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[Passunca]

Inawera is a potent brand of flavoring for the most part. When it comes to their tobaccos, I've used as little as 3-5 drops per 10ml. The only time I'll go above that is when I am mixing with something equally as strong, or I need to better balance the flavors out. The majority of them stop at 1 Drop per ml and anything over that is simply overpowering to the point of being too strong. With such lower usage amount, steeping and getting a really good mix is crucial. They are one brand that I test using a UC 99% of the time to make sure things are dispersed as I'm not going to wear myself out shaking 10-20 bottles .

Virginia is unique and potent. I'm not a huge fan, but it's certainly not the worst. It definitely falls into the ~5 drops per 10ml range (for me) and you really need something to balance it out a little more as it comes off as having some really sharp notes to it. I've yet to revisit it, but at the current usage, this little 10ml bottle is going to last me a very long time; long enough to get something that I like I'm sure .

Their take on Burley is pretty good as is the tobacco "C", which almost has a sugar cookie like taste to it (~8 drops / 10ml for both). I've never tried using their bases, so those may enhance flavor more than using a standard blend of basic PG & VG. I know a few members here have used them with success.

Inawera's Caramel, to me, is simple not caramel, at least not in a sense of caramel we have here in the US (and not specifically the overly sugary non-bitter kind). To me, it needs a long steep to really bring anything out and even then, it's not my go to. As much as I'm not a huge fan of TFA's Caramel Candy, I'd probably use it over the Inawera Caramel. I haven't have the opportunity to try their vanilla(s) yet.

I don't want to talk much about other brands in this thread and I mostly understand and agree on what you said.
Burley and Oriental are ok, being one of them very "dry" and "ashy", sorry I can remember which one (this old brains has seen better days).

Now my main grudge with Inawera is the "drops" way of work.
Inawera claims 20/ml
Inawera recipe posts at around 23-25/ml
I tested around 40/ml
Many users here say 60/ml
What the heck, even Inawera's own posted recipes, drops/ml are different across ingredients...

When you're referring to 3-5 drops, we can be talking anything in between 0,5% - 2,5% and, we agree on potency, that is a very wide range. We might be talking about something completely different, taste wise.

Look at my error on We2's English Blend. From 5% to 3% is a completely different vape.

*rant over*

 

[mecocina]

Got my orders in this morning. Nic, pg, vg, bottles, FA flavors (3ml and 10ml). I should be good for awhile or until another recipe comes up and there's one flavor that I don't have and can't substitute LOL

 

[Bryong70]

Got my orders in this morning. Nic, pg, vg, bottles, FA flavors (3ml and 10ml). I should be good for awhile or until another recipe comes up and there's one flavor that I don't have and can't substitute LOL

Awesome

I know what you mean. I like fruits and creams for the most part. So I just order 3ml or 10ml of all the fruits and cream / vanilla's. Now I just order 30ml flavoring when I start to run out of the others. Sometimes I see a recipe and it's geeezz now I have to try that....lol

 

[mecocina]

Not up to ordering 30mls (yet) but 10ml for the creams and vanillas is ideal for me. Just got confirmation that my nic/pg/vg order is set for shipping. Oh my, it's gonna feel like Christmas next week

 

[Bryong70]

Ok, my order came in yesterday, including FA Gin. I actually like it, even as a standalone, tastes like gin. At about 1ml per 10ml it does add some pep to some fruits. This will make some good Martini's. The Dragon Martini can out wonderful. Now I'm working on some others, for now I'll share this one.

Jamaican Gin
2% Gin
1% Coconut
2% Jamaican Rum

From a real drink recipe I found online.

 

[Jimi D.]

Have any of you guys purchased pg/vg from VT? Places a nic order and am wondering how it is. Any better than Essential Depot?

Also...YAY!!! for BCV getting FA!

I had vaped VT's juice at the show and I have the PG nic. Yes, VT's humectants are very clean tasting.

 

[ClaireW]

Ok, my order came in yesterday, including FA Gin. I actually like it, even as a standalone, tastes like gin. At about 1ml per 10ml it does add some pep to some fruits. This will make some good Martini's. The Dragon Martini can out wonderful. Now I'm working on some others, for now I'll share this one.

Jamaican Gin
2% Gin
1% Coconut
2% Jamaican Rum

From a real drink recipe I found online.

I was a good gin drinker back in my day.
This sounds good as I enjoy the FA rum & coconut.

Whats a dragon Martini?

 

[Emilie]

Can someone post or PM a link to VT's nic? There seem to be several options on Google, and I want to make sure I'm getting to the right place.

Thanks!

[EDIT] Thank you to the person who PMd the link. I wasn't even spelling it right.

 

[Bryong70]

I was a good gin drinker back in my day.
This sounds good as I enjoy the FA rum & coconut.

