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Post by spacey on Jun 12, 2015 12:14:08 GMT
I've been trying since last August to create my 'perfect' custard so I know how you feel minimeAlong the way I've made so many samples I've lost count - some have been better than others, and a couple I've classed as very nice 'take to work' type vapes. But...the ulitimate custard still eludes me Unlike you, I am a total GVC freak and would love to make a custard with that similar tanginess (can't think of another way to describe it!). I'm getting close though I think.....Cake Batter is my new friend Am happy to keep on buying GVC though - it's the only pre-mixed juice I still get. Hopefully Perpetua's custard samples will give you more direction.
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Post by minime on Jun 12, 2015 15:57:06 GMT
I'm really hoping so spacey only iv been having a run of bad luck for the past 2 years and tbh I cannot afford to buy the pre made juice and with the amount of DIY iv had to put down the sink it hits hard in the pocket.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 12, 2015 19:02:04 GMT
I'm determined to try and sort you out with a home mix Custard you enjoy minime, so be prepared . . . . you're my Custardy Project! The Rhubarb & Custard will be an obvious flavour, but the other two I'll just number - then you can tell me what you do or don't like about them. Then we'll take it from there . . . . .
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Post by minime on Jun 12, 2015 19:07:49 GMT
That sounds like a plan lol.
Iv got vampire vapes rhubarb and custard but the rhubarb is very very dominant in that concentrate.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 12, 2015 19:53:06 GMT
Iv got vampire vapes rhubarb and custard but the rhubarb is very very dominant in that concentrate. VV's is quite ' tart ' in comparison minime . . . . the sample I'm sending has a smooth, creamy roundness to the Rhubarb/Custard base flavour. I've that concentrate also and plan to use some French Vanilla Deluxe to tone it down.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 5:45:21 GMT
I'm going to have to get my arse into gear and get these concentrates ordered from chefs vapor, mind I think I will see which of your custards I like and then get the concentrates you use to mix it this way I may save a few quid on concentrates I probably will never use.
The VV rhubarb and custard is really not to my liking at all i like sweet tasting juice.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 13, 2015 6:34:33 GMT
The VV rhubarb and custard is really not to my liking at all i like sweet tasting juice. Then I'm hopeful you'll enjoy the sample I send minime. Although I'd wait before ordering any concentrates just yet . . . . as soon as that S.A.E drops through my door, it'll be back off in the post to you.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 6:47:48 GMT
I'm quite exited about trying these perpetua I really am.
I will take your advice and wait before ordering then, why do things like honey,maple syrup,malted milk,condensed milk keep popping into my mind in a custard mix. This custard mixing can drive you insane lol.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 13, 2015 7:26:01 GMT
I'm quite exited about trying these perpetua I really am. I am as well Mark . . . . though there's a degree of nervous apprehension also. Get a basic Custard mix that you enjoy using, then there's no reason why you can't modificate it with other goodies.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 7:39:18 GMT
Haha I'm always polite lol.
Another thing that always gets me thinking with mixing is sort of, yes but what if another make of flavouring would be better and before you know it you end up with eleventy thousand types of the same flavouring.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 11:04:51 GMT
We'll iv just had a vape on some custard I mixed about a month ago and it just does not taste of custard at all.
The mix I did was
20% cap v1 5% ddl 2% em
It's nothing like a custard taste at all it's a bit citrusy god knows why tho.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 13, 2015 14:41:56 GMT
We'll iv just had a vape on some custard I mixed about a month ago and it just does not taste of custard at all. The mix I did was 20% cap v1 5% ddl 2% em It's nothing like a custard taste at all it's a bit citrusy god knows why tho. Pile on the pressure. Seriously, 5% DDL is too high a percentage for me . . . it's another flavouring that works best with a light touch, so 2-3% is the most I've ever used.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 15:12:16 GMT
I usually put ddl in at 2% but I thought what the hell with this one lol, I can still smell the ddl quite strong so it may need a lot longer steeping for it to calm down I may leave it with the lid off.
The strange thing is tho it don't taste of custard one bit tho so just for a giggle iv thrown some brown sugar and maple syrup in it to lol.
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 13, 2015 16:20:07 GMT
The strange thing is tho it don't taste of custard one bit tho so just for a giggle iv thrown some brown sugar and maple syrup in it to lol. I hear the sink calling - but you may well love it minime.
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Post by minime on Jun 13, 2015 16:44:11 GMT
I think your right lol but I think it was destine for the sink anyway lol
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