Indigéne liquids are like nothing I’ve tasted to date. It’s easy to band around the phrase ‘Grown Up’, especially when describing mixes that sit outside the typical genre’s that flesh-out the bulk of the e-liquid market; that of drink, confectionery and anything else full of artificial sweeteners.
Yet these are the only two words I keep coming back to when I vape the range I have in front of me now. Grown-up.
A collaboration between two great e-liquid houses, Manabush and The Druid’s Brew, they aim to create mixes that transcend the norm, and produce something a little more engaging, and a lot more complex and interesting to the palate.
Sadly, I am still awaiting a VandyVape Berserker MTL RDA at the time of review which would have been perfect for these. Needs must though, so I have decided to use the following to recreate as near a MTL vape as possible. An Armour 1.0 single coil with very closed airflow, and a WOTOFO Serpent RDTA with it’s small chamber and single coil.
TAMAHAAC
Ready Mixed
Pre-steeped
VG 50 / PG 50, 3mg Nicotine
Priced at £4.99 for 10ml at time of review, other sizes and prices available
I can understand why many people avoid tobacco liquids in general. Firstly, they want to vape something disassociated from the thing they are trying to quit. Cigarettes. And this is absolutely understandable. But secondly, tobacco liquids are generally just… rank.
At worst they taste like an old ashtray, at best a digestive biscuit.
Indigéne tread a different path. One of rich deep authentic tobacco flavourings with complimentary notes to suit.
Take Tamahaac for example, the foundation stone of their range. It opens with an oaken, resinous and lightly smoky flavour, it’s aromas putting me in mind of a church hall or some other place filled with history, well worn wooden furnishings and incense.
Along with this comes a touch of darkened blackstrap molasses, almost un-sweet on my tongue and a little dry.
Fear not though, as the balance is redressed by the use of fig, lending a naturally soft, slightly honeyed sweetness to the mix as well as it’s own unique fig flavour.
Tamahaac intrigues me. For the first day I couldn’t just relax and vape it. It was taunting me, goading me into discovering it’s layers of flavour. Now, it just asks me to enjoy it’s subtle complexities, but reminds me every now and then not to take them for granted, especially whenever I pick up my mod and take my first inhale after prolonged break in vaping.
In my limited experience of specialist tobacco flavours, Tamahaac is superb. In my more expansive experience of e-liquids in general, Tamahaac is still superb.
PEEGOREVAPES RATING : 
KONA PAKA
Ready Mixed
Pre-steeped
VG 50 / PG 50, 3mg Nicotine
Priced at £4.99 for 10ml at time of review, other sizes and prices available
Of the three Indigéne liquids here, Kona Paka was the one I had the highest hopes for. I take my coffee seriously, grinding my own beans, trying different types from all corners of the world. I am also aware of the synergy between the two key elements here that go beyond nicotine and caffine… that of aromas and the varietal flavours.
And it’s safe to say that despite attempting to stick to my New Years Resolution, trying more flavour types that I wouldn’t usually go for, I have yet to sample a convincing coffee vape. Until now.
Kona Paka shows it’s Tamahaac base right from the first draw, but as a vape session continues, the layers of flavour build and blossom.
I start to get the Kona coffee; black, a little rich and with a touch of sweetness. What is impressing me most is that I can actually identify the coffee and what it basically tastes like. This is indeed a first for me in a coffee blended e-liquid!
While this coffee flavour is unfolding, a slightly bitter chocolate also adds an extra strata of complexity, along with a very subtle caramel note balancing this bitterness with a touch of sweetness.
Kona Paka delivered way more than I expected, and for me a personal favourite of the three. It’s depth of flavour and intricate layering sublime.
PEEGOREVAPES RATING : 
PARAXU
Ready Mixed
Pre-steeped
VG 50 / PG 50, 3mg Nicotine
Priced at £4.99 for 10ml at time of review, other sizes and prices available
Like Kona Paka, Paraxu has been constructed around the Tamahaac base. This time, the Paraxu flanker is aiming for something much more middle eastern and exotic.
The first thing that struck me was it’s beautiful floral note, rose. It has a diaphanous quality, more similar to rose water that that of a rose extrait.
This is layered carefully with a subtle sweet muskiness that I can only imagine comes from the fox grape flavouring. Please don’t expect any sort of horrendous Americanised grape soda flavours here! Talking of sweetness, I sometimes get hints of caramel too. That or a brown sugar anyway. Could this be from the Turkish tobacco layer? I wish I knew.
So far, this is all sounding a little like something you’d purchase at Jo Malone! But trust me these extra notes gently wrap themselves around the Tamahaac core and take it somewhere completely different!
Paraxu is a delightful vape, and really has to be experienced to even begin to understand how unique it is in the world of e-liquids in general, let alone that of tobaccos.
PEEGOREVAPES RATING :
FINAL THOUGHTS
Comparing Indigéne liquids to current “on-trend” juices is like comparing a classic Penhaligon cologne to a bottle of Joop. You just can’t.
And reviewing these liquids has pushed my descriptive vocabulary into realms I just hadn’t needed to use before!
What we have here is a range of e-liquids tailored to the vape connoisseur. Someone who enjoys the richness and warmth that tobacco brings, but also enjoys exploring unusual complimentary flavours that work well with them too.
Of course anyone can try them and they really should. Just approach them with an open mind. Embrace flavours other than what is currently passing in the mainstream as ‘popular’ and take pleasure in expanding your vaping horizons.
Cheers, Peegore.
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