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How e-liquid flavour actually works: a beginner's guide to flavour families

What's really going on when you taste a vape, the main UK flavour families explained, and how to try new flavours without a drawer full of regrets.

8 min readLast updated 10 September 2026

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VG & PG

VG and PG explained: how the ratio changes flavour and throat hit

Vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol do very different jobs in a bottle of e-liquid. Here's how the ratio on the label affects what you actually taste and feel.

9 min readLast updated 12 September 2026

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Buying & Labels

How to read an e-liquid label in the UK

Nicotine strength, VG/PG ratio, batch codes and warning text: a plain walkthrough of what UK-compliant e-liquid packaging has to show, and how to spot the real thing.

9 min readLast updated 15 September 2026