Balls!

[Sal]

Oct 6, 2013 15:30:30 GMT Chrissie said:

Sassy if you have ordered a menthol from Joose-Juice, that wont need steeping Mind you it will blow your socks off

This!! Exactly I've mixed my own from joosejuice with menthol and it really is good to go straight away - I love it!

[Vlad]

I started reading up on utrasonic to speed up steeping here last night, all fascinating stuff, but i read else where about speeding it up even more by using your microwave.
Apparently ultrasonic baths work by vibrating the molecules about and helping to blend the ingredients together nicely, the microwave does a much better job as they are WAaaay more powerful, some suggested zapping for just a second or two at a time, but that seems a bit of a faff, but one site suggested putting a bottle of juice in, minus the top, next to half a glass of water, the water helps absorb much of the radiation (vibrations) and helps stop over cooking the juice, a couple of 15 second zaps on the lowest setting is equivalent to many hours of ultrasonic zaps ...apparently...note the apparently, i haven't tried this myself, but the logic seems sound?

Forgot to say, really nice to see folk offering to post out emergency supplies, really is friendly 'ere innit? :-)

[Perpetua]

Oct 6, 2013 19:47:36 GMT Vlad said:

I started reading up on utrasonic to speed up steeping here last night, all fascinating stuff, but i read else where about speeding it up even more by using your microwave.
Apparently ultrasonic baths work by vibrating the molecules about and helping to blend the ingredients together nicely, the microwave does a much better job as they are WAaaay more powerful, some suggested zapping for just a second or two at a time, but that seems a bit of a faff, but one site suggested putting a bottle of juice in, minus the top, next to half a glass of water, the water helps absorb much of the radiation (vibrations) and helps stop over cooking the juice, a couple of 15 second zaps on the lowest setting is equivalent to many hours of ultrasonic zaps ...apparently...note the apparently, i haven't tried this myself, but the logic seems sound?

Forgot to say, really nice to see folk offering to post out emergency supplies, really is friendly 'ere innit? :-)

I'd stick to just a 2 second zap in the microwave myself Vlad . . . the plastic bottles themselves can crumple as well if you're not really careful. In all honesty, I wouldn't use a microwave for steeping, it's safer to stand a bottle in a cup of warm water until it cools a few times.

And yes, it's lovely to see folk rallying round to help out.