Reasons why a mix has little flavour

[jcol]

I have been mixing for over a year now and i have just had my first major problem.

I mixed a large amount of my usual Custard mix, which i have mixed multiple times.
But after 4 weeks of steeping, i tried a sample of it today and it has next to no flavour ???

Hardly any custard taste, not creamy or even sweetness.

I am stumped for some reason as this is a regular mix for me.

The only thing different is that the flavourings came from PA in the USA, i ordered some wholesale and my thinking is, its these flavourings.

I have mixed up a 10ml batch of CLC just to double check if its the flavourings.

So is there any other reason for the lack of flavour?
and i suppose if i want to rescue this mix i will need to just add more flavouring? if so how much you reckon?

[lairey]

I'm guessing it must be the concentrates jcol. Assume this is the first batch you have tried them in? As you say, nothing else has changed, so unless you had a brain fart at the time and only put part of the required flavouring in - I know if I'm making a big batch of CLC and I'm using a 5ml syringe, there has been the odd occasion where I have to try to remember whether I have added 1 or 2 syringe fulls of VC.

Depending on the recipe, I'd start with adding another 5% of VC concentrate assuming you're not to worried about a marginal drop in nic? Annoyingly, it will need steeping again to see if it's enough though

[jcol]

Thanks lairey
I am nearly sure its the first batch but not 100% sure tbh lol.
I have added an extra 20% of the flavourings (that's 20% of the total original amount) so will give it a try, if its the flavourings then its a lot of VC ruined

[lairey]

Sept 28, 2014 21:01:17 GMT jcol said:

Thanks lairey
I am nearly sure its the first batch but not 100% sure tbh lol.
I have added an extra 20% of the flavourings (that's 20% of the total original amount) so will give it a try, if its the flavourings then its a lot of VC ruined

 that a little extra sorts it out jcol.  If it does turn out to be the flavours, might be worth checking UK Flavours  Perpetua is pretty certain that it's Perfumers but only £2.69 for 30ml

[jcol]

Thanks again, iirc i got over 1litre of Perfumers flavourings from USA for about £70 lol
So i still have a lot to play with yet

[lairey]

[jcol]

Sept 28, 2014 21:11:31 GMT lairey said:

lol and i had mixed 500ml of custard icon_shoppingm

[Perpetua]

Sept 28, 2014 21:05:23 GMT lairey said:

Sept 28, 2014 21:01:17 GMT jcol said:

Thanks lairey
I am nearly sure its the first batch but not 100% sure tbh lol.
I have added an extra 20% of the flavourings (that's 20% of the total original amount) so will give it a try, if its the flavourings then its a lot of VC ruined

 that a little extra sorts it out jcol.  If it does turn out to be the flavours, might be worth checking UK Flavours  Perpetua is pretty certain that it's Perfumers but only £2.69 for 30ml

99.9999999% certain it is . . . another thought from me, could your taste buds have got ' tuned in ' to VC jcol - do you ever have a break from it?


Be interesting to see if someone else finds it tasteless perhaps.

[jcol]

Sept 28, 2014 21:15:21 GMT Perpetua said:

Sept 28, 2014 21:05:23 GMT lairey said:

 that a little extra sorts it out jcol.  If it does turn out to be the flavours, might be worth checking UK Flavours  Perpetua is pretty certain that it's Perfumers but only £2.69 for 30ml

99.9999999% certain it is . . . another thought from me, could your taste buds have got ' tuned in ' to VC jcol - do you ever have a break from it?


Be interesting to see if someone else finds it tasteless perhaps.

Thanks Perpetua, yeah i got one of my mates to try it as well, he could detect it was a custard but he said it was very very weak
Oh and i have been vaping Affro-Dizziak all weekend, so taste buds are refreshed

[lairey]

Have you got any UK sourced concentrate jcol? Could you do a side by side taste test?

[jcol]

Sept 28, 2014 21:22:22 GMT lairey said:

Have you got any UK sourced concentrate jcol? Could you do a side by side taste test?

Nope, but i am due a new order for flavourings this week so i will try a 10ml bottle from chefs vapour

Edit. just had a look in my steep box and i have found a 10ml bottle of razzy Ripz, made from same custard concentrate and its nice and custardy lol.
Must be my mistake, i must have ****ed up on the measurements some how

[lairey]

Sept 28, 2014 21:23:35 GMT jcol said:

Sept 28, 2014 21:22:22 GMT lairey said:

Have you got any UK sourced concentrate jcol? Could you do a side by side taste test?

Nope, but i am due a new order for flavourings this week so i will try a 10ml bottle from chefs vapour

I would.  You can do both a drop on your finger test and also mix a small 5ml sample of each to test when steeped.  I'd be tempted to do one with the UK at whatever you would normally mix it at, say 20%, and then a few of the US at 20%, 25%, 30% and 35% maybe... would mean you could work out how you'd need to tweak future mixes with the US stuff