Great recipes for Newb's?

[DawgU]

First thanks to all for the incredible information here! I'm sure it has saved me tremendous time, effort, frustration and money!

I've been compiling recipes I want to try now that I'm diving into DIY, but as I've continued to read I've read many suggestions to start with single flavor recipes - and found most times that's been said most said they didn't do that even though they should have. I'm not excited by single flavor recipes either, and the thought occurred to me that there are probably some good tasting recipes that are relatively easy for Newb's to have early success with. Any suggestions?

 

[GaG8tor]

Bump. As I am curious as well.

 

[Train2]

What kind of flavors do you like?
I had great early success with several mixes based mostly on TFA's Doubly RY4.

From straight DRY4 at 15%, to several mixes adding a single fruit, or some Bavarian Cream to that - I liked them all.
(yes: RY4+banana, I like it )

Strawberry/Banana mixes are pretty easy, too. Here's one:
-Strawberries N Cream 4%
-Banana 3%
-Strawberry 2%
-Watermelon 4%
(edit - sorry, that's confusing, that's one recipe, not 4 single-flavor mixes!)

 

[DingerCPA]

There are a few good brand-specific threads here...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/336110-flavor-apprentice-flavoring-thread.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/440440-hangsen-thread.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/633991-all-flavoring-manufacturers-open-discussion.html

to name a few. Plus, there's

E-Liquid Recipes

and outside of ECF

Clone Recipes | ejuicerecipeforum-the place for DIY e-juice lovers
Clone Recipes | Homemade E-juice Recipes

as some examples.

There are a few sites where you can "register" your flavors (be specific with brand, as I've come to find out) and then it can offer recipes based on your ingredients.

What I'm learning is that (at least with my TFA flavors) you need a balance among things, even if an underlying flavor doesn't "make sense". Like adding a pinch of salt to something sweet in cooking, it doesn't "taste" like salt (unless too much is used), but it allows the primary flavor(s) to come forward with more prominence.

DIY is GREAT for me. I can make things I normally wouldn't buy. If it's too horrendous (which not a whole lot of what I've made has been) I wouldn't feel too guilty about wasting because it cost me pennies and not dollars.

Bill's Magic Vapor blogs contain gobs of recipes (TFA flavorings primarily.) Hoosier and Dannyv45 have lots of great tips in their blogs for starting DIY (didn't remember many recipes there, but great information about the process.)

You're going to get a lot of seemingly conflicting information about the amount of flavoring to put into mixes. Some folks use much lower percentages (and percentages of a given flavor will vary among manufacturer) and other folks use higher percentages. You have to find what works for you. I have found success following Bill's Magic Vapor's philosophy of higher percentages at the time of mix (ATM). You're going to get "conflicting" information about steeping (letting the mixed juice sit or age - vape it right now or let it sit for x number of days.) You will just have to try your hand (small batches at first to get the hang of it.)

Good luck to you - I thoroughly enjoy it!

 

[dead not sleeping]

Every new diy'er wants to get right to it. And that's OK I guess. You can save a lot of juice spiraling down the drain if you don't. You may hit it, you may not. In my experience, not. The suggestion to keep it small and simple is a good one. Get yourself some small bottles ( I have a bunch of 1 dram - 4 ml - bottles that I test mix in ). First and foremost, get your unflavored base the way you want it. Important to get that right. If it sucks, everything following will suck, and nothing will fix it. Then you can mix up 30+ ml's of that. Then just take 2 ml's or so of your base in your mini mixing bottles and start adding drops of a flavor that you would like to be your base flavor. I use an insulin needle ~250 drops/ml, tough to get the thicker flavor into but it will, that's about 2 drops per 1%/ml. Record all info. Start with just a few drops, it may turn out just meh, that's ok, as long as its not terrible. Keep adding drops and sampling until you get something you can deal with. If you like your 1 flavor, then you can make 30 ml's of that. Then do the same thing, small batches of test mixes with the 1 flavor mix. Add some drops of a complimentary flavor. And on and on. This will decrease your waste considerably, and you can see what works with what and what doesn't. Using a juice calculator, ( I use e-juice-me-up ), change the percentages until you get to your drop count. You'll be pretty close. Then go from there. Remember that the e-recipe you try is someone else's taste. You may not like it. In my opinion, chances are you won't. So, do it yourself. You'll have a lot of fun, and save a bunch of money, ( if you're careful playing in the candy store ). You'll find that some expensive vendor juices can't light a candle to your diy, and you wonder how you could ever have liked the vendor juice in the first place. I'm spending less than 10 a month on diy, compared with 60 on vendor juices, and 150+ with the stinkies. 8 bucks is good.

 

[Stacy1]

The question is what you like to vape? There's plenty of recipes on this site, and they are all good for newbies as long as you know how to measure the ingredients out. In order to create your own recipes, you'll want to do those single flavor batches so you know what each flavor tastes like, but it does get boring quick. Go to the recipe section of the forum, and if you find a recipe that looks good to you, try it. While you're making it, go ahead and make a couple of single flavor mixes. Before you know it, you'll be making juice like a pro

 

[Larry J]

Actually, DawgU, most of what I mix is single-flavor and I love it. There are so many flavorings available now that already incorporate several different flavors in them that it's easier than ever to get a multiple-flavor juice with only one flavoring. Part of DIY, though, is trying different mixes and recipes. I'd still suggest you start out with single flavors just to learn the process of mixing and to get a baseline on each flavor so you'll have a better idea of how different flavors might taste when mixed with another. Still, for me, though, single flavors suit me just fine.

 

[bebeau25]

This is a simple recipe for anybody. It's one I really like and I am pretty new to diy.
I mixed this in 10 mls first to try and then in a 30ml. It tastes pretty good to me.

50/50 pg/vg
6mg nic
Capella Harvest Berry 8%
Capella Cake Batter 3%

 

[gillant]

I made the mistake of buying flavours around recipes that need to steep for a while before they're at their best to vape. I'm not a patient person

 

[Hoosier]

10-15% Capella's Sweet Tangerine - It will taste like you spent months on getting it just so.

 

[Das Auto]

Small batches at first. Take your time! Now that you already dove in. Slow down and tread water for a minute. Start with single flavors, to learn their flavor profiles and how you think they'll blend/mix with other flavors. Then add some you think will work well together. Then go from there.

The hard parts over. You took the dive. Now the swimming begins. Enjoy! And don't be so hasty to dump a mix you think didn't work. Put it in the cupboard and come back to it in a few weeks. Maybe it got better?

Still holding out for my Orange cream disaster to become my adv LoL!!!