The Flavor Apprentice Flavoring Thread

[DingerCPA]

Thanks Bill. My shot was a very early attempt at diy. Haven't played much with tweaks as I rarely make the same thing from session to session [emoji38]

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[BigLungs]

The Juicy Peach is my absolute favorite so far. Haven't tried the others that you mentioned yet. I should get some lemon, because I'm desperately wanting to create a lemonade juice... I've got some thoughts, but I need to see how they'll play out... I do have the TFA Pear... just haven't come up with anything that I like with it yet... definitely need more experimentation with that one...

Sorry if this has been answered already, but Loranns has an excellent lemonade flavoring. It has, IMO, the perfect sour bite to it already as well.
This flavoring is something I just haven't been able to accomplish with TFA's options.

Lemonade
Lemonade (LA) 12%
Sweetener to taste 0.5-2%

Everyone that has tried it says it tastes just like a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade.
The higher you go with the sweetener, the more it starts to taste like a lemonade shakeup.

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

Sorry if this has been answered already, but Loranns has an excellent lemonade flavoring. It has, IMO, the perfect sour bite to it already as well.
This flavoring is something I just haven't been able to accomplish with TFA's options.

Lemonade
Lemonade (LA) 12%
Sweetener to taste 0.5-2%

Everyone that has tried it says it tastes just like a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade.
The higher you go with the sweetener, the more it starts to taste like a lemonade shakeup.

Just wanted to add to your excellent post. I've made good lemonade with both LorAnn's and Flavor West. Here's my current favorite:

Lemonade

FW Lemonade - 14%
Cotton Candy - 10%
Tart and Sour - 5% (Flavor West, I think)
Honey - 1%

This is a tank cracker, so I don't often use it, and lost a tank or two vaping it. Because it is mostly a non-TFA flavoring juice, I have not posted it on this thread until now. This is a dripper's dream, though, So, enjoy!

 

[Heliotropic]

I must confess that I can't make a decent cheesecake with TFA flavorings, but your recipe reminded me of an Ultimate Vanilla recipe that I made sometime back:

Ultimate Vanilla

Vanilla Swirl - 4%
Vanilla Bourbon - 2%
French Vanilla - 4%
Bavarian Cream - 3% OR
French Vanilla Cream - 3% OR Both!!
Vanillin - 3%
Cotton Candy - 2%
Sweetener - 2%

That's 20% - 30% Vanilla! You can add dulce de leche at 2% and Vanilla Bean at 4% to give it that thick vanilla milkshake flavor. Adjust and sweeten to taste. Yes, Ren, we need our vanillas! I wanted to repost this from almost six months ago, because I don't have it anywhere in my blogs and wanted to memorialize this so I could find it again! Good luck!

Also, my milkshake base has not been added to my flavoring list, and I thought it might prove useful to some seeking to make their own milkshake juice. Good luck!

Vanilla Milkshake Base

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream - 10%
Marshmallow - 5%
French Vanilla Deluxe - 4%
Sweetener - 3%
Dulce de Leche - 2%
Koolada - 1%

Bonus Recipe:

Pralines and Cream has long been one of my favorites, and I've posted it here before somewhere. Here it is again:

Pralines and Cream

Hazelnut Praline - 6%
Vanilla Custard - 5%
Bavarian Cream - 5%
Sweetener - 4%

Sweeten and adjust to taste. Don't think it needs cinnamon Danish, imho....

I'm glad you're reposting some of your recipes. Being only a couple weeks into my DIY, I haven't made it through all 700+ posts in this thread to see them all. Do you have all your recipes posted somewhere? I have read and sub'd your blog.
I'm sure it won't be the last time I say it, but thanks for your contributions to this group.

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

I'm glad you're reposting some of your recipes. Being only a couple weeks into my DIY, I haven't made it through all 700+ posts in this thread to see them all. Do you have all your recipes posted somewhere? I have read and sub'd your blog.
I'm sure it won't be the last time I say it, but thanks for your contributions to this group.

Yes, all my recipes are in my DIY calculator. Many of my TFA recipes are posted on this thread and many of those are in my blogs. It will take some time to post them all, and I do intend to, some day, but today's not that day. Even so, there's at least 50 or more posted here. Also, I have refrained from posting most of them, as they do use other brand flavorings. TFA is outstanding in many ways. The best in some ways. However, they do have some flavor gaps, as all brands do seem to have, so there are many flavorings that one must look elsewhere to make certain juices.

