My current quest for an ADV

[Tgoode]

I've been vaping for almost a year. Started out with RY4 and 555 and various Chinese mystery cartos. Over time my tastes evolved to COV organic caramel crem, butterscotch and Halo TriBeCa.

About a month ago I decided to start looking for a new ADV so I ordered a bunch of new juices. Here's what I'm experimenting with and my impressions. What I'm using each juice in is a good indicator of my satisfaction.

FC = Flavour Crafters
MLV = Maple Leaf Vapes
TV = Tasty Vapors
JH = Jugheads
CE = Crystal e-liquid

Name. Rating out of 5. Impressions

FC Coconut Creme Pie. 5. A very tasty, full flavored taste that captures the Essence of coconut creme pie. Creamy, sweet coconut taste with a hint of graham cracker crust. Added to my regular rotation. In a 5ml vivi nova.
FC Full Flavor Tobacco. 3.5. Almost a 555 flavor but a little more sweet. In a Stardust
TV wintergreen. 4. Full on wintergreen flavor. I always have a stardust filled with it, wherever I go
JH Sweedish Pastry. 5. Realistic flaky pastry with sweet cheese filling and a hint of spice. Another new ADV for me.mixes well with berry, fruit and chocolate flavors. In a 6ml Smok DCT
JH Cookie Dough. 4.5. Convincing cookie dough flavor. Brown sugar, vanillas and butter. In a 5ml vivi nova Halo Belgian cocoa. 5. After trying several chocolate flavors over the last year I found a winner... The most realistic chocolate flavor I've found. In a smok stubby 3ml carto tank
JH cinnamon bun. 3.5. Ok but not as full flavored as I would like. The balance of cinnamon to baked goods flavor is about right, needs a bit more sweetness and intensity. In a stardust for now. May benefit from steeping.
TV butter rum. 4. Fairly intense. More of a rum butter than butter rum. Seems to be lacking a touch of creaminess. In a 3ml vivi nova
CE Piña Colada. 4.5. Decent piña colada flavor. Would benefit from a touch more rum and coconut. In a 6ml smok dct
JH Kettle Korn. 4. . Good kettle Korn flavor. Would benefit from a touch more caramel and butter. In a 3lm smok DCT
Mlv coconut cream pie (triple shot) 1. Doesn't really have any flavor - may need steeping. Dripping only for now
mlv snicker doodle. (Triple shot). 2. Lacking in flavor - slight flavor of nuts and cinnamon... May need steeping. Dripping for now.
JH earl grey tea. 3.5. Strong bergamot flavor, weak tea flavor. Would benefit from sweetener. May benefit from steeping. Harsh at higher voltages.

i have more juices I'm testing... Will post more as I form opinions and will revisit some juices after steeping.

 

[teabagger]

get some bobbas bounty already, and stop searching then you can start looking for a way that you can vape 100% vg without it gumming up all your gear.

 

[Tgoode]

Oh, I have some boba's and some gorilla juice.

I've tried dripping it, using it In a stardust, a UFS v2 and an Ody... Doesn't do it for me unfortunately.

 

[Faylool]

I heard the bakery flavors have stuff in them that we might shouldn't vape. Anyone know what other is about at all?

 

[Tgoode]

I heard the bakery flavors have stuff in them that we might shouldn't vape. Anyone know what other is about at all?

You're probably thinking of diacetyl, a butter flavoring which causes "popcorn lung": Bronchiolitis obliterans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Battlelance]

You're probably thinking of diacetyl, a butter flavoring which causes "popcorn lung": Bronchiolitis obliterans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some more information courtesy of TPA. I love these folks!

The Flavorist Workshop

"I have been doing more research, and i discovered that the molecule Acetoin can under certain circumstances "catalyze" into containing minute traces of the molecule Diacetyl. When I spoke to a chemist about this, she confirmed that this can happen during the production of the molecule, but is unlikely to happen after a flavor is blended. I then had a sample of Acetoin purchased from Vigon International analyzed by GC/MS and yes, it did have trace amounts of Diacetyl! When I looked at the online specification sheet that Vigon posts, it does show that the purity of that particular product is 93-100%. Nearly every molecule that is commercially sold is somewhere in this range for purity, and this seems to be an acceptable industry standard. (Vigon is a very reputable company!) Of course, Diacetyl is a perfectly acceptable Food Flavoring, so for the Flavor and Fragrance Industry there is absolutely no problem with this particular trace occurence in the production of Acetoin. It is completely normal. But for customers wanting to avoid even trace amounts of Diacetyl, this means that any flavor that contains the ingredient Acetoin can potentially also contain trace amounts of Diacetyl, even though Diacetyl itself was never added to the blend as an ingredient.

