We don't have standarized chickens yet... or do we?
But as for eggs I think there are grades - small, medium, large, jumbo.The Flavor Apprentice Flavoring Thread
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We don't have standarized chickens yet... or do we?
But as for eggs I think there are grades - small, medium, large, jumbo.
Then you should definitely try the TFA Sweetener -- none of that icky whang or aftertaste. I don't know what they do that's different, but it's so much better than any other sucralose, it's like a different substance entirely.
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Liquid Stevia? GNC? hmmm easy enough. does the same measurements apply? as in 1mm sweetener same as 1mm Stevia?
I dunno. Never used the other one. for sweet I use one drop from the stevia bottle per ml. very sweet is 2 drops/ml. They are pretty big drops too, but that is the only way I ever measured it.
I toyed with the idea of stevia...
I may be wrong (I often am) but somewhere earlier in this thread or another, I asked about stevia and was told something along the lines of it changing flavor rather quickly. So maybe it's ok if you do small batches and vape it within a week or so, but not so great for large batches meant to last a while?
I may be wrong (I often am) but somewhere earlier in this thread or another, I asked about stevia and was told something along the lines of it changing flavor rather quickly. So maybe it's ok if you do small batches and vape it within a week or so, but not so great for large batches meant to last a while?
Seems ok for up to a month. None of my DIY has lasted longer than that. It does get a bit sweeter with steeping though. But I have not noticed a flavor change.
And the straight stuff to me just tastes sweet no real flavor as such.
I've still been tempted to try stevia, despite the warnings... it just makes sense if I am trying to reduce the amount of sugary substances in my juice (I'm mainly thinking of coil gunk and wick issues - some of my juice seems to clog the wicks rather quickly)
Stevia is soooooo sweet, it only takes a microscopic amount to sweeten anything. Not the crap they sell at the grocery store - OMG I got so mad when I bought some and later read the ingredients - it had artificial sweeteners in it! But stevia is so sweet you just can't use it "pure" - it needs to be mixed with SOMETHING.
The stuff they sell at GNC is mixed with PG - perfect! lol
Stevia is soooooo sweet, it only takes a microscopic amount to sweeten anything. Not the crap they sell at the grocery store - OMG I got so mad when I bought some and later read the ingredients - it had artificial sweeteners in it! But stevia is so sweet you just can't use it "pure" - it needs to be mixed with SOMETHING.
The stuff they sell at GNC is mixed with PG - perfect! lol
And the GNC stuff has the sweeter non bitter variety of Stevia in it. It has 400 mg/ml of stevia extract.
there are a few varieties of stevia the sweeter non bitter one is Stevia rebaudiana. I have to wonder if some of those who said stevia tastes bad got one of the other varieties?
Try Vanillin it works for me , seems like EM and Sweetener Mellow the juice after some weeks , i usually mix more than 300 ml so i use TPA Vanillin instead.
Morning all .
Do you find that high flavoured juices tend to become muted rather than improve with aging? My one or two flavour mixes do tend to improve with some days or even a couple of weeks of aging but I find the very high flavoured ones, like 5 or 6 flavours mixed in at 25% to 30% taste better when vaped ATM rather than later. Dunno - could be just my impression.
Do you find that high flavoured juices tend to become muted rather than improve with aging? My one or two flavour mixes do tend to improve with some days or even a couple of weeks of aging but I find the very high flavoured ones, like 5 or 6 flavours mixed in at 25% to 30% taste better when vaped ATM rather than later. Dunno - could be just my impression.
Pappy it can be a number of reasons this occurs; for instance the bottles you use, clear vs. brown or blue, plastic or glass.
The brown glass with a good seal stops most oxidization and photodegreneration.
The flavors also "marry" as chefs refer to it, some become a muted or blended over time >72 hours for instance.
I have a couple that have acted like that, Papi. I typically mix 30ml or 15ml bottles, and I have a couple of the 30mls that aren't quite as sharp as they were ATM. I think I'm going to tend toward the 15ml bottles, so I can cycle through a little more quickly (and it appeases my Flavor ADD
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I only use amber and cobalt glass bottles for any mix above 10ml. I also have 10ml cobalts but only three of them so if I am trying several experimental mixes at once I might use a plastic bottle. But my concern is mostly with the larger mixes of what I consider my favourite juices. Somehow the longer they're around the less happy I am with them. It could also be my tastebuds of course.... they just might go to sleep on me with using the same juice too often.
I wrote the above some time ago and for some reason it did not post.
Dinger - I tried the bigger bottles in the hope of not having to mix so often. I wonder if mixing the nic/vg/pg in the right proportions, mixing flavours into a recipe separately and then bringing them together in smaller quantities would work better.
I wrote the above some time ago and for some reason it did not post.
Dinger - I tried the bigger bottles in the hope of not having to mix so often. I wonder if mixing the nic/vg/pg in the right proportions, mixing flavours into a recipe separately and then bringing them together in smaller quantities would work better.
Papi, that could be a possibility. Although, this latest round seemed to be the first time I noticed a "muting" in my flavors. I also use the cobalt blue bottles (mostly 'cause they're pretty - blue is one of my favorite colors!!!!)
I'm contemplating something similar, mostly for ease of mixing. I'm not 100% bent on having the "exact" nic level, and because my flavors may range from 20-30%, I often just "top off" the bottle with VG after I measure my flavors and my nic. So I never have an exact PG/VG, but my nic is "closer". But, when I'm mixing 5-6 bottles at a time, measuring VG nic is "tedious" at best
I'm contemplating something similar, mostly for ease of mixing. I'm not 100% bent on having the "exact" nic level, and because my flavors may range from 20-30%, I often just "top off" the bottle with VG after I measure my flavors and my nic. So I never have an exact PG/VG, but my nic is "closer". But, when I'm mixing 5-6 bottles at a time, measuring VG nic is "tedious" at best
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