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NolaMel

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Do you have the VT Scotch Whiskey?
FA whiskey. VTA gin, brandy and yet another bourbon... oh, and the (bbq sauce) gold rum. I haven’t even worked up the courage to sniff that one :lol:. I have 4 bourbons, I think. My taste buds refuse to admit they exist :(
 

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FA whiskey. VTA gin, brandy and yet another bourbon... oh, and the (bbq sauce) gold rum. I haven’t even worked up the courage to sniff that one :lol:. I have 4 bourbons, I think. My taste buds refuse to admit they exist :(
Fran is wearing off on you I suspect. ;)
 

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Great to know considering it’s my only lychee flavor. I’ll have to try it soon. Any simple mix suggestions as a leading role? Looking for 3-5 day S&V’s atm but any appreciated.
TFA didn’t work in this, but my adv for ages was peachy-lychee my fav b&m created for pbusardo. It’s lychee forward. Once I get FE I’ll try again to nail it. I used FA white peach in my previous attempt, probably stick with that. It’s more fresh, less canned to me
 
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Fran is wearing off on you I suspect. ;)
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I don’t drink, so it’s possible I’m tasting it and don’t know it lol. I love tonic water and lime, so the g&t was a huge hit. My grandmother used to give us tonic water in the summer to ward off malaria. Although, not sure there was ever a malaria outbreak in western Kentucky in my lifetime. It’s just tart and tasty to me
 

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    FA whiskey. VTA gin, brandy and yet another bourbon... oh, and the (bbq sauce) gold rum. I haven’t even worked up the courage to sniff that one :lol:. I have 4 bourbons, I think. My taste buds refuse to admit they exist :(
    You need to try the VT Scotch Whiskey before you give up. It has a strong alcoholic peat earthy aged taste at 3% to me.
     

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    I don’t drink, so it’s possible I’m tasting it and don’t know it lol. I love tonic water and lime, so the g&t was a huge hit. My grandmother used to give us tonic water in the summer to ward off malaria. Although, not sure there was ever a malaria outbreak in western Kentucky in my lifetime. It’s just tart and tasty to me
    I haven't had much luck with boozy flavors either. I haven't bothered with trying any in quite a while.
     

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    Too perfect then! I have it mixed up. I’ll try it in about 24 hrs but I mostly prefer at least a 3 day steep. I’ll report back:laugh:
    The lychee for me is better in a week, little too sweet for me before then. DF needs 3 days.
     

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    I don't generally sniff my flavors but I was curious as to what the OOO Cornbread smelled like.It doesn't smell horrible but it doesn't smell good either. Hope it tastes better.
    A couple weeks ago I mixed up a Mr & Mee’s Popcorn Pudding clone but added FA Corn to boost that note. I LOVE eating corn pudding, but I just don’t think that vaping it is actually for me:laugh: It’s not bad and spot on corn pudding IMO but it’s just odd to vape!
     

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    Sounds tasty! Looking forward to trying several baccy blends mid October when they’ll be steeped, yours included.

    This’ll be the main one I mix today. This one was inspired by the 2017 Recipe of The Year Winner, Lech De Coco by Hashslingingslashur. Found it on Reddit but Idk in which contest it was referring to and I haven’t looked it up. Original recipe hasn’t any pistachio and 50% less of all flavors. Preferred sweetener is optional, of course. Original is quite tasty, if you like coconut vapes, though on the lighter side as I suspect it wasn’t specifically written for sub ohm vaping. It’s a nice ADV but I wanted this one to have a bit more pizzazz:p

    IMO, mixed as original, it isn’t too sweet without the addition of a sweetener.

    Pistachio Coconut Milk

    3.00% Bavarian Cream (TPA)
    2.00% Cheesecake (Graham Crust) (TPA)
    1.50% Coconut (FA)
    1.00% Cream Fresh (FA)
    1.00% Meringue (FA)
    2.00% Pistachio (FA)
    0.50% Super Sweet (CAP)
    3.50% Sweet Coconut (Flavorah)

    Flavor total: 14.5%

    Hashslingingslashur's notes on his Lech De Coco:

    *Sweet, thick coconut milk*

    I had given up on coconut vapes a long time ago. I enjoyed using FA coconut but I never was able to get a good mix that featured coconut. I cannot stand TPA's coconuts so I never wasted my time with those. I recently ordered a 5ml of FLV sweet coconut and fell in love, thus spawned this recipe. Here's some notes:.

