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    I got a silver MTL Brunhilde and a black SBS to go with it. Brunhilde looks complicated, the SBS feels heavy. Both back in their respective boxes. ;)

    The Brunhilde is heavy. I haven’t used mine in a while. I love the Abyss with the sbs kit on it. It’s lighter than the Brunhilde and the fire button placement is perfect for me.
     

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    I got some vape mail today. One of my sourcemore orders showed up with the Wotofo 5mm coils and another fat rabbit solo in stainless. I also got the FE lemon and ultimate strawberry I ordered from Flavor jungle. Im not really crazy about the container that the lemon came in. Im going to have to transfer it into useable bottles.

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    I got some vape mail today. One of my Sourcemore orders showed up with the Wotofo 5mm coils and another fat rabbit solo in stainless. I also got the FE lemon and ultimate strawberry I ordered from Flavor jungle. Im not really crazy about the container that the lemon came in. Im going to have to transfer it into useable bottles.

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    Hope you don’t burn out on lemon.
     

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    I watched the first 4 episodes of "Terminal List" last night and love it, but I am a huge Chris Pratt fan anyway. Going to watch the rest of it now. I think the whole season is 8 episodes.
    I watched that too.
     

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    the day becomes like the last days, work, I begin to approach the firewood of one house, one is left.

    I hope Nitecore fixed those super stiff springs. I had a Nitecore i2 for many years and it served me well (before is died quietly in its sleep), except it was always a fight with those springs. My Xtar and my new Efest Luc V2 have very nice and cooperative springs.
    They are still hard, but it is better with hard springs instead of soft / bad springs.
    UMS-4 against UM-4, it is twice as fast, but not so that everything gets very hot, and it is possible to slow down the charging speed, actually a perfect charger.
     

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    good morning ladies and gentlemen,
    the day becomes like the last days, work, I begin to approach the firewood of one house, one is left.


    They are still hard, but it is better with hard springs instead of soft / bad springs.
    UMS-4 against UM-4, it is twice as fast, but not so that everything gets very hot, and it is possible to slow down the charging speed, actually a perfect charger.
    Good luck getting that firewood done.
     

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    I did find a few new mixes that I totally forgot about. :D Here are two.

    Milkshake Base v1.2

    CAP Milkshake 3%
    Cap Vanilla Milk Froth 1.5%
    VTA Vanilla Ice Cream 1%
    VTA Milkshake Base 0.5%

    Chocolate Milkshake v3.05 (the above with the following)

    VTA Dark Chocolate 4%
    VTA White Chocolate Base 1%
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    Steeping: suggested 3-4 weeks - as always YMMV

    This is my third go at a flavorful chocolate milkshake. My previous two (in Zazie's blog) are good but I always felt those could be improved. It took me a good amount of time to get this one tweaked to where I was happy and felt good about posting the recipe.

    The Milkshake Base is a nice creamy milkshake 'as is'. It is a neutral vanilla milkshake that will work well with nearly any additional flavors. I am very impressed with Capella's new Milkshake and Vanilla Milk Froth flavors. IMO, they are awesome!

    Initially I had the milkshake base recipe without VTA Milkshake Base. It was a flavorful milkshake however it was missing that unique malt flavor. I added only 0.5% knowing full well from past experience that VTA MB is highly concentrated. It is a flavor that will easily dominate a mix unless other flavor percentages compensate. In this mix VTA MB brought a pleasant, but very light, malt flavor without overtaking the other flavors. It was the missing ingredient for my base.

    Adding chocolate was a breeze after I got the milkshake base down.

    Going in, VTA Dark Chocolate was always my choice for this mix as I am able to 'bend' it to my liking. On its own it is an excellent, and very accurate, dark chocolate flavor and one of my favorites. In my testing, over multiple mixes, other chocolate flavors did not offer the flexibility that VTA DC does.

    I didn't want the milkshake to have a chocolate that leaned heavily into dark chocolate. That's where VTA White Chocolate Base comes in. Using VTA WCB I am able to turn VTA DC into something other than a dark chocolate. I use it mainly as a volume control, if you will, for shaping VTA DC.

