Help from veteran mixers

[Tom]

Hi Guys,

I will be testing, tweaking and updating the recipe here...
www.e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/62450/Tom%2527s+RA

I found this mix of flavours that is said to be a RA clone. I have adapted this from a french website.

Blackcurrant 4%
Cherry 6%
Absinthe 2%
Aniseed 6%
Mint 1%
Ethyl Maltol 2 drops per 10ml
Koolada 2 drops per 10ml
Sweetener 2 drops per 10ml

I understand that using different brands will require different % of the flavours but I plan on using this as a starting point and fiddling with it until I am happy Ive come close enough (if I can).

I am looking for advice on what brands have good tastes in these concentrate flavours (although subjective I know).

Any and all advice welcome really.

I plan on making this my next 'project'

[OneDay]

Not sure why you'd need Ethyl Maltol and Sweetener as EM is a sweetener??

[DiscoDes]

Oct 29, 2014 22:45:55 GMT OneDay said:

Not sure why you'd need Ethyl Maltol and Sweetener as EM is a sweetener??

EM has a bit of a candy floss flavour about it but it s subtle.

[arron]

are we sure it has absinthe, aniseed and koolada in it?? I cant vape any of those but love RA ???

[Tom]

Oct 29, 2014 22:45:55 GMT OneDay said:

Not sure why you'd need Ethyl Maltol and Sweetener as EM is a sweetener??

I thought that was odd as well.

I'll try it with one of each and with both the see if theres any difference - i have a feeling there is a lot of tweaking to be done

[lairey]

Black currant from Totally Wicked is the best I've found. Absinthe from DV but you'll end up with Green Astaire

[Tom]

Oct 29, 2014 22:49:45 GMT arron said:

are we sure it has absinthe, aniseed and koolada in it?? I cant vape any of those but love RA ???

too be honest I'm a bit sceptical but this will be a starting point.

and I can taste the anise in RA

[OneDay]

Oct 29, 2014 22:49:02 GMT DiscoDes said:

Oct 29, 2014 22:45:55 GMT OneDay said:

Not sure why you'd need Ethyl Maltol and Sweetener as EM is a sweetener??

EM has a bit of a candy floss flavour about it but it s subtle.

True, but those other strong flavours will totally mask it methinks

[Tom]

Oct 29, 2014 22:51:35 GMT lairey said:

Black currant from Totally Wicked is the best I've found. Absinthe from DV but you'll end up with Green Astaire

Im starting to realise how much of a PITA having all ingredients from different vendors will be.

Maybe I'll see how much @ukflavours can cover

[arron]

Oct 29, 2014 22:52:02 GMT Tom said:

Oct 29, 2014 22:49:45 GMT arron said:

are we sure it has absinthe, aniseed and koolada in it?? I cant vape any of those but love RA ???

too be honest I'm a bit sceptical but this will be a starting point.

and I can taste the anise in RA

well that proves not to listen to me lol

[Tom]

Oct 29, 2014 22:54:36 GMT arron said:

Oct 29, 2014 22:52:02 GMT Tom said:

too be honest I'm a bit sceptical but this will be a starting point.

and I can taste the anise in RA

well that proves not to listen to me lol

not at all!

i don't like cherry vapes but love RA xD

[Deleted]

Oct 29, 2014 22:54:14 GMT Tom said:

Oct 29, 2014 22:51:35 GMT lairey said:

Black currant from Totally Wicked is the best I've found. Absinthe from DV but you'll end up with Green Astaire

Im starting to realise how much of a PITA having all ingredients from different vendors will be.

Maybe I'll see how much @ukflavours can cover

Hi Tom

As vendors, we can only go on studies that have already been made to date. I am a vaper myself and on a personal opinion, we all choose to vape at are own risk. There will always be risks with this until years down the line. We chose to smoke knowing the risks and tbh thats what we do as vapers. I personally believe it is 100 times better than smoking so it is my choice to vape.

As vendors, the vaping is so popular, it really helps if they can be as honest as they can to help eliminate those who choose to avoid certain ingredients. We have done just this on our site 

[igual]

Tbh I dont think you'd want absinthe anise yes. Dv absinth is one of the best but it is such a odd and overpowering flavour in that mix I think it would not play nicely.
Personally I'd scrap the absinth and up the anise.

[chykensa]

Oct 30, 2014 8:26:33 GMT igual said:

Personally I'd scrap the absinth and up the anise.

I would agree. Absinthe is such a strong flavour it steamrollers all the other subtleties from your mix.
I would be prepared to tinker a bit, and perhaps use some Berry Fruits (Capella, I believe) either instead of or as well as the Blackcurrant. Might give things a more rounded complex flavour, which after all is what RA is!
Best of luck - shame we can't partake in a forum 'scratch and vape' online conference session! There's one for the mods . . .

[igual]

Can you imagine scratch and sniff with lairey lovely buns ( I mean cupcakes )