There is so much talk about steeping.
One thing is for sure. Or rather a few
a. Vendors sell without proper steeping. Be it FT or Halo. If we get steeped liquids its more by chance and delay in it getting from the maker to us. This is why FT juices are the worst. They come direct from the factory.
b. Nobody knows what is going on. Is it oxidation, is it flavor transfer. And because we dont know whats going on. We dont know how to speed steep. One thing is for sure. Microwave and ultra sonic dont help. neither do hot water baths.
I was pretty confident that microwave at right power level followed by shaking would be the route but it failed.
Need to crack the secret off speed steeping.