Ok. Here goes. Real DIY

[Zutankhamun]

Im really excited to be trying my own extracts and juice completely.
Im thinking; ill get vanilla pods and make a seperate extract. That one seems simple enough, split the bean and leave in pg for 8 weeks (vg in my case).
Same with some whole leaf tobacco (and strained upon strained) in a seperate jar.

Then im thinking of using ground coffee and doing the same.
I dont know about the coffee, can it be done right and be safe?

Also, id love some rum in the mix (possibly instead of coffee), but i dont think alcohol extraction can be done by me at home?

Any advice, help, tips, dos and dont's would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Edit: Any advice on the extraction of other flavours would be great.

BTW, i know just buying premade stuff is easier and cheaper but i dont want to do that.
Thanks

 

[mcol]

Good reading here:
Coffee flavor?

 

[Zutankhamun]

Good reading here:
Coffee flavor?

Thanks very much. Just had a look at the first page or two, I'll read tomorrow (late here), but seems easy enough. Yay.

I'll have a look for alcohol but do you have any links off hand for using rum, or is that a no-no?

Thanks

 

[mcol]

Thanks very much. Just had a look at the first page or two, I'll read tomorrow (late here), but seems easy enough. Yay.

I'll have a look for alcohol but do you have any links off hand for using rum, or is that a no-no?

Thanks

It's a really interesting thread and there are so many useful ideas in there
for extracting flavors.
I have no idea whatsoever about rum, sorry.
Good luck!

 

[Rickb119]

Good reading here:
Coffee flavor?

And here:
Tobacco extraction using heated Ethanol
And here:
Best tobacco for flavor extraction

NET's and Vanilla's (especially real Vanilla) take a good amount of time (4-8 weeks) to fully develop.

 

[Zutankhamun]

And here:
Tobacco extraction using heated Ethanol
And here:
Best tobacco for flavor extraction

NET's and Vanilla's (especially real Vanilla) take a good amount of time (4-8 weeks) to fully develop.

Thank you Rick. Yeah I'm totally prepared for all that. I was just thinking a seperate bottle of each but then perhaps a mix all together for a unique bottle (kinda similar to ry4 but hey ho).
Just don't know what to add for a 3rd, possibly 4th addition.
Coffee maybe, our friend has linked a helpful thread.
And perhaps a rum flavour which I don't think I can do.

Any ideas on that?

 

[classwife]

Moved you to DIY E-Liquid from General E-Liquid Discussion

 

[Rickb119]

Thank you Rick. Yeah I'm totally prepared for all that. I was just thinking a seperate bottle of each but then perhaps a mix all together for a unique bottle (kinda similar to ry4 but hey ho).
Just don't know what to add for a 3rd, possibly 4th addition.
Coffee maybe, our friend has linked a helpful thread.
And perhaps a rum flavour which I don't think I can do.

Any ideas on that?

I add Vanilla and Caramel flavoring to one of my NET's so I guess you could call that a RY4. I add just Vanilla to a different one and just Caramel to another one. The possibilities abound. The trick/challenge/fun/frustration/satisfaction/etc. is to find what works with what, because not everything does. That's why you experiment with small batches.

 

[sketchness]

I have done coffee, vanilla, and tobacco. The coffe was not very good. The vanilla fell flat due to my error. You have to use a high quality vanilla bean. Like ordering a Madagascar or Tahitian vanilla bean. The Mexican vanilla bean from the supermarket did not turn out very well. Both the coffee and vanilla were extremely earthy tasting. I believe because my filtration methods were inferior.

The cigars I extracted turned out pretty good. But as would be expected was a coil wrecker. Filtration filtration filtration.

You could always add a dark rum to some pg and slowly cook off the alcohol and see what happens. Bound to be some sugars left behind that may be problematic. But that is what I would try if I were so inclined.

 

[Zutankhamun]

Thank you both. Perhaps the rum will be too much. Thanks for the help though.

I watched a guy go through the cafetière filter initially. A secondary filter, then two more filters with decreasing microns. Like you said f,f,f.
A bit like location, location, location.
You probably don't get that t.v program there. It's rubbish but you get the point.

Thanks

 

[Rickb119]

I filter my NET's 3 times. First through a mesh paint filter that I get from Home Depot. Next through a coffee filter and then through a 4 micron filter. (I have some 2.5 micron filters on the way that I'll be using in the future.)

 

[DaveP]

I've thought about straining natural juices and making NET tobacco essences, but it's way too easy to buy them already bottled and ready to go. I do like to hear about others' successes and failures, though!

Who knows? Maybe one of you guys will develop the latest and greatest flavor and build a reputation for superior concentrates.

 

[Zutankhamun]

I've thought about straining natural juices and making NET tobacco essences, but it's way too easy to buy them already bottled and ready to go. I do like to hear about others' successes and failures, though!

Who knows? Maybe one of you guys will develop the latest and greatest flavor and build a reputation for superior concentrates.

We might have to get used to growing and straining our own tobacco juice...

 

[DaveP]

We might have to get used to growing and straining our own tobacco juice...

I may have to do something to keep vaping after FDA. I've proved I can get by with Nic/PG/VG. It's not bad at all and it satisfies the nic need.