Recipes for Dummies

[benbailey84]

Glad I found this thread.

All of my recipes I use an 80vg/20pg mix at 3mg/ml nicotine

I have been looking for some good recipes. Here are mine I use quite a bit. I will arrange them from my most favorite to my least favorite (but still damn good)

This one is a good shake and vape if you are in a pinch but tastes better after a week.
1. Blackberry yogurt-
12% TFA blackberry
8% TFA Greek Yogurt

This one requires AT LEAST 4 weeks steep, Longer if possible. Its a little more advanced than my other recipes.
2. Fruit loops
11% FW Fruit Rings
4% TFA Marshmallow
3% FW Whipped Cream
2% CAP Sweet Strawberry

This one is another really good yogurt recipe. Good shake and vape in a pinch but better after at least a week steep.
3. Strawberry Yogurt
10% TFA Strawberry Ripe
10% TFA Greek Yogurt

This one was one of my first go to ADV recipes when I started DIY'ing. Steep for at least 2 weeks to let the cream come out. You can reduce the amount of Whipped Cream by 3% and add 3% Marshmallow, but it needs to steep for another week or so to really be able to taste the marshmallow.
4. Strawberries and Cream
10% TFA Strawberry Ripe
5% CAP Sweet Strawberry
5% FW Whipped Cream

I forgot about this one. This flavor was sent to me as a sample in one of my onestopdiyshop.com orders. I never would have bought it to try it honestly. Once I mixed it and let it sit for a week or two I friggin loved it!!! Its a one flavor recipe and super simple to mix. It actually tasted pretty darn good the day I mixed it as well.

Whiskey
10% Tennessee Whiskey (one stop DIY shop house flavor)

 

[jambi]

I "re-borrowed" from you, and went Shisha style:
INW Shisha Raspberry 3% (you could go higher)
CAP Sugar Cookie 5%
TFA Vanilla Swirl 5%

Simple tobacco mix, been vaping this all week:
SC Cohiba 2%
SC Island Tobacco 2%
INW Cuban Cigar TA 1% (I actually use 0.75%, but thread rules )
Let it steep a week minimum.

Quoting my own post, there's a rather nasty typo in it that it's too late for me to edit now...

"INW Shisha Raspberry 3% (you could go higher)"
SHOULD READ:
INW Shisha Raspberry1% (you could go higher)

FTR, I would not exceed 3% Shisha Raspberry in ANY mix, unless you love vaping cough medicine, and in this mix 3 % is way too high. A million pardons for the typo!

 

[Fozzy71]

Quoting my own post, there's a rather nasty typo in it that it's too late for me to edit now...

"INW Shisha Raspberry 3% (you could go higher)"
SHOULD READ:
INW Shisha Raspberry1% (you could go higher)

FTR, I would not exceed 3% Shisha Raspberry in ANY mix, unless you love vaping cough medicine, and in this mix 3 % is way too high. A million pardons for the typo!

you might be able to report your own post and ask a moderator to edit it for you

 

[classwife]

I fixed it

 

[jambi]

I fixed it

You're so fast. Thanks!

 

[classwife]

You're so fast. Thanks!

right place/right time

You are most welcome !

 

[DavidOck]

right place/right time

You are most welcome !

Nah. Omniscient.

 

[spindrift61]

Nice idea and thread you started PapawBret. It would also be nice for others if after making one of these recipe's that people leave a comment or short review. Can be as short as "good" or "bad" or "meh". I started a thread yesterday "Why Nobody Leaves Opinion". It was more of a rant but some members responded in a good way. Wonder if folks would do just that in this thread. If your thread also was edited to say "Recipe For Dummies (please leave review)" or something like that. I don't know just trying to get it out there that it would be nice for others, especially me (lol), on how a recipe tasted. Knowing that taste is subjective. But your title is fine the way it is. Just trying to raise awareness is all. Thanks for starting this thread, it's great.

 

[IDJoel]

@spindrift61, I have read your other posts, and a thought occurred to me. Because you seem so keen on reviews, you might want to make sure you are also making note of who the reviewers (and recipe contributors) are, and whether you concur or disagree (on the ones you decide to mix for yourself).

As you have already mentioned; taste is extremely subjective. Finding a recipe that you like is wonderful; but finding someone who shares the same/similar palate, as your own, is a true godsend. Unlike palates can be useful too; for quick rule-outs. Just a thought...

 

[spindrift61]

@spindrift61, I have read your other posts, and a thought occurred to me. Because you seem so keen on reviews, you might want to make sure you are also making note of who the reviewers (and recipe contributors) are, and whether you concur or disagree (on the ones you decide to mix for yourself).

