Yeah but it's a review by ConcreteRiver and what he tastes I definitely don't. He says he tastes raspberry but I get no raspberry at all. If you find his tastes match yours then you may find it to be sweet.
"I get a full cooked raspberry with a rhubarb edge to it. Concentrate is definitely heavier on the sweet berry side of things.
Inhale is tart and a bit bitter red berries. Moderate to light density, with a building sweetness. Moderately dense exhale starts with sweet almost syrupy raspberry flavor and has finishes with a dark cooked rhubarb, missing some of the astringency you'd expect. Some lingering perfumey bitter notes.
Off-flavors: A whole lot of sweetness here. Definitely a more candy-like flavor, which isn't necessarily where my mind goes with rhubarb involved."
Now that I look at it, it's a bit contradictory.
Perhaps he doesn't know what red currants taste like?
As soon as I have a free tank I've be trying one of my newer mixes. I picked one with 3 new favors
Smoked Bourbon
FLV Bourbon 1%
FA Oakwood 2%
HA Ry3 1.5%
FA Whiskey 2%
Smoked Bourbon
FLV Bourbon 1%
FA Oakwood 2%
HA Ry3 1.5%
FA Whiskey 2%
I don’t care for graham so working on a cookie crust. There's a short bread recipe I may try.I really don't get graham from the Cheesecake Graham (PUR). To me, it's more like a buttery traditional crust. Maybe that's just me...
My tastes don't seem to match anyones....LOL. I'm going to try it anyway.Got my fingers crossed for tart.Yeah but it's a review by ConcreteRiver and what he tastes I definitely don't. He says he tastes raspberry but I get no raspberry at all. If you find his tastes match yours then you may find it to be sweet.
"I get a full cooked raspberry with a rhubarb edge to it. Concentrate is definitely heavier on the sweet berry side of things.
Inhale is tart and a bit bitter red berries. Moderate to light density, with a building sweetness. Moderately dense exhale starts with sweet almost syrupy raspberry flavor and has finishes with a dark cooked rhubarb, missing some of the astringency you'd expect. Some lingering perfumey bitter notes.
Off-flavors: A whole lot of sweetness here. Definitely a more candy-like flavor, which isn't necessarily where my mind goes with rhubarb involved."
Now that I look at it, it's a bit contradictory.
Nothing complicated about it Fran. When you get the rda you will likely think your testers are over flavored. Plus the nic hit will be stronger.
The longer I do DIY the more I realize how widely varied peoples sense of taste can be and how completely different our likes and dislikes are. I got into DIY because finding commercial eliquid that I liked was so very hard and now I understand why. It always makes me wonder how people make do with stuff they can buy off the shelf.
Well,maybe but that doesn't matter a whole bunch to me. I just want to test them for flavor and sweetness level. I'm not a dripper and never will be. I've tried many times over the years.
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Yes I agree. The "taste" thing reminds me of a long forgotten vendor coffee. It smelled heavenly but I just about gagged when I went to vape it. I promptly sent it to a friend with a warning. Nope,she didn't love it either...............but it confirmed my opinion of it.
Metal mesh attys don't really work well for me in terms of flavor testing, either. I like a dripper with the same rayon or cotton I use in my ADV atty. Even the IGO-L with a silica wick doesn't accurately portray the flavor I get in a regular atty. You do need something for a wick that won't burn with a dripper. It's possible to flavor test with a Rayon wick in an IGO-L, but you have to make sure there's enough juice for a hit or two without running dry.
I'm watching to see what others suggest.
I use cap sugar cookie in some of my cheesecake recipes instead of graham
Have tried that, but need to lower the sugar cookie, touch too sweet at 3%. Have a biscotto-almond-butter pecan steeping. Honestly I don't miss the crust note in a cheesecake mix, just have gotten stubborn about it now.
I definitely agree. I found seven single flavor testers in my cabinet this morning from 6-21. I decided to try the VT strawberry custard. I have always liked strong flavors and had mixed this one at 10%. In the enthion the flavor is incredible and very strong. I do like it but it's too strong in that one. I grabbed my ammit rda clone and tried it in that one. In this one I could do 8-10%. In the enthion it could be more like 4-6%. I had almost forgotten that I ordered two times getting VT flavors to try. There's a second bag of single flavor testers that could be tried at any time also. This steeping thing is going quicker than I thought it would. I've already got ten days today on the two HS tobacco single flavor testers.
See it's not bad
My flavor testers are mixed with low %. Should be fine. Of course I'll already have all my currant ones tasted long before I get the RDA.
This is a strange one. More a boozy thing and not much a baccy. It has promise so it's going back to steep.
I went downstairs and dug out my cap blueberry to try with the vt blueberry milkshake and also grabbed a couple others like biscuit and smooth that I want to try adding in small amounts in some recipes.
Good luck
The boozy one and 2 tobacco blends all have a nice low sweetness level and all are potential winners. The last being a Peanut Butter Baccy.
This one I'm not caring that much for yet
Smoky Smoked Plum
INW Smoked Plum .5%
2 drops DNB
INW Plum 3%
HA Ry3 5%
The plum completely overrun the baccy and it's a tad much sweet. Also not caring that much for the plum taste. All this could steep out so we'll see.
This one I'm not caring that much for yet
Smoky Smoked Plum
INW Smoked Plum .5%
2 drops DNB
INW Plum 3%
HA Ry3 5%
The plum completely overrun the baccy and it's a tad much sweet. Also not caring that much for the plum taste. All this could steep out so we'll see.
This one is too sweet even though I added a bit of plain cheesecake. Could just need steeping.
Raison Rum Mix
3 drops FLV Raisin Rum
TFA Vanilla Bourbon 1%
TFA Graham/Cheesecake 2%
TFA Graham Clear 1%
HA Ry3 5%
(Added small amount of cheesecake just for me)
There is no reason for this to be sweet so I just chalk it up to needs steeping.
Last mix is my latest version of Fruit and Basil. Sweetness level getting better and the touch of lemon did add some brightness.
Raison Rum Mix
3 drops FLV Raisin Rum
TFA Vanilla Bourbon 1%
TFA Graham/Cheesecake 2%
TFA Graham Clear 1%
HA Ry3 5%
(Added small amount of cheesecake just for me)
There is no reason for this to be sweet so I just chalk it up to needs steeping.
Last mix is my latest version of Fruit and Basil. Sweetness level getting better and the touch of lemon did add some brightness.
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