F E AT U R E
A BRIEF HISTORY OF RY4
TOBACCO FLAVOR
By Kurt,Cafe Racer
RY4 is one of the oldest e-liquid flavors
for vaping with a rich history and a
continues to evolve as e-liquid artists
update this profile with new twists.
RY4 is an umbrella term for a flavor
profile that incorporates three basic
component flavors: a tobacco base
(usually mild and understated, but
occasionally stronger and more up front),
caramel, and vanilla. The caramels and
vanillas are as varied as the tobacco
bases. The trend has been to slowly
evolve RY4 by adding other flavors to the
mix, but those three are essential.
The term RY4 comes from the original
e-Cig produced by the Ruyan Group
Ltd. Ruyan launched the first production
electronic cigarette on the market back in
2004 under the Ruyan brand.
Ruyan’s blend #4 e-Liquid was originally
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made by Chang Ning Dekang Biological
Technology Co. for Ruyan Group Limited.
The name 'Ruyan' was commonly
shortened to just RY, with the blend
number being placed after it, thus 'Ruyan
blend #4' becomes just RY4.
There is some controversy around this according to the Big RY4 thread on the
E-cig Forum:
Here's a snippet from the RY4 Forum:
“The very first RY liquid was created in a
single afternoon by two men: Ludo, one
of the owners of Janty, and a Chinese
flavor chemist, presumably working for
Dekang. They started in the lab of a
Dekang factory in China with some basic
flavors they both agreed on and made
various "test juices," tweaking the recipe
along the way. After about four hours,
they came up with the one they liked
best, and they christened it Ruyan 4—"
the name was abbreviated to RY4."
FROM A Reddit THREAD ON
THIS TOPIC WITH JANTY himself
WEIGHING IN
“Ruyan never had anything to do with an
RY4 flavor. It was Janty who designed it
with Dekang. They were the first to sell
it and when other companies started
buying it from Dekang and selling it Janty
used to even write to them and ask them
not to call it RY4 which is why you would
see it called names like Riskee Yuice.
Here's an interview with the founder of
Janty:
Ludo | Janty: "We were never in this for
the money, we grew out of the vaping
community in 2006 and the only thing
that drives us is passion. We design and