Hayati Pro Ultra Plus Pods – Blackcurrant Lemonade

Blackcurrant Lemonade: The Pod That Splits Down The Middle

There's a reason blackcurrant and lemonade get paired together in soft drinks fridges up and down the country, and it's the same reason this pod flavour works so well, the two halves genuinely pull in opposite directions, and that tension is the whole point. One side is dark, rich and slightly brooding. The other is fizzy, sharp and bright. Neither one wins outright, and that's what keeps this flavour interesting draw after draw rather than settling into something predictable.

On the first inhale, lemonade takes the lead. It's not a heavy citrus hit like straight lemon or lime, it's softer than that, closer to the carbonated, slightly sugary tang of an actual glass of lemonade, with a fizzy brightness that wakes up the front of the tongue. There's a clean, almost effervescent quality to it that makes the opening of the draw feel light rather than heavy, which is useful groundwork for what comes next.

Mid-draw is where blackcurrant properly announces itself, and it comes in noticeably darker than the lemonade that opened things up. This is a proper blackcurrant note, deep, a touch tart, with that slightly winey, almost jammy character the fruit has when it's not been sweetened into oblivion. It sits underneath the lemonade rather than replacing it, so for a moment you get both at once: the fizz still trailing off up top, the dark fruit building in underneath. That overlap is arguably the best part of the whole vape.

The exhale settles into something closer to balance, with the tartness of the lemonade rounding off the richness of the blackcurrant so neither one overstays its welcome. It's a cleaner finish than a straight blackcurrant pod would give you, and a fruitier, more grown-up finish than a straight lemonade pod would give you on its own. Nothing lingers too long or turns cloying, the fizz element in particular keeps the aftertaste from feeling heavy.

Who Reaches For This One

Blackcurrant Lemonade suits vapers who find pure fruit pods a bit one-dimensional but who aren't necessarily after a full dessert-style flavour either. It sits in a genuinely useful middle ground, fruitier and darker than a citrus pod, fresher and less sweet than a candy or cream flavour. If your go-to soft drink order has ever involved asking for a splash of blackcurrant in your lemonade, you already know exactly what this tastes like, and you're exactly who it's aimed at.

It's a strong warm-weather flavour thanks to the fizzy lemonade top note, but it doesn't feel out of place at any time of day the way some heavily iced or dessert-style flavours can. Morning, midday or evening, the balance between tart and dark fruit holds up, it's genuinely one of the more all-day-appropriate flavours in this style, which isn't something you can say about every fruit-and-candy combination on the market.

Comparing It And Rotating It

Against a straight blackcurrant pod, this one is lighter on its feet, the lemonade lifts what would otherwise be quite a heavy, serious flavour and gives it some fizz and movement. Against a plain lemonade or lemon-lime pod, it has far more depth and staying power, since pure citrus flavours can start to taste a bit thin and one-note by the second half of a pod, whereas the blackcurrant here keeps giving you something new to notice.

To stop your palate flattening out on this flavour, rotate it with something at either extreme rather than something similar. A menthol or ice flavour gives your tongue a hard reset if you've been on this pod for a while, while something creamier or dessert-led, think a custard or bakery-style flavour, makes a good contrast day precisely because it shares nothing in common with the fizz-and-fruit combination here. What you want to avoid is following it up with another fruit-forward soda flavour, since your palate will struggle to tell the difference and both flavours end up tasting duller than they should.

It also works well as a genuine two-flavour rotation with a straight menthol pod if you tend to vape one flavour at work and want something different at home, the contrast between the two keeps both tasting sharper for longer than using either one exclusively would.

Getting The Best Out Of It

This flavour is most distinct early in a pod's life, when the coil is freshest, the fizzy lemonade top note in particular is the first thing to soften as a coil wears in, so if you notice the vape leaning more purely toward blackcurrant as a pod empties, that's normal and expected rather than a fault. Steady, medium-length draws let both halves come through properly; very fast, sharp puffs tend to favour the louder lemonade note and bury the blackcurrant underneath it.

Which flavour comes through stronger, the blackcurrant or the lemonade?

They're built to trade off rather than one dominating, lemonade leads on the inhale and blackcurrant builds through the middle of the draw, so which one you notice first often comes down to how slowly you're pulling.

Is this a good flavour for someone who doesn't usually like fruit vapes?

It's a reasonable starting point precisely because it isn't purely sweet fruit, the lemonade's fizz and tartness keep it from tasting like straightforward fruit juice, which is often what puts people off the category in the first place.

Does this flavour taste different in warm weather versus cold?

The lemonade note in particular reads brighter and fizzier when the pod and the room are at normal room temperature; a cold pod tends to mute that top note and let the blackcurrant dominate more than it should.