differnet percentages of nicotine produce different flavors with the exact formula

[mavrider]

I have searched this forum for the answer and i apologize if I overlooked it. I have always used 60 mg of nicotine in a 50/50 mix to add my flavoring to. I ordered some 100 mg (10%) nicotine the last time and now everything is different in the final product-- the tobacco mix tastes "wheaty" and the fruit flavors taste flat. I suspected a problem when the 24mg of mix (before the flavor was added) looked pink instead of brownish. The formula for the nic and flavors is exactly the same. The only thing different is the 100mg of nic that I started with. i have tested the mix and it is at 24 mg of nic. Anyone have any ideas or similar experience? Thanks

 

[Zanaspus]

Is the nic from a different source? Different vendor nicotines have different underlying flavors. Some are peppery, some are clean, some add a sour note. Just a thought.

 

[b.m.]

^That was my first thought too,was a different supplier.I started out at 24mg and moved down to 18mg and the juices i made at the time of that drop,still tasted exactly the same,but i was the same supplier.

 

[Hitmetwice]

Is the base nic pg or vg? Is it the same as last time.

 

[Hoosier]

If your old nic had a funky flavor and you developed your recipes to overcome that, and you got a clean nic, now your recipes are over-flavored and will be funky all in different ways because of the different flavorings.

If your old nic was clean and the new nic had a funky flavor, all your recipes should now have a similar new note that is the nicotine funk.

It is not consistently spelled out, but all bases should be taste tested before use. Obviously the nic base should be mixed down to the usual level for this, but that helps when taste testing your PG & VG.

 

[mavrider]

Thanks for the many repsonses.
The nic is from the same supplier....
The nic is: one container is pg based 10%, and the other is vg based 10%--then i dilute it with 0 nic pg and/or 0 nic vg.........
I'm wondering how to taste test the nic for a flavor different than the last supply ( I do not have any of the old left), and I do not know what the mixutre would/should taste like withut any flavoring (the one time i thought about having a vape of "no flavor" nictotine was such a terrible taste i added flavor after the first half-tank)

 

[JD1]

I don't know for sure but I read some where that really clean nic could have a pinkish hue. From experience, I do know that the peppery taste suits me pretty good for some recipes but is hard to work with others. A lot of folks just dump their 'bad' nic.

 

[Hoosier]

Same supplier is meaningless unless it as the same batch number on it. Even the best suppliers have had some poor batches slip through. (With the exception of one who's prices are much higher than most folks are willing to pay because he tests everything multiple ways before and after batching to make sure this doesn't happen, which is why it is pricey.)

PG should taste like a super virgin olive oil and PG with clean nic should taste the same.

VG should taste like a neutral sweet oil and VG with clean nic should taste the same.

 

[mavrider]

But....... since I cannot try the pg with the nic, or the vg with the nic (because it is at a high level of nicotine-10%), without adding the pg/vg w/0 nic I cannot know.
An issue of the two different "made on dates" of the zero nic and XX% nic has not happened in the past when I was using 6% nic.
i will say the mixture at 24 mg nic from the 10% does have a pinikish hue where the mixture at 24mg nic from the 6% had a more tan color...
I think what I am taking away from this is:
The nic I have now is a cleaner nic than what I have been using.

 

[BlueridgeDog]

But....... since I cannot try the pg with the nic, or the vg with the nic

Mix your VG and nic to come to whatever mg you want. vape. Mix your pg and nic likewise and vape.

 

[Hoosier]

.... Obviously the nic base should be mixed down to the usual level for this, but that helps when taste testing your PG & VG.

But....... since I cannot try the pg with the nic, or the vg with the nic (because it is at a high level of nicotine-10%), without adding the pg/vg w/0 nic I cannot know. .

Color me confused.