DIY Fruity Tips and Tricks

[NHXJer]

Hey All:

I've been DIY'ing for a few months now and while I've creating a few respectable dessert and custard mixes, I've been having a lot of trouble making some really good fruity blends.

I'm aiming to make liquids without cream or custard tones - just straight fruity blends.

Not looking for recipes, more like general observations or what works for people like:

"I add X % FA Cream to most of my fruit blends to smooth them out"

"X at Y % and W at Z % make an excellent peach"

"Never blend A and B = gross!"

You get the idea.
Maybe this thread could compile some good tips.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Best advice I can offer is start with fruits you like. Mix them as stand alone flavors to make sure you like them in your vape. You can mix those single flavors together after that to create new flavors.

 

[Ms.Sue]

If using two flavours I mix the secondary flavour half the amount of the primary flavour.

2% strawberry or raspberry stops fruit mixes tasting floral.

I add sweetener and EM to all my mixes.

 

[kile]

If using two flavours I mix the secondary flavour half the amount of the primary flavour.

2% strawberry or raspberry stops fruit mixes tasting floral.

I add sweetener and EM to all my mixes.

At what % on average

 

[Ms.Sue]

At what % on average

It depends what fruits I'm mixing.
Sweetener 1-6% EM 1-3%.

 

[ckquatt]

Sweetner is great! Loran's Tart and Sour is also fantastic for straight fruit flavors. It gives you that "zing" that you might be missing. It's great stuff. I use it in just about all my straight fruit (no creams) flavors at about 1-2 drops per 10mls.

If you add more than that it'll add a sour taste to it. (Think of the super sour candies)


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[Roland Reithinger]

This is the first time I heard about Loran's Tart and Sour. Is Loran the only one producer of this kind of aroma?

 

[kile]

This is the first time I heard about Loran's Tart and Sour. Is Loran the only one producer of this kind of aroma?

no tfa/tpa also makes one and same with fw

 

[kile]

It depends what fruits I'm mixing.
Sweetener 1-6% EM 1-3%.

thanks

 

[dead not sleeping]

I like to add Sour and a "sweet flavor" like strawberry, tangerine, or grape, etc instead of sweeteners. Imo, all sweeteners wreck more than they help, yuk. CAP fruits are a bit less picky to deal with over TFA. I find TFA, although really good, tougher to get right and has longer steep times. A touch of a white or red grape flavor will send the flavor profile in a bit of a different direction without really tasting grapey, (I don't like the "concord" taste of most grape flavors, INA Grape Aromat is a white/red taste - awesome with apple). The best thing about fruits is that they all tend to go with each other, and different percentages of the same ingredients with make totally different tasting juices. A neat thing to try is to make 5 different single fruit flavor mixes, then mix combo taster batches from them. Dont forget to write the %'s down, I made the most awesome juice ever ... once.

 

[zoiDman]

Flavor is, of course, very Subjective. And everyone's Tastes are Different.

But here are a few General Guidelines I have used when doing Fruit Recipes.

Adding a small amount of Pineapple makes a Blend "Stand Up".
Adding a Peach tends to Smooth Out a Blend.
Adding a Strawberry gives a Blend more Body.
All Fruit Blends need a Sweetener like Sucralose (for Me).

and...

Almost No Single flavoring tastes like I wanted it to. With the Possible Exception of FlavorArt Watermelon. And TFA Fruit Punch.