Flavor disappeared upon mixing

[beardRage]

I recently started making my own juice and have had something strange happen. I decided to kill three birds with one stone and mixed capella blueberry @ 5% (slightly weak result) and mixed some capella NY cheesecake @ 8% (strong result). I tested an equal sample of each, noted the results, and then took a step toward my ultimate goal (blueberry cheesecake) only to find that when combined in equal amounts that the juice lost most of it's flavor. I have very weak cheesecake flavor on the back end with weak blueberry flavor up front, overall very weak flavor. As I noted, the blueberry was a little weak to start, perhaps a 2% bump would solve this, but the NY cheesecake was really strong, it was rich and sweet taking on a very noticeable butter note. I don't have olfactory fatigue so I'm seriously scratching my head on this. It seems like the blueberry killed the cheesecake and died a little in the process. Any ideas or tips? 60vg no sweetener, 6mg nic.

 

[jensy]

Maybe just put it aside and let it steep for a bit . Let the flavors meld and come out .

 

[Boletus]

...when combined in equal amounts that the juice lost most of it's flavor.

If I am reading correctly, you mixed equal parts of two already made juices. If so, when you combined them, you diluted the percentage of each flavor by half. In other words, for example if you mixed 10 ml of juice with 8% flavor A and 10 ml of juice with 5% flavor B, you now have 20 ml of juice with 4% flavor A and 2.5% flavor B.

 

[mattiem]

I would up the blueberry just a bit and then add some sort of cream flavoring to it. Possibly sweet cream

I had a menthol that I really liked but decided that it could be better. I added sweet cream to it and now I have to cut my menthol because the cream made the menthol really come forward. I don't taste the cream at all but it added a richness to my mix. I would think it would do the same for your blueberry. HTH

 

[beardRage]

If I am reading correctly, you mixed equal parts of two already made juices. If so, when you combined them, you diluted the percentage of each flavor by half. In other words, for example if you mixed 10 ml of juice with 8% flavor A and 10 ml of juice with 5% flavor B, you now have 20 ml of juice with 4% flavor A and 2.5% flavor B.

I just facepalmed. Why yes, math works when you use it. Thank you lol

 

[Boletus]

I just facepalmed. Why yes, math works when you use it. Thank you lol

Yeah, math is not a forgiving pursuit. And of course as mattiem noted, there are interactions between flavors, so once you get the expected percentages mixed, be ready to adjust for your taste. And as jensy implies, steeping can make a big difference too, so try it right after mixing but then steep it and see how it develops. Some flavors improve from steeping, some are hardly affected, and others will fade more to the background.