Yes golden, I get no cooked notes from it. My favorite stand alone pineapple is still WF (SC). Favorite candy pineapple is HS with a bit of Cap golden added.
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I had both samples steeped so added some of both to a dripper and liked it. The pudding base is fairly strong and can over take the raspberry.
I'm not a fruit lover, but do use them as accents/companions in a variety of mixes. I have not as yet ventured into any of the VTA fruits, so really have no idea about percentages. I do have several flavored puddings aging. So far, I like the Pudding Base @ 4% with 1% Custard (INW) as the base. I generally start @ 50 - 60% complimenting flavor(s) to base. What I've mixed so far:
Chocolate Pudding
Pudding Base (VTA) 4%
Chocolate Chunks (WF) 2.25%
Custard (INW) 1%
Australian Chocolate (Hangsen) .75%
Hazelnut (FW) .5%
Vanilla Pudding
Pudding Base (VTA) 4%
Vanilla Overload (Gremlin) 2%
Custard (INW) 1%
Vanilla Shisha (INW) 1%
Coconut (FA) .5%
Pistachio Pudding
Pudding Base (VTA) 4%
Pistachio (TFA) 2%
Custard (INW) 1%
Almond (FA) 1%
Vanilla Shisha (INW) .5%
They're still young, so the results are still out & I'll likely make adjustments...
@FranC - from reading posts on the Chefs Flavours FB page and from reading my new friend Liam's flavor notes, I think we used the VTA Russian Vodka way too low. He says it gets boozy and tastes like vodka at 5%. As soon as I find a minute or two, I will retest my Sea Breeze and Bay Breeze cocktail recipes at 5%. IIRC, I used 1 or 2% when I first tried them out.
I don't think I mentioned in this thread the success I had by raising the % of the VTA Russian Vodka to 5 in my recipes. This is the one I can't put down!
Fizzy Sea Breeze
Aurora (FA) 1%
Cranberry (TPA) 3%
Lime Tahity (Cold Pressed) (FA) .5%
Pink Guava (Flavorah) 1%
Ruby Red Grapefruit (Natural) (FW) 1.75%
Russian Vodka (VTA) 5%
Soda Base (SC) (Real Flavors) 2%
White Grapefruit (INAWERA) .25%
WS-23 30% .5 to .75%
Fizzy Sea Breeze
Aurora (FA) 1%
Cranberry (TPA) 3%
Lime Tahity (Cold Pressed) (FA) .5%
Pink Guava (Flavorah) 1%
Ruby Red Grapefruit (Natural) (FW) 1.75%
Russian Vodka (VTA) 5%
Soda Base (SC) (Real Flavors) 2%
White Grapefruit (INAWERA) .25%
WS-23 30% .5 to .75%
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Added it to my mixing list but had to sub WF(SC) Sugar Cone with WF(SC) Crepe & .25% CAP SS. After seeing this though, I dropped oak milk & SS and added FW Butter Pecan. I didn’t see a name for it so I saved it as Toffee Ice Cream Cone. I have a love affair with toffees
So now I have...Toffee Ice Cream Cone
1% Butter Pecan (FW)
1.5% Caramel Toffee (Hangsen)
.5% Cookie (Biscotto) (FA)
2% Crepe (SC) (WF)
3.5% Toffee Ice Cream (VTA)
Steep: 14 Days
Being that you have experience with most of these mixed together and if you don’t mind, any suggested changes? Sorta feel like butter pecan is too high but not certain.
Since this is the first day of Fall, I tasted my SFTs of apple flavors. VTA's Granny Smith Apple and Green Apple are delicious. I don't think their Fuji will win the Fuji battle but you never know.
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- Granny Smith Apple
Tested at 2%. This is sweet and juicy on the inhale and turns tart on the exhale. There is a hit of peel at the end of the vape. It is fairly true to a Granny Smith Apple. The flavor is tart-sweet, bright, crisp, and fresh. Juicy is a real plus with this flavor as juicy is rare in an apple flavor. I’d use as a main note 3%-5%, background 2%-3%, accent 1%-2% and stand-alone at 5%- 10%. This should mix well with other apple flavors, any fruit that needs some apple, cocktails vapes, and even bakeries. This one is worth owning if you like apple and no steep is needed.
- Green Apple
Tested at 2%. This is a juicy, tart, green apple. It tastes very fresh and authentic. The tartness increases with a 2 week steep. It is much like the Granny Smith flavor from Vape Train only more tart. Again, the juiciness is a major plus for the flavor. This one is a winner too, IMO. Use with other apples, fruits, candies, lemonades, gin, bakeries. I’d use as a main note at 3%-5%, background 2%-3%, accent 0.5%-2% and standalone at 5%-9%.
- Fuji Red Apple
Tested at 2%. This is a nice apple flavor if less authentic tasting as a SFT. It is sweet and tastes like apple juice with a peel note. It is sweeter than FA Fuji or Jungle Flavors Fuji, more of a candied apple flavor. There is less texture to this, so not as fleshy as the other Fujis but it is maybe juicier. It doesn't have the juicy component of the VTA Green Apple and the Granny Smith. I need to mix with this flavor to understand it fully, but based on SFT of FA Fuji and JF Fuji, I think that VTA will lose the race on Fuji. Others recommend going higher in percentage with this than with the other Fujis, esp. for the flavor to become juicy. Maybe around 8% as a stand-alone apple flavor.
I love VTA toffee ice cream. It plays with other brands very well, wanting to try it in a coffee mix at some point.
Look forward to your reviews also @ceeceeisme
I always want to hear reviews, even if I'm not buying flavors. I keep a list, LOL.
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Got it.
Only saw it named VTA on ELR.
Thought VT was something new.
Thanks for the reviews....
Sorry all; I'm running off-topic for a second... again.
@ceeceeisme, I know you are in Canada, but if you are willing to buy from the US, Bull City is still offering INW-Vanilla Cream.As for INW Vanilla Cream
The VTA mandarin is nice but weak at 3.5%; since many orange flavors needs a good steep I'll keep testing once a week for a while before going up to 5%. I haven't got around to the coffee liqueur, fizzy sherbet, or blood orange champagne yet. Mixed up some irish cream for Meg but she hasn't gotten back to me about it yet.
I dont think its very sweet, just really creamy. If you want more avacado it might come out at higher percentages. Here's a snipit of the recommend for Avacado Cream from the VT website-
So yeah, I was pretty low.
The VT Vodka has not much taste to me,boozy or otherwise. Since space is at a premium,I'm removing it from my case.
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