Whats a dragon Martini?

Dragon Martini
4% Dragon Fruit (TFA)
1% Lemon Sicily (FA)
2% Coconut (FA)
2% Gin (FA)

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

I don't want to talk much about other brands in this thread and I mostly understand and agree on what you said.
Burley and Oriental are ok, being one of them very "dry" and "ashy", sorry I can remember which one (this old brains has seen better days).

Now my main grudge with Inawera is the "drops" way of work.
Inawera claims 20/ml
Inawera recipe posts at around 23-25/ml
I tested around 40/ml
Many users here say 60/ml
What the heck, even Inawera's own posted recipes, drops/ml are different across ingredients...

When you're referring to 3-5 drops, we can be talking anything in between 0,5% - 2,5% and, we agree on potency, that is a very wide range. We might be talking about something completely different, taste wise.

No worries - There's a thread for Inawera too, I was simply mentioning it here since they were mentioned and I've used quite a few of their flavors in the past few months. The recipes from Inawera are based on drops from their bottles (referencing InawerShop), so if it's bought wholesale and re-bottled by a distributor (such as ECigExpress), the drops per ml is going to vary, as it would for any distributor since there are a ton of variables at play (flavor viscosity, orifice on the dropper bottle, temperature of the liquid etc)

Once I have a chance to break out the bottles, I do a quick comparison from their bottles to see what the DPM is, on average

 

[buckethead]

Thinking about trying FA for the first time. What are the MUST haves? I want cookie, vanilla tahity, Vienna cream. Any flavors that I should pick up?

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[Bryong70]

Thinking about trying FA for the first time. What are the MUST haves? I want cookie, vanilla tahity, Vienna cream. Any flavors that I should pick up?

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For me, it's
Vienna Cream #1 must have, get 30ml if you can
Vanilla Classic
Meringue
Cookie
Custard
Lemon Sicily
Strawberry
White Peach

 

[Heabob]

Thinking about trying FA for the first time. What are the MUST haves? I want cookie, vanilla tahity, Vienna cream. Any flavors that I should pick up?

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Fresh Cream, Vienna Cream, Vanilla Bourbon, Vanilla Classic, Lemon Sicily, Custard, Bilberry, Meringue, to name a few.

 

[Huckleberried]

Fresh Cream, Cookie, Tiramisu, Vanilla Classic, Vanilla Bourbon, Vienna Cream, Nut Mix, Caramel, Apple Pie, Jamaican Rum, Coconut, and your favorite fruits. Yep, they're all this good.

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

You have to very careful with FA tobacco's also, they are extremely potent. I have all of them, and can't use not one of them over 1%, for the most I have used them at 0.5%. I have not tried any Inawera flavors, but I'm going to get the INW Plum and Apple. Just can't seem to find a good strong apple or plum flavoring.

I completely agree with you on FA's tobacco flavors. I made the mistake of mixing Dark Vapure @ 3% to start, PGA and boiling water was the only way to get that "taste" out of my RBA, though I had to rebuild the coil. That's some *strong* stuff!

I don't want to talk much about other brands in this thread and I mostly understand and agree on what you said.
Burley and Oriental are ok, being one of them very "dry" and "ashy", sorry I can remember which one (this old brains has seen better days).

Now my main grudge with Inawera is the "drops" way of work.
Inawera claims 20/ml
Inawera recipe posts at around 23-25/ml
I tested around 40/ml
Many users here say 60/ml
What the heck, even Inawera's own posted recipes, drops/ml are different across ingredients...

When you're referring to 3-5 drops, we can be talking anything in between 0,5% - 2,5% and, we agree on potency, that is a very wide range. We might be talking about something completely different, taste wise.

Look at my error on We2's English Blend. From 5% to 3% is a completely different vape.

*rant over*

I tested 8 bottles from InaweraShop.com, which is where I've been buying the majority of mine from. Across 8 bottles, I averaged 49-50 drops per ml and it's 68 F here in my home (consistently, even in the winter). So if you were to use 5 drops per 10 ml, that'd come out to ~1% and at 8 drops, ~1.6%. The majority of their flavors don't need any more than that, especially most of the tobacco flavors (the tobacco absolutes should definitely fall on the lower end of the scale - they can be *very* harsh at high %).

Just wanted to get that posted since I mentioned it . I'll keep things related to FA here in this thread, though there is an Inawera thread with a TON of information in it. It's 560 pages long, so it's a lot to read, but if you do a thread search, you can narrow down the threads specific to what you're looking for.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/477601-inawera-few-reviews.html

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

HIC - Question - In using Oak Wood, do you find that it adds a sweetness to the final e-liquid? Not like that of sucralose or similar, but a perceivable sweetness. I don't get a ton of Oak Wood flavor from it @ 2% in a mix, though I do find that it tends to work to balance things out and adds a sweetness that isn't there without it. Thought I'd pick your brain to see if you get the same results.

