Question re: mixing flavors

[vikki59]

Hi, I need some help please. I have been seeing postings where diy'ers are combining multiple flavors and then using that as your flavor % in your mix. I have been adding flavors individually to the pg/vg base. I've not had great success as of yet. Do the flavors blend better that way or is it just easier? I'm just trying to figure this out and keep it simple ~ love the kiss mantra . tia

 

[pinellaspete]

I am unsure of exactly what you are asking, but I'll take a stab at it.

One thing I have just learned is the importance of shaking your juice once you have added all the ingredients.
It used to take me a week to get rid of the chemical taste of a fresh mix. I now shake my juice. Shake it some more. And keep shaking it!

Seriously, you need to shake your fresh-made juice a lot after mixing a new batch! The juice will still need to steep for about 24 hours to be good, and won't reach its peak for a week or two, but will be vapable and taste okay after the first 24 hours.

As far as what order you put your ingredients together, I really don't think it matters.

I hope that answered your question.

Good luck!

Pete

 

[flbutterfly1]

I think this is what you are asking. If I wanted to make 30ml's of flavoring only then let it steep for a week before using it as a mixer for my juice would it taste better. I think that combining all flavor ingredients and letting them steep for a week would help the flavors to combine. I might try that sounds like it would help save time in the long run.

 

[rkayw]

That's what I do. Mix my flavors only in what I call my "flavor base". I started doing it when I had some trouble with fruit flavors having a certain bite to them.

Once my flavor base has steeped, I can mix into pg/vg to test at 15, 15, 20%. Play with it more if flavors need tweaking. JMO of course.

(I have done the hot bath steep too if I want to speed up testing my flavor base. Steep in hot water for 15-20 minutes, let cool, shake, and add to pg/vg.)

Find what works for you and go for it.

 

[vikki59]

Yes, that is it, a "flavor base". I have seen some e juices on gourmet vapor that will have the ingredients listed ie: caramel 20%, chocolate 30%, coffee 30%, cocoa 20%. So I could take those and make it my "flavor base" (just used as example). So how much base would you start out with? Like 10 ml?? So much to learn and not alot of patience when it comes to waiting for results , lol

 

[Prettycat191]

I'd make a smaller flavor base than that for a test, that's a lot of flavor that will make a LOT of juice! Even at 20% you could make 50ml of juice from that, and if you didn't like it that would waste a lot of flavor.

 

[rkayw]

Smaller. If I like it, THEN I can make bigger amt of flavor base (if it is one I would vape often).
Otherwise, I have the recipe to go back to at anytime.

There are a lot of e-juices that I like but not many that are everyday, much less all day, vapes.

LOL, I don't always have a lot of waiting patience either. Hot bath steeping comes in handy for days like that.

 

[Desertfremen]

I always mix my flavourings up together first. I've never tried it the other way because I found it too hard to keep the flavouring in a good percentage and still get all the hints of the background flavours which can sometimes end up in the tenths or hundreths of a percent in the final juice mixture.

I too steep all my juices but for purposes of sampling I really don't find it neccessary. The flavour I get from the sample vapes after mixing it I find never really go away or change they just intensify in base flavour and soften around the edges.

 

[rkayw]

Same here. Flavor base allows me to play and not worry about percentages. A little of this, a lot of that, tiny smidge of another.