Grape Vape

Grape is one of the most requested single fruit profiles in UK vaping. This collection gathers 97 grape e-liquids in one place, spanning 10ml nicotine salts, bar shortfills, 100ml shortfills, iced versions and grape blended with berries, aloe or bubblegum. Prices currently open at £3.19 for a 10ml bottle.

The word grape covers more ground than it first appears. Almost every grape e-liquid on the UK market is built on the dark purple candied grape note rather than the fresh green fruit, because the sweeter profile survives being vaporised. Working out which sub style you want matters far more than picking a brand.

What grape tastes like in an e-liquid

The reference point is purple grape sweets rather than a bunch off the vine. Concentrates lean on a rich, jammy, slightly floral note with a faint skin bitterness underneath that stops the whole thing turning sickly. Fresh green grape is far harder to reproduce and tends to come across thin and watery by comparison, which is why so few brands attempt it.

Grape sits in the middle of the sweetness scale. It is heavier than citrus and lighter than a dessert. That balance is exactly what makes it an all day flavour for a lot of vapers. It also means grape takes additions well, which is why so much of this collection is grape plus something else.

The grape sub styles

Straight grape

A single note grape with nothing layered over the top. Bottles such as Grape ELFLIQ, Grape by Bar Juice and Grape by Elux Legend sit here. This is the version to start with if you have never vaped grape before, because it tells you plainly whether the candied profile suits you.

Grape ice

A cooling agent sits over the grape base. The cold sharpens the fruit and lifts the finish, which makes long sessions considerably less cloying. If you already vape iced fruit or menthol you will probably prefer this version to the straight one.

Grape and berry

Blackcurrant, raspberry and blueberry all sit naturally beside grape because they share the same dark fruit family. Grape Berry appears in this range from more than one brand. The berry contributes the acidity that grape on its own lacks.

Candy and bubblegum grape

Grape Gummy Bear and grape bubblegum blends push the sweetness up and add a chewy, slightly powdery top note. These are the sweetest bottles in the collection and they are also the hardest on coils.

Grape with aloe

Aloe vera thins grape out and gives it a clean, almost watery finish. It is a popular pairing in bar inspired flavours because it makes a sweet fruit feel refreshing rather than heavy. Aloe Vera Grape and Grape Aloe are both stocked here.

Which format should you buy

Grape appears in several formats here and the right one depends entirely on your device. A 10ml nicotine salt is a 50/50 blend at 10mg or 20mg, made for mouth to lung pod kits running coils above 1.0 ohm. A shortfill is a larger nicotine free bottle in a high VG blend for sub ohm hardware. You finish a shortfill yourself with one or two nicotine shots.

If you are moving off a bar style device, the 10ml nicotine salt is the closest match to what you are used to. If you run a sub ohm tank, a 100ml shortfill will work out far cheaper per millilitre across a month.

Brands carrying grape in this collection

The grape flavours listed here come from brands including Elf Bar, Bar Juice, Elux Legend, Bar Series, Drifter, Just Juice, Juice N' Power and Burst My Bubble. Grape is a staple rather than a novelty, so most bar inspired ranges carry at least one version of it. That makes it straightforward to find the same profile at a different nicotine strength or in a different bottle size.

Coil life on grape e-liquid

Sweetened dark fruit is harder on coils than a light citrus. The sucralose used to build a candied grape note caramelises onto the mesh, so expect a coil to last closer to one week than two on the sweeter bottles. Priming a fresh coil properly and letting the filled tank stand for five minutes before the first draw makes a measurable difference. Dropping the wattage by a couple of watts also slows the build up.

UK limits worth knowing

Nicotine containing e-liquid sold in the UK is capped at 20mg per ml. Bottles containing nicotine are capped at 10ml and any tank or pod sold containing nicotine is capped at 2ml. Shortfills work around the bottle rule by containing no nicotine at all. Every nicotine containing bottle must be notified to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency before sale and is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.

Delivery and support

UK delivery is free on orders over £20. Three or four 10ml bottles will usually clear it. If you want a recommendation on which grape suits the device you own, the team is contactable on 07827 210361 between 8.30am and 4.00pm.

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