The Great Mt. Baker Vapor Review: Coffee

I skipped over doing this review when I finished this juice, mostly because it's a really easy review to do, but also because I got the wicked Candy Cane Coffee and I had to share that one immediately since DAMN, it's great.

What can I say about Coffee? It tastes like coffee. No on-the-burner-all-day taste, no I'm-eating-coffee-grounds grossness, and no super bitterness like I've had in other straight coffee flavors. It also satisfied my curiosity of how gunked up my coils would get with a juice that's a 5 on MBV's Shade Rating chart. The answer is extremely gunky very quickly. Out of curiosity I kept dripping it until I barely got any vapor, and when I opened up my atty I found crazy gunk build-up, I should have taken a picture.

I'd like to take a second to thank MBV for the extra info they provide you. I really like that Shade Rating chart they have for each flavor. Out of the 10 juices I've gone over so far, it's been spot on. I never have to say "I wonder what this will do to my Kayfun?" If it's 3 or higher, I drip it. They also put a note in the juice descriptions if it cracks a tank or not, which is a valuable piece of knowledge. Most people know that strong cinnamon and citrus flavors will crack a tank, but did you know that Banana can too? It's a good thing to know.

Overall I'd give the Coffee a strong 3/5. It's simple and it tastes like what it's supposed to. It isn't anything mind-blowing, but it's enjoyable. Just remember, don't put this in a tank atty, just use a dripper that's simple to rewick/clean, otherwise it'll be a huge hassle to vape.

The Great Mt. Baker Vapor Review: Candy Cane Coffee

I don't usually jump the gun on my reviews, choosing to do them one at a time as I finish the juice off, but this is a special exception. Candy Cane Coffee is truly a diamond in the rough.

I've been through my coffee flavors. I got hazelnut coffee on my first round of juices from MBV, and plain coffee the next (I need to write that one up still), not to mention coffee flavors from a few other places, some good, some godawful. I was done with coffees. Then Random.org did it's job and Candy Cane Coffee was on the list. I considered re-rolling it, but if I did that every time I got a flavor I might not like I'd end up not trying everything out. I'm extremely glad I didn't do that.

The first thing I thought with this juice upon taking a whiff was that it didn't smell bad at all, not too strong coffee, and not too strong peppermint. Good start. I figured since I was finishing off my 925 Coffee from Good Life Vapor I could just transition over to this one without rewicking (I'm SOOOO lazy). On my first pull, it was an instant "WOW!" I was blown away. I had my wife try it and she loves it, and she doesn't even vape. She's drooling over it now, in fact. Apparently it tastes like a mint chip frappachino from Starbucks, I say peppermint mocha, but same thing pretty much.

This juice is a solid 5/5. The only think I don't like about it is the same thing I don't like about all coffee flavors... they gunk up my coils. This one's worth it, though. I think at the end of my journey of reviews this one is going to be in my top 10 list for sure, and I can't imagine it not being in the upper portion of those 10 juices.

The Great Mt Baker Vapor Review: Vanilla Custard.

I'm sorry to say, this is the first juice I've gotten from MBV that I truly disliked. I was really looking forward to this one too, since custard flavors are all the rage these days.

I was excited when this juice came up on my random list of what flavors to order. I've been hearing left and right about custard flavors and I hadn't had any yet, plus I don't know if I've every had a really good vanilla, so hope were high. The color was pink, as many vanillas I've seen tend to be, and it smelled like, well, sweet vanilla, like I expected. I loaded up my Kayfun, took a pull, and... metal. It tasted like some kind of metal, like sucking on a penny. It was awful. I'd only experienced that once, and it was when I got a bottle of that Puro crap they sell in smoke shops. It was pumpkin pie. It's also one of the two bottles I never vaped through.

After my immense disappointment, I figured maybe I just hadn't ever had any real vanilla custard. My wife made me some to compare it to, and if it did indeed taste like what my wife whipped up, it would have been amazing stuff. I started wondering what might be in common between what's essentially pudding and a pumpkin pie, and I think it's nutmeg, which, according to my 5 seconds of internet research and the late, great Julia Child's recipe, doesn't go in vanilla custard, unless it's spiced vanilla custard. I don't think the spice flavor being used, whatever it is, translates well to a vape.

I had to be sure it wasn't just me that had an issue with this flavor, so I took it to my panel (wife, brother, two co-workers). One of them I didn't tell anything about it other than what it was supposed to be. He took a long pull, slowly exhaled, frowned for 5 seconds, and simply stated " Ew. I don't like it." No one liked this one.

I did save this one for last out of my last batch so it had about a week and a half to steep, and maybe it could have gotten better with age, but I'm not really one to want to wait that long to vape something. I tried my best to like it, but even after all 15 mL, I only occasionally tasted vanilla, and that metallic spice thing going on never went away. I did find that it was pretty good if I drank a Coke along side it, strangely enough. I have to give this one a 1/5. Doesn't taste at all like vanilla custard, and I think it would be prudent to put "Spiced" in the name of this juice. Back to the drawing board, guys. I know you could make a killer custard, but it isn't this one.

