Okay, I have a serious question. Why do all vape stores always have that certain look to them? You know the one, of a small minimalist room comprised of products in glass casing, a lot of empty space, and usually just one dude ripping the phattest fucking cloud behind the computer. It makes me feel like I’m in 2001: A Space Odyssey or some shit, and I love it. I say this because today’s juice comes from no other than Dunedin’s own ‘Vape Shop’. What a great, no bullshit name. They offer some pretty good discounts, and even have a full-size mirror suited for a vibe check. Critic was bestowed a “Hunting Cloud Mandarin Harvest” to review, a lovely 20mg nic salt juice.
The front of this bottle looks like a young-adult book cover from the early 2000s, with it’s cool #edgy font and dark green background. I’m an absolute sucker for any vape juice that’s citrus flavoured, so this piqued my interest straight away. It smells like sweet navel orange Raro, and tastes like it too. The first inhale doesn’t give you a headrush, but you do feel it immediately in your lungs. You are prone to cough when using this bad boy. It has a sweet tone at the end of it, that makes you want another hit. Flatmate and ex-vaper Michaela described it as tasting like “an orange flavoured sherbet stick you get from the dairy”, while another flatmate said “oh yeah that’s all good”. This is a good standalone flavour, but also one that can mix well with others that are still stuck in your coil.
Mandarin Harvest has got to be up there with some of the favourite vape juices I’ve tried. I think what really sells it is how there’s no bullshit to it. It’s not trying to be something it’s not, but it’s also not overcomplicated with a whole bunch of different ‘fusions’. It’s just straight artificial and sweet mandarin flavour, that is so basic that you can’t not love it. 20mg is creeping onto the strong side, so I would only recommend this if you either have a pod system vape, and have been a previous smoker. Otherwise, you don’t need shit that strong. Especially with the next season of ‘rona around the corner, make sure you’ve got enough juice and coils to get yourself through whatever could happen next.
Tasting notes: That’s hot.
Makes you feel: Sexy.
Pairs Well With: Seasons 1 - 4 of The Simple Life which are currently all on YouTube.