According to Reuters, nearly 1 in 20 people in the U.S. vape. If you are just starting out, the first question is usually which flavor to buy.
Our advice is not to copy whatever a friend happens to be vaping. Experienced vapers often drift toward complicated, sometimes strange combinations. The variety of flavors is the best thing about vaping, so begin with ones that are easy to like and taste the way the label says they will.
How we chose
The seven picks below are our opinion, drawn from our own experience and from what sells. Each one is an accurate version of the flavor it advertises.
Fruit and candy
P.O.M. by Nude
Nude has grown very popular on the strength of accurate flavors. The P.O.M. flavor is sweet and fruity at once, a mix of pineapple, orange and mango.
Air Factory Blue Razz
This is the candy pick. Blue Razz is basically blueberry and raspberry taffy turned into vapor, and unlike the real taffy it leaves your mouth its normal color.
Red’s Iced Apple Juice
Apple is hard to get right in an e-liquid because it tends to pick up bitter notes. Red’s has solved that. It tastes like a red delicious apple, sweet enough to be pleasant without tipping over into candy.
Naked 100’s Go Nanas
Banana is about as safe a beginner flavor as there is, and Go Nanas sits between fruit and dessert. The fruit is rich, true to life and well judged for sweetness. It is also one of the better bases to reach for once you start experimenting with mixes.
Bakery and coffee
Circus Cookie E-juice
Plenty of brands tinker with the cookie idea: cookies and cream, chocolate chip, peanut butter. A plain, classic cookie is the dependable choice.
Holy Cannoli French Toast E-Juice
Holy Cannoli makes our favorite French toast. It reminds us of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. The sweetness is there, and so is the toasted bread underneath.
Salted Caramel Macchiato eJuice by Barista Brew Co.
Coffee e-juices frequently miss, but the Barista Brew Co. range does not. Salted Caramel Macchiato is our beginner pick from it. The coffee is smooth, and the salt notes keep the sweetness in balance.
Where to go from here
That gives you a starter list of seven. Several of these brands and flavors turn up in the daily deal collection.