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Choosing a 10 ml bottle for lime

Lime in a 10 ml bottle is not the same product you see in a catalogue photo, and the price per 10 ml is where the gap shows. In San José the liquid, the coil and the power setting all have to agree before the flavour actually lands.

Most people searching IQOS in Costa Rica are not after a spec sheet. They want to know what it costs, how long it lasts and which shop will still service it in three months.

The short version: lime in San José works if the 10 ml bottle, the coil and the strength are chosen as one system. Everything below is what we measured while doing exactly that.

What a lime 10 ml bottle really costs in San José

Lime in San José reaches the shelf in 10 ml bottle formats, and the budget ones are rarely the ones that stay in stock. Availability, not taste, is what breaks an order.

How we tested lime in a 10 ml bottle

1. Pick the 10 ml bottle that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.
2. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.
3. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 4–9 business days.

• Clear PG/VG ratio on the label, which predicts throat hit more accurately than strength.
• Stock depth: 18 lines held, so the shortlist does not turn into a special order.
• Returns window and who pays return postage when a 10 ml bottle arrives sealed but wrong.
• The listed nicotine ceiling, which is the local legal limit in Costa Rica, not a suggestion.

Where lime goes wrong

• Ignoring the batch date on a 10 ml bottle and discovering the listed price was for old stock.
• Buying the cheapest 10 ml bottle available and repeating it because the first coil burnt.
• Mixing lime with a coil rated for a different wattage, which dulls the flavour and drains liquid faster.

The rules that apply here

Packaging for lime in Costa Rica must be child-resistant, and the batch code has to be readable without cutting the shrink wrap.

Retail sales in Costa Rica sit under the same nicotine the label declares, which is the local legal limit. Anything above it is not sold through this channel.

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