“Welcome to the Future” is a phrase that has been kicking around the office a bunch over the recent months. I’m not quite sure what we mean when it’s said, but mostly I hear it when one of the Vapor Experts is blown away by the advanced technologies we deal with every day.

In an office with Quad-Core computers featuring million-pixel resolutions, automatic vacuum robots that sweep around the office finding their own way, and cloud computing software that shares files almost instantly across hundreds of miles, it’s hard to keep your cool. These modern devices have literally changed the way we interact with the world around us, and sometimes it feels a bit ‘futuristic’ while its underway.

Perhaps it’s the advent of true science fiction in the mid 1600s that has made our world seem so advanced. Since Johannes Kepler’s “Somnium” first jettisoned an imaginary tale of space flight into the minds of his contemporaries, creative minds have set to work ‘predicting’ the way that the future might look. In the early 1900s, the creativity took leaps and bounds as quantum mechanics and deep space imagery first took to the mainstream. Comics, radio shows, and later television served to enhance our ability to believe in a changing tomorrow even further.

Introducing Pax Vaporizer, a modern tool for experiencing the lighter side of life.

Pax is a portable, rechargeable, and ultimately simple vaporizer created by veteran vapor designers, Ploom Inc. This comfortable but rugged device delivers effortless vapor with just 30 seconds of heat-up time. Don’t let the simplicity of its design fool you, this vaporizer is as feature-full as they come, perfect for amateurs and experts alike.

Want to get away?

Portable vaporizers now offer efficient extraction anywhere, anytime.

Portable vaporizers unleash the power of essential oil extraction in the palm of your hands. You can enjoy the freedom from combustion that you know and love, even if you are miles from an electrical outlet. Portable vaporizers are available in a wide variety of forms and often have very different functionality. Most portable vapes are:

In the spirit of summer, we put a twist on a South American favorite, the Caipiroska. This refreshing beverage is perfect poolside or at the playa, and there’s no better way to delight friends, family and guests than by infusing your drinks with all natural vapors, courtesy of your favorite vaporizer. Not only do the vapors leave a mild, delicate flavor in the glass, but the spirits absorb the vaporized flavors, giving the cocktail a delightful aroma without disturbing its pristine color.

The Caipiroska is a favorite in Brazil, Uruguay, and other South American nations, and is quickly building popularity across the globe, if you have not tried this stunningly tasty drink before, here’s your chance!

Grantz Achatz was raised in a kitchen. In the Fresh Air interview, he told listeners about his start cooking in the kitchen at the family diner, and related memories of a single pan he began his life’s work on. Now in his own kitchen, Chef Achatz often serves disruptive dishes that break the eating audience out of the typically monotonous ritual. Included in the many hour tasting experience at Alinea are:

• seasoned olive oil lollipops
• smoldering cinnamon sticks engulfed in sweet potatoes
• bacon strips drying like sheets on a wire
• flaming oak leaf with tempura-fried pheasant and apple cider
• apple-wood infused ice cream
• and the list goes on…

At first glance, famed restaurateur Grant Achatz’s new mixology bar, Aviary, looks more like a scene out of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” In reality, it is a cutting-edge cocktail bar that features creative new twists to take you out of your cocktail comfort zone. Vapors rise from the kitchen where a team of 40 “chefs” –akin to mad scientists tooling with funneled glassware and liquids–are concocting all sorts of variations on classic cocktails ranging from the deconstructed Moscow Mule to the seven-layered Hurricane.

El Bulli – The name invokes culinary excellence, patron exclusivity, and innovation abound. It has also become one of our favorite topics for discussion, as Head Chef Ferran Adria famously kept as many as six Volcano Vaporizers in his kitchen in Spain. In many ways, Adria’s exploration into the physical basis of flavor, texture, and color has led vaporization to a new horizon.

Chef Adria and his peers have taken this penchant for breakthrough to a global scale, and many renowned chefs, including Grant Achatz, Rene Redzepi and Joan Roca, have re-iterated his ability to transform food into fine art.

Unfortunately for foodies, El Bulli served its last meal on Saturday, July 30^th, 2011. Fittingly dubbed “The Final Waltz,” this 50 course meal invited friends, family and chefs alike from across the globe to enjoy the last menu that El Bulli will offer in the foreseeable future.

Two Simple Tricks to Having the Best Vaporizer Experience

Our most frequently asked question as Vapor Experts is “How do I optimize my vaporizer?”

If you're having trouble  and want to know how to use a vaporizer you’ve come to the right place. 
Time and time again these same two tricks work for just about every vaporizer, and can help you achieve the highest efficiency, the most flavor, and the least hassle. Get the best vapor for your buck by following these two simple ideas for the best way to optimize your portable vaporizer or at home desktop vaporizer.

For our case study, we used two of the most popular vaporizers we sell (The Arizer Extreme-Q, and the Iolite Original) and then tried the test again with two of our newest releases. (The Vaporfection ViVape, and the Volcano PLENTY) The results are the same across the board! It seems that regardless of the model or the ‘generation’ of vaporizers, these same two tricks help optimize the quantity and quality of vapor produced.

Say hello to the all new Wispr Vaporizer, here to rival the Iolite as the best butane powered portable vaporizer available. Its sheik, retro-style look really stands out in a crowd of bland vaporizers.

Bacon + Maple + Chocolate + Cinnamon Vapor = HEAVEN

Well, actually it’s not that simple…

Last week, the Vapor Experts caught up with pastry chef Francisco Migoya in his kitchen at the Apple Pie Bakery Cafe on the Culinary Institute of America’s Hyde Park, NY campus. Our visit was quite a treat…

The Vaporfection ViVape is a desktop vaporizer that features the first ever color touch screen interface for user temperature control and display on a vape. This next-level development sounds great, who wouldn’t want a color touchscreen to choose their favorite temperature on? The viVape has other great features as well, like the ‘metal grade glass heating chamber’ that heats materials evenly for maximum efficiency. The viVape does not have the same heat sensitive touchscreen technology that Apple products do. Instead, the viVape touch screen is pressure sensitive, and as such, Vaporfection recommends the users finger nail as the best way to interact with the device. The viVape is aiming to compete with the Arizer Extreme-Q and the Aire H2.1 as the third ‘hybrid’ vaporizer that functions with both a whip and a balloon setup.

Vaporfection miVape

The miVape is the first portable vaporizer to come from Vaporfection, a manufacturing firm that has been producing vapes since the early 2000’s. The miVape was originally slated for a release in the Fall of 2011, but has since been pushed back for release on December 28th, 2011, effectively making this a vaporizer for 2012.

Check out the all-new Vape from Storz & Bickel!

This morning we received a surprise e-mail from The creators of The Volcano, Storz and Bickel Ltd. This wasn't your run of the mill email, mind you. It was the introduction of a brand new whip style vaporizer from the German giants, one that is a huge game changer for us and the Vapor community. We're excited to tell you that S&B has just announced the release of the all new PLENTY Vaporizer System. We're so excited it's impossible to contain ourselves!! Awesome new vaporizer!