The Flavor Apprentice Flavoring Thread

[Simply Red]

Gonna try this...

Lemme know

 

[THOMAS CAMPAGNA KUNRATH]

Some of my recipes.. Don't have much to do play around here, once everything in Brazil is expensive, and kind of hard to get!

Crazy Monkey - Recipe of a friend!
Chocolate Caramel CA 0,5 %
CINNAMON DANISH 2%
BANANA CREAM 5%

Dragnet Master - My creation
Chocolate Caramel CA 4%
Sweet Cream 3%
Bavarian Cream 3%
Vanilla Swirl 3%
Acetyl Pyrazine 1%

Lacerations - My creation
Bavarian Cream 4%
Kentucky Bourbon 3.5%
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream 3.5%
M Type 1%

May17TH - My creation
Black Honey 4%
RY4 Double 3%
Ripe Banana 1%

Tabacco Minatore - My creation
RY4 Double 4%
Red Oak 2%
Hickory Smoke 1%
Kentucky Bourbon 2%

All of them need at least 02 weeks of steeping, however, they are vapeable/enjoyable in less time. Tabacco Minatore came out too strong/harsh after mixing, however, after 03 weeks was good, but too strong for my palate.

All of those above have been done in 70/30 VG/PG, and are TFA flavours. Chocolate Caramel is "Chocolate Caramel Nut" from Capella.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[hittman]

Those look good but there's no way I could wait two weeks. Maybe I could up the percentages and shake and vape.

 

[Slots]

Those look good but there's no way I could wait two weeks. Maybe I could up the percentages and shake and vape.

tobacco flavorings don't work that way .. they need time to "mature"
You just have to make it up on the side, while making others to vape in the meantime .. then hide it from yourself
Or better yet, make up 2 small bottles, hide one, and vape the other .. (then you'll know the difference),
and you'll be happy because you got to vape one
Patience is a virtue when it comes to tobaccos.

 

[b.m.]

Tobacco flavorings don't work that way .. they need time to "mature"
You just have to make it up on the side, while making others to vape in the meantime .. then hide it from yourself
Or better yet, make up 2 small bottles, hide one, and vape the other .. (then you'll know the difference),
and you'll be happy because you got to vape one
Patience is a virtue when it comes to tobaccos.

I could not agree more.I find most tobacco flavors horrible when fresh,but after a few weeks,they take a dramatic change.Ry4 double is the only exception i found to that,it's good almost immediately.

 

[hittman]

The menthol tobacco I make with absolute is shake and vape for the most part. It does help to warm the absolute mix first to get it to dissolve better.

 

[MikeADore]

Does TFA normally have Fourth of July sales? Been waiting to get a few bigger bottles.

 

[Clark Kent]

I have not heard of TFA ever having sales direct, But heartland vapes sells bigger bottles 4 oz. and up for about the same as TFA, over 75$ free shipping and they have been pretty quick with the orders I have placed with them.

 

[MikeADore]

Thanks, Clark. Yeah, I got my first small bottles of flavor and some supplies from Wizard Labs a couple months back. Their prices on TFA flavors seemed to be as good as those I saw today on the TFA site, so I imagine Heartland would be reasonable also. I've seen good deals on juices the last couple days but so far nothing on flavors or nic. I'll check out Heartland.

 

[Ablonz]

So far from all the other vendors, I find www.wizardlabs.us for the best pricing (for flavorings) all the time. That is the reason they do not have any sales ever. Although, they did have one recently but only one time in the year that I have been mixing my own. Seems like everyone else always raises their prices so they can say they are having a sale to make it more appealing to the customer. When they could have just bought it somewhere else at anytime for that price.

 

[atroph]

Hey all! I ran across a simple recipe that is fairly tasty for the RY4 Double/Vanilla loving folks.

It is called Custard King at hxxp://e-liquid-recipes....com/ by user James

Ry4 Double 8%
Sweet Cream 3%
Vanilla Swirl 4%
All TPA.

Unfortunately I do not have TPA Sweet Cream but do have CAP sweet cream. In my experience CAP sweet cream is slightly "salty" to my taste buds and tends to muddle "high" notes in a mix. Instead I subbed the TPA Sweet Cream with FA Fresh Cream at 2% and it turned out pretty good IMHO. I am thinking that with a touch of chocolate it would come close to the flavor of a SKOR bar.

Anyways I ended up with:

RY4 Double (TPA) 8%
Fresh Cream (FA) 2%
Vanilla Swirl (TPA) 4%

If you like vanilla, cream, and slightly sweet with a hint of tobacco/caramel "feel" it may be worth a try.

