Just a rant about strawberry flavors

[Papadragon]

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I'm sorry, impossible to clean up that post. Don't want to delete the whole thread because member wants some help finding a good strawberry or fixing his strawberry flavoring.

 

[tru2dgame]

Flavor art strawberry is good. So is flavor west. I also like cappella strawberries and cream but dislike their plain strawberry

 

[Tracey1]

I like Capellas Sweet 'Strawberry. Sometimes adding less flavoring makes a difference. Try lowering your percentage. Hope you find something that works for you.

 

[Jack Pappas]

I haven't tried to Strawberry yet. But I struggled with both Raspberry and Cherry.
It seemed I was getting just a little bit of the fruit flavor and harsh throat. After reading many threads here at ECF (and thank the gods both great and small for ECF) I decided to try it u harsh.

Then I did the really silly thing and tried a few 5 mil bottles with one single drop of flavoring in each. Kind of on the advice of one member who likes to have a few bottles around with almost no flavor to chain vape when that is what he needs to do and not get burnt tongue syndrome.
Hmm. At one drop I could actually still clearly taste Cherry, and Raspberry. So know I'm working with one drop per ml. For a single flavor with Cherry and Raspberry.
And I have one special that has in 10 ml of VG (9mgNic) seven drops of Cherry, three drops Sweet Cream, ONE drop Cinnamon, two drops Smooth, and a single drop of finishing polish.. my special blend of Watkins Lemon oil
[Watkins Lemon oil (70 alcohol. 30 lemon oil) with pure fresh juice from a bright lemon, about one third too the Watkins]

Again, for clarity, 10ml of VG(9mgNic), seven drops of Cherry, three drops Sweet Cream, ONE drop Cinnamon, two drops TFA Smooth, and a single drop of finishing polish.

 

[Kabooma]

I just add liquid sucralose about 2 drops per ml and it sweetens up and takes the harsh TH away. Jack may also be onto something there- perhaps we're all over-flavoring these based on our other mixing experiences.. I will try both cherry and strawberry with a 1-2 drops per ml approach and see how 10ml turns out..

 

[ChadGio]

Ummmmmm ......

 

[BlueMoods]

You have to work with it, a lot of concentrated flavors are bitter right out of the bottle, they are not sweetened, the sweet that would be in a real strawberry has been removed, it's just the berry part of the flavor. Once you dilute and sweeten it, it isn't bitter.

Even McCormick strawberry for cooking is bitter right out of the bottle.

 

[tavalex]

I've always find strawberry a bit tricky... in recipes, it can easily mask other flavours with just a few drops, and on it's own, the flavor is not complex enough to be enjoyable.
Remember though that strawberries are naturally quite sour, so a drop or two of malic acid can help it a lot.

 

[flbutterfly1]

I also have trouble with strawberry. I really like decadent vapours strawberry tart and ripe strawberry. You can get it through liberty flights. The only thing I add to the ripe strawberry is one drop of tart and sour per 5 ml. I haven't found a strawberry premixed that I liked either. They all smell great but either taste like cardboard or perfume. The strawberry tart has as light pie type flavor but I mix in the ripe strawberry and it seems to disappear. Most of decadent vapours flavors are great without adding any other flavorings sometimes a little sweetener or tart might be good, but just because everyone's sweet tooth can be different.

 

[michaelsil1]

I've always find strawberry a bit tricky... in recipes, it can easily mask other flavours with just a few drops, and on it's own, the flavor is not complex enough to be enjoyable.
Remember though that strawberries are naturally quite sour, so a drop or two of malic acid can help it a lot.

The Strawberries I buy are not sour!