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Thanks for checking your own, Bill. I will make another batch up later this week to test. Like I said, I don't taste the peaches in the other liquid either. Maybe it is just me. I may try to up the lemon a percentage in a 3rd batch to see if it holds its flavor longer. :)

I did notice a difference Deb. The new mix is better for sure. Our sense of tastes could be different enough where a little for me is a lot for you. Happens all the time in my household! :D
 

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The berries work great together. Keep them around 5-6% each, use 'em all! Add sweet cream and sweetener (6%). Four berries at 6% + Sweetener/cream at 6% = 30% mix. I've used this with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cranberries and blackberries successfully....just pick your poison. I favor the "red" berries plus a dark berry myself as a proper mix. Easy peasy! :toast:

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Fantastic idea. I had good luck with raspberry sweet and blackberry with no creams. I've wanted to revisit it, and this is just the sort of thing I would be in the market for.
 

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Can you read a recipe and "know" what it will taste like? Even close?

Most of the time I can do this pretty well. I've made so many recipes over time that I can often make a recipe on paper, test it out, often several times, and that first recipe was "the ONE." It's odd. :ohmy:

When you guys post your recipes, I study the percentages really carefully. I instantly compare them to my mental data base of flavorings and juices and can get a really good idea if I will like it or not, and what it likely tastes like. I don't know when I made the jump from clueless to percentage juice maven, but it happened somewhere along the line. So, I love when you post your recipes. Describing them as tasting like some commercial juice I've never tried never works for me, because I started to DIY my first month of vaping. It doesn't take long to figure out that you can make juice a whole lot less than you can buy it. Startup is a real PITA, and expensive, and growing your inventory of flavors and glassware is also expensive, but eventually, ok keeping it real......I spend way more on DIY than on commercial juice, but at least I can make what I like. :D

When you get down to about 2 ounces of flavoring, do you panic? I do. I hate it. I have a problem. If I use a flavor frequently, I eventually order the 16 ounce bottle. When those get down to about 8 ounces, I panic again. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? It's like getting down to my last pack of smokes, or something. This is absolutely absurd too, because I have at least 10 gallons of juice around for me to vape at any time. I'm not exaggerating.

I even panic when my VG gets down to 2 gallons or so. I know.....I'm seeing someone....:facepalm:

Just wondering if anyone else feels this way?
 

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I'm thinking pumpkin, gingerbread, sweet cream and sweetener would make a wonderful holiday vape. Maybe a little graham cracker thrown in. I'm thinking pumpkin roll. LorAnn just sent me an email advertising their pumpkin, and a whole bunch of pictures of sinful treats, and this idea leapt to mind. Believe I'm gonna have to order me some pumpkin (TFA) and give it a try. There's a great recipe here somewhere. Just sayin'....:D
 

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If someone (other than me) would volunteer to be spokesperson for the next Vapathon, I would love to get started this weekend on some things. My vote is for milkshakes, and I've heard many of you say the same. So, Ren, Mom, Debi, someone, anyone, please step up (forgive me if I didn't mention anyone by name). I'm ready to rock and roll. I can't wait to kill it ! Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry milkshakes! Caramel, fruits, candy flavorings.....betcha there's a whole lotta goodness waiting for us. I'm ordering the big bottle of vanilla ice cream tonight! Wait, the 4 ounce is $10......that's sounds better than $22....oopsy.

I think this will work best if we alternate some leadership roles on the Vapathon, so I'm officially retired. I know we came up with a lot of great ideas on the Danish. I don't have a single milk shake recipe, and the more I think about it, the more I feel wanting/lacking. Let's get on this. Ya'll figure this out and let's go! Ciao! :toast:

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Sure, go back and read this thread two or three months. All the answers are there. You won't get anywhere with single flavor mixes. Also, there are some blogs with this information if you don't like reading. Good luck! :toast:

Any suggestions on those blogs? Interested why single flavors won't work. I wish I had 2 days let alone 3 months.
 

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Any suggestions on those blogs? Interested why single flavors won't work. I wish I had 2 days let alone 3 months.

