Help with new flavours please

[toots]

I've had a delivery today from Chefs Vapour with a number of flavours I've never tried before. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on approx standalone percentages & steeping times for the following ones:

Tasty Puff
Crazy Coconut

Perfumers Apprentice
DX Banana Cream
Honey
Peanut Butter
Ripe Banana
Orange Cream

OneonOne
Bubble Bubble Pink Gum

Flavor West
Cream Soda
Creamy Coconut
Coconut Cream Pie

The Rebranded Range
Strawberry Milkshake
Banana Milkshake

TPA
Creme De Menthe

FlavourArt
Marzipan

I also got the following to try out and don't know how much to mix in when mxing several flavours together:

Smooth by Perfumers Apprentice
Flavour Toner/Enhancer by Flavor West

Oh & also are there any tank crackers amongst that lot? I know banana is one but don't know about any others.

Not asking for much am I

[Pepperty]

The chefs rebranded milkshakes - I have both and did tester at 10%
Banana seems fine but I'm not getting massive amounts of strawberry in other milkshake so I may slip a percentage or two of extra strawberry concentrate in with my next mix

[toots]

Cheers Pepperty

I've actually mixed both of those a few mins ago at 20% each per 10ml, if banana is too strong I'll just dilute it down by adding another 10ml without flavouring to get it down to 10%.

I must say the strawberry one smells a lot stronger than the banana milkshake though - weird that you say the strawberry is weaker eh

Banana one is very cloudy - maybe it's coz I've got too much flavouring in it

[Q]

Well you've managed to place an order without choosing ANY flavours that I already have

But regarding the milkshakes, most 'rebranded' are VERY strong, I normally start off with 10% and work from there

[toots]

Jun 23, 2015 16:50:01 GMT Q said:

Well you've managed to place an order without choosing ANY flavours that I already have

But regarding the milkshakes, most 'rebranded' are VERY strong, I normally start off with 10% and work from there

Haha, trust me to probably have chosen the more obscure flavours that no-one else would think of vaping    I just wanted a few that weren't quite the everyday ones except for maybe the milkshake ones

Yes, I forgot about the 'rebranded' ones being exceptionally strong   but I couldn't wait to get them milkshakes mixed up and shaken

[Perpetua]

The ones I've experience of ( which isn't many! ) and what suited my tastes toots . . . . .


Perfumers Apprentice

Honey - not actually used this particular one, but Honey can be an overpowering flavour, so a light touch to begin with?

Peanut Butter - 15-20% as a standalone.

Ripe Banana - this is strong, 5% upwards in a blend depending on how you like your banana's!


Flavor West

Coconut Cream Pie - bit something and nothing for me at 20%, improved with 1% sweetener added.


TPA

Creme De Menthe - haven't used this as yet, only Lorann's - though there's a couple of Kev's recipes which do:

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/26941/members-eliquid-recipes-menthols-speciality?page=1&scrollTo=492484


I also got the following to try out and don't know how much to mix in when mixing several flavours together:

Smooth by Perfumers Apprentice
Flavour Toner/Enhancer by Flavor West

I'd go with 1-2% to begin with on those - though you shouldn't need them especially in Dessert type mixes if given time to steep.

[toots]

Some nice & helpful info there Perpetua

Also like the look of some of those recipes you linked to, think I can use a few of those not just with the creme de menthe but also the honey and I have some menthol & cream already which have been used in a few of those recipes, some flavours I have but just by different companies.

I'd better start looking through some of the other recipes on here too, see what I can use or adapt with a few tweaks here & there with the flavours I have and those used in the recipes.

A bit of experimentation is needed me thinks with these new flavours. I got so used to using simple standalone's such as Red Astaire & Vamp Vape etc which made me a lazy mixer

[Perpetua]

Jun 23, 2015 20:02:41 GMT toots said:

 I got so used to using simple standalone's such as Red Astaire & Vamp Vape etc which made me a lazy mixer

Make room for me on the Lazy Time Efficient Step would you please toots.

[Pepperty]

*hands up to me being a lazy mixer*
I'm really shameful, I now mix up a 200ml bottle of prepped base in 90vg 10pg base, 6mg nicotine and throw in 10 to 20% of a one-shot concentrate (depending on recipe) by eye and top with my ready made base - god knows what it ends up as but every batch seems fine

I only measure when I'm doing multiple concentrate recipes and I'm already considering combining measured concentrates into one bottle and labelling with percentage to go!

[ruffdog]

Jun 24, 2015 7:22:19 GMT Pepperty said:

*hands up to me being a lazy mixer*
I'm really shameful, I now mix up a 200ml bottle of prepped base in 90vg 10pg base, 6mg nicotine and throw in 10 to 20% of a one-shot concentrate (depending on recipe) by eye and top with my ready made base - god knows what it ends up as but every batch seems fine

I only measure when I'm doing multiple concentrate recipes and I'm already considering combining measured concentrates into one bottle and labelling with percentage to go!

Isnt it funny how we have all progressed over time. I used to mix 1 bit at a time. Now after a year if im doing a simple adv VC i use 7.2 nic base and load everything into one syringe. Ie. 
Start with 5ml vg, 2ml pg, 2ml nic (14.4 mg ) and 1ml of flavor. Ie. A 50/50 mix @ 14.4mg/l strength and 10% flavor. Or i can swap nic/pg/flav for a 7.2mg 20% flav mix etc. I load up a 10ml syringe in that order so as flavor last thing in. Then run downstairs and squirt it into my nearly empty bottle, add some em drops which i keep downstairs and then nuke for 5 sec and shake. 
Job done in less than 5min tops. 

Actually im dying to try some of the one shot comercial mixes like vamp vape / RA etc so any spare samples let me know lol. 

[spacey]

I have TPA Creme de Methe toots - I use it at really low % (like 1 or 2%)in a choc/mint mix as I find it over powers the choc and cream otherwise (but if you like the minty/methol thing then go a bit higher)

[toots]

Cheers spacey - ever used it as a standalone flavour? It smells really strong as a concentrate so maybe just 10% as a standalone would you reckon? I normally mix standalones at 20% but this one does seem a bit too strong for that ratio

[spacey]

Jun 26, 2015 11:51:14 GMT toots said:

Cheers spacey - ever used it as a standalone flavour? It smells really strong as a concentrate so maybe just 10% as a standalone would you reckon? I normally mix standalones at 20% but this one does seem a bit too strong for that ratio

Sorry, never used it as stand alone as I'm not a minty methol fan as a rule - I do like a good choc/mint though

I would say 10% would be OK to try for a first test mix as stand alone - although even 10% would blow my noggin into outer space!!!. Your right, it definitely is a very concentrated concentrate