How long do you steep Capella's flavors?

[Dimplegirl]

I'm still on the hunt for a good coconut e-liquid, which seems to be completely impossible. So I bought Capella's coconut flavor drops. It kinda smells like coconut but tastes like cinnamon, very weird. Maybe my taste buds are off. I didn't steep it yet, so how long do you steep your diy liquids?

 

[sonicdsl]

Moved to DIY e-liquid

 

[Armchair Alchemist]

I'm still on the hunt for a good coconut e-liquid, which seems to be completely impossible. So I bought Capella's coconut flavor drops. It kinda smells like coconut but tastes like cinnamon, very weird. Maybe my taste buds are off. I didn't steep it yet, so how long do you steep your diy liquids?

How much are you adding to your mix?

 

[Dimplegirl]

How much are you adding to your mix?

I added 4ml to 26ml of organic coconut e-juice I had that was to mild.

 

[Hoosier]

So, 13% cap's coconut to an already flavored juice?

Seems to be pretty high.

 

[Dimplegirl]

So, 13% cap's coconut to an already flavored juice?

Seems to be pretty high.

Hi Hoosier, the flavored juice isn't really flavored. It so mild and you don't taste the coconut with every hit. What would you suggest?

 

[Armchair Alchemist]

I would add 2% coconut at most. That would be 0.52 ml.

 

[Hoosier]

Too much flavoring can often result in a weak flavored juice. Too much means little to no flavor.

IF your current juice has this problem, adding more will not help.

Too little info to give an accurate account of what is going on, but overflavoring is amazingly common.

 

[Dimplegirl]

Hoosier, I'm new to all of this but how can too much flavoring result in a weak juice? What info do you need? I appreciate your help!

 

[Hoosier]

How does too much flavoring lead to less flavor? Hell if I know. It's been observed over and over over the years. I didn't believe such nutty talk when I started mixing many years ago. But undiscovered for myself. Got tired of saying it over and over, so i wrote a blog on flavoring levels and how to tell too much from too little. (that's the 3 to the right of Blog Entries under my picture.)

 

[Hitmetwice]

Coconut, like Vanilla I believe, are very subtle flavours requiring a lot of steep time(at least for vanilla), making it very difficult to get much flavour from them. They are both great for giving undertones with other additional flavs. Most folks can't wait 4 weeks or more before making a decision on their DIY mix. Cheers.