Gotcha. Blogs can speed up the process of reading a few hundred posts for sure. I meant two or three months worth of posts. It wouldn't take that long to read them! :D :p

Some people have liked these blogs:

E-Cigarette Forum - Bill's Magic Vapor - Blogs

This one in particular might be right down your alley:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-juice-makers-can-make-great-juice-today.html

I think the guy's a wack job, but who knows? I like his juice. Good luck! :toast: :D

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Edit: The advantage of reading all the posts is to get a wide variety of views on the whole DIY area. We all have different taste sensibilities, and collectively, the ideas are vast, and not limited to just one person's POV. In this case, more is better. Good luck!
 
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Gotcha. Blogs can speed up the process of reading a few hundred posts for sure. I meant two or three months worth of posts. It wouldn't take that long to read them! :D :p

Some people have liked these blogs:

E-Cigarette Forum - Bill's Magic Vapor - Blogs

This one in particular might be right down your alley:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-juice-makers-can-make-great-juice-today.html

I think the guy's a wack job, but who knows? I like his juice. Good luck! :toast: :D

:2cool: :vapor:

Edit: The advantage of reading all the posts is to get a wide variety of views on the whole DIY area. We all have different taste sensibilities, and collectively, the ideas are vast, and not limited to just one person's POV. In this case, more is better. Good luck!

I agree that guy is definitely something else:D

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Won't be me leading the Vapathon. We'll be gone for several days hiking. Walking all day, staying in a 5 million star hotel at night. (tent :D ) My phone stays in Airplane mode pretty much the whole time, to save battery. I turn it on once or twice a day, just long enough to check in with my daughter to let her know we are alive. lol
 

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Describing them as tasting like some commercial juice I've never tried never works for me, because I started to DIY my first month of vaping. It doesn't take long to figure out that you can make juice a whole lot less than you can buy it. I spend way more on DIY than on commercial juice, but at least I can make what I like. :D

I started DIY one month into vaping as well. (for financial reasons) I only bought 4 commercial juices prior to starting DIY. (My local Vape shop's brand) I have not bought a single one since. I have tried some a few times from the juice bar at a local vape shop, but pretty much didn't like any of them. So, I really have no idea how big name/popular/commercial juices taste. I've made a few clones from recipes I found here, but don't even know if they taste like the commercial juice, since I haven't tasted it. lol For the price of one bottle of juice from my local shop, I can buy several 8ml flavors from Wizard to play with.
 

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I'm thinking pumpkin, gingerbread, sweet cream and sweetener would make a wonderful holiday vape. Maybe a little graham cracker thrown in. I'm thinking pumpkin roll. LorAnn just sent me an email advertising their pumpkin, and a whole bunch of pictures of sinful treats, and this idea leapt to mind. Believe I'm gonna have to order me some pumpkin (TFA) and give it a try. There's a great recipe here somewhere. Just sayin'....:D
I think pumpkin roll would be the ultimate holiday vape.I had the thought to try and come up with one a few weeks back,but have not had the time.Tfa pumpkin will definitely get you there though,very good true flavor to it,also may want to get the pumpkin spice,the 2 go together very well,just use the pumpkin spice sparingly it is a bit strong.
 

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I'm thinking pumpkin, gingerbread, sweet cream and sweetener would make a wonderful holiday vape. Maybe a little graham cracker thrown in. I'm thinking pumpkin roll. LorAnn just sent me an email advertising their pumpkin, and a whole bunch of pictures of sinful treats, and this idea leapt to mind. Believe I'm gonna have to order me some pumpkin (TFA) and give it a try. There's a great recipe here somewhere. Just sayin'....:D
 

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urrrghh..I balked at it too. Took me an hour or so a couple of nights. I copied and pasted a lot of notes and made a folder. There is no way I would take this on without at least a months worth of info from these folks..so MUCH TO LEARN..gotta add cream to fruit, gotta use more than one fruit especially with Strawberry,Maraschino Cherry the strongest, etc etc.
Any suggestions on those blogs? Interested why single flavors won't work. I wish I had 2 days let alone 3 months.
 

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I wish! I am considering starting it and this is after one year and at least a grand spent. The flavor chase can be 'no end in sight' and then one day I realized I was just falling prey to clever marketing and the description of the liquid. It is all the same thing. Banana's and Peanut Butter is Banana's and Peanut Butter even if one calls it Monkey Snack and another calls it Merlyns Bow. I am tired of giving my money to someone else and not really liking what I get in return. I have mastered many recipes in real life (lol) and am known for my Mexican and Italian cooking even though I never took a class. I can eat a time or two and go home and trial and error make it. So I feel I can do this.

