# La Cueillette de Louise, which bottle to pick as a beginner > La Cueillette de Louise by e.tasty explained for a first purchase, from 10 ml nicotine bottles and nic salts to shortfills, pods and concentrates. On a shelf or a shop page, **La Cueillette de Louise** looks like a row of bottles named after feelings. Rouge d'Embarras, Bleu d'Envie, Rubis d'Amour, none of those names tells you what is inside. The same label actually covers five different formats, from a ready-to-vape bottle to a concentrate for home mixing. For a first purchase, picking the wrong format matters far more than picking the wrong fruit. ## La Cueillette de Louise, the short answer **La Cueillette de Louise** is a range of fruit e-liquids from the French brand e.tasty, made in France on a 50/50 base, meaning half propylene glycol (PG) and half vegetable glycerine (VG). For a beginner, the sensible choice is the 10 ml nicotine bottle, or its nicotine salt version if your device is a pod. The rest of the range serves narrower needs. The 50 ml holds no nicotine and is topped up with a nicotine shot, the Easy refills only fit the brand's own pod, and the 30 ml bottle is a concentrated flavouring that is never vaped on its own. ## Seven recipes, one palette of fruit The manufacturer's website lists seven recipes in the range. The names play on colours and emotions, while the descriptions stay very concrete. | Recipe | Notes given by e.tasty | |---|---| | Rouge d'Embarras | two kinds of cherry, red fruit coulis | | Bleu d'Envie | blackcurrant, berries, snake fruit | | Rubis d'Amour | strawberries, summer jam | | Teint de Pêche | passion fruit, yellow peach | | Rose d'Euphorie | raspberries, wild berries | | Jaune de Joie | finger lime, candied zest | | Vert de Jalousie | watermelon, melon nectar | The snake fruit in Bleu d'Envie is salak, a South East Asian fruit with scaly skin. Finger lime, listed as "citron caviar" on the French labels, is the citrus whose pulp comes in small beads. Not every fruit comes in every format, and that is the range's first trap. Only four recipes (Rouge d'Embarras, Bleu d'Envie, Rubis d'Amour and Teint de Pêche) are offered as nicotine salts and as Easy refills. If you lean towards the lemon or the watermelon, the salt format simply does not exist on the brand's website. ## Classic or Récolte d'hiver, the one nuance to know Every recipe in La Cueillette de Louise comes in two versions. The classic one keeps the fruit on its own, while the Récolte d'hiver (winter harvest) version adds a cooling note that the manufacturer puts at 5 per cent on its product pages. For a first bottle, the classic version lets you recognise the fruit on its own. The winter version makes more sense afterwards, by comparison. ## Which La Cueillette de Louise format for a first purchase This is where the range gets complicated. The five formats share the same names, yet they do not serve the same purpose or suit the same hardware. Here is how to tell them apart. ### The 10 ml nicotine bottle, the starting point The 10 ml bottle is the ready-to-vape format, and the largest size a nicotine e-liquid may be sold in under UK rules, with nicotine capped at 20 mg/ml. The manufacturer offers it at 0, 3, 6 and 12 mg/ml, on the same 50/50 base. That ratio generally suits beginner devices, pods included, because it stays thin enough to soak the coil's cotton. Strength depends on the hardware. As e.tasty points out on its product pages, the more power a device puts out, the lower the nicotine strength should be. Our page on [vape wattage settings](/uk/vape-wattage-settings/) helps you place your own kit. ### Nicotine salts at 10 and 20 mg Nicotine salts are a form of nicotine generally described as smoother on the throat at the same strength, designed for low-powered pods. The four recipes made in this format come at 10 and 20 mg/ml, again in 10 ml bottles on a 50/50 base. At 20 mg/ml, these bottles sit exactly at the UK legal ceiling. That strength generally belongs in a tight-draw pod rather than a high-powered device. ### The 50 ml shortfill, to top up The 50 ml bottle holds a nicotine free liquid, the format known in the UK as a shortfill. To turn it into a nicotine