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    So far, I've been just using the flavor concentrates that I bought, but I've never used any sweeteners though. I feel that some of the concentrates I have could do witha bit of a sweeter note. Is there something that you guys could recommend?
    I’ll let someone else answer that one. I don’t use sweetener.
     

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    So far, I've been just using the flavor concentrates that I bought, but I've never used any sweeteners though. I feel that some of the concentrates I have could do witha bit of a sweeter note. Is there something that you guys could recommend?

    Either Cap super sweet or Sugar daddy sweetener.
     

    kas122461

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    So far, I've been just using the flavor concentrates that I bought, but I've never used any sweeteners though. I feel that some of the concentrates I have could do witha bit of a sweeter note. Is there something that you guys could recommend?

    For years I was using this.

    Sweetener-TFA

    Last year I switched to this.

    Super Sweet-Cap

    I now prefer the cap. :|

    KAS
     

    englishmick

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    So my legions of fans don't go to bed worrying about me, I got the old microwave out safely. Didn't get to install the range hood though because I realized I would have to fill a bunch of holes and repaint, and I don't have matching paint. Or install a backsplash. This stuff is always more complicated than it seemed in your head.

    I did get all my tanks rewicked, and got my new BB working. Didn't do any mixing though.
     

    stols001

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    I do not necessarily NOT want to work for the VA (depending on where and what program) but MEH IDK. There are other place I would prefer and am more suited to I think. Just how it is. The right VA job at the right price could tempt me. There is this job in Utah and you think UTAH right? Only it's actually kind of treed and lovely.

    I am gonna throw my cards in 52 pickup and see what falls down but hey.....

    I am SO proud of me I felt like crap mostly but I was like "WOMAN FINISH AND FIX YOUR RESUME." I did it. I JUST need my darn ARGH Social Work stuff, although I must say I have tons of relevant like, courses from undergrad I was surprised. I took a lot of psych but then I just took a bunch of extra classes including teaching 1&2. I got to spend time watching a valiant English teacher deal with bored and rotten students in inner city Philly and well, I took a ton of psych. I kinda don't know how I wound up with two double majors but like SWARTHRMOE had DISTIRBUTION requirements. Hate that even though I have Statistics I upon my resume. I do NOT have Excel. which I may need to learn. Oy. But like, um, yeah all that,

    They also had a pool and you had to pass a swim test to graduate.(The guy who gifted it made it a requirement he was all "Swarthmore Renaissance MAN that's what they are known for.) I did it but late .OMG so many students.....falling in and not swimming and having to be fished out I mean YOU KNOW if you can't swim it's not a sudden spell you cast by MAGIC. LOL .They all got remedial swimming lessons. You had to swim 2 lengths and then tread water for 20 minutes . I did it fine but it sucked.

    HAS ANYONE gotten back to me about my log in issue? They have not. I really would like my MSW transcript to back me up because it is a thing of beauty I got like all As. Of course, SW (apart from advanced stats, but they assigned EACH and every person who was assigned that class a TA from day 1. Which was the entire class. They knew how to HANDLE that. Oh I can read research papers but please don't let me get TOO conclusive.) So yeah, apart from Stats one my major was super easy compared to Swarthmore . I mean some of it, I got assigned to like Springfield Hospital one of the oldest mental hospitals in the USA. A lot of my fellow interns were like ALL in fear, but having been on a psycho unit I was just like, "ooooh which schizophrenic are you going to like, assign me to talk too first can it be someone who killed a person?"

    My second field placemen was really rigorous. They video taped you non freaking stop.. My very first video tape was this borderline mom, her husband and their 7 children, I think it was." LOL, my field instructor STILL found something nice to say. I got permission from the family (yes, they finally settled down enough for me to ask) to use it in teaching and after they sat in on my MASTERFUL family sessions (they are fairly good) well, then, I like would tell my student their first session would be taped and their eyes got big and I would sit them down and let them know, things can always get worse. They were like, "How did you DO IT THEN?"

    I was like, tranquilly, "Lots more video tapes bur like, trust me with families it will take a year of floundering around, useless while you try to remember your theory, Then it all sort of comes together in a BUNCH and you get creative, and good ,and you pray to the heavens above as far as like, the families you ah, learned on and if you don't burn out in 2-5 years and you don't stop learning you get really good.