Same question to anyone else that's used it .

 

[bkkdaytrader]

Thinking about trying FA for the first time. What are the MUST haves? I want cookie, vanilla tahity, Vienna cream. Any flavors that I should pick up?

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In addition to those already mentioned I would add coffee expresso and peppermint

 

[Hermit]

HIC - Question - In using Oak Wood, do you find that it adds a sweetness to the final e-liquid? Not like that of sucralose or similar, but a perceivable sweetness. I don't get a ton of Oak Wood flavor from it @ 2% in a mix, though I do find that it tends to work to balance things out and adds a sweetness that isn't there without it. Thought I'd pick your brain to see if you get the same results.

Same question to anyone else that's used it .

I've only used it in my Hypnotic Walnut recipe - pretty sure HIC has used it more than me!

Really not sure on the sweetness. Both Walnut and Hypnotic Mist have a sweetness about them anyway, and perhaps adding Oak Wood actually made it a little less sweet overall. But I can see what you mean, I think. Very roughly, it seems to me like Whisky without the alchohol or the smokeyness!

It definitely made Hypnotic Walnut 'complete', whereas it was just two quite distinct flavours before. I cann't think what else could've managed that quite as well!

 

[kriga]

HIC - Question - In using Oak Wood, do you find that it adds a sweetness to the final e-liquid? Not like that of sucralose or similar, but a perceivable sweetness. I don't get a ton of Oak Wood flavor from it @ 2% in a mix, though I do find that it tends to work to balance things out and adds a sweetness that isn't there without it. Thought I'd pick your brain to see if you get the same results.

Same question to anyone else that's used it .

I finally made a tester of my Red Oak by TFA, reviews say they are almost identical. I really like it. There's definitely sweetness, vanilla, a little booziness, for some reason it keeps reminding me of an egg custard pie. Not the buttery, rich vanilla-heavy custards most are used to in vaping, but the milky, eggy, nutmeg-laced custard found in pies. It's very subtle at 10% however, with some notes almost "sensed" more than tasted. I picked it up as a cheaper gamble than Oak Wood, but now I'll definitely have to get the FA version so I don't end up at 30% flavor when I use it.

 

[Jonathan Tittle]

I've only used it in my Hypnotic Walnut recipe - pretty sure HIC has used it more than me!

Really not sure on the sweetness. Both Walnut and Hypnotic Mist have a sweetness about them anyway, and perhaps adding Oak Wood actually made it a little less sweet overall. But I can see what you mean, I think. Very roughly, it seems to me like Whisky without the alchohol or the smokeyness!

It definitely made Hypnotic Walnut 'complete', whereas it was just two quite distinct flavours before. I cann't think what else could've managed that quite as well!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who feels that it really "completes" a recipe . The sweetness fades at higher resistances, in the 1.8-2.2 ohm range. I just tested it out in the Aerotank Mega as the local vape shop just got them in and had them on sale for the same price as online ($29) and that pretty much confirmed the fade at higher resistances for me.

At lower resistances, such as .5 to .7 ohms, there's a definite sweetness that is present, but it's not a sweetness like you'd get from sucralose. It's like the sweetness you'd get from actually lighting the wood on fire and using it to smoke meat. That's probably the best way to describe it.

I finally made a tester of my Red Oak by TFA, reviews say they are almost identical. I really like it. There's definitely sweetness, vanilla, a little booziness, for some reason it keeps reminding me of an egg custard pie. Not the buttery, rich vanilla-heavy custards most are used to in vaping, but the milky, eggy, nutmeg-laced custard found in pies. It's very subtle at 10% however, with some notes almost "sensed" more than tasted. I picked it up as a cheaper gamble than Oak Wood, but now I'll definitely have to get the FA version so I don't end up at 30% flavor when I use it.

You may find Oak Wood to be the exact opposite of Red Oak if that's the profile you're getting . I've not tried it above 2% as, in the bottle, it's *strong* and if you didn't know any better or you didn't read reviews on it from others, you think this one was a "use by the drop" type mixer due to that potency. I can't say a bad thing about it though. It's nice.


My main use for it has been in a clone of a popular e-liquid, which I won't mention out of respect (nor confirm if someone guesses it) as I wanted to see how close a flavor could mimic the actual aging process before I go on to use it in my own recipes. Normally I try not to "clone" anything, but I've vaped quite a few oak flavors in the past few months, so I had a good idea of what they taste like for comparison. I'd say it'd probably be "there" at 3-4%, especially with a long steep. At 2%, it's not overpowering at all and could probably benefit from an extra 1-2%.