Single flavour mixes

[Cammy]

Do I need to steep a single flavour mix? I have some vanilla bean and some dulce de leche that I want to try as a standalone to see how strong they are. If I mix a 2ml sampler will it not be ready to vape after a good old shake?

[Perpetua]

Yes is the short answer Cammy . . . especially anything Vanilla/Custard related.

Give it a week.

[Cammy]

Ok cheers perps. Any ideas what I can use the dulce with. Im struggling for ideas/inspiration.

I've got the following:

Vanilla bean
Vanilla custard
Double Dutch chocolate
Dulce de leche
Mixed fruit
Hazelnut
Chocolate almond
Swedish fish
Raspberry
Oats
Caramel
Cola
Dark cherry

Any ideas? Anyone?

[Perpetua]

A few drops of D de Leche in with your Raspberry is very nice Cammy, gives it an ice creamy sort of flavour.

A little combined with Chocolate Almond as well maybe.

It's also very nice with Caramel & Coffee as well . . . . although you haven't got Coffee I realise, but it could give your Caramel a ' fudge ' like taste with a dash of Hazelnut if you wanted a nutty fudge.

[Cammy]

So go easy on the d de leche then? Just a few drops as opposed to say a half half mix?

Cheers

[Perpetua]

Mar 23, 2013 11:25:56 GMT Cammy said:

So go easy on the d de leche then? Just a few drops as opposed to say a half half mix?

Cheers

I would Cammy, too much and it tastes like rubber bands to me . . . I'd start with 10 drops to 10ml, you can always add a little more if you feel you need more of the flavour.

Less is more with D de Leche I find anyway.

If you're going to make a Fudge based mix, I'd add a couple of drops of Vanilla as well.

[Cammy]

Mar 23, 2013 11:29:58 GMT Perpetua said:

Mar 23, 2013 11:25:56 GMT Cammy said:

So go easy on the d de leche then? Just a few drops as opposed to say a half half mix?

Cheers

I would Cammy, too much and it tastes like rubber bands to me . . . I'd start with 10 drops to 10ml, you can always add a little more if you feel you need more of the flavour.

Less is more with D de Leche I find anyway.

If you're going to make a Fudge based mix, I'd add a couple of drops of Vanilla as well.

So for example say I'm gonna mix it with some raspberry for a total 20% flavour - would my split be something like 13 rasp, 7 d de l?

I know that I'll need to experiment with this but a good knowledge of where to start helps.

Cheers
C

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Mar 23, 2013 11:51:32 GMT Cammy said:

Mar 23, 2013 11:29:58 GMT Perpetua said:

I would Cammy, too much and it tastes like rubber bands to me . . . I'd start with 10 drops to 10ml, you can always add a little more if you feel you need more of the flavour.

Less is more with D de Leche I find anyway.

If you're going to make a Fudge based mix, I'd add a couple of drops of Vanilla as well.

So for example say I'm gonna mix it with some raspberry for a total 20% flavour - would my split be something like 13 rasp, 7 d de l?

I know that I'll need to experiment with this but a good knowledge of where to start helps.

Cheers
C

At 10% Its subtle like the flavoured spring water they sell in the supermarket. I could vape it for long periods at that strength.

At 15% I found it as strong as a cordial drink, refreshing but I wouldn't want it all day.

At 20% It was too strong after the fist drag the flavour died and didnt taste of anything.

Your raspberry %age is about right but is 7% 'd de I' enough to make a stand alone? It sounds to weak.

I would  mix the flavours as stand alones then slowly add one to the other so you have tested tastable flavours combining that wont push the concentrate %age levels up into the high 20. The other benefit of doing it that way Its always a Volume volume mix that can be recorded and used on a e juice calculator.
If you start adding concentrate afterwards It becomes a volume mass mix that is not so ejuice calculator friendly.

[Perpetua]

I don't mix to an accurate science Cammy, I go by my lick test in the first instance to decide how intense I find any flavouring . . . that then determines how much I think should be added to a brew. Depending upon how I'd like my flavour layers to blend overall.

Dulce de Leche is a potent flavour, 10 drops in 10ml mixed with Raspberry at probably 15% would be enough to give me a tasty end result.