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Stock, batch codes and the dispatch window

Mint prices move with import duty more than with brand. In San José that means the entry option and the premium option can close to within ₡2.65 per 10 ml.

Mint sounds like one product. It is not: a 100 ml bottle running varies will taste nothing like the same blend on a different device, which is why we test before we recommend.

The short version: mint in San José works if the 100 ml bottle, the coil and the strength are chosen as one system. Everything below is what we measured while doing exactly that.

What a mint 100 ml bottle really costs in San José

A mint 100 ml bottle from the budget options in Costa Rica costs about ₡2.65 per 10 ml once delivery is counted. That number decides whether the habit survives the first month, not the sticker price.

How we tested mint in a 100 ml bottle

1. Pick the 100 ml bottle that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.
2. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 4–9 business days.
3. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.

• The landed price per 10 ml after 4–9 business days, which is the only number worth comparing.
• Clear PG/VG ratio on the label, which predicts throat hit more accurately than strength.
• Stock depth: 23 lines held, so the shortlist does not turn into a special order.
• A dated dispatch promise: before 14:00 same day, tracked, so no order is held to a warehouse cut-off.

Where mint goes wrong

• Ignoring the batch date on a 100 ml bottle and discovering the listed price was for old stock.
• Assuming varies is uniform across brands, because two suppliers can label the same number differently.
• Buying the cheapest 100 ml bottle available and repeating it because the first coil burnt.

The rules that apply here

Costa Rica regulates nicotine imports under its health authority. Shipping of nicotine to Costa Rica runs through tracked freight only, which is why the quoted window is stated per order.

Costa Rica regulates nicotine imports under its health authority. Shipping of nicotine to Costa Rica runs through tracked freight only, which is why the quoted window is stated per order.

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