As you have already mentioned; taste is extremely subjective. Finding a recipe that you like is wonderful; but finding someone who shares the same/similar palate, as your own, is a true godsend. Unlike palates can be useful too; for quick rule-outs. Just a thought...

IDJoel that is a good idea. Me, not only being new to DIY but, also new to vaping probably would believe any review and that could be a problem. I already know in my mind that I would make just about any recipe that someone has given favorable review when in fact they have opposite taste as mine. I really don't know where this is all going I am just trying to stay off the analogs and only recently (6 months) leaving the "dark side", it is difficult. Does not help the fact that my wife is still smoking and they are only a pocket book away from me. To say I do not get the urge at least once a day is an understatement. FYI, I purchased a vape pen for her couple days ago and she loves Blueberry. So my search for a good Blueberry recipe has her in mind. I am ok with Blueberry, although I am a strawberry fan. Mother's Milk Clone's right now along with a Sugar Cookie recipe are my ADV's. Both courtesy of a member on ECF, ReacT...um, which I did (or have not yet) unfortunately, left a review. And it is one of the reasons why I am putting this all out there. In my defense I did acknowledge in a post to him my appreciation for the recipe's and his efforts to share. Just did not review which I have no excuse for other than it appears it is not typically done, which I would like to change. At least I will make the attempt, going forward.

 

[spindrift61]

I gotta give a shout out to my fellow Carolinian, @dobroeutro !
Not much of a cheesecake lover, but I will vape it. Used to order a blueberry cheesecake from Highbrow that I really liked.
A couple of weeks ago dobroeutro a I exchanged a few PM's where I was asking about his cheesecake flavors. He prefers the New York Cheesecake and Graham Cracker from CAP, but I don't have the CAP Graham Cracker. So I followed a few of his suggestions, and came up with ;

Cheesecake Graham Crust (TFA) - 4%
New York Cheesecake (CAP) - 2%
Vanilla Swirl (TFA) - 2%
Marshmallow (TFA) - 1%

and then I added Blueberry Extra (TFA) -3% and Blueberry Jam (CAP) -2%. Then I let it steep for a two weeks.

At first vape I thought 'too much blueberry', but as the flavor and my taste buds settle in I am really liking this one. Using a Reos VV Grand and a Chalice III, this is just like the flavor I used to purchase from Highbrow.
Thanks, dobroeutro !

 

[spindrift61]

I gotta give a shout out to my fellow Carolinian, @dobroeutro !
Not much of a cheesecake lover, but I will vape it. Used to order a blueberry cheesecake from Highbrow that I really liked.
A couple of weeks ago dobroeutro a I exchanged a few PM's where I was asking about his cheesecake flavors. He prefers the New York Cheesecake and Graham Cracker from CAP, but I don't have the CAP Graham Cracker. So I followed a few of his suggestions, and came up with ;

Cheesecake Graham Crust (TFA) - 4%
New York Cheesecake (CAP) - 2%
Vanilla Swirl (TFA) - 2%
Marshmallow (TFA) - 1%

and then I added Blueberry Extra (TFA) -3% and Blueberry Jam (CAP) -2%. Then I let it steep for a two weeks.

At first vape I thought 'too much blueberry', but as the flavor and my taste buds settle in I am really liking this one. Using a Reos VV Grand and a Chalice III, this is just like the flavor I used to purchase from Highbrow.
Thanks, dobroeutro !

I mixed this recipe today but did not have the Blueberry Extra. I made one substitution using Wild Blueberry at 5%. Will steep for recommended 2 weeks but my first taste was really good. Not great only for the fact that it tasted weak on Blueberry because of my substitution I am guessing. I still like it and maybe more Blueberry flavor comes out later but, I am guessing (new to DIY) that this flavor weakens with steeping? OK, I do like it however but, I happen to like less Blueberry taste. My wife, who this recipe was intended for happens to really like Blueberry and I would guess she'd like it more with the Blueberry Extra. I would also guess you could substitute Strawberry for Blueberry.

 

[ceeceeisme]

I mixed this recipe today but did not have the Blueberry Extra. I made one substitution using Wild Blueberry at 5%. Will steep for recommended 2 weeks but my first taste was really good. Not great only for the fact that it tasted weak on Blueberry because of my substitution I am guessing. I still like it and maybe more Blueberry flavor comes out later but, I am guessing (new to DIY) that this flavor weakens with steeping? OK, I do like it however but, I happen to like less Blueberry taste. My wife, who this recipe was intended for happens to really like Blueberry and I would guess she'd like it more with the Blueberry Extra. I would also guess you could substitute Strawberry for Blueberry.

