DIY Flavours

[vkarakav]

Hi everyone, I’m new here but have enjoyed making my own vape juice for a while now but was wanting to make flavours from scratch to just out of curiosity.

Is there anyone here who makes their own flavours? Like from making fruit essence with different alcohols (vodka/rum) for example? Is using an alcohol based fruit essence dangerous when vaporised?

Sorry if this has been asked before

 

[AzPlumber]

Check out the DIY section of the forum, loads of info there from years of DIY'ers experiments. Some folks add alcohol to thin VG and some vendor flavors are based in alcohol, shouldn't be an issue at low %'s. Welcome to the forum.

 

[FACE MEAT]

From what I understand based upon the writings of other ECF'ers who are much more educated than I...

The vast majority of the flavorings we use are artificial, and for good reason. The homemade flavor extractions you're referring to are called "tinctures". While tinctures may be fine for ingestion, they usually contain a sizable amount sugars and organic material. Both can be unsafe if inhaled.

Personally, I leave the flavoring production to the pros.

 

[stols001]

I believe that there are quite few things that can be homemade DIY safely, including tobaccos (though it seems like quite a process) and maybe some teas, etc., but too many sugars or alcohols aren't great for inhalation. I know it's pretty weird to accept that artificial flavoring is safer, but it kind of seems to be the case.

The nice thing about DIY besides the fun and lessened cost, though, is you can experiment quite a bit with flavorings and percentages and really tweak your mixes. There is a lot more information on the DIY forum, honestly, but please don't think you can boil up a mess of cherries and get vapable results from the resulting liquid.

Best of luck, and you will be able to start figuring out what will work, and what might not. I've considered making my own chamomile flavor, since I love that tea so much, but it's probably best for me to just drink it.

Good luck!

Anna

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Ya'all forgot to give them the link to DIY.......

DIY E-Liquid

 

[vkarakav]

Thanks for all your answers! The experimenting is half the fun of vaping

 

[dannyv45]

better off looking in the extraction forum. The process there works on most types of extraction but be careful with what you extract.
Most common are tea, tobacco, coffee, vanilla.
Liquid Extraction From Tobacco