 

[trueagle]

I must confess that I can't make a decent cheesecake with TFA flavorings, but your recipe reminded me of an Ultimate Vanilla recipe that I made sometime back:

Ultimate Vanilla

Vanilla Swirl - 4%
Vanilla Bourbon - 2%
French Vanilla - 4%
Bavarian Cream - 3% OR
French Vanilla Cream - 3% OR Both!!
Vanillin - 3%
Cotton Candy - 2%
Sweetener - 2%

That's 20% - 30% Vanilla! You can add dulce de leche at 2% and Vanilla Bean at 4% to give it that thick vanilla milkshake flavor. Adjust and sweeten to taste. Yes, Ren, we need our vanillas! I wanted to repost this from almost six months ago, because I don't have it anywhere in my blogs and wanted to memorialize this so I could find it again! Good luck!

Also, my milkshake base has not been added to my flavoring list, and I thought it might prove useful to some seeking to make their own milkshake juice. Good luck!

Vanilla Milkshake Base

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream - 10%
Marshmallow - 5%
French Vanilla Deluxe - 4%
Sweetener - 3%
Dulce de Leche - 2%
Koolada - 1%

Bonus Recipe:

Pralines and Cream has long been one of my favorites, and I've posted it here before somewhere. Here it is again:

Pralines and Cream

Hazelnut Praline - 6%
Vanilla Custard - 5%
Bavarian Cream - 5%
Sweetener - 4%

Sweeten and adjust to taste. Don't think it needs cinnamon Danish, imho....

What can I use instead of vanilla bourbon. I have never ordered that one

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

What can I use instead of vanilla bourbon. I have never ordered that one

You can make this without vanilla bourbon, and get a slightly different nuanced vanilla. Still good, I'm sure. Good luck!

 

[AndriaD]

I did my new Smoky Cappucino mix today, substituting Malted Milk for Sweet Cream, and lowering the sweetener -- it turned out FANTASTIC. I'm not sure if it's like Long Bottom Leaf or not, it's been a while since I dared vape any of that (95% VG!), but it IS very good. Letting the Malted Milk take the place of all but 1% of the sweetener makes a much smoother vape; there's still some sweetness, but it's not "in your face" sweet. Definite win.

Andria

 

[CoilinTrouble]

Anyone got a good recipe for watermelon jolly rancher recipe? Also a true strawberry milkshake. One that actually tastes like strawberry milkshake, not that bs I find from commercial juice that justvtastes artificial and chemical...Also Ive gotten a request to try a 90's style Push Pop flavor. Any suggestions?

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

Anyone got a good recipe for watermelon jolly rancher recipe? Also a true strawberry milkshake. One that actually tastes like strawberry milkshake, not that bs I find from commercial juice that justvtastes artificial and chemical...Also Ive gotten a request to try a 90's style Push Pop flavor. Any suggestions?

I would add strawberry and strawberry ripe to one of the many milkshake bases that have been posted until you get the strawberry flavoring just right for your own tastes. These bases have been posted in December, with the milkshake vapathon, and even as recently as today. You can search this thread for recipes that may work for you. Not sure what a watermelon jolly rancher tastes like, so can't help you there. Good luck!

 

[CoilinTrouble]

Thnx dude appreciate it. New to DIY but got a ton of TFA flavors on the way. Actually your dutch apple pie was one.of the first recipes I ordered flavors for Ill probably be spending quite some time in this forum now

 

[trophyfish711]

Right, TFA refers to this flavoring as just "Strawberry", as opposed to ripe or organic, but it's the sweet inside strawberry flavoring versus the ripe, skin flavoring. Generally speaking, when TFA says ripe, they are referring more to the skin or peel of the fruit, and not the sweet inside of the fruit which is "sweet." Good luck!

Thanks Bill for the first response and especially this !!! I did not knkw this and it makes sense as in wanting to make a "sweet" fruit or a "whole" fruit flavoring if I want a juice to have an "undertone" of something use the cream and predominant use a "sweet" maybe with aittle ripe .. Makes perfect sense .. Thank you wants again sir

 

[baseballmom]

Butterscotch Swirl

Butterscotch 7%
Vanilla Swirl 4%
Graham cracker clear 3%
Toasted marshmallow 1%
Sweetener 1%
Butter .5%

(Contains a/p and ace. ingredients)

 

[trophyfish711]

I did my new Smoky Cappucino mix today, substituting Malted Milk for Sweet Cream, and lowering the sweetener -- it turned out FANTASTIC. I'm not sure if it's like Long Bottom Leaf or not, it's been a while since I dared vape any of that (95% VG!), but it IS very good. Letting the Malted Milk take the place of all but 1% of the sweetener makes a much smoother vape; there's still some sweetness, but it's not "in your face" sweet. Definite win.

