T Juice Red Astaire & Minty The Toff

[Balllsy]

First of all this is my set up for both juices.

Boge LR carto in Wee Boaby tank on a Dingo with Kick2 on 8.5 - 9 Watts...

All T-Juice liquids are 80/20 pg/vg and these are 16mg nic Not quite high enough for me but I recently dropped from 24 and didn't want to go back up there.

Juices I am reviewing are

T-Juice's Red Astaire & Minty The Toff

Red Astaire

Description from the website:

Red Astaire is a bold vape which is not for the faint hearted. The lush taste of red berries and black grape is stampeded by the verbose overtones of sweet eucalyptus, aniseed and menthol in a flavour that will stay dancing on your tongue for a long time after you have exhaled. Launched at Vape Fest 2013

My opinion:

Well the first thing you notice with this liquid is the stunningly vivid red colour of it. When you open up the bottle you get a beautiful fruity scent.

I have to be honest, I was a little dubious trying this juice as I have found most fruit based juices never taste as pleasant as they smell, there always seems to be a lack of dimension in the flavour. Boy o boy how wrong was I !

There is a pleasing complexity to this juice that gives it an excellent full bodied flavour, you get sweet fruit on the tongue and a refreshing coolness from the menthol on the exhale.

I can't really pick out red berries but to my it tastes quite similar to blackcurrant ribena. I have mostly vaped menthols and mints in the past, and I really love strong flavours and extra menthol.

The prominent flavour in this juice is fruit, the menthol is milder than I am used to but it compliments the other flavours perfectly. you also get an aftertone of aniseed which is very slight.

Throat hit is very good as you would expect from a high pg juice and vapour is quite good also. I would like to see it in a higher vg (maybe 35% as I love my vapour clouds )

To sum up:

Would I change any of the flavours or any of the flavour ratios ? No, they have got this one spot on, great job guys !

Flavour 9/10

Throat hit 9/10

Vapour 9/10

This is currently my favourite Juice, Thanks Nige !!



Minty The Toff

Description from the website:

Minty the Toff is an elegant gentleman who reeks of culture and panache. This vape is much the same as said gentleman, where only the best ingredients are used to formulate this juice. A meld of classic English caramel and toffee, interwoven with a taste of mint extracted straight from the leaf, which creates a sweet vapour to savour.

My opinion:

Open the lid on this and you get a smooth toffee aroma combined with a sweet peppermint.

Mints and menthols are my staple so The Toff had a lot to live up to, I have tried toffee mints in the past and they have been awful, but good old Minty had a head start because I had sampled this in vapefest so I knew it was of a very high standard, and prayed that tjnige would put it on the website. Well he did thankfully and it's delicious the amount of smooth, buttery toffee compliments the mint to perfection, although I think the mint needs to be stronger as it sometimes gets a little overwhelmed in the buttery loveliness of the toffee.

The prominent flavour in this juice is mint (most of the time! more mint please Nige !!), the toffee compliments this juice perfectly, just enough to give you that sweet buttery flavour and not enough to overpower the juice.

Throat hit again same as the first review is very good as you would expect from a high pg juice and vapour is quite good also.

To sum up:

Would I change any of the flavours or any of the flavour ratios ? Yes, I would probably increase the mint by about 50%

Flavour 7/10

Throat hit 9/10

Vapour 8/10

[pyr0]

Nice descriptions Balllsy, I think I may try these ones next, thanks
I wasn't sure about the Red Astaire when I read the description as I was looking for sweet/fruity flavours at the time.. But now I know the aniseed isn't too overpowering, it sounds quite nice

[Balllsy]

It really is a great vape pyr0 the aniseed is very subtle and the flavours are extremely well balanced. I have become quite fussy over the months and single flavours even when I add menthol to them seem really flat. This juice is definately a 3D experience

[remnant]

I picked up both of these, and something called Forrest Affair (iirc) at Vapefest. I wouldn't have bought the Red Astaire based on the description - I don't think I could live with an aniseed flavour over any length of time - but I'd endorse Balllsy's comments on both juices. I still wouldn't vape the Red Astaire over long periods, but it certainly makes its presence felt in my dripper, when I pick it out.

The Forrest Affair is quite a strange one. Definitely berry-ish, but with a slightly medicinal air to it (don't tell Linda McAvan), rather like a sweet cough syrup.

I've done my usual routine with these juices: picked them up in 24mg, then taken a sample and diluted 2/1 with VG, giving 16mg and a more amenable (for me) PG/VG ratio. In each case, the reduced flavour has survived the dilution very well, so the juices will go 50% further. Which is nice.

[Balllsy]

They were running out when I got to the tent so was only allowed 1 flavour. I think Forrest Affair might be one of my next purchases

[Balllsy]

I have changed my scores slightly on these juices, I have been vaping them both all day every day now for almost a week and Red Astaire is absolutely stunning. Great vapour production and delicious flavour !

