Fuji Apple Strawberry Nectarine is the third Pachamama e-liquid I have reviewed, after Huckleberry Pear Acai and Passionfruit Raspberry Yuzu earlier in the same month. It is an autumn sort of flavor, and I like that the name commits to one apple variety. A fuji is crisp and juicy, sweet with some tartness. Apple juices have long been a soft spot of mine (To The Max and Red’s Apple in particular), so I went in expecting a lot.
The short version
My score is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. Crisp apple, sweet nectarine, and a strawberry note that joins the two. What cost it points was an occasional burnt-cotton taste late in the exhale. Among apple-led juices it sits near the top of my list, and it earns a place with my preferred fruit flavors, yet it lacked the “wow factor” I got from Huckleberry Pear Acai and Passion Fruit Raspberry Yuzu. It may just be that exotic fruit suits me better.
How it vapes
Pachamama’s slogan describes the range as blends of the world’s “most desirable fruits”. On the first pull, the inhale came across warm and sweet over the tongue. All three fruits showed up together when I breathed out: for a moment I was sure it was fuji apple, then it read as nectarine. Strawberry runs through the whole cloud but never stands out the way the other two do. What lingers afterwards is mostly apple, and I found that part refreshing.
Smelling the vapor again gave a smooth, warm mix of all three, still flipping between apple and nectarine. The apple stayed stronger across a session than I expected. I used a bit over half the bottle in three days before sitting down to write, and the flavor never went flat or dull even with repeated hits.
Nicotine was satisfying straight away, though on the strong side. Several quick pulls in a row made me want to cough, so take note if chain vaping is your habit.
The dry-hit problem
Toward the tail of some exhales I got a dry hit. Apple e-liquids seem to do this to me fairly often, so keep it in mind when vaping this one with a used coil. In my case the coil was new, this was the first juice to go through it, and the testing covered at least three tankfuls, so clogged cotton was not to blame. Apart from that, I enjoyed it all day for three days. The taste is clean, sweet and authentic enough to remind me of eating fruit straight off the tree on an apple-picking trip.
Bottle, liquid and filling
The juice ships in a clear 60mL bottle. The liquid is bright yellow and, in color and thickness, made me think of extra virgin olive oil. It is neither watery nor sludgy. With sweet juices you can worry that a thick one will clog coils or that a thin one will cause dry hits; this looked like a sensible middle.
The childproof cap fought me more than most. I wound up unscrewing the ring section of the seal, and the cap itself still resisted. After discarding the ring, the cap screwed back on without trouble. The tip is unusual: wide at its base and narrowing to a fine point, more like a cone than the usual thin nozzle.
My fill was messy. I tend to squeeze bottles too hard, and juice overflowed down the tank’s chimney and over the sides. Whether that is the bottle’s design or my impatience I cannot say, but go gently when you fill.
Held to the nose, the liquid smells sweet and very fruity: tart apple, sweet nectarine, a little strawberry. A nectarine is the same fruit as a peach minus the fuzzy skin, and peach flavors are a favorite of mine, so the smell was encouraging.
Packaging and label
The slim paper box uses fall colors, with dark red fading into light green behind the company name and the flavor name, which is simply the three fruits. Those fruits are pictured underneath, then the bottle size (60mL) and the nicotine content (3mg). Everything printed on the box matches the bottle label. I thought the design was well done.
- Bottom banner: a black and white warning that the product contains nicotine and that nicotine is an addictive chemical.
- Left side: warnings about who should use the product, instructions not to touch or ingest the liquid, and Poison Control contact details in case of contact or ingestion, with the expiration date and batch number below.
- Right side: sale and age restrictions, firm warnings to keep the product away from children and pets, the ingredients, manufacturing information, and a small black ribbon giving the VG/PG ratio as 80/20.
About the brand
Pachamama is a subsidiary of Charlie’s Chalk Dust, whose other lines include White and Black. What defines the Pachamama range is that each e-liquid combines three fruits. When I looked, the brand’s own website offered no way to buy directly.
Every vaper’s palate is different, and in the end it comes down to which flavors you like. If apple, nectarine or strawberry is your thing, this is an easy one to recommend as an all-day fruit vape.