The Best Vape Flavours, Sorted by Flavour Family
Finding the best vape flavours for you, sorted by family: fruit, ice, mint, dessert, candy and drinks, with what each tastes like and how it vapes.
E-liquid is the liquid your vape turns into vapour. Every bottle comes down to four choices: the nicotine type, the strength, the VG/PG blend and the flavour. Get the first three right for your device and the flavour is the fun part. Get them wrong and even a great flavour can taste harsh, burnt or weak. This hub explains each choice and the UK rules that shape what's on sale.
Nic salt or freebase
Nic salts feel smoother at higher strengths, which is why pod kits use them at 10mg and 20mg. Freebase feels sharper as strength rises, so it's mostly vaped at lower strengths in bigger sub-ohm kits. The nic salt vs freebase guide explains the difference in full.
Strength
Your device matters more than anything here. Pod kits make a small amount of vapour per puff, so 10mg or 20mg nic salt is normal. Sub-ohm kits make far more, so 3mg or 6mg freebase is typical. Our guide on what nicotine strength to vape helps you pick a starting point and spot when it's wrong.
VG and PG
E-liquid is mostly a blend of vegetable glycerine (VG) and propylene glycol (PG). More PG means a thinner liquid with more throat hit. More VG means thicker liquid and more vapour. Pod coils usually want 50/50; sub-ohm coils want 70/30 VG/PG or higher. The VG/PG ratio guide explains why the blend affects your coil.
The UK rules
Regulation 36 of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 sets the limits:
| Rule | Limit |
|---|---|
| Maximum nicotine strength | 20mg/ml |
| Maximum nicotine refill bottle | 10ml |
| Maximum tank, pod or cartridge | 2ml |
| Packaging | Child-resistant and tamper-evident |
These apply to nic salt and freebase alike. Our vape laws hub covers the wider legal picture.
Shortfills and nic shots
Because nicotine bottles are capped at 10ml, larger 50ml and 100ml bottles are sold nicotine-free as shortfills, with room left to add a nicotine shot. One 18mg shot in a 50ml shortfill gives 60ml at 3mg/ml, so the result is low strength and best suited to sub-ohm kits.
How far a bottle goes
There's no fixed puff count for a 10ml bottle. Puff length, power and draw style all change it. Our guide to how many puffs are in 10ml gives a rough range and explains the variables.
Choosing a flavour
Once the technical side is sorted, browse our vape flavours by family, from ice fruits to mints and desserts. For a shortlist of the flavours people come back to most, see the best vape flavours guide.
If you're unsure which liquid your hardware needs, the pods and coils hub explains how coils and e-liquid fit together.
Guides in this topic
What Nicotine Strength Should I Vape?
How to choose a vape nicotine strength: 20mg vs 10mg nic salts, low-strength freebase, how your device changes the answer, and signs you're off.
Nic Salt vs Freebase: What's the Difference?
Nic salt vs freebase e-liquid explained: how they feel, which devices suit each, and the UK limits of 20mg/ml, 2ml tanks and 10ml bottles.
Shortfills: A Plain-English Guide
What a shortfill is, why UK shortfills are nicotine-free, the strength you get after adding nic shots, and whether shortfills suit a pod kit.
VG/PG Ratio: What It Means and Which to Choose
What VG and PG are, how the ratio changes throat hit, vapour and thickness, and which VG/PG blend suits pod kits versus sub-ohm devices.
Nicotine Shots: How They Work and How to Add One
What a nicotine shot is, why shortfills need one, how to work out the final strength, and how to add a 10ml shot to a shortfill step by step.
How Many Puffs Are in 10ml of E-Liquid?
How many puffs you get from a 10ml bottle of e-liquid, why there's no single answer, and the variables that make the real number go up or down.
Questions people ask
What's the strongest e-liquid you can buy in the UK?
20mg/ml. UK law caps nicotine e-liquid at that strength, and bottles of nicotine liquid can't hold more than 10ml.
Which e-liquid should I use in a pod kit?
Most pod kits are built for nic salts at 10mg or 20mg in a 50/50 VG/PG blend. Thick high-VG liquids and shortfills suit bigger sub-ohm kits.
Why are big bottles of e-liquid nicotine-free?
Because nicotine e-liquid can only be sold in bottles of up to 10ml. Larger shortfill bottles are sold without nicotine, with space to add a nicotine shot.
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