    VTA WCB can be used higher if one wanted even less of a dark chocolate note (as in, 1.5% - 2%). That will turn VTA DC into something closer to a milk chocolate (closer, but not a 100% MC).

    Adding one of the following flavors will work nicely. A raspberry, a banana, a cherry, coconut or another chocolate compatible fruit flavor. The addition of a cookie or a cake will offer more complexity and texture.

    Some caramel would be a nice touch. Adding a coffee or tiramisu flavor (lightly) would deliver a nice Coffee Milkshake. One of the nut flavors will work in a milkshake as a topping. Light use of WF Crumble Topping would also work as a more generic topping.

    Any one, or two, of the above flavors (depending which and how much) will work fine without turning the mix into a jumbled mess. ;)

    The available flavor landscape opens up significantly using only the Milkshake Base as a launch pad. One would not be boxed into using chocolate compatible flavors.

    @Zazie can you please add these to your blog as two recipes? One as Milkshake Base v1.2 and the other as Chocolate Milkshake v3.05? Thank you muchly! :)
     
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    I did find a few new mixes that I totally forgot about. :D Here are two.

    Milkshake Base v1.2

    CAP Milkshake 3%
    Cap Vanilla Milk Froth 1.5%
    VTA Vanilla Ice Cream 1%
    VTA Milkshake Base 0.5%

    Chocolate Milkshake v3.05

    VTA Dark Chocolate 4%
    VTA White Chocolate Base 1%
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    Steeping: suggested 3-4 weeks - as always YMMV

    This is my third go at a flavorful chocolate milkshake. My previous two (in Zazie's blog) are good but I always felt those could be improved. It took me a good amount of time to get this one tweaked to where I was happy and felt good about posting the recipe.

    The Milkshake Base is a nice creamy milkshake 'as is'. It is a neutral vanilla milkshake that will work well with nearly any additional flavors. I am very impressed with Capella's new Milkshake and Vanilla Milk Froth flavors. IMO, they are awesome!

    Initially I had the milkshake base recipe without VTA Milkshake Base. It was a flavorful milkshake however it was missing that unique malt flavor. I added only 0.5% knowing full well from past experience that VTA MB is highly concentrated. It is a flavor that will easily dominate a mix unless other flavor percentages compensate. In this mix VTA MB brought a pleasant, but very light, malt flavor without overtaking the other flavors. It was the missing ingredient for my base.

    Adding chocolate was a breeze after I got the milkshake base down.

    Going in, VTA Dark Chocolate was always my choice for this mix as I am able to 'bend' it to my liking. On its own it is an excellent, and very accurate, dark chocolate flavor and one of my favorites. In my testing, over multiple mixes, other chocolate flavors did not offer the flexibility that VTA DC does.

    I didn't want the milkshake to have a chocolate that leaned heavily into dark chocolate. That's where VTA White Chocolate Base comes in. Using VTA WCB I am able to turn VTA DC into something other than a dark chocolate. I use it mainly as a volume control, if you will, for shaping VTA DC.

    VTA WCB can be used higher if one wanted even less of a dark chocolate note (as in, 1.5% - 2%). That will turn VTA DC into something closer to a milk chocolate (closer, but not a 100% MC).

    Adding one of the following flavors will work nicely. A raspberry, a banana, a cherry, coconut or another chocolate compatible fruit flavor. The addition of a cookie or a cake will offer more complexity and texture.

    Some caramel would be a nice touch. Adding a coffee or tiramisu flavor (lightly) would deliver a nice Coffee Milkshake. One of the nut flavors will work in a milkshake as a topping. Light use of WF Crumble Topping would also work as a more generic topping.

    Any one, or two, of the above flavors (depending which and how much) will work fine without turning the mix into a jumbled mess. ;)

    The available flavor landscape opens up significantly using only the Milkshake Base as a launch pad. One would not be boxed into using chocolate compatible flavors.

    @Zazie can you please add these to your blog as two recipes? One as Milkshake Base v1.2 and the other as Chocolate Milkshake v3.05? Thank you muchly! :)

    Thanks. That milkshake base sounds like a good place to try my new ultimate strawberry I got yesterday.
     

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