Vapetasia makes menthol, fruit and dessert e-liquids, and its vanilla custard is the one most vapers know by name. This review covers Killer Kustard eJuice by Vapetasia from the label to the last tank. A bottle of Peach Lemonade by Vapetasia is also sitting in our collection and is due a write-up of its own.
Sizes and what we tested
Killer Kustard is sold as a 60mL bottle, a 100mL bottle and a nic-salt version. We went with the 100mL at 3mg; the 60mL is the sensible pick if you only want to find out whether the flavor suits you. Vapetasia changed its label design around the time of this review, so the bottle you receive may not match the one described here. One oddity: the brand did not sell e-liquid from its own website, so it had to be bought through a retailer.
The bottle and its label
The design is plain and works because of it. A yellow label carries a black stripe close to the top, with the Vapetasia name above in a readable cursive script. A picture of falling custard sits in the middle, and under it are the flavor name, 100mL and 3mg. Turn the bottle around and the nicotine strength (3mg), the VG/PG ratio (70/30) and the size (100mL) are printed in bold, together with the ingredients, the warnings, the manufacturing details and the brand logo.
One detail in the ingredient list caught our eye. The final entry reads 100% foreign grown tobacco. We had seen that wording on other bottles as a disclaimer without thinking much about it, and it was a surprise to find it listed on a juice that is not a tobacco flavor in name or description. We did not have an explanation for it when this review was written.
Filling the tank
The 100mL chubby bottle is fully clear. The label stops well short of meeting itself at the edges, which leaves a wide window for checking how much liquid is left. The juice is light yellow, close to the shade of extra virgin olive oil, and it is neither thick nor thin: it sloshes freely when the bottle is tipped without looking watery.
The child-proof cap came off without a fight and there is a slim fill tip underneath. Squeezing the bottle took a little effort, though the tank still filled fast. In the tank the color and thickness looked the same as in the bottle. The scent is faint enough that we had to hold the tip right under the nose, and what came through was plain vanilla, a lot like Nilla Wafers.
How it vapes
Vapetasia describes the flavor as vanilla blended with creamy custard, balanced between sweet and savory. In the tank, that is roughly what we got:
- Inhale: warm, smooth vanilla.
- Exhale: stronger and almost entirely vanilla, with the custard showing up at the start of it.
- Aftertaste: vanilla that stayed on the tongue for minutes.
- Throat hit: smooth and satisfying, and it hung around for a few seconds between puffs.
The overall impression was of a vanilla pudding or custard dessert, to the point that we wanted to chew the vapor. More than once we pulled the exhaled cloud back in through the nose (the reverse waterfall trick) just to taste it again. We went through several tanks in a row and the flavor did not fade. Dessert juices can leave the mouth dry or wear out their welcome, and this one did neither, so we ended up using it as an all-day vape.
Verdict: 10 out of 10
We seldom hand out a perfect score, and we looked hard for a flaw in the presentation, the liquid and the taste without finding one. The reasons, in short:
- The clear bottle and the simple, informative label.
- A consistency that did not clog coils or cause dry hits for us.
- A single flavor, vanilla custard, that is strong enough to need nothing added to it.
- Taste that lasts several seconds past the exhale and did not go flat over many puffs.
- Nicotine that felt pleasant instead of overpowering at 3mg.
Several vanilla fans have told us this is a juice they stay on for days at a time. If you like vanilla or dessert e-liquids and are not sure where to start, Killer Kustard is an easy one to recommend. Vanilla has a reputation for being too simple to be interesting, and this blend makes a good case against that.