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    I’m not sure what you mean about all the oils. My extracts were done with pg very well filtered.Also very small amount needed per recipe.The stuff is very strong.I vaped a whole lot of it with no issues at all.
     

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    I’m not sure what you mean about all the oils. My extracts were done with pg very well filtered.Also very small amount needed per recipe.The stuff is very strong.I vaped a whole lot of it with no issues at all.
    From what I gather, coffee beans contain oils. Roasting them brings those oils to the surface. I might have just overreacted at the time. I have no idea whether there is any inhalation risk documented from inhaling extracted oils. I inhale the steam from my coffee without harm. Thanks for relating your long-term use with these compounds. Maybe I should give PG coffee extracts another shot.
     

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    From what I gather, coffee beans contain oils. Roasting them brings those oils to the surface. I might have just overreacted at the time. I have no idea whether there is any inhalation risk documented from inhaling extracted oils. I inhale the steam from my coffee without harm. Thanks for relating your long-term use with these compounds. Maybe I should give PG coffee extracts another shot.
    I used M House or Forgers out of the can. I did not roast the coffee beans or grind them.
     

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    Well, I knew I couldn’t leave my Honduran Melon recipe alone. I was perfectly happy with it the way it was but I decided to tweak it some more. Same ingredients but less of the melon component. Just curious. So I decided I would scratch that itch and in a couple weeks I’ll know.
    I thought you already mixed the less melon one.
     

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    I thought you already mixed the less melon one.
    Not really. I kept tweaking the melon ratios and Ligero percentages. Hit the bullseye but never really tested lower melon amounts to see if it was even better than what I had. So that’s what I’m doing now.
     

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    Not really. I kept tweaking the melon ratios and Ligero percentages. Hit the bullseye but never really tested lower melon amounts to see if it was even better than what I had. So that’s what I’m doing now.
    Looking for a better bullseye?
     

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    I got worried because of the early essential oil scare, and equated that with coffee essential oil extractions. I just stirred up a hornet's nest unintentionally. Let me be clear, I don't know that coffee extracts are harmful, and I'm not saying they are. I was worried they might be once. This is just what I was concerned with at the time. I think this was around the period everyone was getting crazy about diacetyl and the popcorn lung b.s. I use flavors now that have diacetyl in them without concern.
     

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    Looking for a better bullseye?
    lol. Yes, fine tuning you might say.

    You mentioned that melon turns you off if too strong. Truthfully, I’m the same way. Now that I have a recipe I like I really should test the unexplored zones of it. Rather than making the melon component go from too strong to weaker and settling for happy I decided to go from too weak to stronger to see if I will be happier. In other words, approach it from the other direction.

    Did that make sense?
     

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    lol. Yes, fine tuning you might say.

    You mentioned that melon turns you off if too strong. Truthfully, I’m the same way. Now that I have a recipe I like I really should test the unexplored zones of it. Rather than making the melon component go from too strong to weaker and settling for happy I decided to go from too weak to stronger to see if I will be happier. In other words, approach it from the other direction.

    Did that make sense?
    It does make sense. Still interested in your findings as to what low point the melon works
     
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    I’ve been meaning to say since your melon post that if you make that recipe to start with less melon than I had and then work your way up. Then I thought, why don’t I do that? DUH!
    That’s a great idea cause my mixing session is likely to be after Christmas.
     

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    I’ve been meaning to say since your melon post that if you make that recipe to start with less melon than I had and then work your way up. Then I thought, why don’t I do that? DUH!
    I’m also wondering that you said you’d like to keep the NET like a background flavor and wondering how that would work for you if you drop the melons too much.
     

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    My Stixx order didn’t come today as it was delayed so should be here tomorrow.I may do a quick mix of the Whiskey Cavendish. Maybe the Blueberry Tea also cause I’m really curious about a blue mix. Said to be a coil clogger but I had to get it.
     

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    I’m also wondering that you said you’d like to keep the NET like a background flavor and wondering how that would work for you if you drop the melons too much.
    Yeah, there’s a sweet spot (figuratively speaking) there somewhere. I’m happy where I am now but I want to be certain it’s the best. Not much work to find out. I’ll say, melon flavoring is pretty strong stuff.
     

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    My Stixx order didn’t come today as it was delayed so should be here tomorrow.I may do a quick mix of the Whiskey Cavendish. Maybe the Blueberry Tea also cause I’m really curious about a blue mix. Said to be a coil clogger but I had to get it.
    I’m not into tea but that is an interesting one. I’m guessing tea lovers would like that one.
     

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    Yeah, there’s a sweet spot (figuratively speaking) there somewhere. I’m happy where I am now but I want to be certain it’s the best. Not much work to find out. I’ll say, melon flavoring is pretty strong stuff.
    Yeah,I’d like to keep the melons really light. If not I don’t have much chance of liking it.
     
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