DIY Flavoring Thread - Part 2

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I also prefer my own diy juice. If you get a hankering for a certain flavor, you can just whip it up and vape it, at least with fruit flavors, which don't require much steeping. I love diy, it's a shame so many folks are intimidated by it. I was lucky that I didn't have a big stash of premade juice when I started diy. Most of my juice investment was with flavors, pg, vg, and nic instead.
 

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10 premade juices is a far cry from what I had, I stopped buying when I made my first DIY order a few weeks back. Biggest problem with what I have is 5 of those 10 are 30ml bottles lol. My second juice attempt is proving harder than the first, shooting for a good bourbon blend, and when I drank I was really into scotches and bourbons...so I might be working on that for a while lol.
 

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Any type of guess on how long they may last?

Flavour Art will tell you two years and that seems to hold true if you store them in glass. I had their Apple flavor totally lose flavor after about 8 months though so fruit may not hold up as well as some of the others.

I had some PA Caramel Original ( in glass) that lost flavor and turned clear in about 1 years time. FA does seem to hold up better than PA in my experience.
 

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Finally finished playing around with my small mix ups, and have my first DIY blend made up in a full sized batch...I finally have the caramel vape I've been looking for! On a slightly different note, ECX Dulce De Leche is plain delicious on its own.

I know! I could almost drink that stuff. :)
 

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I also prefer my own diy juice. If you get a hankering for a certain flavor, you can just whip it up and vape it, at least with fruit flavors, which don't require much steeping. I love diy, it's a shame so many folks are intimidated by it. I was lucky that I didn't have a big stash of premade juice when I started diy. Most of my juice investment was with flavors, pg, vg, and nic instead.

You were very lucky! Thank goodness I had those care packages going out to Afghanistan and I found out about the vapers that live outside (homeless) because all of my hoarders stash of vendor juice went to good causes :)
 

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10 premade juices is a far cry from what I had, I stopped buying when I made my first DIY order a few weeks back. Biggest problem with what I have is 5 of those 10 are 30ml bottles lol. My second juice attempt is proving harder than the first, shooting for a good bourbon blend, and when I drank I was really into scotches and bourbons...so I might be working on that for a while lol.

All of mine were 60s and 120s lol :facepalm:
 

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Just tasted this after about 24 hours of steeping, and noticed that the FA fresh cream has the same coconut kind of after taste that their cappuccino has.

You are tasting the same thing that I do. I feel sure it is what took the place of butter when they took the diacetyl out of these flavors to give them the buttery/creamy notes. It does meld together better with time IMO though.
 

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I don't mind it at all, I was going to use it with the espresso to make a better cappuccino than the cappuccino lol, just found that a little interesting.

I think that you may be a lot like another friend that I have. She drinks very strong coffee all through the day and needs her coffee flavors STRONG to taste them. The Cappuccino is a strong flavor to me and I could not even imagine adding Espresso to it.
 

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The cappuccino is a good flavor, I'm thinking more about mixing the fresh cream with the espresso to make a different kind of cappuccino, and playing with the cappuccino concentrate and some of my caramel. Out of everything I've gotten so far my least favorite flavors are the PA coffee and FA caramel, no clue what I'm going to do with those.

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I have been known to hit Starbucks up for a quad shot of espresso on ice, and add a touch of cream...so I guess I do enjoy a good strong coffee. Think I'm about to go make a short pot lol.
 

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OH! I thought that you were going to add the Espresso to the Cappuccino lol I like my coffee medium flavor with a touch of cream and sweetener. I don't do like the stuff that can get up and walk away on it's own lol

Yeah...mine usually beats someone up before walking away lol. I'm busy playing with bavarian creams and custards before I move on to coffees.
 

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I make my own coffee flavoring using PG and coffee grounds. You can use plain or any flavored coffee that you like. The eliquid will taste exactly like the coffee that you used.

My favorite is the one I make from Ghiradelli Chocolate Caramel Coffee. Very easy to do.
You may want to try it sometime if you are feeling adventurous.
 

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I make my own coffee flavoring using PG and coffee grounds. You can use plain or any flavored coffee that you like. The eliquid will taste exactly like the coffee that you used.

My favorite is the one I make from Ghiradelli Chocolate Caramel Coffee. Very easy to do.
You may want to try it sometime if you are feeling adventurous.

Is it done the same way the pipe tobacco essence is done? I did that one the stove with VG, which was so shockingly close to the flavor I got from my pipe that I haven't done it again lol. Really felt like I was getting the exact flavor I got from smoking my pipe.
 

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Yeah...mine usually beats someone up before walking away lol. I'm busy playing with bavarian creams and custards before I move on to coffees.

I knew that I had you pegged right. You really need to try the PA Caramel Cappuccino mixed at 1% sometime. My friend that drinks the strong coffee like you do uses it as her all day vape.
 
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