I started DIY one month into vaping as well. (for financial reasons) I only bought 4 commercial juices prior to starting DIY. (My local Vape shop's brand) I have not bought a single one since. I have tried some a few times from the juice bar at a local vape shop, but pretty much didn't like any of them. So, I really have no idea how big name/popular/commercial juices taste. I've made a few clones from recipes I found here, but don't even know if they taste like the commercial juice, since I haven't tasted it. lol For the price of one bottle of juice from my local shop, I can buy several 8ml flavors from Wizard to play with.
 
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I wish! I am considering starting it and this is after one year and at least a grand spent. The flavor chase can be 'no end i sight' and then one day I realized I was just falling prey to clever marketing and the description of the liquid. It is all the same thing. Banana's and Peanut Butter is Banana's and Peanut Butter even if one calls it Monkey Snack and another calls it Merlyns Bow. I am tired of giving my money to someone else and not really liking what I get in return. I have mastered many recipes in real life (lol) and am known for my Mexican and Italian cooking even though I never took a class. I can eat a time or two and go home and trial and error make it. So I feel I can do this.
Same here. I cooked for a living a long time ago in a galaxy far away... I love to cook. I have won several contests from flavor suppliers so have a nice stash of various flavors. Going to put together an order for a few missing items and hope to have the time to mix some recipes. I have 2 files of recipes (one is only recipes from this thread) and bookmarks to several recipe sites. I have nic, pg and vg ( from extracting tobaccos) so time is my big enemy. But I look forward to getting to it and getting off the dependency on other companies.
 

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I wish! I am considering starting it and this is after one year and at least a grand spent. The flavor chase can be 'no end i sight' and then one day I realized I was just falling prey to clever marketing and the description of the liquid. It is all the same thing. Banana's and Peanut Butter is Banana's and Peanut Butter even if one calls it Monkey Snack and another calls it Merlyns Bow. I am tired of giving my money to someone else and not really liking what I get in return. I have mastered many recipes in real life (lol) and am known for my Mexican and Italian cooking even though I never took a class. I can eat a time or two and go home and trial and error make it. So I feel I can do this.

You can definitely do it! There are many, many great recipes on this thread and so much great advice! I think one of the greatest "tools" I have learned here is doing the 100-drop test for creating new juices. I'm very "thrifty" and this is a low cost way of figuring out a great recipe. (and if it turns out horrible, very little waste) Bill has great things to read in his blog entries. Most of the people here are helpful and friendly.

Best of luck! :2cool:
 

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Can you read a recipe and "know" what it will taste like? Even close?

Most of the time I can do this pretty well. I've made so many recipes over time that I can often make a recipe on paper, test it out, often several times, and that first recipe was "the ONE." It's odd. :ohmy:

When you guys post your recipes, I study the percentages really carefully. I instantly compare them to my mental data base of flavorings and juices and can get a really good idea if I will like it or not, and what it likely tastes like. I don't know when I made the jump from clueless to percentage juice maven, but it happened somewhere along the line. So, I love when you post your recipes. Describing them as tasting like some commercial juice I've never tried never works for me, because I started to DIY my first month of vaping. It doesn't take long to figure out that you can make juice a whole lot less than you can buy it. Startup is a real PITA, and expensive, and growing your inventory of flavors and glassware is also expensive, but eventually, ok keeping it real......I spend way more on DIY than on commercial juice, but at least I can make what I like. :D

When you get down to about 2 ounces of flavoring, do you panic? I do. I hate it. I have a problem. If I use a flavor frequently, I eventually order the 16 ounce bottle. When those get down to about 8 ounces, I panic again. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? It's like getting down to my last pack of smokes, or something. This is absolutely absurd too, because I have at least 10 gallons of juice around for me to vape at any time. I'm not exaggerating.

I even panic when my VG gets down to 2 gallons or so. I know.....I'm seeing someone....:facepalm:

Just wondering if anyone else feels this way?

Can you share the number for that "someone"? Thanks!

*goes back to flav corner*

The fact is, I haven't gone a single week without an order. Problem, possibly! Wanna hear a real issue?

I'm driving back home to CA soon. I've sat in contemplative mode for the last 3 days-do I take my whole set up (it is portable ya know!), do I not? Do I just take what I *might* need? WHAT might I need?!?!?!? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

ooops, sorry! :glug::glug::glug::glug::glug:
 
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