Andria

I am interested in this ? I have tried to make some variation of something like this but never quite get

 

[trophyfish711]

Anyone got a good recipe for watermelon jolly rancher recipe? Also a true strawberry milkshake. One that actually tastes like strawberry milkshake, not that bs I find from commercial juice that justvtastes artificial and chemical...Also Ive gotten a request to try a 90's style Push Pop flavor. Any suggestions?

Watermelon 9%
Strawberry 5%
Vanilla swirl 5%
Bavarian cream 4%
Cotton candy 4%
Sweetner 2%

Not a jolly rancher exactly .. But man a nice watermelon candy type vape ..

 

[baseballmom]

Andria, very happy to read this am that malted milk worked out nicely for ya' in your SC recipe I really like that flavor

 

[Kaezziel]

Good to see ya back,is your wife doing better now?I know you mentioned a whle back about some medical problems,hopefully life is better now.I completely forgot about that peaches & cream you posted,i'll have to make some up this weekend,i've been craving a peach juice here lately,just haven't sat down to make any haha.

Hey man! And Thanks... she's coming along, but we just had to go in for another biopsy... we'll find out whether or not the cancer has metastasized in about a month. Aside from that, she's doing pretty well. Good spirits and starting to get some strength back. Apparently recovery from that surgery is pretty brutal. She had surgery a year ago, and still has wounds that aren't fully healed. I appreciate you asking about her, man... truly.
Glad I got back on here and reposted it, then! I'd just ordered 16oz of each of those flavors and they came in yesterday. I ripped the box open and mixed up a pint sized mason jar full as soon as I got home!

Good to see you back Kaezziel

Gandered at your blog. I love Chai, but don't have any in stock. I have some (shhhhh) CAP Horchata that I was thinking of subbing. I'm also looking for a great vanilla - my B&M has one that I absolutely love (but I'm not willing to pay for it any more ) I'm wondering if in your vanilla custard the egg nog is too "spicy"?

I'd fiddled with an attempt a couple months ago and came up with

"Smooth Vanilla"
French Vanilla - 7.5%
Vanilla Custard - 7.5%
Bavarian Cream - 7.5%
(LA) NY Cheesecake - 7.5% (I know, I'm cheating here since this is a TFA thread....)

I haven't mixed this in a while, but I think I'm going to lower the French Vanilla a touch and add a few drops of either sweetener or EM to see if I can get it to pop. Either that or a touch of Marshmallow and pull down the French Vanilla....

Thank you, Dinger!!
The Chai cream is pretty good, but still needs a bit of tweaking, I think. I'll get around to playing with it more at some point. I don't think that the egg nog makes it more "spicy" but definitely gives it a bit more "eggy" flavor... but your taste buds may work better than mine.
Your Smooth Vanilla looks pretty good too! I'll have to order some of the (LA) NY Cheesecake to try it though. All I have at this point is TFA flavors...

 

[nopoison]

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Thanks go out to DarthEmma for pointing this brand out in a previous post!!

Citric Acid Powder

 

[Kaezziel]

Sorry if this has been answered already, but Loranns has an excellent lemonade flavoring. It has, IMO, the perfect sour bite to it already as well.
This flavoring is something I just haven't been able to accomplish with TFA's options.

Lemonade
Lemonade (LA) 12%
Sweetener to taste 0.5-2%

Everyone that has tried it says it tastes just like a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade.
The higher you go with the sweetener, the more it starts to taste like a lemonade shakeup.

Thanks for that! Between that and Bill's Lemonade, I just may be able to come up with one of my own as well. Though it looks like I may have to reevaluate the LorAnns flavors... I haven't touched those in years. Many thanks for the insight on the effect of more sweetener, also! Sometimes I do enjoy the flavor to be more on that side of the line!

 

[DarthEmma]

Right, TFA refers to this flavoring as just "Strawberry", as opposed to ripe or organic, but it's the sweet inside strawberry flavoring versus the ripe, skin flavoring. Generally speaking, when TFA says ripe, they are referring more to the skin or peel of the fruit, and not the sweet inside of the fruit which is "sweet." Good luck!

Added to my list for my next order. I'm almost out of Apple already (only got 15ml first time to make sure I liked it).
Thanks for the info. You are a gem for being so helpful to us noobs!