Because of this new information, I will add to the flavor descriptions of those flavors that I know contain Acetoin, so that customers can avoid those flavors if they wish. Of course, if only a small amount of acetoin is in a flavor, then the potential likelihood of there also being diacetyl is very very small. "

 

[martinc]

FC ragin raspberry is a perso fav of mine (taste chemical at 1st,its an aquired taste once you find the right atty and watts for it)

Got to sample some Geoff`s Blend (kind of a highly modified cinnamon juice-just a note of cinnamon) from Tasty Vapor as well,excellent juice (several other flavors too)

 

[Tgoode]

Yeah, Juggy sent me a small sample of his Razzleberry & I'm thinking it'll go down nice with coconut and a hint of sweedish pastry...

 

[Starrlamia]

i've become a huge fan of mlv french hazelnut

 

[Oriana871]

get some bobbas bounty already, and stop searching then you can start looking for a way that you can vape 100% vg without it gumming up all your gear.

It took me a few months before I could even imagine using my Boba's stash, but now I'm hooked. Boba's is awesome. In my staple rotation.

That aside, the OP has a sweet tooth, because I would never order any of those flavours, wouldn't even be interested. So I'm not going to reco anything. Each to his own. Personally I am a big fan of Jughead's Cherry Tobacco, Boba's and other stuff .

 

[idle]

I second FC Coconut Cream Pie. In my top 3.

If you feel like it some time, try listing some of your failed chocolate flavours. I also have had a hard time finding a realistic (or even half decent) one and it might save me more searching troubles.

Cheers

 

[idle]

Got to sample some Geoff`s Blend (kind of a highly modified cinnamon juice-just a note of cinnamon) from Tasty Vapor as well,excellent juice (several other flavors too)

I taste TV Apple Pie in the Geoff's blend. That's probably the base with some cinnamon and other flavours added in.

 

[Projectguy]

Some more information courtesy of TPA. I love these folks!

The Flavorist Workshop

"I have been doing more research, and i discovered that the molecule Acetoin can under certain circumstances "catalyze" into containing minute traces of the molecule Diacetyl. When I spoke to a chemist about this, she confirmed that this can happen during the production of the molecule, but is unlikely to happen after a flavor is blended. I then had a sample of Acetoin purchased from Vigon International analyzed by GC/MS and yes, it did have trace amounts of Diacetyl! When I looked at the online specification sheet that Vigon posts, it does show that the purity of that particular product is 93-100%. Nearly every molecule that is commercially sold is somewhere in this range for purity, and this seems to be an acceptable industry standard. (Vigon is a very reputable company!) Of course, Diacetyl is a perfectly acceptable Food Flavoring, so for the Flavor and Fragrance Industry there is absolutely no problem with this particular trace occurence in the production of Acetoin. It is completely normal. But for customers wanting to avoid even trace amounts of Diacetyl, this means that any flavor that contains the ingredient Acetoin can potentially also contain trace amounts of Diacetyl, even though Diacetyl itself was never added to the blend as an ingredient.

Because of this new information, I will add to the flavor descriptions of those flavors that I know contain Acetoin, so that customers can avoid those flavors if they wish. Of course, if only a small amount of acetoin is in a flavor, then the potential likelihood of there also being diacetyl is very very small. "

Great post BL, Thanks

 

[Battlelance]

Great post BL, Thanks

No problem, I found it browsing through their site the other day. You know, people may not like all their flavours (myself included), but it is really nice to know that they go out of their way to inform us of potential issues, regardless of how tiny the risk. I can't commend them enough for being so forthcoming, straightforward and (IMO) genuinely concerned for their customers safety.