Coffee flavor liquid with caffeine?!?

[TrashcanCandy]

Aye, I'm afraid they're rationalising their stocklines and discontinuing the premixed DV juices in the US, but all the concentrates and Platinum Ice will still be stocked in the US. And all the DV range products should remain in the UK AFAIK.
Alas, that will make your caffeinated juices weaker I'm afraid - the DE premix is 2.5% and the concentrate is 5% caffeine (unfortunately if I mix the concentrate any stronger than that, it would turn into a single bottle-shape crystal, and you'd have to gouge chunks off it )

(declaration of vested interest in the subject matter - yes, I make the stuff )

OMG I am SO happy that the concentrates will still be available to the US! I really love the Lychee and Parma Violet...and I plan on trying the Lotus Flower while the premix is still available...I was worried I'd wind up loving that one as well and then wind up with another favorite I couldn't get any more of.
So Nick, since you make the DV liquids, what percentage of concentrates for Lychee, Parma Violet, and Lotus Flower would you recommend using in those e-liquid recipe calculators?

(OP: Sorry to change the thread topic, but I registered for the forums on TW's site so that I could ask Nick this but could never get my account to work on there.)

 

[Nick O'Teen]

OMG I am SO happy that the concentrates will still be available to the US! I really love the Lychee and Parma Violet...and I plan on trying the Lotus Flower while the premix is still available...I was worried I'd wind up loving that one as well and then wind up with another favorite I couldn't get any more of.
So Nick, since you make the DV liquids, what percentage of concentrates for Lychee, Parma Violet, and Lotus Flower would you recommend using in those e-liquid recipe calculators?

(OP: Sorry to change the thread topic, but I registered for the forums on TW's site so that I could ask Nick this but could never get my account to work on there.)

Decadent Vapours also have an ECF subforum that you can reliably catch me on
Also some good news - it looks like they're not cutting all the premixed DV juices after all, just slimming down the range a bit.

As for the Lychee, Parma Violet and Lotus Flower, I mix all these premixes at 15% flavour. There's scope for higher flavour levels with Lychee and Lotus, but be careful with the Parma Violet - if you mix it too strong, the floral flavour actually reduces (or even disappears.) This is because one of the keynote flavour components in violets is a compound called ionone, which has the notable characteristic of temporarily anaesthetizing olfactory receptors at high concentrations. Without the ionone, you'll get a lot more of the chocolatey base notes, and little or none of the sweet perfume.

This is why violets are traditionally referred to as "shrinking" - nothing to do with their appearance or habit, but perfumerers have long observed that you can have too much of a good thing, and that if you open a bottle of violet perfume, you often can't smell it until you replace the stopper. And then suddenly the whole room smells of violets