Not a fruit guy, but I rolled the dice and found a really nice one! I made 30ml, and I don’t see it lasting long.
Osdiy succulent strawberry 6%
Osdiy blueberry pomegranate 2%
FA Fuji 1%
Purilum super sweet 1%
Quite nice! Most of the fruits I’ve tried lacked “body” and seemed thin. I do not like adding marshmallow or other body enhancers. This one seems nice and thick, with a discernible tart from the pomegranate and Fuji. I think I’ll back down the sweetener to .5%.
But overall, I’m quite happy with that mix. That sugary apple exhale is amazing.
Osdiy succulent strawberry 6%
Osdiy blueberry pomegranate 2%
FA Fuji 1%
Purilum super sweet 1%
Quite nice! Most of the fruits I’ve tried lacked “body” and seemed thin. I do not like adding marshmallow or other body enhancers. This one seems nice and thick, with a discernible tart from the pomegranate and Fuji. I think I’ll back down the sweetener to .5%.
But overall, I’m quite happy with that mix. That sugary apple exhale is amazing.
So I've been trying to avoid "fixing" my mixes until they've had more steep time, but this being a fruity one and thinking I already have a good idea of what it tastes like, I went ahead and added a little bit of lemon to the rest of my test batch. Flavors Express is the lemon it turns out I ordered. I tried to go small, 5 drops into the roughly 10 mL that was left. Potent stuff, at first it was tasting like berry lemonade. This morning the lemon has mellowed back so it's really just brightening up the berries as @dc99 said. Just a touch of tartness which I wanted. This is good.
Only disappointing thing is that it seems like the Koolada has faded, I still get the coolness but not as much as I wanted. Maybe 1.5% next time.
Only disappointing thing is that it seems like the Koolada has faded, I still get the coolness but not as much as I wanted. Maybe 1.5% next time.
Wrote this one down, sounds delicious. Need to try the succulent strawberry anyway.
Glad I can be inspiring.I love these simple mixes that turn out well. This one’s inspiring me to do one to my taste starting with your berries. I LOVE real berries! Often times they replace a meal for meHope you get this perfect for your taste and please share what works for you.
Let us know what you do too, I'm curious how others' tastes differ and what works for them. As I said in my last post the lemon was really the finishing touch for me. But YMMV.
I haven't used Koolada in a long time. The WS-23 doesn't seem to fade any but you don't use as much.
I had a minute to mix and used the Cap lemon Lime for the first time. Went easy with it.Some potent smelling stuff.
I'm not really sure what happened. It seemed like the coolness stepped back as soon as I added the lemon. It may be the way the lemon flavoring plays with the Koolada that does it. Maybe because it's acidic?
Some random thoughts for you, @Fidola:
-- There are 25 Jungle Fever recipes on ELR. Of those 25, the single most popular recipe has only three people who liked it enough to enter a rating. Only 9 have any rating what so ever. I would question if this is really a recipe worthy of my time.
-- Hardware influences flavor. Make sure you are trying higher and lower power/temperature settings (if using a regulated device), and also airflow restriction (from wide open to nearly closed; if available on your Atty), as you are vaping your current mix. If you have different atomizers, you might want to try it in a couple of different ones.
--The Sweetener is much too high. I would at minimum cut that back to 1% or even 0.5%. Better still; I would first mix this recipe without it, then test vape a little, to see if I even wanted it. Sweetener is easily added to a finished mix, and doing so can give you a good idea, how it might help/hurt a recipe.
-- Looking at this, and then ELR, I am guessing that this is a screenshot of the recipe as you adapted, saved, and mixe) it. None of the public Jungle Fever recipes use CAP-Golden Pineapple; instead, call for TFA Pineapple (EDIT: I take that back; there is one, posted by crixx, that looks like your copy. They didn't even give it a rating... I would not have chosen to mix). CAP-GP, at 10% is high, even for a stand-alone. I would cut that back to 5% (or even 4%) and try again.
--Once the pineapple is in line for the concentrate you are wanting to use; I would probably adjust the coconut, and mango, as well. I would start with the TFA_Coconut at 2.5% (Note: TFA Coconut is not the same as TFA Coconut Extra; pay attention to which you are using), and the TFA Mango to 3.5%.
So, with all that taken into consideration, I would make my first trial this way (a 10mL sample size ought to be plenty):
4% CAP Golden Pineapple
3.5% TFA Mango
2.5% TFA Coconut
(no sweetener)
This should be pretty much shake-n-vapeable; though the mango may take a week or two to fully bloom.
I would not make any adjustments to recipe for at least a week (2 would be better). Then, based on how it has settled, and what I wanted from it, I would consider the following:
-- If any flavor(s) is/are too dominant; lower the one(s) that's too strong (vs. raising the weaker one(s)).
-- If it is lacking sweetness; now I would consider the addition of TFA-Sweetener at 0.5% (or CAP-Super Sweet at 0.25%). (remember to compensate for the volume you already vaped
Disclaimer:
It has been a while since I worked with any of these flavors, so please keep in mind this is coming from my pathetic excuse of a memory. Follow at your own discretion.
Thanks for the time and effort you put into this response IDJoel. I DO appreciate it.
You are correct that I subbed Golden Pineapple for the original. That was in my notes section which I should’ve included on the screenshot.
I will follow each of your suggestions as directed. Again thank you for your time to help me out.
I've had more success with this boozy stuff than I've had with anything new for a long time. Prompts me to keep mixing the booze
That's what I was thinking, should only need a touch more. I'm hesitant to doctor the mix again cause really it's tasting pretty good, but maybe 1.5% instead of 1% on the next mix.
If this mix hasn't steeped much the Koolada might make a comeback. If not then you can add a bit more to the next mix.
I sure did !
I opened the FA Caramel Candy this morning and gave it a sniff - omg - it smells JUST like Werther's hard candies.
Soooo - yep ! I quickly mixed up a 30ml bottle of it.
Vapeable right off the bat just as it is - at this point I don't think anything will need to be added after time.
Very happy with it !
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