e-liquid, you add one or two nicotine shots, small 10 ml bottles of nicotine base, usually at 18 or 20 mg/ml. The maths is simple. One 10 ml shot at 20 mg/ml in 50 ml of liquid gives 60 ml at about 3.3 mg/ml, and an 18 mg/ml shot gives exactly 3 mg/ml. Two 20 mg/ml shots give 70 ml at about 5.7 mg/ml, provided the bottle has room. Retailers disagree on that point. One describes a 60 ml bottle, another a 70 ml one. Check the capacity printed on the bottle before adding a second shot, or the liquid will overflow. ### Easy refills of 2 ml Easy refills are prefilled 2 ml pods designed for e.tasty's Easy pod device. They come at 0, 10 and 20 mg/ml for the four recipes already named, and their 2 ml size matches the UK cap on pods and tanks. It is the simplest format if you own that pod, and a useless one if you do not. ### The 30 ml concentrate The 30 ml bottle sold in the DIY (home mixing) section is a concentrate, with a recommended dosage of 10 per cent. In other words, 10 ml of flavouring goes into 90 ml of base to make 100 ml of liquid. On the brand's website, only Rose d'Euphorie, Rouge d'Embarras and Teint de Pêche appear in it. This format is never vaped neat and has no place in a first purchase. ## Three common mistakes with this range Ordering a 50 ml thinking it contains nicotine comes first. The recipe name stays the same from one format to the next, and only the capacity and the stated nicotine strength tell them apart. Next comes choosing a recipe that is missing from the format you need, typically Jaune de Joie or Vert de Jalousie wanted as nicotine salts. Start from the format your device takes, then pick the fruit from what exists. The last mistake is forgetting to shake. The manufacturer asks for the bottle to be shaken well before use and stored away from light, somewhere dry at room temperature. Recipes rich in red fruit or jam also tend, as a rule, to gum up a coil a little faster than a drier liquid. ## FAQ Five questions that come up at the point of ordering, and that shop listings often skip. ### Where are these e-liquids made? The manufacturer gives a French origin on every product page, and e.tasty is based in Orléans. ### Can I buy this range in the UK? Look for it on the site of a UK retailer rather than ordering from abroad. Nicotine e-liquids have to be notified to the MHRA before they can be sold in the UK, so a UK listing is the sign that a nicotine bottle has gone through that step. ### Can two recipes from the range be mixed? Nothing stops you technically, since they all share the same 50/50 base. Mix in a clean empty bottle, though, never in the original one, so you keep track of what you made. ### Does the 50 ml work in a pod? Yes, once topped up, because the 50/50 ratio suits most pods. The resulting strength, around 3 to 6 mg/ml, may feel low in a tight-draw pod, which is more often paired with a nicotine salt liquid. ### What separates Rose d'Euphorie from Rouge d'Embarras? Both revolve around red fruit. Rouge d'Embarras leans on cherry and a coulis, Rose d'Euphorie on raspberry and wild berries, according to the manufacturer's descriptions. ## La Cueillette de Louise, what to take away Behind its poetic names, the range follows a simple logic. The 10 ml nicotine bottle covers all seven recipes, nicotine salts and Easy refills cover only four, the 50 ml is a shortfill to top up and the 30 ml is not for vaping. Starting from your device, then the format, and only then the fruit, avoids most disappointments. Classic version first, Récolte d'hiver later, if the cooling note appeals. Choosing a bottle of **La Cueillette de Louise** therefore means reading the label before the colour. That habit holds for any e-liquid range sold in several formats. ## Further reading - [Beginner vape kit, choosing your first one](/uk/beginner-vape-kit/), to know which device will take your first bottle. - [How to use a pod vape](/uk/how-to-use-a-pod-vape/), from filling to the first draws. Editorial content written for adult readers in the United Kingdom. Vaping products can contain nicotine, which is highly addictive. Vaping products are not for sale to anyone under 18 in the UK, and nothing here is a purchase recommendation.