The Flavor Apprentice Flavoring Thread

[FACE MEAT]

Mint Candy Flavor

Jimi D posted a recipe in the recipe thread that utilized TFA's mint candy flavor: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/416566-vanilla-mint-candy.html

This inspired me to make an "after dinner mint" e-liquid of my own...

8% TFA vanilla cupcake
3% TFA mint candy
1 drop per 2mL EM
1 drop per 5mL EZ Sweetz

It's slightly more cake-like and buttery than an after-dinner mint, but just as addictive. Using the vanilla swirl you ordered in place of the vanilla cupcake I used would probably yield results that are more true to after-dinner mints.

I usually don't like minty vapes, but this one is soooo darn good.

 

[SouthernBliss]

Steven Pye, I'm personally find of the bittersweet chocolate flavor lovely. It tastes very much like a good 70% cocoa bar to me. And the strawberry ripe is really wonderful. I do a blend with a very small amount of cherry blossom (suspect that is fairly optional), a couple of drops of koolada and a 4 drops of lemon juice per 10 ml that my boys really adore.

 

[Steven Pye]

Thanks Face Meat and SouthernBliss- always looking for good pointers. Cherry Blossom has been on my list but I left it for next time.

now I cant wait for my supplies to arrive...............mmmm.............. after dinner mint.......

 

[michaelsil1]

I just ordered some flavors from TFA I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the floral flavors and at what percentage. I have all of them coming.

 

[eikon]

I just ordered some flavors from TFA I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the floral flavors and at what percentage. I have all of them coming.

Nocturne Aestas;
Honeysuckle 10.00%
Vanillin 3.00%
Ethyl Maltol 2.00%
White Vinegar 0.25%

omg, this is good, came up with it a while back, love it...

funny, I recently tried vape goddess's "lotus" and she made a pretty good clone of this...

start points
Hibiscus 1%
Cherry Blossom 3%
honeysuckle 5-15% (TANK CRACKER)

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ps on weights and measures;
1/4 tsp of EM = 1 gram, sure, maybe, on average.

this is where volumetric flasks come in handy.

grab a 50ml volumetric flask add 5 grams of EM (or whatever) add 35-40ml of your diluting liquid. Heat, stir, ultrasonic, whatever to get the crystals dissolved (citric acid takes about 30 min in an ultrasonic) cool to 20°c (68°f) and add your diluting liquid to the 50ml mark. BANG!!! A prefect 10% solution every time.

the inherent problem with using mass measurements in combination with volumetric measurements is air. Are the EM crystals nice and fluffy, or are they ground and compact? This is why a true tea snob (like me) will use precisely 2.25 grams of a ridiculously expensive whole leaf, fluffy, 'Jaipur Estate SFTGFOP Spl', or an uber cheep, broken leaf, dense (Crush, Tear, Curl) 'Halmari CTC BOP' to 6oz of water for a perfect cup of assam...

 

[michaelsil1]

Nocturne Aestas;
Honeysuckle 10.00%
Vanillin 3.00%
Ethyl Maltol 2.00%
White Vinegar 0.25%

omg, this is good, came up with it a while back, love it...

funny, I recently tried vape goddess's "lotus" and she made a pretty good clone of this...

start points
Hibiscus 1%
Cherry Blossom 3%
honeysuckle 5-15% (TANK CRACKER)

----

ps on weights and measures;
1/4 tsp of EM = 1 gram, sure, maybe, on average.

this is where volumetric flasks come in handy.

grab a 50ml volumetric flask add 5 grams of EM (or whatever) add 35-40ml of your diluting liquid. Heat, stir, ultrasonic, whatever to get the crystals dissolved (citric acid takes about 30 min in an ultrasonic) cool to 20°c (68°f) and add your diluting liquid to the 50ml mark. BANG!!! A prefect 10% solution every time.

the inherent problem with using mass measurements in combination with volumetric measurements is air. Are the EM crystals nice and fluffy, or are they ground and compact? This is why a true tea snob (like me) will use precisely 2.25 grams of a ridiculously expensive whole leaf, fluffy, 'Jaipur Estate SFTGFOP Spl', or an uber cheep, broken leaf, dense (Crush, Tear, Curl) 'Halmari CTC BOP' to 6oz of water for a perfect cup of assam...

