making a good strawberry

[flbutterfly1]

I have made a strawberry that smells great but when I vape it the flavor is flat, somewhat bitter. It's not perfumey its just not bright and light like it should be. I would like to know if there is anything I could add to make it pop better. These are my ingredients:3 ml batch
2.7 ml pg/vg mix
4 drops vanilla- I have tried different vanillas and still have the flatness in the berry. TPA, Bluemist french, Tw vanilla, DV
2-3 drops strawberry TPA
2 drops lemon TPA, TW
1 drop ez sweets
I have even tried strawberry and sweetener and still it is flat I thought about adding 1 drop sour. What does everyone else add to make a clean stawberry not really tart but fresh tasting. Totally wicked strawberry is not as flat but it is also more expensive and I am out so I dont really want to order from them again.

 

[Chopper71]

TPA Champagne or 1 drop of some Koolada might add that pop you are looking for.The koolada will give you a nice coolness in the back of your throat.The champagne will add some fizz to it like a carbonated soda.Maybe2 or 3 drops of it.

 

[Iffy]

I'm keeping my fingers on the pulse of this thread. I've made some TPA strawberry and some TPA pineapple that have an almost musty taste. The longer they steep the worse it gets.

 

[flbutterfly1]

I have improved the flavor slightly by adding 1 drop of lemon/coconut to the 3ml mix and .5 ml of vg. I am going to order some sour and see if that will help and maybe another lemon flavor that is on the tart side instead of a lemon oil type flavor. I think I am gonna try lemonade.

 

[Desertfremen]

Have you ever tried FA Strawberry? I find this one to be just about the flavour you're looking for.

I prefer my strawberry to be a bit more tart so I use:
89% FA Strawberry
5% Marshmallow
5% Oba Oba
1% Magic Mask

However my friends like it a tad sweeter and a little less sharp:
78% FA Strawberry
10% Marshmallow
10% Oba Oba
2% Magic Mask

15-20% flavouring in the final juice mixture. Not sure how this will work with TPA flavourings though. I've been so happy with FA strawberry that I really haven't tried any other strawberries.

 

[rkayw]

Capella's has a Sweet Strawberry. Tart & sweet true strawberry IMO. But then I haven't tried others yet to compare.

 

[KrisBKream]

I'm keeping my fingers on the pulse of this thread. I've made some TPA strawberry and some TPA pineapple that have an almost musty taste. The longer they steep the worse it gets.

That's the issue I've been having with my TPA strawberry. It's great fresh, but making even 30ml at a time is too much because of the flavor by the time I reach the end

 

[mgordon1100]

That's the issue I've been having with my TPA strawberry. It's great fresh, but making even 30ml at a time is too much because of the flavor by the time I reach the end

When I was deciding on whether or not I should DIY, I was comparing the cost of 30ml bottles to what it could theoretically cost me to make. I haven't even scratched the surface yet, because I'm still making small samples for testing. Nothing has come out with a good taste yet. In this process, I decided that I don't need to make 30ml bottles. I only bought them because it's more cost effective. 5 mls at a time is just fine. Maybe even 10, at the most.

BTW, am I thinking wrong that my butterscotch should taste like butterscotch without adding anything else? I mean, the bottle says "butterscotch".

 

[brittanyNI]

It looks like you are making 3ml there.

Try upping to 5 drops of the TPA Strawberry, add just one drop of vanilla, throw in just one drop of an alcohol-type flavor such as a rum, whiskey or brandy, and 1-2 drops of a similar fruit such as cherry blossom.

 

[flbutterfly1]

Still need ideas. I have been playing over the last few days but still nothing that I like. I guess the next thing I would like to know what other brands of strawberry have a fresh or clean taste to them. Thanks for all the ideas i just haven t found one i like the taste of yet. When I upped the strawberry content and the bitter flat taste got worse.

 

[pinellaspete]

It looks like you are making 3ml there.

Try upping to 5 drops of the TPA Strawberry, add just one drop of vanilla, throw in just one drop of an alcohol-type flavor such as a rum, whiskey or brandy, and 1-2 drops of a similar fruit such as cherry blossom.

Brit,

You have some really great ideas!
You influenced this:

5ml base 18mg nic
FA Cowboy 2 drops
TPA Black Cherry 2 drops
TPA Strawberry 2 drops
TPA Raspberry 2 drops
TPA Jamaican Rum 1 drop
TPA Vanilla 1 drop
TPA Cherry Blossom 1 drop

Believe it or not you can taste the individual berry flavors.
It is Berry Delicious!

Thanks for the great idea!

Pete