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Lyndagayle

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What is wrong with my juice????? I have mixed several flavors, one being Scubabatdan's tobacco, which I followed to the tee. Everything I mix is bitter tasting. Not a harsh chemical thing but more on the bitter side. I've mixed some at 24 mg and some at 18 and so far everything is close to unvapable. I keep puffing on it thinking something magical will happen and it will begin to smooth out but it hasn't happened yet. Yesterday I mixed hubby some Juicy Fruit in with the tobacco and at first it was good. Then the flavor died down after a few hours and I put in a couple more drops and it was good again. Today it would be pretty good if only it didn't have that undertone of bitterness. What am I doing wrong? I'm mixing at 70 PG 30 VG. I've tasted my PG and VG both by themselves and mixed together and it's smooth and slightly sweet but when I add flavor, it goes to He$$. I've been reading about DIY for the past 6 months so I'm not going in this totally blind but I feel like a dummy with all these flavors from PA and Seedman and can't find anything that will keep me coming back for more. UGH....:(
 

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I found the culprit. It's the Cotton Candy sweetener. I tested all three ingredients in my base and it was fine. The one other constant in my recipes is cotton candy so I dropped a drop into the unflavored base and viola! There was the bitter taste.

I despise Cotton Candy! Try Marshmallow or White Chocolate to smooth and sweeten :) Good luck!
 

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Yeah, definitely a bad batch. It has no sweetness, just extreme bite, bitter bite. I just dumped out all the bottles I made. Gonna start over and use sucralose this round. Wish me luck. I'm running out of commercial juice fast. LOL

Sucralose does taste better but also tends to clog cartos/attys fast IMO
 

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I just found out what a boo boo I pulled. I ordered the Circus Cotton Candy which is a flavoring and not the sweetener kind. No wonder everything was bitter! Blonde moment for sure!!! I contacted Linda at PA about the problem and she was right on it. She's sending me the right one tomorrow. Great customer service and it was my mistake but I still think Scubabatdan had the Circus Cotton Candy hot linked in one of his posts because I clicked it and bookmarked it.
 
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