Thank you, interesting Teas.

 

[Rin13]

I've only tried cherry blossom and to me, it just tastes like cherries. I like it, just get little to no "floral" bits... which can be good and bad I guess. I'd start w/ low percentages on it as it's a pretty strong flavor. (3% as noted prior would be a good place to start)

 

[michaelsil1]

Thanks, I guess no one has been adventurous to try the Violet, Rose and Chrysanthemum ones yet I also got (don't know why) Musk.

I'll also try the Hibiscus starting @ 1% as suggested.

 

[Lhartman89]

Anyone know what percentage to use the Apple Candy at?

 

[cubfanthad]

I like it at 15%... 10% wasn't doing it for me on this one.

 

[Revealed]

Thanks Face Meat and SouthernBliss- always looking for good pointers. Cherry Blossom has been on my list but I left it for next time.

now I cant wait for my supplies to arrive...............mmmm.............. after dinner mint.......

I recently made a cherry blossom at 15%, and although it had a nice flavor, it cracked my brand new vivi nova. Just a warning =)

 

[Barto]

I've only tried cherry blossom and to me, it just tastes like cherries. I like it, just get little to no "floral" bits... which can be good and bad I guess. I'd start w/ low percentages on it as it's a pretty strong flavor. (3% as noted prior would be a good place to start)

Cerry sounds good!

 

[FACE MEAT]

I never would have thought cherry blossom would be a tank cracker.

I refuse to buy plastic devices now. If its not glass or plastic, I'm not interested.

 

[dsy5]

Most of the cherry flavors I have used have caused at least clouding in my plastic tanks. I made a Marischino Cherry/Vanilla Cupcake once and the tank literally fell apart in my hands after about a minute! (it was a Vision Stardust tank)

 

[michaelsil1]

Most of the cherry flavors I have used have caused at least clouding in my plastic tanks. I made a Marischino Cherry/Vanilla Cupcake once and the tank literally fell apart in my hands after about a minute! (it was a Vision Stardust tank)

The Cherry Cupcake sounds good too bad the Vision took a dump.



Someone has to have an idea about what I can do with the TFA Musk Candy

 

[akatina]

The Cherry Cupcake sounds good too bad the Vision took a dump.



Someone has to have an idea about what I can do with the TFA Musk Candy

I would add musk to caramel, tobacco, chocolate, or teas. Or possibly to a blend of nuts, because I would find it funny

 

[Steven Pye]

Just got my Wizard Labs TFA order in today- they sent me a free Bubble Gum too!!!!

 

[glassmanoak]

I use only Pyrex or Polypropylene tanks now. Never polycarbonate. Seems like everything I make is a tank-buster

 

[Steven Pye]

Ripped into my new flavorings and thought I should peppermint patty it up:
TFA Bittersweet Chocolate 6%
TFA Mint Candy 6%
TFA Menthol Liquid 2%
TFA Koolada 1%
EZ Sweetz 1%

mmmm yah

 

[Proverb31]

Wow! I would have gone years and not thought of this. Thank you.

This is true in cooking as well. The main flavor in all edible chocolate is vanilla. Pure chocolate is bitter, just taste a pinch of cocoa powder and you will know what I'm talking about. A tiny pinch a cayenne pepper brings out the flavor in chocolate when cooking. If the cayenne pepper addition is minute compared to the batch of chocolate it is not discernible to the palette, but really boost the chocolate flavor. Cinnamon and cardamon also add a richness to chocolate cakes, brownies, and candies. I haven't mixed a batch of juice yet, but I am pondering how closely e-liquid juice flavors follow cooking. I suspect they are similar and this post about vanilla encourages me in that line of thinking.

The key in cooking chocolate is to add these spices but in amounts so small they aren't dictated. I don't add them on a percentage basis but add about 1/16 - 1/8 of a teaspoon to standard chocolate recipes.

Has anyone here tried mixing e-liquid like they cook? Do you find the results similar?