DIY Ejuice Q's
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Mentioned a Mango Sherbet your working on and advised that 2% cantaloupe carries mango. Knew last we talked about the PUR mango here, you mentioned you’d already made changes. So I didn’t know if perhaps it’s the same recipe. I now have the PUR mango but haven’t yet used as I was going to try in your recipe first but don’t yet have your changes. No worries though! I can think of lots I can try with PUR mango!
I have a Q;
I've read here to taste-vape the juices I make every couple days as they steep to find out how long they need to steep.
How do I do that?
Do I need to use a new coil or a new wick? Do I need to thoroughly clean my tank?
Can I pour what I don't vape from the tank back to the steeping bottle?
I've read here to taste-vape the juices I make every couple days as they steep to find out how long they need to steep.
How do I do that?
Do I need to use a new coil or a new wick? Do I need to thoroughly clean my tank?
Can I pour what I don't vape from the tank back to the steeping bottle?
You don't need to try your juices every 2 days unless you want to. I'd go by the week. Yes you need a new coil or wick and a clean tank. Yup you can pour the juice back in the bottle.
I havent got that one quite right yet. The other one I mentioned on Frans is different. Im working on it though
If you've got the tank to spare, I've heard of people loading a flavor in a tank, then just testing the tank a couple of times a week, just letting it sit to the side in between tests.
I've never done that. And, you would need a spare tank that you can let sit for an extended period. But, it should work.
The trouble I have with letting a juice sit in a tank is it starts tasting crappy if you let it sit too long.
I agree with FranC’s response. When I started DIY I began using a small RDA to making frequent testing easier for me. If your interested and don’t already know much about RDA’s, I can recommend the same one to you that was recommended to me here on ECF. Some people will tell you this also works for them, while others will tell you to do it another way. There’s no right or wrong way or frequency to test your new flavors or mixes, as long as it works for you. Once you get an idea of about how long you like certain types of mixes to age, you won’t need to test as often. While a suggested typical steep times guide for mix types might help you, it’ll be personal preference which calls the shots as everyones taste is different. Great community here who doesn’t mind helping out when they can. If you need those suggestions I mentioned, let me know. Any more questions, don’t hesitate to bring them here. Happy mixing!
I love it that I started this thread in need of so many questions answered and now I have some valuable advice to give #payitforward
#payitforward
Hey all I was looking through recipes and was wondering what the difference if any is there between sweetner and Caps super sweet. Is it just more concentrated than “regular” sweetner. Does it have the same muting effect at ME that people mention? Thanks
Funny, or sad, story depending on how you look at it. Before starting DIY I didn’t know which to order. When I mentioned it on here, I got several peoples personal preferences suggested. So when I ordered my sweeteners at Nude Nicotine I basically got one of each of them. Since, the only others I’ve purchased are brown sugar and powdered sugar for texturing ect. When I see a recipe calling for CAP SS, I know it’s 20% sucralose and my NN sucra is 15%, so I adjust accordingly. I know TFA’s sweetener is 5% sucra and also adjust accordingly. Don’t quote me but I don’t think FLV’s is sucra. But mostly they are and sometimes they’re a mix of sucra / maltol ect. If I don’t know one, I look it up. I don’t use ethyl maltol in anything anymore unless a recipe calls for it and even then I have to feel good about the mixologist who wrote it. I learned all about it’s muting powers very early. It can work in your favor when a bit of toning down might be needed but it’s tricky and I choose to save that for figuring out later on. So to answer your question, often but not always the difference is simply the percentage of sucra. When I run out of NN sucra I’ll most likely purchase SS and use less as it’s stronger and probably more bang for the buck. Hope this helps!
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TFA Sweetener is sucralose at 5% with Ethyl Maltol at 5%
CAP Super Sweet is water, sucralose, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzoate@20%sucralose
FW Natural and Artificial Flavouring, Sucralose and Propylene Glycol@10% sucralose
Erythritol — It is 60% – 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and only 1/10 the sweetness of sucralose
Flavorah’s Sweetness is a Stevia derived type of sweetener
Sugar Daddy is a blend of:Stevia,EM,Erythritol,sucralose and DW in VG base
CAP Super Sweet is water, sucralose, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzoate@20%sucralose
FW Natural and Artificial Flavouring, Sucralose and Propylene Glycol@10% sucralose
Erythritol — It is 60% – 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and only 1/10 the sweetness of sucralose
Flavorah’s Sweetness is a Stevia derived type of sweetener
Sugar Daddy is a blend of:Stevia,EM,Erythritol,sucralose and DW in VG base
Sucralose doesn't mute like Ethyl maltol I use Supersweet for that reason and it works well at low percentages. It's also pretty much shake and vape in my opinion, so start low, you can always try raising the percentage by a few drops. It really is pretty strong.
Best of luck, I haven't tried the erythrspellinngpropbleem yet, but I haven't mixed since someone sent me a small amount I'm looking forward to experimenting with it.
Anna
Best of luck, I haven't tried the erythrspellinngpropbleem yet, but I haven't mixed since someone sent me a small amount I'm looking forward to experimenting with it.
Anna
All the other stuff is why I quit using SS but thats just me. I have been using FW or NN stevia. The other one, Ive read so many reviews stating how great it is and quite a few stating how it mutes and I can see that.
I use loads of sweetener. Super sweet and Stevia are my faves. I do not get muting with either. However I don’t get sweetness from EM at all. I use it, not often, to mute only.
I can’t even remember every brand of sweetener I’ve tried, but I know which I’ve kept ordering.
I can’t even remember every brand of sweetener I’ve tried, but I know which I’ve kept ordering.
Yeh I don't mind a BIT of EM, but I mainly use flavors that contain it in low percentages.
Some folks LOVE EM or Stevia (me and Stevia never got along but the main thing is KNOW what you are using/experimenting with using sweeteners, and have fun and be informed along the way! That's why the DIY forum is so great, always new folks, new flavors to talk about and new experiments to make.
I really, really hate Stevia. I also don't begrudge ANYONE'S love for it. Maybe one day when I hit my "sucralose" limit I will be concerned (and Diet Pepsi changed it's formal back to some other sweetening stuff) but I highly doubt I will REACH that limit. LOL.
Anna
Some folks LOVE EM or Stevia (me and Stevia never got along but the main thing is KNOW what you are using/experimenting with using sweeteners, and have fun and be informed along the way! That's why the DIY forum is so great, always new folks, new flavors to talk about and new experiments to make.
I really, really hate Stevia. I also don't begrudge ANYONE'S love for it. Maybe one day when I hit my "sucralose" limit I will be concerned (and Diet Pepsi changed it's formal back to some other sweetening stuff) but I highly doubt I will REACH that limit. LOL.
Anna
Some stevia's I dont get along with. Theres a funky aftertaste with some forms. I dont get that with the NN. I heard Jennifer Jarvis say she is working on a new sweetener. That one I will try
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