The Great Mt Baker Vapor Review: White Tea

This juice had me a little curious when I received it. It didn't have any real noticeable smell, was totally clear, and if my knowledge of Snapple commercials is correct, then it was going to have a light flavor as well. I'm proud to say I was right about the flavor being light, but the problem for me was it was too light. When I first put this in my Kayfun, I wasn't entirely sure my mod was firing until I exhaled, the flavor was that light. After I knew what the flavor was, I could taste it more easily, but it was easily overpowered by almost anything with a strong scent. It's a very light, delicate tea flavor, not sweetened or anything. It's the closest thing I've had to an unflavored eliquid.

Overall, I wasn't a huge fan of this one, and would probably give it a 2/5 by itself. Now, you put in a little fruit flavor with this? BAM! Potential for a 5/5 with a cherry on top. Especialy peach, that was my favorite Snapple white tea, I may mix and match a bottle of that in the future. It's a definite background flavor and doesn't shine well on its own, but maybe if you really like white tea, would like it to mix other juices with, or are a cloud chaser that doesn't need really strong flavored juice, this one might be for you.

The Great Mt Baker Vapor Review: Ocean Breeze

This is about the shortest review I think I'll ever have to do. Pina Colada. DONE. I'll go ahead and give my thoughts anyway.

 This juice, for me, started out strong as a pretty tasty, enjoyable vape, occasionally kind of suntan lotiony, but it a way that doesn't seem gross (does that make sense?) As the days wore on I started to notice a bit more pineapple than coconut. It got old pretty quick though, and by the end of the bottle I was certainly itching for a new flavor. In this case I got to try another Ocean Breeze my buddy ordered as well, but with the extra flavor shot. The pineapple was even more pronounced in his.

I noticed that my throat would begin to get irritated after a couple pulls. The same has happened to me with a few other juices, usually with a citrusy component to it, like lemonades and such. It didn't really put me off on the juice, but over the last few months I haven't had a juice that did that so I was caught off guard a little bit. Then again my friend never had an issue, so it's probably one of those person to person things.

Overall I'd say this is definitely a decent juice, I'd put it around 3.5/5. I don't know why it isn't just called Pina Colada, but maybe it's different somehow. One day I'll get them both side by side and compare. I'd also like to point out that after the full 15 mL I still had a nice clean cotton wick, so that was a nice added bonus since I am a very lazy person sometimes. Most times. Always.

The Great Mt Baker Vapor Review: Blue Ice

For those unfamiliar with MBV's Ice flavors, all you need to know is MENTHOL. My God, so much menthol. I've vaped on their Extreme Ice flavor before when I had a cold and it cleared my sinuses up faster than Vicks Vaporub ever could. Blue Ice is that Extreme Ice with a touch of blueberry.

The blueberry flavor of this juice was hit and miss with me. Sometimes I could get a nice ripe blueberry flavor, other times it was more like a candy. Sometimes it was completely overwhelmed by the menthol. The blueberry really seemed to come out if I was drinking something while I was vaping, and on the first few pulls after I hadn't vaped in a while. If I had to venture a guess, I would think my taste buds just became overloaded by the menthol at times and then I couldn't taste the blueberry.

Overall I'd say the juice in general is pretty good. No weird flavors, just menthol and blueberry. If I was more of a menthol vaper and was used to it, I'm sure the blueberry would have been a refreshing change of pace from straight menthol. I think the best part of using the juice was that even after the full 15mL was run through my Kayfun Lite (clone) my cotton wick was still as white as the driven snow. I'm lazy, so this appealed to me. I would give this juice a 3.75/5. It's not quite a 4 because it's a simple blend and the flavor doesn't have a ton of depth, but it certainly isn't a 3 because it is definitely one that I would recommend for someone that likes menthol and wants a little something different.

The Great Mt Baker Vapor Review: Hazelnut Coffee

Hazelnut Coffee... Sounds perfect since I use hazelnut creamer all the time, but my past with coffee juices has been less than great, with three of the four tasting like burned grounds (or worse) and the other tasting amazing sometimes and flavorless others. Needless to say I put this into my dripper not expecting much.

Surprise! This is hands down the best coffee flavor I have yet to try. It's sweet but not overpoweringly so, and the coffee flavor isn't a burnt or grounds flavor, but more like an actual cup of joe. It isn't the same as a cup with the flavored creamer in it, but more like that flavored coffee with say 2 packets of sugar in it. Overall I was pretty happy with it until I put it in my Kayfun...

Holy gunked up coils! I wish I had a pic to share of how much crap built up on my microcoil after a day of vaping in my KFL. Probably a good 2mm of char on top of the coil. Even in my dripper I could only get about 2-4 hours of vaping out of it before needing to rewick. Sure, a quick dry burn and a new piece of cotton and I was back on track, but I am a lazy man. Let it be known that the fine folks at MBV do put a Shade Rating chart on each flavor of juice to let you know how fast it can gunk up coils and such. This was a 4/5 on that scale, so no small wonder the coils gunked up. I'd like to find a 5/5 to see what happens then.

If I was a huge coffee fan it would be worth it, because as I said before, this is the only coffee flavor to not let me down. Maybe I'll get it as a standby in the future and wick my dripper with silica so I don't have to change out cotton twice a day. Overall, I'd give the juice a 4/5. Good flavor, not burned assy taste like coffees usually are.