IVG Pro 12 Starter Kit – Double Apple

The Flavour That Started As A Shisha Classic

Double Apple has been around long before vaping existed, it's a shisha lounge staple, that sweet, slightly spiced apple with a faint aniseed whisper running through it. IVG have carried that same profile over into the Pro 12 Starter Kit, and it's one of those flavours that either instantly makes sense to you because you've had it before, or takes a pull or two to click if double apple is new territory.

First Inhale: Sweet Apple, No Sharpness

The opening note is rounded and sweet, more like stewed or baked apple than a crisp fresh one straight off the tree. There's none of the sharp green apple tang you get in some fruit vapes, this is softer and warmer from the very first pull. It settles on the tongue rather than hitting you with acidity, which makes it an easy, comfortable flavour to start a session with.

Mid-Vape: The Aniseed Note Shows Itself

A few pulls in, a faint liquorice or aniseed edge starts to come through underneath the apple, subtle rather than dominant, but it's what separates double apple from every other apple vape on the market. This is the shisha signature doing its work, adding a bit of spice and depth so the flavour doesn't just sit as one note sweetness the whole way through. If you've had proper double apple shisha before, this is the point where the memory clicks.

Exhale and Aftertaste: Warm and Lasting

The exhale carries that same warm, slightly spiced sweetness, and it lingers longer than a lot of straightforward fruit flavours do, sitting pleasantly on the back of the palate rather than vanishing after a second. It's not a sharp or refreshing finish, it's a cosy one, which is exactly what makes it suit long, relaxed vaping sessions rather than quick sharp pulls between other things.

Who This Flavour Suits

This one's for anyone who already likes shisha or hookah flavours and wants that same comfort in a device they can carry around. It also suits people who find fruit vapes too sharp or acidic and want something rounder and sweeter without tipping into full dessert territory. If you've been vaping menthols or sharp fruit ices and fancy a change of pace, double apple is about as different a direction as you can go.

Best Time and Mood For It

• After a meal, particularly dinner, when a warm, sweet flavour rounds things off nicely.
• Relaxed evenings or social settings, since it has that same laid back quality as sitting round a shisha pipe with friends.
• Any time you want a longer, slower vaping session rather than quick functional pulls throughout the day.

How It Compares to Regular Apple Vapes

A standard apple e liquid tends to go for something closer to fresh fruit, crisp, a bit tart, sometimes almost sour. Double apple is a different animal entirely, softer, sweeter, and carrying that aniseed thread that regular apple flavours simply don't have. If you've tried a plain apple vape and thought it was fine but forgettable, double apple has a lot more character behind it and tends to stick in the memory in a way single note fruit flavours often don't.

What to Rotate It With

Double apple pairs well against something with genuinely no spice at all, a plain melon or grape flavour resets your palate without fighting the aniseed note for attention. A menthol works too if you want a sharper contrast, the cold cuts straight through the warmth and sweetness and makes the apple taste richer again once you switch back. It's best not to rotate it against other spiced or dessert flavours too often, cinnamon or vanilla blends especially, since they can start to blend together in your memory rather than standing out as distinct choices.

Avoiding Palate Fatigue

Because double apple is rich and a bit spiced, it can start to feel heavy if it's genuinely the only thing you vape for hours on end, the sweetness has a habit of building quietly in the background. Switching to something colder and sharper, a menthol or a citrus flavour, partway through the day gives your palate a proper reset and makes the apple taste even better when you come back to it later. Plenty of people treat double apple as an evening flavour precisely for this reason, keeping something lighter in rotation for daytime.

Getting The Best Out Of It

Slower draws let the aniseed note develop properly, rush the pull and you'll mostly just taste generic sweet apple without the layer that makes this flavour worth choosing over a plain one. It's also worth knowing this flavour tends to taste richest when the pods are freshly filled, since that spiced note is the first thing to soften as a coil wears in, so newer pods will show off the full character better than ones nearing the end of their life.

Does double apple taste like actual apples?

It's recognisably apple but sweeter and rounder than fresh fruit, closer to a warm stewed apple with a background spice note than something crisp and tart.

What does the aniseed note actually taste like?

It's a gentle liquorice adjacent flavour rather than a strong aniseed sweet, subtle enough that it works as a background layer rather than something sharp or medicinal. It won't remind you of medicine, more of a faint spiced sweetness.

Is this a good starter flavour if I've never tried shisha or double apple before?

Yes, it's approachable even without that background, the apple sweetness carries the flavour and the spice note is mild enough not to overwhelm anyone trying it for the first time.