I’ve been banging my head against the wall for two days now trying to come up with some clever way of introducing Hurricane Vapor’s newest flavors of e-Liquids as a part of the July is eJuice Month Celebration. The fact is, being located in Florida, (both companies are actually), that it’s July, hurricane season, and the whole play on e-Juice and “storm juice”, “being blown away” and “a storm is coming”… well, the possibilities were endless and easy. And mostly kinda dumb. And I didn’t want to do dumb. So I abandoned that angle and decided to come at it straight ahead.
I didn’t want to play it cute with wordplay because in my opinion Hurricane Vapor is quickly becoming one of the top e-Liquid companies in the US and one of the top “tobacco house” brands anywhere. How do I make light of that with a bunch of hurricane zingers?
Six New Flavors…all at once…
Because Hurricane Vapor has produced only 13 top-shelf e-Liquids we were really surprised that we would have the privilege to be the very first publication to review SIX (6) BRAND NEW, NEVER RELEASED FLAVORS from Hurricane Vapor at one time. And boy, they must have been cooking these down in the Miami bunkers for quite a while because they are all distinctive, original, and very delicious.
Having six new flavors to review was both exciting and nerve wracking in the beginning, before we had a chance to vape them. Excited because Hurricane Vapor has produced several award-winning e-Liquids this year, and we were all looking forward to what they would do next, and nerve wracking because it made us wonder if all six flavors went through the same rigorous testing standards that the other 13 e-Liquids in the Hurricane Vapor lineup had.
Event Releases
Hurricane Vapor’s introduction of Papaya Milkshake was an “event”, as was their release of “Simmered Belgian Tobacco”, so why roll out six at once? Why not continue down the same path and drop one flavor each month for the next six months? Were these new flavors of storm juice ready for the world stage, or were they being pushed out the door to increase the number of available e-Liquid flavors? I think I now know the answer.
I was determined to be even more diligent in this review than any other Hurricane Vapor review because if it turned out to be a numbers game instead of an expansion of top-shelf flavors I would not allow my team to gloss over it. We all wanted the six new storm juice flavors to be up to the “Hurricane Vapor” standards, and I am happy to say, and relieved to say, that all six flavors are up to the Hurricane Vapor standards. Three of them have even earned the Spinfuel Choice Award.
The Hurricane Vapor Six
Winter Cured Tobacco
Banana Bread Pudding
Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
Dulce de Leche ice cream
Red Chile Guava
Mango Milkshake
Tom’s Synopsis
For the first time since I started vaping I have been getting to know, and enjoy, minty or menthol e-Liquids and I’ve even found a couple I could vape for a few hours at a time.
Thanks to Nicole, our menthol-loving team member, for showing me what I should look for in a “cool” vape, and even how to vape an e-Cigarette with a mint or menthol flavor, I’ve come to understand why so many people love cool vapes.
Hurricane Vapors newest “cool, minty” e-Liquid Winter Cured Tobacco, was one I approached in a whole new way; with anticipation, not dread. Hurricane Vapor was awarded a Spinfuel Choice Award for a “cool, minty” e-Liquid and became the first all-day “cool” vape for me.
Hurricane Vapor’s Latin-influenced Banana Bread Pudding, emphasis on the “bread”, subdues the banana flavor in favor of a genuine bread pudding (would love to see them do a raisin bread pudding as well), and has created a completely new flavor profile for the banana-influenced e-Liquids, one that fits the Hurricane Vapor profile perfectly.
CinnamonRoasted Almonds, something every native and tourist of Miami enjoys, mostly through the thousands of street vendors selling the warm cinnamon roasted almonds from a heated cart, has a very complex profile and if you’ve never had the pleasure of eating these crunchy almonds from a street vendor you won’t recognize the taste in the vapor. If you have had the real thing however, you’ll be amazed at how authentic it is.
Another flavor that is so authentically “Latin/Cuban” is the “Dulce de Leche Ice Cream” e-Liquid. It is an e-Liquid that must be experienced to fully understand. The Cuban influence, a Latin creamy vanilla, is never overwhelming, just as it never is in the real thing, but it is there, giving the Vaper a vaping experience of complex layers of tastes and textures that they just might never want to go back to simple e-Liquids ever again.
Mango Milkshake is Hurricane Vapor’s attempt to capture lightening in a bottle way they did with the incredible Papaya Milkshake, only this time with a mango influence. Did it work? How could it not?
The most controversial e-Liquid of the Hurricane Vapor Six is the wicked “Red Chile Guava” eJuice. It seems our team were not quite ready for this one, and I think you’ll be surprised on where the members stood.
The Hurricane Vapor Brand
If our 2nd Annual July is eJuice Month has reinforced our belief in anything it is that there are several professional, top-shelf e-Liquid brands that have been able to create a “signature” flavor profile that allows anyone familiar with the brand to quickly identify any e-Liquid coming out of the brand’s “lineup”. Most small e-Liquid brands never become large successful brands because they either don’t have a signature flavor profile or they don’t know how to maintain one.
The e-Liquid brands that become major successes are those that know what they want to do with their lineup and not just mix up a bunch of flavor concentrates and calls it something. We are proud to work with several brands that have developed their companies in such a way that their “fans” are more than willing to try out a new flavor because it comes from a brand they know and trust.
If it wasn’t clear before now, Hurricane Vapor has joined the ranks of such top-shelf companies like Mountain Oak Vapors, Pink Spot Vapors, Ginger’s eJuice, and Virgin Vapor. Each of these brands have their own special uniqueness, their own signature, their own identity that makes them extremely successful at what they do. And it is why we choose to work with these brands/vendors repeatedly. These companies set themselves apart from the masses because of their talents, skills, and in understanding the most important part of all this; creating e-Liquids people will enjoy.
The Review From Team A
Six new e-Liquids from Hurricane Vapor, being announced here, and reviewed here, for the first time anywhere. This is one ‘Spinfuel e-Liquid Team Review’ for the books.
Team A is based in Florida, and is made up of head writer Tom McBride, with Nicole Henderson, Angel Marie, John Manzione, and Stephanie Sanders.
Scoring
If this is your first Spinfuel e-Liquid Review Team review you might be interested to know how we score the various e-Liquids. If this isn’t your first review by Spinfuel feel free to jump ahead. But, if this IS your first Hurricane Vapor review of any kind, it would worth reading this review first, and then picking up here once you’re finished. You’ll learn more about Hurricane Vapors beginning, and their mixing rooms, bottles, and procedures.
The Overall Score – This is the Star Rating you see immediately after a team member comment, which have been culled by the head writer from a much longer conversation and write up by that member. The member decides that overall rating not by averaging out the secondary ratings, but by their own “gut” reaction to the e-Liquid.
This is the most subjective part of the scoring. An e-Liquid can score 5 Stars in this overall rating despite having a lower score in flavor, or vapor output or throat hit, etc. (the secondary scoring). The member can overlook any of these factors and determine the amount of satisfaction the member received by vaping it. The opposite may be true as well; a perfect 5 stars for “vapor” or “flavor” might mean nothing to the member is the member just didn’t care for it. It might be the most subjective score, but to many people it is the most important score.
Then there is the secondary scoring that Team A uses. These scores are not nearly as subjective as the “gut” scores. A score of 5 stars for flavor means that as an e-Liquid, the flavor is exactly what the brand/vendor was looking for. A member might dislike the taste of licorice but if the brand delivered an exact, or authentic licorice flavor then a 5 Star rating for flavor is deserved. That goes for Vapor, Throat Hit, and Complexity as well.
