Hyola Ultra 30K Refill Packs – Blackberry Edition

Blackberry Edition doesn't try to reinvent the fruit or dress it up as something more exotic. On the Hyola Ultra 30K refill packs it reads as exactly what the name promises: ripe, dark blackberry, the kind you'd pick warm off a bramble in late summer rather than a syrupy approximation of one. It's a quieter, more grown-up flavour than most of what sits around it on the shelf, and it's worth understanding what that actually tastes like before you commit thirty thousand puffs to it.

Hedgerow flavour, no shortcuts

A lot of berry vapes reach for brightness, a squeeze of citrus, a dash of ice, something to sharpen the fruit up and make it pop on the first draw. Blackberry Edition doesn't do any of that. It leans into the fruit's natural depth instead: dark, faintly earthy, a little tart at the skin and sweet at the core, the way an actual blackberry tastes rather than the way blackberry-flavoured sweets usually do. There's no menthol chasing it, no second fruit muddying the picture. Just blackberry, allowed to be exactly what it is.

The first few seconds

The opening draw is where the tartness shows itself most. It isn't sharp in an ice-flavour way, there's no cold to it at all, but there's a genuine puckering quality to the first pull that real blackberries have and a lot of blackberry-flavoured products don't bother replicating. Underneath that tartness, almost immediately, comes the sweetness: rounder, darker, closer to jam than to sugar.

Settling into it

A few draws in, the balance shifts properly toward the sweeter, jammier side. This is the stretch where the flavour feels most like sitting with a bowl of stewed blackberries rather than tasting a single fresh one, warmer, deeper, a little more indulgent. It doesn't get sickly, because that early tartness keeps circling back every few pulls to stop the sweetness taking over completely, but it does soften considerably from where it started.

The finish

Because there's no ice or menthol working against it, the exhale lingers rather than clearing quickly. What's left behind is a soft, dark fruit note that sits on the back of the tongue for a moment or two after the vapour's gone, not sticky, but present. If you're used to flavours that reset your mouth on the exhale, this one won't do that; it's built to stay with you a little, which is either exactly what you want from an evening vape or slightly too much if you're chasing something crisp and quick.

Best suited to

This flavour suits vapers who find most fruit-and-ice combinations a bit thin, and who'd rather have real depth than a sharp, quick hit. It's a good match for anyone who prefers dark fruit over bright fruit generally, cherry over strawberry, blackcurrant over apple, and who doesn't need a cooling finish to feel like a vape's done its job. If menthol is non-negotiable for you, this one will feel like it's missing something; that's simply not what it's going for.

The moods it matches

Blackberry Edition works best later in the day, when you're not chasing a sharp wake-up flavour but something closer to comfort. Evenings, wind-down sessions, anywhere you'd normally reach for a warm drink rather than something iced, suit this flavour's temperament. It also holds up well in colder months, when a menthol-heavy flavour can feel like the wrong choice entirely and a dark, jammy fruit note feels more in keeping with the season.

Keeping your palate fresh

A flavour this rich can start to feel heavy if it's the only thing running through the device pod after pod for days at a stretch, not because anything's wrong with it, but because any dense flavour eventually needs a break from your own palate. Rotating in something lighter and brighter, a citrus or a plain menthol, every so often stops Blackberry Edition tasting flat by the end of a pack. If you'd rather not leave dark fruit territory at all, alternating with a blackcurrant or a mixed dark berry gives you variation without losing that same depth.

A couple of notes on getting it right

Slower draws matter more here than with brighter, simpler flavours, since the tart-to-sweet progression needs a moment to unfold rather than arriving all at once, pull too fast and you'll mostly just taste generic sweetness. Store spare pods upright and out of direct heat, as warm storage tends to flatten dark, jammy fruit flavours faster than it does sharper, more acidic ones, so this is one worth keeping somewhere genuinely cool rather than in a bag or car that heats up through the day.

Blackberry Edition, your questions

Does Blackberry Edition have any cooling or ice to it?

No, this is a straight fruit flavour with no menthol or ice finish. If a cooling exhale is important to you, look toward an ice-suffixed flavour instead; this one is built entirely around the blackberry itself.

Is this flavour very sweet?

It's sweet in a jammy, ripe-fruit way rather than a sugary, candy way, and the natural tartness of blackberry keeps that sweetness in check rather than letting it dominate the whole draw.

Does the flavour hold up consistently across a 30,000-puff pack?

The core blackberry character should stay consistent from pod to pod within a pack, provided pods are stored properly and used in reasonable time. This product contains nicotine, is intended for adults aged 18 and over, and UK nic salt strength is capped at 20mg/ml.