of flavors (not sure what they all are), and the juice does not flavor to excess. Instead, the flavoring is subtle, without any over-the-top hits of sweetness, and that is just the way I like it. Unfortunately I have not been able to find it in vape shops for years, so I order everything online right now. Unfortunately the time between ordering and arrival is about a week, plus or minus a day or so, but that doesn't change my opinion about the product, nor will it stop me from vaping 7-leaf.
Posted by Cindi Blair on Aug 13, 2018
The one flavor I keep coming back to! Always the same...consistently good!
Posted by Gerry M on Aug 05, 2018
I had been puffing 8 leaf for quite a while and just assumed 7 leaf would be same or slightly less enjoyable given the name. I was wrong and will be switching to the 7 leaf now for my go to juice. To me it has a more natural flavor with no harshness from a former cigarette smoker anyway. I bought a 5ml bottle to try but next purchase will be 250ml from now on. Give it a try, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Posted by Angela on Jul 26, 2018
This flavor taste the closet to the kind of cigarettes that I smoked.
Posted by Deborah Purcell on Jun 30, 2018
I have purchased this product for about 5 years now. I don't like sweet tasting vape I like the smooth tobacco flavor. This is by far the best. No bitter after taste. That is why I consistently purchase from this online vendor.
Posted by Joy Hoover on May 29, 2018
The flavor is mild, its a combination of many flavors which makes it hard to describe but I can tell you this much, its unique and very tasty! :-)
Posted by Susan DeMattio on Apr 12, 2018
I started vaping to replace smoking so I was looking for a juice that would replace the flavor of a regular (non-menthol) cigarette. I tried many blends/brands but this one fits the bill the best. I have been using it for a few years now and find it have a flavor much like my old brand of cigs...the red pack with the golden eagle emblem!
Posted by Unknown on Mar 17, 2018
This is the only juice I use! It is slightly sweet with a light tobacco taste. It blends well with other flavors when I need something different. I make sure I always have the 7 blend on hand! It is the only reason I no longer smoke cigarettes. I started with 18mg and now only use 3mg and it is just as good!
Posted by Unknown on Mar 08, 2018
i have been vaping for some time now and like many of us, have gone through the hassle of finding a quality product at a reasonable price. I keep coming back here, because the product I receive is consistently good. The shipping is fast and I like that it is produced in the Northwest(Oregon)
Posted by Stephanie Rodibaugh on Feb 25, 2018
I love this liquid very happy with my purchase
Posted by Alice on Jan 23, 2018
Totally awesome my favorite #1 if you like tobacco this is it
Posted by gpicorp on Jan 02, 2018
Wouldn’t vape anything else.
Posted by Unknown on Nov 07, 2017
very good
Posted by MaryJo Corvino on Nov 07, 2017
It took me a while to find flavor to replace tobacco and 7leaf was it. It is not strong tasting like some others I’ve tried. It’s smooth and mellow. And if i want a different flavor every once in a while then I just add a few drops to my 7 leaf tobacco Then its not so overpowering If you are switching from cigarettes just make sure you have right nicotine strength to start then lower it as you wish. I am 20 months tobacco free be cause of this flavor
Posted by Jeff on Oct 27, 2017
I love this awesome e-liquid flavor, it's helped me be tobacco free for almost three years now. I wouldn't change a thing about it, it's just perfect the way it is.
Posted by JILL on Oct 17, 2017
It's the closest thing to Marl Light cigs! I was getting it from a vendor in person, and then online, but the vendor lost his web page. I then had to call the store to make an order, and now they won't answer their phone. Love ECBlend and their website. Fast shipping and great flavor!
Posted by Gordon Carriker on Oct 13, 2017
I tried 8-leaf and went back to 7-leaf. If you don't have time to steep for a week or more, add flavor boost. I like mixing 2 parts 7-leaf with 1 part black cherry or apple.
Posted by gayla on Oct 12, 2017
Good prices on smoke liquid and fast shipping!! So much better than buying from local stores, where you pay a lot for small amounts.
Posted by Unknown on Oct 10, 2017
Been using this flavor for 2 yrs first from a local vape shop that closed . Thank God i found the supplier
Posted by Unknown on Oct 10, 2017
I've been buying 7-Leaf from a different website for years and paying a lot more for it with horrible, horrible customer service. This juice is yummy and the customer service here is exceptional so far.
Posted by Frank on Oct 08, 2017
7 Leaf Tobacco Blend is the best I have found to be the closest to the real thing. I sometimes add a couple drops of Tobacco Magic for extra flavor. Good stuff.
Posted by Scott Nelson on Sep 29, 2017
Have been vaping a little over a year. quit smoking when I switched over. Best thing I ever did.......My preference is the 7 leaf tobacco. I purchase the regular 7 leaf and the menthol 7 leaf. I combine the two, 3/4 regular, 1/4 menthol. I still get the nice "leaf" taste, with a slight menthol smoothness.