    This is another recipe that kind of just built itself, the flavors just make sense and the result is great. Shake and vape ADV for me.

    I saw a post about someone saying they get a coconut taste from graham crust. I'm not sure I get it too but the bottle does smell a bit like coconut. I decided to throw it into this recipe and it just works.

    **FLV Sweet Coconut** a stellar flavor. Before this I couldn't make a coconut vape that I found enjoyable. I mixed it at 2% solo and it tastes like coconut milk, it's just creamy and delightful coconut. Reminds me of coco lopez. I threw some other things in here just to help it become even more decadent.

    **FA coco** a nice coconut that's light and reminds me of coconut flakes, threw it in to backup the FLV

    **FA Cream Fresh** adds some light cream to the body of the milk. Really fits here nicely, I tried to use Holy Vanilla or Vanilla Swirl here but this works better imo.

    **TPA Bavarian Cream** so I tried this with a couple ingredients like FLV vanilla custard (1%) and CAP VBIC (1%) but Bavarian cream is the answer. Its got a light brown sugar or what some describe as maple nuance which I'm attributing to the Cyclotene in it. A bit of vanilla from the BC also just shines here. Works very well with the coconut to thicken up the milk and compliment it so perfectly.

    **FA meringue** An additive, this recipe doesn't need help being sweet but meringue definitely helps this come across as thick sweet as .... coconut milk.

    **TFA cheesecake graham** kind of an additive, any higher and it would take away from the milk but its a perfect counterpart for everything else going on. Contributes to the body of the recipe, to me its like 50/50 on the graham vs cheesecake.



    I mix this at 65% VG feel free to go up to 75%, shake and vape is awesome and it just gets better over the first week.

    If you want it sweeter I recommend erythritol (0.5%) but you can use your favorite sweetener or a drop of TFA marshmallow per 30ml helps sweeten things up too.


    Thank you for this. Have almost all of the ingredients for this. Of course missing 1 item...lol

    I have been trying to mix a decent coconut vape and think I finally nailed it using TFA coconut extra, but
    am letting it steep right now....its a funny flavor in that first few hits(after allowing the tank to set up for a few mins) have a great flavor then I think my taste buds get used to it and then no flavor at all. Very finicky to say the least.....this is the first time I have ever had this problem....anyone ever experience this with any flavor??? Then I go on and vape a few more that are in my rotation and pick this one back up and can taste it again for the next few hits....until I can't taste it again.....weird

    As soon as I get all the ingredients for the recipe you just listed will be trying it out....

    Thanks again.

    :)
     

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    Tested the Oats and Cream today. It’s NOT sweet, tastes oaty on the exhale, sort of like baked oat bars or cookies. The cream doesn’t have much mouthfeel, more like a skim milk or unsweetened whipped cream (I don’t do much dairy, so this is my best guess comparison). I’ll test it again in a week or two. It would be a good booster to a crust or crumble. I think any fruit would overwhelm it on its own. On a whim, mixed a half a tank of it with a half of hazelnut and cream, yummy!
    Yum! Sounds like a good idea for my granola:p
     

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    Thank you for this. Have almost all of the ingredients for this. Of course missing 1 item...lol

    I have been trying to mix a decent coconut vape and think I finally nailed it using TFA coconut extra, but
    am letting it steep right now....its a funny flavor in that first few hits(after allowing the tank to set up for a few mins) have a great flavor then I think my taste buds get used to it and then no flavor at all. Very finicky to say the least.....this is the first time I have ever had this problem....anyone ever experience this with any flavor??? Then I go on and vape a few more that are in my rotation and pick this one back up and can taste it again for the next few hits....until I can't taste it again.....weird

    As soon as I get all the ingredients for the recipe you just listed will be trying it out....

    Thanks again.

    :)
    I do that all the time! I swear my taste buds have off days and good days or something. The same mixes taste different to me all the time and then the same. I know they’re always ageing and changing but this is the case for me often with tried and true mixes. Thought it was because I’m just strange!:laugh:

    I mixed the Pistachio Coconut Milk this morning. I tried a sample of the original already. You can’t go wrong with it unless you don’t like coconut. I wasn’t really a fan of coconut vapes until I started using FA’s. It adds something for me others just don’t. Idk what but I like it! This is what ID10-T said about the original mix...