I did a quick hot water bath in a coffee cup to thin it out and mix it thoroughly, and then it went directly in my Velocity. I'm vaping on it now and figured it was worth sharing.

 

[JCinFLA]

@Ablonz - I 100% agree with you about Wizard Labs and their pricing! I also especially like their top-notch customer service, their extra care in packaging products for shipment, and the variety of sizes & manufacturer's products they consistently offer.

By the way, I did luckily get to take advantage of that rare sale not too long ago! Loaded up on some more 4oz. bottles of my favorite flavorings.

 

[JCinFLA]

In case anyone's interested, I got this email about Bulk Apothecary's sale:

Now until Midnight on July 5th, we have 3 amazing offers to choose from!

1. Get free basic ground shipping with code July4ship in the lower 48 states on orders over $99. (Liftgate service If needed is extra.)

2. Get 17% off orders over $250 with code 17July

3. Get 12% off orders of any size with code 12July

I've been buying their PG and VG by the gallon for awhile now. It's consistently been great quality, and the regular price (even without a sale) has been very reasonable, too, including shipping from OH to me here in FL!

 

[Simply Red]

This is what I ordered last time. I just keep it all in a cool dark closet. The Mrs. hates it but, she won't give me space in the spare bedroom so, I take some of her closet space.

glyCUBE - 3 Gallons SOY DERIVED Vegetable Glycerin & 1 Gallon Propylene Glycol

 

[Ablonz]

This is what I ordered last time. I just keep it all in a cool dark closet. The Mrs. hates it but, she won't give me space in the spare bedroom so, I take some of her closet space.

glyCUBE - 3 Gallons SOY DERIVED Vegetable Glycerin & 1 Gallon Propylene Glycol

Have you had the palm derived? I had the original, thinking that it was palm because they recently advertised soy based. If you had both, anything different as far as taste or what not?

 

[Simply Red]

Have you had the palm derived? I had the original, thinking that it was palm because they recently advertised soy based. If you had both, anything different as far as taste or what not?

Sorry. Haven't had the palm yet. Might be a while, too, with 3 gallons of the soy.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Have you had the palm derived? I had the original, thinking that it was palm because they recently advertised soy based. If you had both, anything different as far as taste or what not?

I was concerned when I read your post so I went to ED' website and found this.
"Until April 2016 Essential Depot only sold PALM Based Vegetable Glycerin. However, in April 2016, a SOY Based USA made Vegetable Glycerin was introduced. Both options are now available to our customers. The SOY Based is the best value for money and is USA made."
Also about 3 months ago they posted this on their FB page.
Hope this helps.

 

[Ablonz]

I was concerned when I read your post so I went to ED' website and found this.
"Until April 2016 Essential Depot only sold PALM Based Vegetable Glycerin. However, in April 2016, a SOY Based USA made Vegetable Glycerin was introduced. Both options are now available to our customers. The SOY Based is the best value for money and is USA made."
Also about 3 months ago they posted this on their FB page.
Hope this helps.

Awesome, thanks for the heads up @Sugar_and_Spice . Not much time when you have kids.....So, @Simply Red have you tried just vaping straight vg of the soy based? If not, could you and let me know how it tastes by itself? I would really appreciate it. Even though I vape for $4.30 a month, an extra little bit of savings (not spending) wouldn't hurt. I am due to make another order soon as in maybe 4 months or so.

 

[THOMAS CAMPAGNA KUNRATH]

It is called Custard King at hxxp://e-liquid-recipes....com/ by user James

Ry4 Double 8%
Sweet Cream 3%
Vanilla Swirl 4%
All TPA.

Gonna try this tomorrow! Thanks! If you have some more, with 2~5 flavors mix, share with us!

Edit

Could not wait till tomorrow as I will travel this weekend. Just done minutes ago. Smells very nice! How long is the stepping time? 2 weeks?

 

[Simply Red]

Awesome, thanks for the heads up @Sugar_and_Spice . Not much time when you have kids.....So, @Simply Red have you tried just vaping straight vg of the soy based? If not, could you and let me know how it tastes by itself? I would really appreciate it. Even though I vape for $4.30 a month, an extra little bit of savings (not spending) wouldn't hurt. I am due to make another order soon as in maybe 4 months or so.

Why do I want to say, "Eew."?? Haha! No, I haven't but, I'll be mixing this weekend for some folks and try to remember to. Just remember...tastes are subjective.