more flavor?

[lithband]

Just a quick ? for all you DIYers.... when mixing a larger batch do you generally need to add a higher % flavor in your mix...... reason i am asking is I mixed 15% flavor in a 5ml test batch tasted great. Mixed a 20ml batch at 15% and seems a little weak on the flavor.... could just be me I guess...

 

[Shadowdr]

I have noticed the same thing but it may need to sit for a while to absorb the flavor throughout the liquid. It does seem to get a little stronger with a few days of storage but I usually have to add more drops in bigger batches.

 

[Interstink]

I would say YES. The more base, the more flavor you must use to flavor that base.

If I was making a TEASPOON of chocolate milk, I would add one drop chocolate to teaspoon milk. If I was to make a glass of Chocolate Milk, One drop wouldn't do it for me.

 

[Madame Psychosis]

I have noticed the same thing but it may need to sit for a while to absorb the flavor throughout the liquid. It does seem to get a little stronger with a few days of storage but I usually have to add more drops in bigger batches.

Oh boy. That would destroy my "mix and immediately taste" strategy. But it might explain some of my weirder failures (initially overflavoring as I could taste nothing).
I'll let 'em sit a while first. Keeps my taste buds from getting confused anyhow as I drip six new blends into the atomizer in short sequence.

 

[HippyGirl]

I would say YES. The more base, the more flavor you must use to flavor that base.

If I was making a TEASPOON of chocolate milk, I would add one drop chocolate to teaspoon milk. If I was to make a glass of Chocolate Milk, One drop wouldn't do it for me.

AH, but, as the OP said, he used 15 percent...that means of the total volume, the amount of flavor used was 15 percent.

• 15% of 1ml = .15ml
• 15% of 20ml = 3ml

The ratio remains the same.

To the OP, how are you measuring? Drops or actual ml? As drop size can vary depending on not only the bottle/dropper but also the pressure used when squeezing, you may not always be dispensing the same amount.

The MOST accurate way of measuring is, of course, by ml, but it can get hard to get .8ml, for example, unless your tool (syringe in my case) has the needed graduations (the smallest on my syringe is 2/10ths).

S

 

[Shadowdr]

Oh boy. That would destroy my "mix and immediately taste" strategy. But it might explain some of my weirder failures (initially overflavoring as I could taste nothing).
I'll let 'em sit a while first. Keeps my taste buds from getting confused anyhow as I drip six new blends into the atomizer in short sequence.

I think that it may be worse with VG then it is with PG. Yesterday I mixed two 10ml bottles up and tried tasting, I would use 2.5 times as many drops as my 4ml receipe but it did not have the flavor and was crystal clear. By this evening it had much more flavor and had turned orange. I did have to add 1/2 of the receipe again to get the same flavor equaling 3x the original. Stranger still is the way they turn colors when no coloring is in most of the flavorings.

 

[DinosaurVapor]

we dont have that problem at all....are you using all high quality products? i know when we first started out and tried mixing with real crappy PG and VG, we would have to add a little more flavoring to a 30ml vs a 3ml or 10 or 15ml