Try it out in 2 weeks but it's not as hard as I was thinking it would be
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Try it out in 2 weeks but it's not as hard as I was thinking it would be
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Welcome to the wonderful world of DIY!!! I am sure you won't regret it. Try it now so you have something to base the initial mix on, try in 3 days, then a week, then 2 weeks, 3 weeks, and a month. Take lots of notes. Juices may change as they age if you have multiple flavors mixed. Always start low on percentages of flavoring and then work your way up. It is ALWAYS easier to add flavoring than it is to take out. Hope this helps. Enjoy!!
I agree with @Ablonz. You won't regret you decision to go to DIY. Your going to save money and customized the flavor to your liking. Def take notes. I have 1 flavor(Vanilla Bean Ice Cream from TFA) that taste really good when you first mix it, taste better the next couple of days but within the week - 2 week mark the flavor REALLY starts to come out. If you mix higher percentage on some flavors up from you will be saying "I shouldn't have put so much flavoring in a first". You can always put more flavoring in, can't eve take it out.
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I need a different scale ruined two batches when well I have them set aside to see how it tastes but dam scale turned off right in the middle of dripping in
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I am still relatively new and admittedly somewhat naïve in DIY, but I've just go to ask:
Sorry for singling out you guys cause I've read this in many posts. I keep some unflavored mixed up and have found a nice benefit to adjusting some strong store bought juice by adding even up to 50% unflavored to "knock down" the strong flavor. I totally agree that it is better to start mixing a new flavor/recipe on the lower end of the total flavor scale, but I'm not too concerned with it ending up a bit strong. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've yet to mix up a juice that was "unvapably" strong and I just make a note to take it down a smidge on the next mix. I figured, should I ever have overly strong results, adding some unflavored would at the least, make it vapable.
So, is there or could there be a major change to the flavor by "diluting" rather then adding additional flavoring (or worse yet, multiple flavorings at a portion of their original ratios)?
Sorry for singling out you guys cause I've read this in many posts. I keep some unflavored mixed up and have found a nice benefit to adjusting some strong store bought juice by adding even up to 50% unflavored to "knock down" the strong flavor. I totally agree that it is better to start mixing a new flavor/recipe on the lower end of the total flavor scale, but I'm not too concerned with it ending up a bit strong. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've yet to mix up a juice that was "unvapably" strong and I just make a note to take it down a smidge on the next mix. I figured, should I ever have overly strong results, adding some unflavored would at the least, make it vapable.
So, is there or could there be a major change to the flavor by "diluting" rather then adding additional flavoring (or worse yet, multiple flavorings at a portion of their original ratios)?
When you go looking for a new scale, look for one with an ac cord so it will stay on without turning off.
Hmmm, that particular one has batteries, but it is the one I ordered, and have been using.
I don't taste a flavor change of store bought juice just milder flavor when diluting with unflavored, store bought has too much flavoring in many cases to me. The advice to start with smaller amounts of concentrated flavorings for diy then increase to taste however is wise.
That hits at the heart of my query. If diluting store bought juice with unflavored does NOT change the flavor itself, but just makes it milder, can the same hold true for DIY juice? Or at least, for most flavors/concentrates?
I'm fairly new to DIY in that I haven't made a lot of flavors (just NETs and peppermint ice lol) but If you're diluting with an unflavored base then I would think the flavor would be milder but unchanged with diy flavor concentrates the same as with diluting store bought juice. That's been my limited experience.
I take store-bought juice and actually can dilute it up to a quarter each time and get four times the amount from a bottle. The reason being you don't want to do that for your mixed juices is because you could eventually end up with too much of a bad mix where is starting lower takes that possiblity away. Diluting will only change the strength of the flavor at hand. Starting lower of flavor percentages you can change the strength of the flavor. Like take for instance, you have a weak strawberry and too much vanilla. You want more strawberry, you can bump it up but you cannot take vanilla out . Does that make sense? Let me know as it sucks doing this on my phone, it would be easier on my home computer to describe better.
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Oh, and no worries on singling me out with diy. Everyone mixes differently and it's nice to compare notes and reasons for doing things @OlderNDirt [emoji16]
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That makes perfect sense! Maybe 40+ years smoking destroyed my pallet to the point I'll most likely never be able to distinguish individual concentrates in a mix. Glad I'm liking one flavor and one blend mixing.
Not sure if I should laugh or cry on that.
I just got a new scale and it did exactly the same thing and I was very frustrated. Then I read that if you use the A/C adapter, it always stays on
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I use "the other" eBay scale (the SF-400D one); it comes with an AC cord but I never use it, and it has never turned off on me while on battery power, even when I left the room for like half an hour. I suppose that could be seen as a flaw; while I wouldn't want an auto-off that initiates too soon, it would be nice to have some form of it to preserve the battery life.
I hear ya, but I'd rather have it stay on, or maybe I should just add my nic last. I just hate having to throw juice away
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If it turns off in the middle of a pour, I'd say you've got a bum unit (or a bad battery/connection). No matter what scale you're using, auto-off should only kick in when it hasn't registered a change in reading for some time. If it turns off in between ingredients, no big, just turn it back on; you were going to tare it first before you put in the next one anyway, right?
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