Pukka Juice
Pukka Juice is a UK e-liquid brand built around bold fruit blends with a cooled finish. This collection brings together 69 Pukka Juice lines across three formats. There are 10ml nicotine salts for pod kits, 10ml 50/50 freebase bottles for mouth to lung pens and 100ml shortfills for sub ohm setups. The same flavour names run across the formats in many cases, so a blend you like in a pod is often available in a larger bottle once you change device.
The house style is easy to recognise. Berries and tropical fruit take the lead, sweetness is kept in check and most blends finish with a menthol or koolada edge that lifts the fruit rather than burying it. Blaze is the signature profile in the range and it appears in several guises including a no ice version for vapers who want the fruit without the chill. Everything here is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.
The three Pukka Juice formats
10ml nic salts
Nicotine salt bottles are built on a balanced PG to VG base and sold at up to 20mg per ml, the UK legal ceiling. The acid buffering in a salt lowers the pH so a high strength stays smooth in a small device. These are the bottles to buy for a refillable pod kit or any coil rated above 1.0 ohm. The Pukka 5000+ line sits in this format and mirrors the flavour profiles associated with bar style devices.
10ml 50/50 freebase
The 50/50 bottles use traditional freebase nicotine in a balanced base, typically offered at 3mg, 6mg and 12mg. Freebase gives a firmer throat hit than a salt at the same figure, which is exactly what a lot of long term MTL vapers prefer. They wick well in vape pens and older clearomiser tanks that would struggle with a thicker liquid.
100ml shortfills
Shortfills are high VG blends sold nicotine free with headroom in the bottle. A 100ml shortfill arrives as 100ml of liquid in a 120ml bottle, leaving room for two 10ml nicotine shots at 18mg or 20mg. Adding both takes the full 120ml to roughly 3mg. Add one shot instead and you land near 1.5mg. This is how UK vapers buy in volume without breaching the 10ml limit that applies to nicotine containing bottles.
Matching format to your device
Resistance decides the liquid. A coil at or above 1.0 ohm is a mouth to lung coil and wants a 50/50 blend, which means either a nic salt or a freebase 10ml. A coil below 1.0 ohm is a sub ohm coil and needs the thicker high VG base of a shortfill, otherwise thin liquid will seep past the seals and flood the device. Running a shortfill through a 1.6 ohm coil creates the opposite problem because the wick cannot draw the thicker liquid quickly enough and the coil dries out.
Adding nicotine shots
A nicotine shot is 10ml of unflavoured nicotine, normally 18mg or 20mg in a 70/30 or 50/50 base. Pour the shot into the shortfill, cap it and shake hard for a full minute so the nicotine disperses evenly. Warm the bottle in your hands first if the room is cold, since thick VG mixes slowly. Colour streaking in the bottle means it needs more shaking rather than more time.
Steeping and storage
Pukka salts and 50/50 bottles are ready to use straight away. Shortfills are worth resting for a few days after a shot goes in, particularly the darker berry blends where the layers settle and round out. Keep bottles upright somewhere cool and dark with caps tight. Nicotine oxidises when exposed to light and heat, turning the liquid amber and dulling the flavour. Every bottle carries a child resistant closure and tamper evidence as UK regulations require.
Flavour and coil life
Cooled fruit blends of this type are relatively kind to coils compared with bakery or custard flavours, because there is less sucralose to caramelise onto the mesh. Expect roughly two weeks from a mouth to lung coil on a clean iced fruit against about one week on a heavy dessert. Dark berry blends will still stain a clear pod over time, which is cosmetic rather than a problem.
Buying Pukka Juice in the UK
All nicotine containing e-liquid sold in the UK must be notified to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, capped at 20mg per ml and bottled at no more than 10ml. Shortfills sit outside the bottle limit because they contain no nicotine when sold. UK delivery is free on orders over £20 and the team can talk through flavour or format on 07827 210361 between 8.30am and 4.00pm.
Pukka Juice questions answered
What does Pukka Juice taste like?
The house style leans on berries and tropical fruit with a cooled finish. Sweetness is moderate rather than heavy, so the fruit stays recognisable instead of turning into candy. Blaze is the signature profile in the range and appears in several versions including one without the ice for vapers who prefer the fruit on its own.
Which Pukka Juice format should I buy?
It depends on your coil. If your pod or tank uses a coil above 1.0 ohm, pick a 10ml nic salt or a 10ml 50/50 freebase bottle. If your coil is below 1.0 ohm and you vape at higher wattage, pick a 100ml shortfill and add nicotine shots. Using the wrong base leads to either leaking or a burnt wick.
How do I add nicotine to a 100ml shortfill?
A 100ml shortfill comes in a 120ml bottle with 20ml of headroom. Two 10ml nicotine shots at 18mg fill that space and bring the finished 120ml to roughly 3mg. One shot leaves you near 1.5mg. Pour the shot in, close the cap and shake firmly for a minute so the nicotine mixes right through.
What is the difference between nic salt and 50/50 freebase?
Both use a balanced PG to VG base so they suit the same devices. The difference is the nicotine. Salts are buffered with an acid that lowers the pH, so 20mg feels smooth in a pod. Freebase at the same figure delivers a much firmer throat hit, which is why it is normally sold at lower strengths such as 3mg or 6mg.
Does Pukka Juice need steeping?
The 10ml nic salts and 50/50 bottles are ready to vape as soon as you open them. Shortfills benefit from a few days resting once a nicotine shot has been added, especially the darker berry blends, because the flavour layers settle and blend together. Shaking well at the point of mixing does most of the work.
How long will a bottle last me?
A 10ml bottle in a mouth to lung pod typically covers three to seven days for an average user. A 100ml shortfill in a sub ohm tank runs down far quicker per millilitre because the coil vaporises more liquid on every puff, so many sub ohm vapers get through a 100ml bottle in one to two weeks.
Will a fruit e-liquid ruin my coil?
Clean and iced fruit blends are among the gentler flavours on a coil because there is less sucralose to caramelise onto the wire or mesh. A mouth to lung coil on an iced fruit will often reach two weeks, against roughly one week on a custard or bakery flavour. Dark berries may stain a clear pod, which is cosmetic only.
Are these e-liquids MHRA notified?
Yes. Every nicotine containing e-liquid on sale in the UK must be notified to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, held at or below 20mg per ml and bottled at no more than 10ml with child resistant and tamper evident packaging. Shortfills contain no nicotine at the point of sale so the bottle limit does not apply to them.