    It's been 20 so it's worth it. I am excellent and whatnot but meh we'll see. I have an AWESOME like, supervisory/senior SW resume now. Those are the jobs I want I have decided, since I will have a SMIDGE of input into the madness and folks below I can be nice to and they will APPRECIATE it. Etc. Guess we will see. Holy goodness dinner time. I am glad I wasted my day doing THAT. Cuz as soon as I get my transcript I can apply for m y top ten jobs (I have them saved in order so it's just cover letters and whatnot.)

    Meh. No more Advil for this elderly lady for a.... while I guess? It sucks. Because yoga gonna hurt twice as much.

    Oh well time to break out the Aussie dream pain cream and just SUFFER.

    Later :)

    Anna
     

    stols001

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    I like super sweet because it's sucralose and you only ever need a drop, sometimes half of one. IDK about it's uh, health properties per se, but stevia tastes awful to me and the alcohol sweeteners are kind of.... They have issues too.

    Ethyl maltol mutes. Although I find me less and less in need of Super sweet and I got (for it) A Rather Large Size, mainly because I didn't think about 32 oz as what it might look like in VOLUME and stuff. So like, I have enough sucralose until the end of the world. Just as well I like it.

    I think when you learn your flavor profiles better, you know what "sweet juice" like say maple syrup or brown sugar is gonna be like, instead, so it be a kind of cheap and easy way out. Or, you know what fruits blend and are sweet enough. You are usually branching out into savory or other interesting things too.

    So, sucralose can be the easy fix to a mix cop out early on but there is not a thing wrong with that either and also I STILL use a drop on occasion.

    Anna
     

    Blitzdonlife

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    I’d like to try my Vodka Grapefruit mix but I’m gonna let it sit a couple days.
    I'd like to try it too, I need to make a flavor order. Which Vodka flavor did you use again, and is it available on BCF? Trying to catch up on ECF, work is busy right now.

    Edit: read the answer after I posted this, never mind :)
     

    stols001

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    Man I almost kept my 5 day streak of like, bathing going when a bottle of diet pepsi exploded in my face. That is my problem with uh, mostly frozen diet pepsi, every now and then that happens. I ALMOST did and then I was like, "eeeehhhh I am too tired. Oh my think the husband is asleep already. I just changed and wiped my face with a towel. So far I have been lucky I have not um, lost an eye to a high flying pepsi bottle lid, etc.

    This addiction is so bad for me in many ways. I am so disappointed I was feeling so much better but apparently the French have it right about the Advil anyway the whole nic thing I am not so sure, although I guess if it was COVID 19 I did not get super-sick. Who knows. Who knows.

    Mr. Trump, if you truly are wandering around maskless, you should be ashamed in so many ways. Everyone does, except you and Mike Pence? That's not FAIR. A) Your overall demeanor is probably the politician in MOST NEED of a mask frankly just on looks alone (maybe there is always Hillary) but YEAH your ginger roots will still show but you might have a shot at looking presidential with the right mask. Mike Pence is okay looking, for someone's great GRANDFATHER.

    I'm sure you find them uncomfortable; I do too. But um "social distancing" doesn't mean "Everyone wears a mask but me." It just doesn't.

    I just check my email and the New Yorker offered me that. I will say, it offered it KIND OF SMUGLY and I *thought* like, I got OFF its evil little mailing list because well, but it might have been the New York Times I unsubscribed from. My sister the commie, I mean fine upstanding blue person, sent me links to stuff and also I spent time trying to figure out my symptoms.

    If Donald Trump had a SHRED of humor, he would show up to press briefings in a "Phantom of the Opera" mask, and IIRC a black cape. He kind of doesn't at least when he knows the cameras are rolling.

    But Donald I implore you! Do it! It would make you so much more palatable in so many ways....

    Yeah, I'm gonna pretend today did not happen and ALSO I am going to like, get up and do tons of stuff tomorrow including my transcript if I have to wait on hold and RAID the perimeter, even if that means bathing slightly later. Yoga, depending on how much unguents I can use.

    Anna
     

    JustWondering1

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    2 in my order are MB one-shots. Can anyone give me suggested mixing percentage on Molinbury one-shots?

    I think there are different suggested percentages for each one shot, but I saw mostly recommendations for 6% - 8%. I checked my recipes on ELR and I used 7% for the Mellow Chili Mango.
     

    PeterKay

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    I like super sweet because it's sucralose and you only ever need a drop, sometimes half of one. IDK about it's uh, health properties per se, but stevia tastes awful to me and the alcohol sweeteners are kind of.... They have issues too.

