Speeding Up Steeping With a Milk Frother

[Gjuice73]

I thought I would share this video and ask if anyone has tried this guy's method on speeding up the steeping time? The whole video is very informative, but at 32:40 is what I'm referring to (using a milk frother). Any thoughts? Thanks!

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[oplholik]

I use one of those. I mix for 20 - 30 seconds, then store the bottle away until ready to use. Works great.

 

[Dogeggs]

I use a frother on my juices, i've found it reduces steep times on some juices and makes no difference on others. It helps emulsify the mix faster on all of them, whilst the taste aspect still needs time to develop. Custards and sweets seem to benefit most, whilst tobaccos need time to develop no matter how much you mix them. Get one, they are cheap as chips.

 

[wllmc]

i think for your first couple mixes it would be cool. i personally use an ultra sonic cleaner. 35 bucks from harbor freight. the only problem i see other than all the manual labor lol is he is pouring his juices ingredients in a glass and mixing. there is juice all over the place !!!!!! lol. once you finally bottle all that i bet he looses at least a ml just on the sides of the glass and the mixer and just into the air ha. lastly exposure to air has nothing to do with steeping. would i try it , heck ya why not. would i immediately start asking my wife if we can afford an ultra sonic ? most definitely yes . so simple. juice in bottle, bottle in cleaner, set it and forget it. good idea tho if all you have is a little hand mixer

 

[RocketPuppy]

i think for your first couple mixes it would be cool. i personally use an ultra sonic cleaner. 35 bucks from harbor freight. the only problem i see other than all the manual labor lol is he is pouring his juices ingredients in a glass and mixing. there is juice all over the place !!!!!! lol. once you finally bottle all that i bet he looses at least a ml just on the sides of the glass and the mixer and just into the air ha. lastly exposure to air has nothing to do with steeping. would i try it , heck ya why not. would i immediately start asking my wife if we can afford an ultra sonic ? most definitely yes . so simple. juice in bottle, bottle in cleaner, set it and forget it. good idea tho if all you have is a little hand mixer

Do you have to turn it on every three minutes? I like the idea but don't want to pay for the 30 min timer one. I think it's around $70 plus. Resetting it every 3 minutes might be more of a pain than just letting it sit in a dark closet, for me.

 

[wllmc]

i cheat. got a quarter and a pice of foam and a rubberband. strap it around the lid and the button a voila it runs non stop. so obviously you cant let it run like that so i got a garden timer and set to run 15 mins on and 30 mis off. that keeps it from getting to hot. it repeats that cycle tilll whenever. from what i read and experience myself 1 hr of total run time is close to a week ish of steeping. so like vanilla custard for example. ill give it 2 or 3 hrs of total run time. close to a couple week steep. other things like fruity type stuff might only run it a hr and a half. plug it in and go to bed next morning juice is done.

 

[wllmc]

Do you have to turn it on every three minutes? I like the idea but don't want to pay for the 30 min timer one. I think it's around $70 plus. Resetting it every 3 minutes might be more of a pain than just letting it sit in a dark closet, for me.

my little work horse lol.. when i can im going to get a better one because I know it truly works even with a little rigged up set up like this. im to impatient and very against un nessarty work lol

 

[wllmc]

oh awesome look the picture is sideways lol

 

[RocketPuppy]

Hahahaha. My mom does the same thing. I have a feeling she can't tell the difference with what side is what.

With the other timer, it stays on? That's genius!!!!

 

[wllmc]

ya it turns itself on for 15 mins and off for 30 mins then back on for 15 etc etc. Im a directional driller and foreman so Im far from lazy but definitely not going to press a button every 3 mins for days hahaha.

 

[Tamnakz]

With the ultrasonic cleaner, are you guys just putting bottles in it? I would have never thought of that!

 

[rowdyplace]

I thought I would share this video and ask if anyone has tried this guy's method on speeding up the steeping time? The whole video is very informative, but at 32:40 is what I'm referring to (using a milk frother). Any thoughts? Thanks!

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You can skip the first 34+ minutes of the video to see the frother at work!

 

[wllmc]

yup. in the picture i have some little 3 ml testers. those tend to float away and tip over so just rubberband those together so they stay together and upright. i didnt come up with all this there are some really good threads on here about it

With the ultrasonic cleaner, are you guys just putting bottles in it? I would have never thought of that!

 

[dannyv45]

The only problem I see with frothing is it introduces a lot of air into the mix causing rapid oxidation of the NIC which will effect taste possibly introducing a harshness to the vape. One person also reported that the flavor was perfect for the first day or 2 then faded to nothing over a very short period of time. Natural or UC steeping will see some oxidation of the NIC as well but being that the oxidation happens slower over a longer amount of time the harshness effect is lessened.

 

[Moodyfisherman]

The only problem I see with frothing is it introduces a lot of air into the mix causing rapid oxidation of the NIC which will effect taste possibly introducing a harshness to the vape. One person also reported that the flavor was perfect for the first day or 2 then faded to nothing over a very short period of time. Natural or UC steeping will see some oxidation of the NIC as well but being that the oxidation happens slower over a longer amount of time the harshness effect is lessened.

I never thought about the harshness effect of the frother.....dang your right as I have used one recently waiting the arrival of my uc machine....it makes the juice vapable but it is harsh....Danny you are a wealth of info my man ...thanks.....looks like I better get into frothing my milk for my cherios cereal...lol ..or its another $20.00 down the drain

 

[Tamnakz]

I never thought about the harshness effect of the frother.....dang your right as I have used one recently waiting the arrival of my uc machine....it makes the juice vapable but it is harsh....Danny you are a wealth of info my man ...thanks.....looks like I better get into frothing my milk for my cherios cereal...lol ..or its another $20.00 down the drain

Or you could froth before adding the Nic? I don't vape nic, so I'm theorizing here... but the Nic dissolves no problem right?
Couldn't you froth your mix as the second to last step, get those flavors and pg/vg to mix where they don't like to, then add Nic?

... or is the issue with dissolved oxygen? If that's the case then I'm just wasting breath lol

 

[dannyv45]

Or you could froth before adding the Nic? I don't vape nic, so I'm theorizing here... but the Nic dissolves no problem right?
Couldn't you froth your mix as the second to last step, get those flavors and pg/vg to mix where they don't like to, then add Nic?

... or is the issue with dissolved oxygen? If that's the case then I'm just wasting breath lol

You can do it that way but NIC interacts with flavoring during the steep process so you will loose that benefit of the steep process not to mention the loss of flavor which has also been reported..

 

[twizted]

Do you have to turn it on every three minutes? I like the idea but don't want to pay for the 30 min timer one. I think it's around $70 plus. Resetting it every 3 minutes might be more of a pain than just letting it sit in a dark closet, for me.

Black Hills Gold Source has a ultrasonic cleaner for 50 bucks that has a 30 minute time. Got mine off Amazon and it works perfect.

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[RocketPuppy]

Black Hills Gold Source has a ultrasonic cleaner for 50 bucks that has a 30 minute time. Got mine off Amazon and it works perfect.

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That's not a bad price. Thank you twizted.