Capella's Orange Creamsicle - needs a little... what?

[panachronic]

I'm very new to DIY juice, this was only my second attempt.

I made up very small batch of 50/50 (pg/vg) @ 18mg using 20% Capella's Orange Creamsicle. It's not terrible, but I don't think it's as good as it could be. (My friend thinks it's yummy, but I'm not satisfied.) IMO it's a little too tart. It has a little too much orange, and not quite enough creamsicle.

I have another batch of flavors coming in from TPA tomorrow or the next day, and when it arrives I'm thinking of re-attempting this flavor with either a little Dulce de Leche or possibly a little ethyl malthol.

Thoughts?

 

[GoodDog]

A lot of Ethyl Maltol! I never could get it to taste good enough to want to make more and I found many of LorAnn's to be that way. Capella has one that's MUCH better! Orange Creamsicle - coffee flavors e juice gourmet flavored e liquid water flavoring e cigarette tea flavor Diet & Fitness Baking & Desserts

 

[bamsbbq]

the OP is using Capella's

A lot of Ethyl Maltol! I never could get it to taste good enough to want to make more and I found many of LorAnn's to be that way. Capella has one that's MUCH better! Orange Creamsicle - coffee flavors e juice gourmet flavored e liquid water flavoring e cigarette tea flavor Diet & Fitness Baking & Desserts

 

[GoodDog]

LOL Thanks Bam!

 

[GoodDog]

Now that I'm on the right track...TFA's Dulce de Leche isn't really creamy like the real thing is. I would go more with the Sweat Cream or the Bavarian Cream maybe and EM.

 

[bamsbbq]

+1 on the sweet cream

 

[Str8V8ping]

Thats one capellas flavor i wont try . Every orange cream iv ever tried had too much orange . They all taste like sucking on a orange peel . Its just one of those flavors .

Only thing i can say is try to mask it with magic mask and bitter wizard as well as adding lots of vanilla and marshmellow . Actually tpa sweetcream or diyfs sugar cream may work wonders .

 

[panachronic]

OK, well... I think I've figured out the missing ingredient: time.

A little over 24 hours later, the orange isn't so over-powering. The sharp tartness has settled down and it now tastes more like an orange soda.

The concept of "steeping" has come home to me. Only I think I prefer the term "aging".

 

[Hoosier]

The concept of "steeping" has come home to me. Only I think I prefer the term "aging".

I like Maximum Entropy, but that's just ME...

(Oh, the truth behind that pun is painful...)