    "Vince's "coconut vape for the world" changed people's minds about coconut vapes, including my own. Tons of my recipes and others' recipes I've enjoyed have coconut in there but I never would have attempted or assumed I would enjoy a straight up-coconut milk vape. The coconut flavors we have just didn't seem built for that. I was wrong. This has all the right things and none of the wrong things. Tastes like coconut milk with some coconut cream added in and is very natural, none of that suntan oil or even snow-cone flavor. It's rich and sweet but not too rich or too sweet and a smooth, easy vape. It is just a literally perfect coconut recipe and if you have limited coconut experience maybe you don't know how difficult that must have been to pull off, but it tastes amazing."

    Think I have to agree with him, coconut vapes can be hard to pull off perfectly but this one doesn’t only do it but does it very well. And I love FA Pistachio. So I figured it’d go great with the profile without mudding it up or taking away from the nice balance. Your welcome, btw:)

    If your coconut vape turns out, please share it. I’ll certainly try it!
     
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    Sounds tasty! Looking forward to trying several baccy blends mid October when they’ll be steeped, yours included.

    This’ll be the main one I mix today. This one was inspired by the 2017 Recipe of The Year Winner, Lech De Coco by Hashslingingslashur. Found it on Reddit but Idk in which contest it was referring to and I haven’t looked it up. Original recipe hasn’t any pistachio and 50% less of all flavors. Preferred sweetener is optional, of course. Original is quite tasty, if you like coconut vapes, though on the lighter side as I suspect it wasn’t specifically written for sub ohm vaping. It’s a nice ADV but I wanted this one to have a bit more pizzazz:p

    IMO, mixed as original, it isn’t too sweet without the addition of a sweetener.

    Pistachio Coconut Milk

    3.00% Bavarian Cream (TPA)
    2.00% Cheesecake (Graham Crust) (TPA)
    1.50% Coconut (FA)
    1.00% Cream Fresh (FA)
    1.00% Meringue (FA)
    2.00% Pistachio (FA)
    0.50% Super Sweet (CAP)
    3.50% Sweet Coconut (Flavorah)

    Flavor total: 14.5%

    Hashslingingslashur's notes on his Lech De Coco:

    *Sweet, thick coconut milk*

    I had given up on coconut vapes a long time ago. I enjoyed using FA coconut but I never was able to get a good mix that featured coconut. I cannot stand TPA's coconuts so I never wasted my time with those. I recently ordered a 5ml of FLV sweet coconut and fell in love, thus spawned this recipe. Here's some notes:.

    This is another recipe that kind of just built itself, the flavors just make sense and the result is great. Shake and vape ADV for me.

    I saw a post about someone saying they get a coconut taste from graham crust. I'm not sure I get it too but the bottle does smell a bit like coconut. I decided to throw it into this recipe and it just works.

    **FLV Sweet Coconut** a stellar flavor. Before this I couldn't make a coconut vape that I found enjoyable. I mixed it at 2% solo and it tastes like coconut milk, it's just creamy and delightful coconut. Reminds me of coco lopez. I threw some other things in here just to help it become even more decadent.

    **FA coco** a nice coconut that's light and reminds me of coconut flakes, threw it in to backup the FLV

    **FA Cream Fresh** adds some light cream to the body of the milk. Really fits here nicely, I tried to use Holy Vanilla or Vanilla Swirl here but this works better imo.

    **TPA Bavarian Cream** so I tried this with a couple ingredients like FLV vanilla custard (1%) and CAP VBIC (1%) but Bavarian cream is the answer. Its got a light brown sugar or what some describe as maple nuance which I'm attributing to the Cyclotene in it. A bit of vanilla from the BC also just shines here. Works very well with the coconut to thicken up the milk and compliment it so perfectly.

    **FA meringue** An additive, this recipe doesn't need help being sweet but meringue definitely helps this come across as thick sweet as .... coconut milk.

    **TFA cheesecake graham** kind of an additive, any higher and it would take away from the milk but its a perfect counterpart for everything else going on. Contributes to the body of the recipe, to me its like 50/50 on the graham vs cheesecake.

    I mix this at 65% VG feel free to go up to 75%, shake and vape is awesome and it just gets better over the first week.

    If you want it sweeter I recommend erythritol (0.5%) but you can use your favorite sweetener or a drop of TFA marshmallow per 30ml helps sweeten things up too.

    I made the original version of this sometime back and felt it was under flavored, for my tastes. Nice job!
     

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