Flavour percentages

[DIY Apprentice]

Hi. Just wondering, if you have flavour 1,2 and 3

The first as an example is rated at 10-15%
The next 1-5%
The final is 5 to 10%
Is it best to reduce the flavours below their respective minimum?

 

[greek mule]

These ratings are for stand alone.
Find a recipe you like and use the recommended percentages.

 

[smacuser]

Perhaps maybe by a quarter to a third less.

What are you making?

 

[DIY Apprentice]

Perhaps maybe by a quarter to a third less.

What are you making?

Ohh ok. Well my very first mix i had to dilute by a good bit to get normal the others were fine though could have done with a small bit of sweetener. I usually like desserts. i have a few ordered in to make a few flavours. Like caramel brown sugar brulee things like that

 

[DIY Apprentice]

These ratings are for stand alone.
Find a recipe you like and use the recommended percentages.

I want to create my own recipe. But ofcourse i don't want to risk over using flavours. I am fairly new at eliquids but not new to creating my own recipes for desserts

 

[classwife]

Moved to DIY e-liquid from General e-liquid Discussion

 

[Beamslider]

I find the recommended flavors are usually way too high for my likes. But that is just me and you might like it. It is for standalone use the recommend %. Anything in 10 to 15% is probably too much unless it is a very weak flavor.

A lot of the flavor % depends on what you are using to vape the juice you make. A low volume MTL usually needs more flavoring. A high Vapor Volume device much less.

I usually end up with 3 or 7% depending on the specific flavor, with a few at 2% or less because they are strong flavors.

 

[Beamslider]

I want to create my own recipe. But ofcourse i don't want to risk over using flavours. I am fairly new at eliquids but not new to creating my own recipes for desserts

Mix a very small batch like 10 ML with starting with half the recommended amount. Let it sit a few days and try it for taste. Will give you an idea where to go from there. It is a trial and error to mix with flavors and it is best to see what they taste like alone before getting into complex multi-flavor mixes

 

[smacuser]

Ohh ok. Well my very first mix i had to dilute by a good bit to get normal the others were fine though could have done with a small bit of sweetener. I usually like desserts. i have a few ordered in to make a few flavours. Like caramel brown sugar brulee things like that

Sounds up my alley. I tend to avoid sweeteners, but that's okay. What are the three main flavorings?

 

[ShamrockPat]

Well my very first mix i had to dilute by a good bit to get normal the others were fine though could have done with a small bit of sweetener. I usually like desserts. i have a few ordered in to make a few flavours

I'll just give you a few tips I wish I had gotten in the beginning.
Buy the smallest volumes of concentrates till you know it's a good one.
Research and notes. Just because it says something on the label might not be what your taste buds taste.
I have many different Strawberries and many taste different between mfgrs.
Write notes on how it tastes after a day, 4 days, a week.
Look at what you made. You should have a good idea of what you need more or less of in the future.

 

[DIY Apprentice]

My main flavours if not black note tobacco would be brown sugar cinnamon. With brulee. Or brown sugar with caramel or brown sugar with maple pecan and butter pecan. I am very limited in what i have interest in so there is plenty of room for trial and error. I have been successful with the mixes i have done. Like they could do with being sweeter but the idea of their flavours were correct. But now i was thinking to myself if i put in less when i use other flavours like a 3 mix because it would become overrun with flavour concentrate that is pg.

 

[BrotherBob]

My main flavours if not black note tobacco would be brown sugar cinnamon. With brulee. Or brown sugar with caramel or brown sugar with maple pecan and butter pecan. I am very limited in what i have interest in so there is plenty of room for trial and error. I have been successful with the mixes i have done. Like they could do with being sweeter but the idea of their flavours were correct. But now i was thinking to myself if i put in less when i use other flavours like a 3 mix because it would become overrun with flavour concentrate that is pg.

I agree. I try to find the minimum percentage I can taste and choose to increase if necessary. I try to use percentages to bring out the flavors among the secondaries and so forth. If cream is highlighted, I tend to use a higher percentage of cream and less of others in a mix.

 

[JCinFLA]

IMO, it's best to start at the lower end of the recommended % for each flavoring, (or in some cases even lower than that), since you can always add more if it's needed.

 

[DIY Apprentice]

That is true about starting with less flavouring. Having large bottles of pg /vg is ok to put too much in. Because you can dilute down. I am not sure which one i want to stand out more