Will EM tame this juice?

[pennysmalls]

I have two bottles of a Lime/Strawberry juice from a vendor that is way to tart for me. This vendor threw in these bottles as a freebie with two separate orders and now I have a lot of it. I've got 60 ml's of it and would like to try taming the tartness down a notch and adding a touch more sweetness to it. Through my reading here in the DIY section it sounds like I need to try adding some EM but I'm not sure. I read that EM can blunt the flavor of a juice and at the same time add sweetness but will it work on something very tart? I'd like to try and turn this juice into something enjoyable instead of throwing it out.

 

[Hoosier]

EM, Sweetener, even FA's VW may help. Only way to tell is to draw off 5ml's and try one or the other and see.

 

[pennysmalls]

Hoosier, will liquid Stevia work as sweetner? I couldn't find any liquid sucralose in my local stores. I found some liquid sweet and low but the ingredient list made me a bit nervous, lots of stuff listed that I'm not familiar with.

I'll give this EM thing a go, I do have some of that. I'm still waiting for my flavorings to arrive and I'm itching to make something.

 

[Hoosier]

If you have EM on hand, then by all means, start with that. Might be that it just needs a single drop in the 5ml bottle? Won't know until you try...

 

[pennysmalls]

Well this is interesting. I opted to finish off a Sour Apple juice that I had, about 3 ml's worth, and added two drops of EM. Shook it up good then put it in one of my tanks. I didn't notice anything at first but after about 10 minutes I noticed the flavor was definitely blunted. Which is good, this juice was tart too. Another 10 minutes later and there is no apple taste left lol! It must taste like what EM tastes like. Powerful stuff! What's it gonna taste like in an hour!

I didn't see your suggestion for just one drop for 5 ml's until now Hoosier. I'm glad I did this though, now I know what I'm dealing with as far as EM and it's strength goes.

 

[Hoosier]

Butterfly farts are amazing...

 

[FinallyQuit]

That muting/blunting is the reason I stopped using EM as a sweetener. I ruined quite a few batches until I read that tidbit. Now I use it specifically to tone down too-strong flavors, works out much better. Good call!

 

[pennysmalls]

Thanks FinallyQuit! I was pleasantly surprised with my guess.

 

[pennysmalls]

Eeek, I just vaped my EM/Sour Apple experiment again just now to see if it had morphed at all and it's now so sickly sweet that I can't vape it at all. There was just a tiny hint of sweetness earlier. Wow!

Note to self....take baby steps with EM!

 

[Hoosier]

butterfly farts....

There is a reason I use the phrase and a reason my measuring devices can hit volumes smaller than a drop...