Prices are reasonable, and service is very quick. Have been buying from ECBlend for over a year, and never had a problem. They even included a small sample in my last order. Dependable business.
Posted by Jeff on Sep 28, 2017
I smoked for 35 years and could never quit on anything else but this 7 leaf E-liquid. It is the closest thing I've found to real cigarettes to help me quit smoking. I love this stuff and the flavor is smooth and great tasting.
Posted by Lou on Sep 25, 2017
7 Leaf is the best tobacco blend I ever Vaped. I have been vaping seven leaf for years but my vape shop is not getting it anymore so I had to go elsewhere to find it. EC blends has the best 7 leaf tobacco flavor I ever had. I feel it should be just a bit sweeter and a bit more tobacco flavor but all in all it's a great Vape. I would like to try next the eight leaf tobacco blend to see how it is.
Posted by TxTrapper on Mar 20, 2017
7 Leaf Tobacco Blend - eLiquid Flavor best I've ever ordered.
Get some you won't be disappointed.
Vaping on Vaporesso Target Pro 75W
TxTrapper
South Texas
Posted by jesse glatczak on Apr 08, 2016
Sorry, wanted to like this one, but it taste very similar to Dirty Ashtray. The taste is just to bland for me, also not much vapor, it does produce good throat hit, just too much of it. My favorite tobacco flavor is Rough Rider, very rich, unique, and flavorful.
Posted by Clint Lewis on Feb 21, 2015
I had gotten this a few months back and forgot to review it. May not be for everyone. I did not get the perfume taste others described however we all taste differently. It had a decent tobacco flavor with a sweetness. Mixes nicely with Dirty Ashtray.
40PG/60VG Extra Flavor Blend(just reordered at 50PG/50VG hopefully to bring out more tobacco tones and cut sweetness slightly)
Posted by EBates on Dec 03, 2014
I've been vapin' on this stuff ever since I tried it in a local vape shop, about a year ago. They finally told me where they got it and I've been buying it from you fine folks ever since.
This and your 8 Leaf Tobacco Blend are my ADVs.
Posted by Unknown on Sep 20, 2014
It is a good blend, however, I found this to be a bit sweet and not so much tobacco flavoring. It has a unique flavor but I find it to be a little too sweet. Much better than the regular tobacco blend I found at my local vape shop. I gave it 4 stars because it does taste like tobacco and smells great, however the tobacco flavor is masked by this overpowering sweet flavor. It is like little tobacco (not burning) with many sweet notes. I would like to try another tobacco flavor to see how it compares to this
ECBlend: A higher VG content in the base mix will give a sweet taste to E-Liquid. VG has a natural sweetness to it. You can use our "The Bitter Truth - Anti Sweet" found in our supplies category to mask the sweetness from VG.
Posted by Rob S. on Sep 17, 2014
Even after three weeks of steeping the perfume taste did not dissipate. Disappointing. 50/50, 12mg, Cool Hit.
Posted by David Honaker on Jul 28, 2014
Nic Strength: 18 mg (60% PG / 40% VG)
21 day steep (very important, three weeks seems to be it's "sweet spot" as that's when it loses it's perfume-like aftertaste.)
This is exactly what I was looking for when I transitioned from regular cigs to vaping. It has a dry/plain tobacco flavor, and is as close to the real thing as I've tried. As I've been vaping for two months now, and have tried several types of flavors, so regular tobacco has lost most of it's appeal, and I find myself using this as part of mix with vanilla or caramel flavors.
Posted by Rod on Jul 04, 2014
I gave it a 4 star because the description is spot on but while not for me as an ADV it's not a bad tasting juice! Like someone said it is a semi dry tobacco it does have that perfume taste on exhale. I ordered 18mg 50/50 blend and it has good TH and VP but for me it's not that great but not that bad either.I have let it steep for over 2wks but still not for me I will try again after 2 more weeks of steeping to see if anything changes. Just to add ECBlend ROCKS!!!!!!!
Posted by B&B on Jun 01, 2014
Very dry tobacco flavor, but has a hint of perfume taste that turns me off.
Posted by Unknown on May 24, 2014
Right out of the box this taste closest to a real cig I've found. And I've tried a lot. Will have to get a larger size.
Posted by Unknown on May 18, 2014
I got a sample size of this and added menthol. For some reason it tastes and smells like cotton candy. It's really tasty but I was looking for a 7 leaf tobacco flavor. Very sweet, decent throat hit and vapor. Not sure if it was mislabeled or what but I'm not tasting anything like tobacco. Desert leaf tastes just like a cam-el cig smells like but this one, candy. Even after steeping for weeks.
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