Mixing Tips, Tricks, Questions & Answers

[Roger]

Jul 7, 2013 13:45:10 GMT @ashmal said:

Jun 26, 2013 8:39:44 GMT @ashmal said:

Tea's would be good ... black tea would help with tobacco flavour I reckon. Lapsang for a smokey flavour ... hmm, I sense a new experiment coming on. Good thing with teabags are they come in a handy steeping bag already

nettles, rose petals and elderflowers would be another list for me

mixed and tested (only 24hrs) with a home elderflower mix Jen using vodka to steep it in... it's not good, not yet. I might have put too much elderflower in or I've sampled too soon. None of the sweetener has come through yet and it ... well, tastes like the smell of cat pee ...

Elderflower wine can also have that delightful cat pee flavour, it's not something that ever grew on me.  

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Jul 7, 2013 15:10:17 GMT Roger said:

Jul 7, 2013 13:45:10 GMT @ashmal said:

mixed and tested (only 24hrs) with a home elderflower mix Jen using vodka to steep it in... it's not good, not yet. I might have put too much elderflower in or I've sampled too soon. None of the sweetener has come through yet and it ... well, tastes like the smell of cat pee ...

Elderflower wine can also have that delightful cat pee flavour, it's not something that ever grew on me.  

elderflower cordial must have had the piss taken out of it ...

[J_Mac]

2 months and over 50 mixes later I have a few I'm really happy with Here are 4 of them:

The Green Tea benefits from 7-10 days steeping to allow the lemon flavour to mellow:



Not so much steeping required:



Did I imagine these? Very sweet toffee develops in around a week:



Really stoked by Frogster (The Alchemist)'s Softmints but looked a bit heavyweight for me. This is my tribute to his recipe:



Enjoy! I'd be grateful for an honest review if anyone tries them.

I've also been mixing an absolutely superb recipe from MarkS. Hoping he'll give me the OK to put it into spreadsheet format for him

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I remember mint Highland Toffee and the original Highland Toffee my Grandmother used to buy it for us, that was over 50 years ago. Dave

[Perpetua]

Jul 10, 2013 18:33:17 GMT J_Mac said:

2 months and over 50 mixes later I have a few I'm really happy with

Fabulous! Thank you J_Mac for sharing . . . I shall snaffle the codes and add your lovely recipes to our collection thread.

[gizm0]

That Highland Mint toffee sounds delicious!

[J_Mac]

Cheers Perpetua! Hall of fame woo!

[J_Mac]

Jul 10, 2013 20:12:46 GMT gizm0 said:

That Highland Mint toffee sounds delicious!

Cheers bro! Getting the balance was tricky, the mint really overpowers the toffee at first. A long steep does it good. I've actually toned down the caramel toffee volume, it used to be around 2.2ml But I guess everyone takes rough volumes from recipes and puts their own twist on it for their tastes some may like it with more caramel or less mint. Plus everyone has different brands of flavour and base; also vaping through different setups. Looking forward to feedback!