Disclaimer: This E-liquid was provided to me free of charge for the purpose of conducting a review. This fact notwithstanding, I will, as best I'm able, provide an honest, accurate and unbiased assessment of this product.
Raspberries are red, the juice is called Blue Raspberry and the colour of the liquid is a slightly darker Islamic green. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_green#Islamic_green We have a veritable rainbow on our hands. What to make of it? The picture on the Parkes Vaping website http://www.parkesvaping.com/ is of a glass filled with blue crushed ice, which suggests to me that Blue Raspberry might be a flavour sold in that form in convenience stores.
Parkes Vaping are based in Indiana, USA. Blue Raspberry is available in bottle sizes of 6 ($3.00), 10 ($5.00), 15 ($7.50), 30 ($15.00), 50 ($25.00), 60 ($30.00) and 120ml ($50.00) at nicotine strengths of 0, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21, 24, 30, and 36mg with PG/VG ratios of 100/0, 90/10, 80/20, 70/30, 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, 30/70, 20/80, 10/90 and 0/100. Further options include an extra shot of flavour (add $0.50), added sweetener, menthol and frost, which apparently imparts a coolness to the flavour and mouthfeel of the liquid, like menthol but without the taste of menthol.
The bottle is a clear, soft, pliable plastic with a screw top cap which isn't childproof, so vapers with children around will want to take extra care in the storage and use of this liquid. The label features the Parkes Vaping logo and contains the following information: the name of the liquid, nicotine strength in mg, PG/VG ratio, the creation date, the Parkes Vaping website URL and advice to "keep out of reach of children".
As mentioned previously, the colour of the liquid is a slightly darker Islamic Green which suggests the addition of food colouring to the mix. The aroma from the bottle has a sweet and fruity fragrance, though it isn't particularly redolent of raspberries.
I'm dripping Blue Raspberries into an Igo-L on a mechanical mod with an 18650 battery approximately half way through its charge. Short, quick draws and swirling the vapour around my mouth delivers a very agreeable, sweet berry flavour to my taste buds. When I begin to take deeper, sustained draws the flavour reveals itself fully. It doesn't taste like fresh raspberries but it does taste like the raspberry flavoured liquorice I used to eat as a young teenager. On the inhalation the sweetness is less intense than it was when I was taking the short, sharp drags. There's a mild sense of berry flavour, but then as I exhale, the dominant raspberry notes come into focus. There's a mild sourness underpinning the raspberry with light floral accents that seem to come and go as I continue to vape. Pulsing the switch to progressively heat the coil seems to intensify the flavour.
For a 12mg liquid this delivers a significant throat hit. It's that progressive mounting of pressure at the back of the throat rather than an immediate, rasping thump. Vapour production is good and pretty much what I'd expect from a 70/30 PG/VG mix.
I find Blue Raspberry quite refreshing and it's another e-liquid that I'm looking forward to vaping at the height of summer. It also works well postprandially, with it's sweetness and slight sourness cutting through the aftertaste of whatever it is you might have just eaten.