[Perpetua]

What great reviews Balllsy.


I also really enjoyed both of these flavours from the samples I got at VF . . . Red Astaire was a revelation, think I like it almost as much as Snake Oil.

[Balllsy]

Currently my number one vape Perps

My Snake Oil is back in it's basket for the time being.

If I am being honest, the vapour production is slightly better than the Minty the toff, I don't know why as it's the same ratio but I get clouds of vapour from it !

[Mev]

really good reviews mate, got a delivery of a few T-juices myself today and Red Astaire was one of them and it's a very nice vape. Also got High Voltage and Afro Dizziac.

[Balllsy]

Cheers Mev, let me know what Afro & high voltage are like.

[dazlarsen]

Afro is my all nite vape,aniseed mate,got a few mls of red Astaire left and its a stunning vape






Did I mention I love aniseed lol

[Balllsy]

Cheers Daz, it's a must have then

[Mev]

I liked all 3 Balllsy so I mixed all 3 together and added a bit of vg lol
I was very chesty yesterday and it cleared up last night.. ha
Was like sucking on a Tune and Aniseed ball together.

[jaysey]

Sept 11, 2013 21:05:23 GMT Balllsy said:

First of all this is my set up for both juices.

Boge LR carto in Wee Boaby tank on a Dingo with Kick2 on 8.5 - 9 Watts...

All T-Juice liquids are 80/20 pg/vg and these are 16mg nic Not quite high enough for me but I recently dropped from 24 and didn't want to go back up there.

Juices I am reviewing are

T-Juice's Red Astaire & Minty The Toff

Red Astaire

Description from the website:

Red Astaire is a bold vape which is not for the faint hearted. The lush taste of red berries and black grape is stampeded by the verbose overtones of sweet eucalyptus, aniseed and menthol in a flavour that will stay dancing on your tongue for a long time after you have exhaled. Launched at Vape Fest 2013

My opinion:

Well the first thing you notice with this liquid is the stunningly vivid red colour of it. When you open up the bottle you get a beautiful fruity scent.

I have to be honest, I was a little dubious trying this juice as I have found most fruit based juices never taste as pleasant as they smell, there always seems to be a lack of dimension in the flavour. Boy o boy how wrong was I !

There is a pleasing complexity to this juice that gives it an excellent full bodied flavour, you get sweet fruit on the tongue and a refreshing coolness from the menthol on the exhale.

I can't really pick out red berries but to my it tastes quite similar to blackcurrant ribena. I have mostly vaped menthols and mints in the past, and I really love strong flavours and extra menthol.

The prominent flavour in this juice is fruit, the menthol is milder than I am used to but it compliments the other flavours perfectly. you also get an aftertone of aniseed which is very slight.

Throat hit is very good as you would expect from a high pg juice and vapour is quite good also. I would like to see it in a higher vg (maybe 35% as I love my vapour clouds )

To sum up:

Would I change any of the flavours or any of the flavour ratios ? No, they have got this one spot on, great job guys !

Flavour 9/10

Throat hit 9/10

Vapour 9/10

This is currently my favourite Juice, Thanks Nige !!



Minty The Toff

Description from the website:

Minty the Toff is an elegant gentleman who reeks of culture and panache. This vape is much the same as said gentleman, where only the best ingredients are used to formulate this juice. A meld of classic English caramel and toffee, interwoven with a taste of mint extracted straight from the leaf, which creates a sweet vapour to savour.

My opinion:

Open the lid on this and you get a smooth toffee aroma combined with a sweet peppermint.

Mints and menthols are my staple so The Toff had a lot to live up to, I have tried toffee mints in the past and they have been awful, but good old Minty had a head start because I had sampled this in vapefest so I knew it was of a very high standard, and prayed that tjnige would put it on the website. Well he did thankfully and it's delicious the amount of smooth, buttery toffee compliments the mint to perfection, although I think the mint needs to be stronger as it sometimes gets a little overwhelmed in the buttery loveliness of the toffee.

The prominent flavour in this juice is mint (most of the time! more mint please Nige !!), the toffee compliments this juice perfectly, just enough to give you that sweet buttery flavour and not enough to overpower the juice.

Throat hit again same as the first review is very good as you would expect from a high pg juice and vapour is quite good also.

To sum up:

Would I change any of the flavours or any of the flavour ratios ? Yes, I would probably increase the mint by about 50%

Flavour 7/10

Throat hit 9/10

Vapour 8/10

Waiting on red Astaire ! Excited much now is it ready to go or will it need steeping ? .... Hoping not !

[g3mma]

jaysey I mix these flavors all the time and I find them ready to go no steeping required IMO