TFA Blueberry Wild is a tad on the weak side for many people (myself included!) - you might want to shoot that up another 2% or 3%.

 

[spindrift61]

TFA Blueberry Wild is a tad on the weak side for many people (myself included!) - you might want to shoot that up another 2% or 3%.

thanks, have read somewhere that Blueberry at even 14% is not overpowering for some.

 

[spindrift61]

thanks, have read somewhere that Blueberry at even 14% is not overpowering for some.

I will purchase the Blueberry Extra on my next order. Matter of fact organizing one at this very moment. I have 200 flavors currently it isn't like I don't have many flavors either. Just seems that rabbit hole is deep. I am in very fortuitous position in regards to DIY. As long as I keep of analogs wife says I can buy as many flavors as I want. Tell me there aren't a hundred vaper dude's out there that would love to be in my position.

 

[spindrift61]

oh shucks, did I say dude at my age.

 

[JCinFLA]

@spindrift61 - When you do a review of a just made recipe, like the 2 you've posted so far, it is important that you say that's what it is. So I'm glad you did that in yours.

Also, what a newly made batch tastes like, will usually change over time, especially with any custardy, creamy, or similar flavorings in it like Vanilla Swirl (which TFA says is like their Vanilla Custard, but without any of the "baddies"). So you might want to come back to any reviews you do...and update, or add to, your review later. That might be helpful for others to read, too...about any changes over time.

I know I've personally had some very definite changes take place even after as little as 2-3 days, let alone even longer periods of time. I do find though, that most recipes with only fruit flavorings in them, and maybe alittle sweetener, don't change noticeably over time, to me anyway.

ETA: I forgot to include info on how a mix can/will definitely change...if any of the flavorings in it have ethyl alcohol in them. You'll want to definitely let that mix "breathe" with the cap and dropper tip off of the bottle, and shake it frequently for several days, before vaping it and leaving a review, IMO. There's a harshness caused by the EA, that totally changes the taste, if it's tested before that. The TFA Blueberry Wild has EA, but the Blueberry Extra doesn't, which is why I personally use it now instead. The TFA Strawberry and Strawberry Ripe are like that, too. The Strawberry has EA in it, but the Strawberry Ripe doesn't. I know there are others, too, but those are frequently used in "fruity" recipes, so I'm more familiar with them.

 

[hittman]

I don't use a lot of blueberry but times that I have then I usually mix the wild and extra.

 

[JCinFLA]

I don't use a lot of blueberry but times that I have then I usually mix the wild and extra.

I've done that with the TFA Strawberry + Strawberry Ripe. Have used 2-3% Strawberry and 6% Strawberry Ripe in a recipe that calls for 8-9% TFA Strawberry. I really like the blend.

I'll give it a try with the 2 Blueberries, too, with probably a higher % of the Extra with no EA and lower on the Wild!

 

[spindrift61]

@spindrift61 - When you do a review of a just made recipe, like the 2 you've posted so far, it is important that you say that's what it is. So I'm glad you did that in yours.

Also, what a newly made batch tastes like, will usually change over time, especially with any custardy, creamy, or similar flavorings in it like Vanilla Swirl (which TFA says is like their Vanilla Custard, but without any of the "baddies"). So you might want to come back to any reviews you do...and update, or add to, your review later. That might be helpful for others to read, too...about any changes over time.

I know I've personally had some very definite changes take place even after as little as 2-3 days, let alone even longer periods of time. I do find though, that most recipes with only fruit flavorings in them, and maybe alittle sweetener, don't change noticeably over time, to me anyway.

ETA: I forgot to include info on how a mix can/will definitely change...if any of the flavorings in it have ethyl alcohol in them. You'll want to definitely let that mix "breathe" with the cap and dropper tip off of the bottle, and shake it frequently for several days, before vaping it and leaving a review, IMO. There's a harshness caused by the EA, that totally changes the taste, if it's tested before that. The TFA Blueberry Wild has EA, but the Blueberry Extra doesn't, which is why I personally use it now instead. The TFA Strawberry and Strawberry Ripe are like that, too. The Strawberry has EA in it, but the Strawberry Ripe doesn't. I know there are others, too, but those are frequently used in "fruity" recipes, so I'm more familiar with them.

Ok, got it. who knows maybe some will leave reviews for others to read. I am sure some do leave reviews, I was just shocked how few don't. And when I searched for a Blueberry recipe out of 9 there was not one. So me being a new to mixing I did not know which one to try. Not until tazzle, being very nice I may add, supplied me with hers and another members. Both of which were good. For my taste the tazzle's had more of what I like for flavors although it was not a fair comparison seeing I did not have all the flavors for the other. And I probably safe to assume they both will taste different after a good steep.