Characteristics of the juice tested
- Sponsor having lent material for the review: Puff-elec
- Price of the tested packaging: 3.90 €
- Quantity: 10 ml
- Price per ml: 0.39 €
- Price per liter: 390 €
- Juice category according to the price per ml previously calculated: Entry level, up to 0.60 € / ml
- Nicotine dosage: 10 mg / ml
- Proportion of vegetable glycerin: 30%
Packing
- Presence of a box: No
- Presence of a tamper-evident seal: Yes
- Bottle material: Flexible plastic, usable for filling, if the bottle is fitted with a mouthpiece
- Cork equipment: Nothing
- Tip Feature: Fine
- Name of the juice wholesale on the label: Yes
- Display of PG / VG proportions in bulk on the label: Yes
- Wholesale nicotine dosage display on the label: Yes
Vapelier's note for packaging: 3.77 / 5 
Comments on the packaging
Classic USA-Mix… If this name sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you are a compulsive buyer of the renowned online store Puff-elec or perhaps you have already read an article about it in our pages. Indeed, a few weeks ago, we devoted a complete review to it in its 50 ml non-nicotine version and 10 ml with released nicotine, or “normal” if you prefer.
Today we are discussing the version based on nicotine salts. This version deserved a review in its own right because it is aimed at a particular audience made up of beginners in vaping but also experienced users who sometimes want an extra dose of nicotine at specific times of the day. If the taste doesn't change, the goal does. We thought it was worth coming back to it, if only to help our smoking friends make a reasonable choice in their first steps in vaping.
The Classic USA-Mix Salt, in addition to offering an extended name, comes in a 10 ml bottle. It is assembled on a 70/30 PG/VG base and sells for €3.90. We still need to pause for a minute on this information. The average price for a liquid with its particularities is €6.90. Sometimes, we find certain references for €5.90. Here, we are therefore 3 or 2 € below. An eloquent commercial gesture which demonstrates the brand's desire to democratize vaping.
This version is available in 10 and 20 mg/ml of nicotine, thus ensuring the essential needs of the target.
The PG/VG ratio does not require any particular comment except that it will not concern traditional atomizers. This liquid will find its place much better in the cartridge of an MTL pod. That’s good, there are plenty of them on the market. And, as it is necessary to vape this way so as not to alter the nicotine salts, we may find that it is even better!
Legal, security, sanitary, and religious compliance
- Presence of child safety on the cap: Yes
- Presence of clear pictograms on the label: Yes
- Presence of relief marking for the visually impaired on the label: Yes
- 100% of the juice compounds are indicated on the label: Yes
- Presence of alcohol: Yes
- Presence of distilled water: No
- Presence of essential oils: No
- Compliance HIDE: Do not know
- HALAL compliance: Do not know
- Indication of the name of the laboratory producing the juice: Yes
- Presence of the contacts necessary to reach a consumer service on the label: Yes
- Presence on the label of a batch number: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding the respect of various conformities (except religious): 5 / 5 
Comments on the security, legal, health and religious aspects
Square, legal, transparent and informative. Don't throw any more away, we're definitely on an excellent number. The manufacturer obviously takes safety very seriously. Even prohibiting the use of sucralose in its liquids. We validate!
You will note the presence of alcohol in the composition, which is neither surprising nor rare. I remind you that vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol are also part of the same family.
Appreciation of the packaging
- Do the graphic design of the label and the name of the product agree? Yes
- Global correspondence of the packaging with the product name: Yes
- The packaging effort made is in accordance with the price category: Yes
Vapelier's note regarding packaging with regard to juice category: 5 / 5
Comments on the packaging
The packaging of nicotine salt e-liquids is special at Taffe-elec and this seems to me to be a wise idea to avoid confusion. Here, the bottle is dressed in black, which inevitably evokes great elegance. Three pieces of caramel give a clue to the recipe for the liquid.
It's simple but very well done. At the same time inspired by the design of the rest of the range and at the same time different enough to decide.
Sensory appreciations
- Is the color and the name of the product in agreement? Yes
- Do the smell and the name of the product agree? Yes
- Definition of odor: Blond Tobacco
- Definition of taste: Tobacco
- Are the taste and the name of the product in agreement? Yes
- Did I like this juice? Yes
Vapelier's note on the sensory experience: 5/5
Comments on the taste of the juice
The Classic USA-Mix offers us a generous and quite intense tobacco which is reminiscent of an American blend between the blondness of Virginia, the power of Burley and the sweetness of an oriental tobacco. It displays vegetal, even floral notes at times and is direct and frank from the necklace.
Its legitimate harshness is offset by the presence of a caramel in the pan, which adds an evocative note to the whole but also a slight pleasant bitterness. Be careful, this presence remains subtle and certainly brings character but we are not overly indulgent in tobacco either.
As usual in the range, the balances are finely dosed and the recipe quickly takes root in the mouth.
It is a very pleasant liquid to vape, which also benefits from a fairly full texture in the mouth. It will please lovers of rigorous tobacco with the “little something extra” that pleasantly teases the taste buds.
A liquid to discover to get a more precise idea, undoubtedly less “unifying” than the Classic from the same range but no less interesting.
Tasting recommendations
- Recommended power for optimal taste: 16 W
- Type of steam obtained at this power: Dense
- Hit type obtained at this power: Medium
- Atomizer used for the review: Aspire Flexus Stick
- Value of the resistance of the atomizer in question: 0.8 Ω
- Materials used with the atomizer: Cotton, Mesh
Comments and recommendations for an optimal tasting
Although it will vape wonderfully as a duo with an espresso, it is on its own that the Classic USA-Mix acquires its letters of nobility. An excellent daily traveling companion, it never becomes boring thanks to its fine balance between Nicot grass and the deliciousness of caramel.
It will be necessary to vape it in an MTL pod preferably, we feel that it was developed to do this. It does not mind an additional supply of air if you have the possibility but it vapes just as well at low power and with all hatches closed. Its aromatic color largely allows it.
Recommended Moments
- Recommended times of the day: Morning, Morning – coffee breakfast, Morning – tea breakfast, End of lunch / dinner with a coffee, All afternoon during everyone’s activities, Late evening with or without herbal tea, The night for insomniacs
- Can this juice be recommended as an all-day vape: Yes
Overall average (excluding packaging) of the Vapelier for this juice: 4.59 / 5 
My mood ticket on this juice
A great success in switching from the Classic USA-Mix to a version with nicotine salts which does not necessarily come naturally. It retains everything that makes it strong: the intensity of its tobacco taste, a hit despite everything and its versatility to be vaped all-day.
This is a tobacco that is easy to recommend to a complete beginner but which will also delight more experienced amateurs.
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