Mixing Pre-Mixes

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BigJohnJ

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If this is in the wrong place please forgive me but I have been wondering about this . I have on order 60 ml 0 nic coffee and 60ml 36mg cocoa pre-mix double flavor. So if I mix these two together then i should have 120ml 18mg cocoa/coffee. What I had first thought of when I ordered the cocoa at 36mg was to mix it with 50% VG to cut it down to 18mg nic which is why I ordered the double flavor. I want to get into some DIY as soon as some money starts coming in again. I guess this is just my first attempt so any help would be appricated
 

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Your math is good, you will end up with 120ml of 18mg juice. That's just the coffee and the cocoa, no plain VG. I would suggest mixing a small batch first and make sure that you like what you get. If you don't like it, you can figure out other things to do with the supplies that you have. Cocoa/Coconut or Coffee/Hazlenut. You don't want to end up with 120mls of yucky.
 

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If you are going to try to mix these start with a small sample of the nic juice and add drops of the coffee to taste. Doublers are not always double flavor just taste stronger. So if you are going to try to thin it out to taste start with a small sample and add VG, as that is what you said you wanted to thin it with, slowly. Shake it, heat it with the bottle closed in a cup of hot-warm water and shake it more. Flavors in mixes change over time so don't mix the whole batch at one time. Try a small amount and give it a couple of days to settle. Finding what works in smaller batches will save you from a big mistake. Trust me I know. It might work to thin the cocoa a bit and then add coffee drop by drop to a 2 or 3 ml sample to start. It might be better to just try to add the coffee to the unthinned cocoa. Who knows? You've got three components that can not make more flavor, or get stronger, only go down from the as delivered state. If you over thin the cocoa and then add coffee to try to bring it back up you might end up with slightly cocoa coffee instead of that perfect moca taste you are dreaming of. Welcome to the wonderful world of DIY/Iron Chef-ness. Keep the batches small and the mistakes will be small. Start large and the first mistake will take out all of your supplies.
 

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Thanks Springbird and and nofalls. I will try the mix a little at a time in 3ml bottles. I have mixed these two from some juice I already have and it tasted pretty good. So I ordered this just to see if I could do it again. Can't wait to get some good flavor from Flavorart and start making my own. Thanks again,

John
 

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Thanks Springbird and and nofalls. I will try the mix a little at a time in 3ml bottles. I have mixed these two from some juice I already have and it tasted pretty good. So I ordered this just to see if I could do it again. Can't wait to get some good flavor from Flavorart and start making my own. Thanks again,

John

I just discovered that Liberty-Flights has Flavorart flavors on their site for really cheap....esp. with the 20% off discount. I'm thinking of ordering several. Just thought I'd mention that since you specified Flavorart.
 

BigJohnJ

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I just discovered that Liberty-Flights has Flavorart flavors on their site for really cheap....esp. with the 20% off discount. I'm thinking of ordering several. Just thought I'd mention that since you specified Flavorart.


Thanks so much for that. I will be sure to check it out over at
LF. Have ordered from them in the resent past and love their service.
 
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