Disappointed by strawberries

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Cinnamonkey

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Hi Pat.

My favorite juices are actually of the strawberry variety. Ahlusion has some delectable ones on their site from Strawberry Vanilla Cake, Sweet Strawberry, Strawberry Cream, Strawberry Shortcake and I do adore their Pink Label juice. To me, they have the best and most complex strawberry juices out of all of the vendors I have tried. I didn't expect to be wowed over by them the way I have been..but I put my money where my vape is, and when it comes to complex, sweet, tart, fresh strawberries...Ahlusion slammed a homerun.

Ms. T's Bakery has a nice true to fruit Strawberry.

My HHV Bleeding Heart is still steeping. Going on 2 weeks now. So I have to be honest, to me it hasn't gotten to where I want it but I am not quite ready to give up on it yet.

Strawberry can be one of "those" flavors...hard to find the good ones..it took me a year and a half to get the zen strawberry and that was when I was about ready to toss my entire vaping supplies out the blasted window. Without trying to sound like a fangirl, Ahlusion was my "aha!!". YMMV, but don't give up. Eventually you are going to find what you are looking for. When you do, let me know..I am always up for a phenomenal strawberry vape.

Best of luck!!
 

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I was on a strawberry flavor mission once several months back. It is a difficult flavor to get right. What have you tried so far? I never found one that I really liked. I came to the conclusion for me, that strawberry was better mixed with other flavors. I too have had many different strawberries. There is also one particular flavoring (not sure which company it comes from) that I absolutely cannot tolerate at all. I'm talking about the flavoring companies themselves, not e-liquid vendors.

Being an "expert" is a funny term for me, because my taste buds certainly do not agree with hers. :D I just figured they weren't for me and moved on. Good luck with your search though!
 
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I was on a strawberry flavor mission once several months back. It is a difficult flavor to get right. What have you tried so far? I never found one that I really liked. I came to the conclusion for me, that strawberry was better mixed with other flavors. I too have had many different strawberries. There is also one particular flavoring (not sure which company it comes from) that I absolutely cannot tolerate at all. I'm talking about the flavoring companies themselves, not e-liquid vendors.

Being an "expert" is a funny term for me, because my taste buds certainly do not agree with hers. :D I just figured they weren't for me and moved on. Good luck with your search though!

Good thing I am just another lady on the forum who happens to like strawberry juices. :D I have been on the same searches as everyone else and I just happened to find something I think is my awesome. Lord knows if all our taste buds agreed, we wouldn't need so many vendors in the first place. Alas we have many, many, vendors..and I am just one of many throwing out there what works for me. :2c:
 

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Good thing I am just another lady on the forum who happens to like strawberry juices. :D I have been on the same searches as everyone else and I just happened to find something I think is my awesome. Lord knows if all our taste buds agreed, we wouldn't need so many vendors in the first place. Alas we have many, many, vendors..and I am just one of many throwing out there what works for me. :2c:

Yes, I know. I was only sharing my experience just like you were. ;)
 

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I have tried a fair amount of sites...not too many straight up juice vendors though. Vaporkings, Vaporkings, Vaporbomb, Juicyvapor, HHV (bleeding heart) just to name a few.

I'd say of the ones that I tried, the closest was Ms T's Strawberry after a good steep. It still didn't hit the mark but of the ones I did try it was the best one. The biggest issue for me was the aftertaste I got from them, it just wasn't quite right.....
 

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Bob Marley Blood & Chuck Norris Blood from fuZion vapor - handcrafted eliquid and ejuice

Both are a strawberry base, Marley is much stronger tho

I remember you talking about this one the other evening Ninjuh. Those both have me intrigued, and the Gumby Blood sounds tempting as well. I have yet to find a good gummy bear vape, so it's very, very much on my to-do vape. Thanks for the heads up on this by the way. I'm always up for trying some good juices.
 

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I'd say of the ones that I tried, the closest was Ms T's Strawberry after a good steep. It still didn't hit the mark but of the ones I did try it was the best one. The biggest issue for me was the aftertaste I got from them, it just wasn't quite right.....

Yeah, that after taste is what killed bleeding heart for me...It barely tasted of strawberry but the after taste was some horrid something...not sure what it tasted like. This was surprising because all of HHV's juices I've tried have been quality. Even if I don't like the juice I could tell it was a well made juice. Gandalf for instance, not a fan, but there wasn't a foul chemical taste or something. They've all been fairly true to the description and the reviews....Maybe I got a bad batch?
 

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Yeah, that after taste is what killed bleeding heart for me...It barely tasted of strawberry but the after taste was some horrid something...not sure what it tasted like. This was surprising because all of HHV's juices I've tried have been quality. Even if I don't like the juice I could tell it was a well made juice. Gandalf for instance, not a fan, but there wasn't a foul chemical taste or something. They've all been fairly true to the description and the reviews....Maybe I got a bad batch?

Good to know I am not going crazy. I thought it was just me. I am going to steep the heck out of this juice and see how it is after a few more weeks. Right now it's that aftertaste that is just killing it for me. Like you said, this was a surprise, because I really like her other fruits that I have tried and she has a very good Blueberry muffin.
 

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Yeah, that after taste is what killed bleeding heart for me...It barely tasted of strawberry but the after taste was some horrid something...not sure what it tasted like. This was surprising because all of HHV's juices I've tried have been quality. Even if I don't like the juice I could tell it was a well made juice. Gandalf for instance, not a fan, but there wasn't a foul chemical taste or something. They've all been fairly true to the description and the reviews....Maybe I got a bad batch?

Was it steeped? I haven't tried that particular flavor but I think many strawberry mixes do better with a bit of a steep.
 

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I've tried a few flavor vendors but not for strawberry. I got that from TPA because I like their flavors and I like them. They tell you if a flavor is strong or weak and other details. Maybe some others do the same. I mixed a batch of strawberry/watermelon and I like it a lot but it is a weak flavor so I use more of it. Menthol, just a touch, brings out fruit flavors like crazy. If something taste a little weak, I usually try menthol and sometimes Koolada and it solves the problem. You won't taste the menthol.

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