Light flavors ?

[twintrades]

I mixed up some Strawberrys and creamish... LOL

How much should i go up or down in flavor to make it pop a lil more? Or should i mix up more and let it sit in the crock for a while Might just need to steep ?

10% Sweet strawberry CA
8% Vanilla swirl TFA
2% Marshmallow FW
2% Sweetener

Its good but id like more Berry.... thoughts?

 

[bencooper74]

You have a lot of sweetener in there. I would get rid of the sweetener use 1% of the marshmallow and maybe drop to 5% of the vanilla swirl.


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[RocketPuppy]

Like Benny said, I'd drop the sweetener and definitely lower the others. I don't use CAP, but I just read that their sweet strawberry is good at 15%. I always start lower than suggested.
What about?
11% sweet strawberry
3% sweet cream (or any cream)
2-3% vanilla swirl
I'd first mix that, and if you need it sweeter, add 1% marshmallow.

 

[RocketPuppy]

Marshmallow is a sweetener, so the extra one isn't necessary.

 

[twintrades]

It was an accident..... i wasnt trying for 2% lol i dripped 2 drops instead of one.

 

[twintrades]

Well next order will have a cream for sure......... Grrr Ill have to wait till pay day to get more stuff.

 

[RocketPuppy]

Wizard Labs has TFA 8 ml testers for $1.49. Sorry if this is old news.

 

[twintrades]

IDK why im having trouble with these..... I Placed some mixes in a bowl of hot water till cool then shook the crap out of them. And repeated about 10X

I get the lemon but nothing else. And its faint kinda harsh....... To much LM? I saw a bunch of people with this kinda level in there mixes thats why i went with these %


12% Lemon meraunige
6% Marshmallow
1% Sweetener

I made some others that seem to be lacking in flavors..... I just wish all Brands would work the same at the same % lol Mabey i should ditch the sweet and drop the meraunge to 9%?

 

[twintrades]

Also how much Pg/Vg should i add to kick the flavors down ? If i have 1 mil of open space in my jar could i add a .50ml of each to help even out to strong of flavors?

And how could i calculate what % the flavors would be at and the nic level if i did so. (only had a tiny bit taken out.)
im not worryed about loss of nic. It was 12% to start with But would like to know what flav% i would end up at if i add more Base to it so i could replicate when i want more......'


Thanks!

 

[Wingsfan0310]

Twin, what you could do is take a 1/2 ml of your mix and add a 1/2ml of base (or just fill a tank half and half) and try it (cutting your flavor in half). That way before doctoring your whole bottle you will have a good idea if it's overflavored. Good Luck!

Cheers,
Steve

 

[twintrades]

Its the steeping that does me in..... Idk if it needs to sit longer or if i need to tweak stuff. Grrrr Lots to learn!

 

[RocketPuppy]

Marshmallow and sweetener are both sweeteners. I would use one of them at maybe 1-3%. I have a feeling it's muting the other flavor(s).

 

[buffaloguy]

Lose any and all sweetener with fruit flavors. Marshmellow is okay if you want a more rounded out mouth feel. Sweeteners kill juices in two to three days and will make the flavor go flat.

Also as far as steeping what you are doing is fine dropping it in a hot cup of water however constant heat is what you need for better results. A crock pot for 4 hours at 150 will work. I did what you are doing now when I first started mixing for steeping. Its painstaking and not too effective. You need a steady heat. Not heat>>> cool >>> repeat. Itll work but it takes forever.

 

[twintrades]

Well ill have to try and mix up somthing with no sweet then.... grrr

 

[twintrades]

I have a Double apple from FW what % would be good. I would like to have ONE flavor be right so far there faint and OK but not SMack you in the face good like some store brands......

 

[RocketPuppy]

Never used FW, but this google doc recommends 15-17% https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...hQ6Fu8HdEwwR2dLRUJlVjlabEN1NG1ucktuUVE&gid=26

 

[bencooper74]

By the way, if you're looking to make a strawberry and cream, I find TFA's strawberry and cream by itself at 15% perfect. It happens to be my adv at the moment. It's one of those flavors I think is perfect on its own.


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[DeloresRose]

I have only used a couple FW flavors - love the salted caramel! I'm using TFA fruit flavors and all of them, so far, taste sweet enough by themselves to me. The best advice I ever got was to mix a flavor alone first, then see what you could do to it. I made 5 ml testers from all the flavors, tweaked them, and now I'm experimenting with combining.

 

[Big_Jim]

By the way, if you're looking to make a strawberry and cream, I find TFA's strawberry and cream by itself at 15% perfect. It happens to be my adv at the moment. It's one of those flavors I think is perfect on its own.


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Is it more on the strawberry side, or creamy side? I've used CAP strawberry and cream, but I had to ad some CAP Sweet Strawberry to overpower the creaminess.

 

[dannyv45]

you shouldn't need any sweetener at all in there and only use .5% marshmallow. Also I would cut the vanilla swirl to 5% or less.