I've been making my own liquid for two and a half or three years now, however, my favorite juice might be out of the question.
Around the same time I started mixing, my mother, of all people, found these little bottles of magic at a kiosk in a Pompano Beach, Florida flea market mall. Vendor's name was "Exotica Vapor" and the juice was called Minty Turk.
It was a little minty, but not really Turkish at all--just strange... Kind of spicy, but savory and sweet. Imagine old Sen-Sen candy but with a lot of EM. It was also green (I know, I know... but it was so good).
Of course, I began regularly calling them to buy several hundred ml's at a time from them. One day, about a year ago, I called to place yet another order, and on a whim I (half-jokingly) mentioned buying their recipe if they ever planned to quit the business. Lucky enough, the nice lady told me they were closing shop very soon, and made me a deal on the rest of their entire inventory of the stuff--and this deal included the recipe.
But the recipe made no sense. The only ingredients were "turkish," "mint," and EM. The only specification was "(MC)" after "mint," which I would guess is McCormick extract... Which I tried in a couple different attempts, but obviously doesn't have the interesting, addictive, spicy flavor I'm looking for.
I'm out of my supply from a year ago, save for a few final drops of my usual mix and about 15ml of 18mg strength (ugh!). I've tried e-mailing them again, but they had no direction, and only apologized and suggested to try different brands of "turkish."
If any of you can think of a "turkish" flavor that doesn't really taste turkish, please enlighten me. The recipe called for it at 10% (10!), if that helps. Or, god forbid, if any of you serious veteran DIYers think you have the palate and experience to taste it and figure it out, then by all means reach out to me. I'm desperate to figure this out!
Around the same time I started mixing, my mother, of all people, found these little bottles of magic at a kiosk in a Pompano Beach, Florida flea market mall. Vendor's name was "Exotica Vapor" and the juice was called Minty Turk.
It was a little minty, but not really Turkish at all--just strange... Kind of spicy, but savory and sweet. Imagine old Sen-Sen candy but with a lot of EM. It was also green (I know, I know... but it was so good).
Of course, I began regularly calling them to buy several hundred ml's at a time from them. One day, about a year ago, I called to place yet another order, and on a whim I (half-jokingly) mentioned buying their recipe if they ever planned to quit the business. Lucky enough, the nice lady told me they were closing shop very soon, and made me a deal on the rest of their entire inventory of the stuff--and this deal included the recipe.
But the recipe made no sense. The only ingredients were "turkish," "mint," and EM. The only specification was "(MC)" after "mint," which I would guess is McCormick extract... Which I tried in a couple different attempts, but obviously doesn't have the interesting, addictive, spicy flavor I'm looking for.
I'm out of my supply from a year ago, save for a few final drops of my usual mix and about 15ml of 18mg strength (ugh!). I've tried e-mailing them again, but they had no direction, and only apologized and suggested to try different brands of "turkish."
If any of you can think of a "turkish" flavor that doesn't really taste turkish, please enlighten me. The recipe called for it at 10% (10!), if that helps. Or, god forbid, if any of you serious veteran DIYers think you have the palate and experience to taste it and figure it out, then by all means reach out to me. I'm desperate to figure this out!
