Seperate flavors?

[Xaiver]

When I first got my DIY kit, the first thing I whipped up was a batch of Spearmint, since that was my favorite up until then, and my store-bought spearmint was almost empty. Refilled the carto with my new spearmint and it was naaaasty. My solution to this was to mix up another little bottle of Redbull and mix them together in a third bottle to fill my carto from. It turned out pretty solid, and I've probably gone through 60mls of it that was, mixing 10ml at a time.

Does anyone else do this? Is there something wrong with mixing base flavors and then plopping them together in the usable bottle?

Like the flavor pumps at the gas station for your coffee.

-X

 

[Xaiver]

31 views, no replies. Maybe I should rephrase.

Is there an advantage to mixing multiple flavors per bottle, other than steeping time? Wouldn't it work just as well to mix 1 flavor per bottle and then mix them together after they have set for a while?

 

[sjohnson]

I see merit in both ways. If there is chemical or physical interaction between flavor and carrier (PG, glycerine) and/or interaction between flavors, letting them age together or apart will improve the flavor.

I have one "tobacco" blend that tastes like cheap artificial pineapple when first mixed. After a week, it blends somehow into a pleasant flavor, no longer resembling pineapple.

 

[TinyTimberGal]

I've done this, and I've read posts of others doing it as well. Not so much on purpose for me, I'm usually just trying to turn a not so good juice into a better one (like you did). If it works, go for it! Good luck.

 

[GoodDog]

It won't hut anything it's just that it would be hard to get your recipe correct. If it works for you do it. I've often made single flavor batches and then mixed that into my recipe but it's more work in the long run. It's good when you want to test a flavor but the percentages may need to be changed when it's being added to another flavor. Some flavors cancel out others and some brighten them so testing a single flavor won't necessarily determine how it will taste in a recipe. Who would think that adding wintergreen to chocolate would make Tootsie Roll flavor...see what I mean? I do know some that do it this way though so I guess it works out okay.

 

[swedishfish]

Wonder why your spearmint didn't turn out good?