Well, I come to you with a heavy heart here. And this is killing me too. There was recently some very suspicious differences with the cinnamon we've gotten recently from Lorann's than we had been getting in the past. For some reason, the cinnamon was smelling and tasting heavily of clove. Atomic Cinnacide was noticeably weaker, Geoff's Blend tasted heavily of clove. So we had to make the decision of removing both until we could come to some solution.
Lorann's seemed unwilling to budge on the fact that they had done anything to the cinnamon, that it is the same and no changes have been made. We knew better and we decided to call them on their lie. We did a GC analysis on the dram bottles we had, and on a sample ounce of cinnamon from the gallon jugs they had recently sold us.
The results are in and voila, Lorann's DID pull a whammy and made a change. The old cinnamon had about a 13.9% content of eugenol, which really would do little more than numb the palette a little. Where the NEW cinnamon had a reduction in eugenol of about 12.8%, but it also had a 1.9% content of eugenol acetate which would very well explain that clove taste that we're now getting.
Having provided Lorann's with the results of both analysis, they admitted that they changed regions that they were acquiring cinnamon oil from. They also informed me that the changes would be permanent. Yay.
We have been able to readjust the recipe for Atomic Cinnacide and that recipe will be added BACK to the menu soon.
As for the Geoff's Blend, the cinnamon could not be adjusted in a manner that could "wash out" the flavor of clove. We had hoped to find a cinnamon that could be used and we must have auditioned about 10 different cinnamon oils that we HOPED might fit the bill to no avail. And so regrettably, the flavor that I've loved and used on a daily basis for 2 1/2 years will be retired. And I am incredibly sorry we had to come to this decision as I know a great deal of you have enjoyed that flavor for a very long time and just having recently improved the recipe so it was not so taxing on your cartomizers.
But I may have some good news too. Of the cinnamon oils we tried, we ran across one in particular, while using the cinnamon clearly was not a match for producing a good Geoff's Blend, it did add this exquisite woody/bready cinnamon flavor and additional complexity to the recipe. If you were to try this and expect GB, you'd be disappointed, but if you tried it hoping for a deep, rich, cinnamon recipe with depth and complexity, I think you'll be in for a treat.
While this cinnamon is like 3x as expensive as the Lorann's cinnamon (Lorann's on wholesale, charges $285.00 per gallon for their cinnamon oil), we think the end result is just nothing less than a luxurious taste experience.
So, when we get our stocks in, we will be introducing Burmani Campuran. It will go on special for you to try at a reduced price.
And for those long time users of Geoff's Blend, I am deeply sorry we had to come to this decision, but there will be many things as we trudge this road that will be out of our control. This was one of them. But we hope that through this trial and error process we'll be able to provide you with a new gem. When we release the new flavor, we'll let you be the judge.
Lorann's seemed unwilling to budge on the fact that they had done anything to the cinnamon, that it is the same and no changes have been made. We knew better and we decided to call them on their lie. We did a GC analysis on the dram bottles we had, and on a sample ounce of cinnamon from the gallon jugs they had recently sold us.
The results are in and voila, Lorann's DID pull a whammy and made a change. The old cinnamon had about a 13.9% content of eugenol, which really would do little more than numb the palette a little. Where the NEW cinnamon had a reduction in eugenol of about 12.8%, but it also had a 1.9% content of eugenol acetate which would very well explain that clove taste that we're now getting.
Having provided Lorann's with the results of both analysis, they admitted that they changed regions that they were acquiring cinnamon oil from. They also informed me that the changes would be permanent. Yay.
We have been able to readjust the recipe for Atomic Cinnacide and that recipe will be added BACK to the menu soon.
As for the Geoff's Blend, the cinnamon could not be adjusted in a manner that could "wash out" the flavor of clove. We had hoped to find a cinnamon that could be used and we must have auditioned about 10 different cinnamon oils that we HOPED might fit the bill to no avail. And so regrettably, the flavor that I've loved and used on a daily basis for 2 1/2 years will be retired. And I am incredibly sorry we had to come to this decision as I know a great deal of you have enjoyed that flavor for a very long time and just having recently improved the recipe so it was not so taxing on your cartomizers.
But I may have some good news too. Of the cinnamon oils we tried, we ran across one in particular, while using the cinnamon clearly was not a match for producing a good Geoff's Blend, it did add this exquisite woody/bready cinnamon flavor and additional complexity to the recipe. If you were to try this and expect GB, you'd be disappointed, but if you tried it hoping for a deep, rich, cinnamon recipe with depth and complexity, I think you'll be in for a treat.
While this cinnamon is like 3x as expensive as the Lorann's cinnamon (Lorann's on wholesale, charges $285.00 per gallon for their cinnamon oil), we think the end result is just nothing less than a luxurious taste experience.
So, when we get our stocks in, we will be introducing Burmani Campuran. It will go on special for you to try at a reduced price.
And for those long time users of Geoff's Blend, I am deeply sorry we had to come to this decision, but there will be many things as we trudge this road that will be out of our control. This was one of them. But we hope that through this trial and error process we'll be able to provide you with a new gem. When we release the new flavor, we'll let you be the judge.
