Let the Steeping begin.

[micksf]

First round of flavor testing. 16 flavorart flavors (7 tobaccos) are steeping in different percentages. Good luck to me.

 

[GoodDog]

Excellent!!! And yes, good luck.

 

[pinellaspete]

Wow!...You've been busy! I count 56 mixes?

If you don't mind my asking, what are you mixing?

How did you do it?

Pete

 

[micksf]

it's actually just 16 flavors in three different percentages each, so 48 total. The bottles on the right in the photo are the original flavourart bottles. I mixed 2ml bottles of my desired PG/VG ratio and started with 2%, 4%, and 6% of flavoring. Once I find my preferred percentage for each (adjustments may be required) I'll move forward with Hoosier's recommended strategy of mixing them together. I hope this method works out.

 

[pinellaspete]

Micksf,

Here's a few things you might want to consider once you sample your mixes.

tobacco flavors take the longest steeping time. They sometimes take a week of steeping before they lose their chemically/perfumery taste. Tobacco flavors alone will sometimes taste harsh with a very sharp "bite". To tone down the harshness you might add 1 to 3 drops of a sweetener like an Ethyl Maltol dilution per 5ml. Another thing we have just discovered in another thread is to add 1 to 3 drops of vinegar per 5ml. The vinegar seems to really work well with tobacco flavors.

Fruit flavors don't need as much steeping time. Two days and you can start sampling them. Ethyl Maltol and lemon juice @ 1 to 3 drops each per 5ml really seem to help the fruit flavors shine.

Can't wait to hear about your results!

Good luck!

Pete

 

[Sweeney Todd]

Your setup looks great! Be sure to keep us posted, any advice on which flavor %ages work best for you is priceless.

 

[micksf]

Thanks for the insight Pete.

Micksf,

Here's a few things you might want to consider once you sample your mixes.

Tobacco flavors take the longest steeping time. They sometimes take a week of steeping before they lose their chemically/perfumery taste. Tobacco flavors alone will sometimes taste harsh with a very sharp "bite". To tone down the harshness you might add 1 to 3 drops of a sweetener like an Ethyl Maltol dilution per 5ml. Another thing we have just discovered in another thread is to add 1 to 3 drops of vinegar per 5ml. The vinegar seems to really work well with tobacco flavors.

Fruit flavors don't need as much steeping time. Two days and you can start sampling them. Ethyl Maltol and lemon juice @ 1 to 3 drops each per 5ml really seem to help the fruit flavors shine.

Can't wait to hear about your results!

Good luck!

Pete

 

[XMit]

In my experience they age better with the caps off, especially tobacco. If you have the ability to do this (no kids/pets). I can usually cut my time in half doing that.

 

[brokepainter]

Yes I can't wait to here the results for the tobacco, that's what I'm struggling with right now. Work and life is keeping me from proper testing and I'm getting a little discouraged.

 

[Hoosier]

Mick, it looks like the side table next to me when I start into a new tobacco experiment.

(Now I would like to find out how you keep track of your tasting notes. I've had to resort to notes typed on my phone because I never seem to have the notebook on me when I want to make a note on the taste.)

 

[annah]

I would love to see a whole slew of bottles on my counter. I've only got 10 flavors steeping now. And they are in a single percentage. I really need to order some more bottles. I'm going for a "find out if i like the flavor" now, and then I'm going to work on percentages. I couldn't decide how long the coffee and vanilla needed to steep though. They've been waiting a week now. I'm about ready to pull em out, just because I'm impatient, and want to make more.