Is it me or the juice??

So the vaping hardware I got in spades. The juice, on the other hand, is driving me around the bend!! I'm going to spend a small fortune going the way I am!!

Granted, I have been trying some house blends from my local shop to try different flavors to find what I like. What I'm finding is that by the end of the first tank,,,second tank at most,,,the flavor drops off dramatically. I can taste the sweetness but very little actual flavor,,not much more than a hint. The only two I've had any luck with so far is Dr. Fogs RB Float, but the flavor still fades away to about half from the first puff. My 2nd lucky flavor is a glacier mint and that stays strong throughout but I'd like something new and don't want to stuck with nothing but mint flavors.

I know I have to stay at 75% VG or higher otherwise I'm coughing with every puff. Does that have a factor in the flavor? Is it my burnt taste buds from 35 years of smoking? Or am I just expecting too much?

Any advice would be very much appreciated!!

The big thing is to drink a SHIT POT of WATER to keep from being dehydrated and getting vapers tongue.

Also switch to very different flavors to keep your tongue amused

Best way I found to Not LOOSE FLAVOR when I started vaping was to vape UNFLAVORED juice about every other tank or so. These days a few years in i still switch to unflavored for a couple days every few days. Or vape the unflavored when I'm busy and flavored when relaxing.

I am sure there is more to it than I know so far. but for me I have to switch up flavors or they go bland.
my problem, if I can't try the first, I usually get screwed. I have 10 samples that are bad to horrible and 1 that tastes of soap.
so I am AFRAID to buy off the net. though, the only large bottle I did buy on the net, a whim purchase on an order, is pretty good.

Rotate and hydrate. Drink more water and every now and then flip flavors.

Root beer anything for me has to be done in small doses because it smothers the palette completely and can dull the senses. Overly sweet e-liquids do this also.

Hope you find a few and can rotate them. That will help a lot.