    Ethyl maltol mutes. Although I find me less and less in need of Super sweet and I got (for it) A Rather Large Size, mainly because I didn't think about 32 oz as what it might look like in VOLUME and stuff. So like, I have enough sucralose until the end of the world. Just as well I like it.

    I think when you learn your flavor profiles better, you know what "sweet juice" like say maple syrup or brown sugar is gonna be like, instead, so it be a kind of cheap and easy way out. Or, you know what fruits blend and are sweet enough. You are usually branching out into savory or other interesting things too.

    So, sucralose can be the easy fix to a mix cop out early on but there is not a thing wrong with that either and also I STILL use a drop on occasion.

    Anna

    I bought 2 different watermelon concentrates. 60ml of one, 500ml of another. First taste- both the same. Aftertaste: 60ml is initially pleasant, tasty, and finishes sweet, literally mouth watering, the 500ml is pleasant at first, for first few seconds, but finishes with nothingness and slightly dry mouth. Should I toss it or tune it up? That's why I asked. That's an example , I have more concentrates that need a little enhancement
     

    stols001

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    Bed. I still have a fever. Gah. No advil for me in the near future.

    oooh that sucks but I can worry about it TOMORROW or get tough one or the other, dang. Night folks and pleasant dreamery.

    I'm thrilled you found ONE watermelon to your taste though. They all taste like burnt plastic to me....

    Anna
     

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    Bed. I still have a fever. Gah. No advil for me in the near future.

    oooh that sucks but I can worry about it TOMORROW or get tough one or the other, dang. Night folks and pleasant dreamery.

    I'm thrilled you found ONE watermelon to your taste though. They all taste like burnt plastic to me....

    Anna
    yeah toss the ibuprofene for a while. see how it goes for you. no cigarettes! goodnight
     

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    @Shadav would buy it too.

    I don't think it's too weird. There's much weirder flavors out there.

    hehehehehe yes I would.... i'm wondering though if it's supposed to be like potato chips flavor....like a sour cream and onion flavor or something....

    So far, I've been just using the flavor concentrates that I bought, but I've never used any sweeteners though. I feel that some of the concentrates I have could do witha bit of a sweeter note. Is there something that you guys could recommend?

    I went with PUR Super Sweet because it was cheaper than CAP....
    I hardly ever use sweetener but using the super sweet you only need a drop maybe two....and you can always add it after you've made your mix and tested it.

    cotton candy can work as a sweetener but it'll mute the flavor a bit

    I also have TFA Brown Sugar, thought I'm not sure how sweet it is, not sure if i've ever actually used it....well I have but not on its own, I mix TFA Brown Sugar with TFA Maple Syrup to round out the syrup flavor

    keep in mind that typically the sweeter the juice is and/or the darker the color, the faster it'll gunk up your coils....
     

    FranC

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    I'd like to try it too, I need to make a flavor order. Which Vodka flavor did you use again, and is it available on BCF? Trying to catch up on ECF, work is busy right now.

    Edit: read the answer after I posted this, never mind :)
    Yes,VTA Russian Vodka. BCF has it.
     

    FranC

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    I think there are different suggested percentages for each one shot, but I saw mostly recommendations for 6% - 8%. I checked my recipes on ELR and I used 7% for the Mellow Chili Mango.
    Yeah, I decided to go with 7. Looks safe.
     

    Shadav

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    I lost the quote so sorry....to whomever was going to buy from Flavor Jungle, I also recommend checking out Bull City Flavors (they would be better priced than FJ)
    FJ is nice that they often have 10ml on sale for $0.99 but other than that, you're better off shopping at BCF
    though ;) I would suggest looking at River Supply, it's your best bang for your buck, lots of 15ml for $1.50 and quite a few on sale/discontinued for under $1.00
    river supply has good prices but bull city has more brands, eh I don't know if that's really true but BCF has things that I can't get from river, like VT brand, WF mascarpone cheese, WF Banana Candy and until recently ws-23 but river now carries it.

    if you are looking to save money and if you don't mind so much about which brand it is (like me), I usually shop River first but don't check out, then go shop BCF and figure out which is better priced.....now you will have to do a bit of math as River is 15ml and BCF is 10ml (unless you go for bigger bottles) but typically River is cheaper but there again I usually end up with 2 orders because bcf just has things that river doesn't.
     

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