IVG Pro 12 Starter Kit – Blue Raspberry Ice

The Colour Before the Flavour

Blue Raspberry Ice is a flavour you taste with your eyes half a second before your tongue catches up. It's not a real fruit note pretending to be natural, it's the sweet-shop abstraction of raspberry that's haunted freezer aisles and slush machines for years, and on the IVG Pro 12 it's been built to survive thousands of puffs without turning sickly. That matters here more than on a flavour you'll finish in an afternoon: this is a pod kit designed to be your one flavour for days, maybe weeks, so it has to hold its shape long after the first excitement wears off.

First Inhale, Mid-Vape, Exhale

The first pull is all top notes: a bright, almost fizzy raspberry-candy sweetness that leans more towards blue-razz laces or a Slush Puppy than anything you'd pick off a bush. There's a faint bubblegum roundness underneath it, and a whisper of blackcurrant lurking at the edges, that's what gives it depth rather than one-dimensional sugar. As the vapour sits on the palate mid-draw, the sweetness pulls back slightly and a proper tartness steps forward, closer to sherbet than jam, which stops the whole thing collapsing into candy-floss mush.

Then the ice arrives, not immediately, but a half-beat behind the fruit, which is the mark of a well-tuned cooling blend. It's a clean, eucalyptus-adjacent chill rather than a menthol slap or a toothpaste sting. On the exhale it's the ice that lingers longest: a cool, faintly sweet finish that resets your mouth and makes the next inhale taste just as vivid as the first. Over a long session the fruit softens a touch while the ice stays consistent, which is exactly what you want from an all-day flavour, it ages gracefully instead of turning cloying.

Who This Flavour Suits

This is for anyone who has a genuine soft spot for that specific, slightly unreal blue-raspberry taste, the one that doesn't exist in nature but everyone in the UK instantly recognises from slush cups and penny sweets. It suits vapers who want their flavour to do some of the waking-up work in the morning; the ice and the tartness together are properly alerting in a way a soft, rounded fruit flavour isn't. It also suits anyone who struggles to stick with one flavour on a high-puff device, because the contrast between sweet, tart and cold gives your palate three separate things to notice rather than one note going flat.

It's less suited to anyone who wants a "clean" or natural-tasting fruit vape, or who finds strong ice flavours harsh on the throat. If menthol-style coolness bothers you, this won't be a comfortable everyday choice.

Best Time and Mood For It

Blue Raspberry Ice earns its keep in warm weather and high-energy moments, the school-run traffic jam, a gym session, a long drive with the windows down, a hot afternoon when a cold drink would hit the spot but isn't to hand. It also works well first thing, in place of that "wake me up" flavour some people reach for with coffee. Where it struggles slightly is late in the evening, when the icy edge can feel a bit too bracing if you're trying to wind down; that's a slot better filled by something rounder and softer.

Comparing and Rotating

Against other blue raspberry vapes on the market, this one leans harder into the ice than most, and keeps the sweetness a notch below full-on candy, closer to a slush drink than a sweet jar. Compared with a berry flavour like Acai Berry Blueberry, it's louder and more artificial-tasting by design, where acai berry blueberry goes for a more layered, almost grown-up fruit profile. Against Banana Ice, the two share a cooling backbone but land in completely different places on the palate, one bright and tart, the other soft and creamy.

Because this is a big-capacity refillable kit built for the long haul, palate fatigue is the real enemy, not running out. If you notice the raspberry starting to taste flat or the ice starting to feel like the only thing you can detect, that's the signal to rotate rather than push through. Keeping a second pod filled with something warmer and fruit-forward, without ice, gives your taste buds a rest and makes the Blue Raspberry Ice taste sharp and new again when you come back to it.

Getting the Truest Taste From It

• Give a freshly filled pod a few minutes before your first draw so the wicking fully saturates, pulling on it too soon mutes the raspberry and can make the ice taste harsh rather than clean.
• A slightly more restricted airflow setting tends to push the candy-sweet side forward, while opening the airflow up lets the ice lead, worth experimenting with both to find your preference.
• The flavour is at its best on a fully charged device and a fresh fill; as e-liquid runs low in a pod, the ice tends to fade faster than the sweetness, leaving things a bit lopsided.

Blue Raspberry Ice FAQ

Does the ice overpower the raspberry flavour?

Not if the pod is fresh and properly saturated. The two are balanced to arrive slightly staggered, fruit first, ice on the tail, so you get both rather than one masking the other. If the ice does start to dominate, it's often a sign the pod is running low rather than a flaw in the flavour itself.

Is this a good choice for an all-day pod kit?

Yes, it's one of the more resilient flavours for long sessions because it gives your palate three distinct sensations to notice: sweet, tart and cold, rather than a single note that fatigues quickly. Most people find it holds up well across a full day, though rotating in a second flavour is still worth doing if you're a heavy user.

What nicotine strength works best with this flavour?

That's a personal call, but bear in mind UK nicotine salt e-liquids are capped at 20mg/ml (2%) by law, and this range is intended for over-18 vapers only. Higher strengths tend to sharpen the throat hit, which can make the ice feel more intense, so if you find the cooling side already strong, a lower strength within the legal range may suit this flavour better.