first time advice

[MrDJ]

im not mixing as such but adding.

right, the coconut concentrate arrived from flavour art so now the fun begins.

now dont baffle me as ive never mixed % in my life so i need this in noob simple terms please.

ive got about 150ml of creamy strawberry with a twist of vanilla custard (but without the strawberry as tried in 9 tanks at wattage from 20-80watts and theres not a hint of strawberry).

so i have 150ml of a creamy vanilla custard.
so i will start off with a 10ml bottle of custard (without the strawberry) and the simple question i need answered is how many drops i should add as its pointless telling me 0.5% of the square root of a beetroot as i will have fek all idea what 0.5% of a 10ml bottle is.

i dont have any syringes or mixing tools so its literally going to be a tip and mix.


now be gentle
cheers
jim

[Perpetua]

Drops can and do vary considerably in size MrDJ . . . . as can the potency of concentrate ranges - I'm thinking that the FA dripper is probably quite small?

So depending on how much you'd like this to be the dominant flavour in the end mix, I'd try between 6-10 drops in your 10ml.

( Which is around 2%-3% working on 30 drops equaling 1ml. )

You can always add more if it isn't as strong as you'd like . . . . not so easy taking it out though.

[joeten]

As Perpetua they most certainly vary, and drops are a tiresome thing, your fingers can get quite stiff doing that syringes are cheap so something to consider and the calculator can take most of the work out of things. Just a suggestion.

[MrDJ]

brill. thank you Perpetua. now them simple terms i understand.

will have a play tomorrow as too tired now.

[spacey]

MrDJ it's also worth bearing in mind that once you've added the coconut it'll take a couple of days to steep/blend in with the rest. So if you add #drops and then try it straight away you may think it's not enough coconut and add more.

I'd be inclined to leave it a bit and see if the flavour deepens first

[thebishman]

Dont forget to shake it loads.

[MrDJ]

thanks for the replies everyone.
shaking like a cocktail lol
its sat for 2 days with the 10ml bottle i tried and theres no change.
i will get a syringe and give that a go.

i will try another 10ml bottle today and get a syringe next week and try a larger bottle.

thanks once again.

[chykensa]

I'm sure I've read that Coconut takes a while to make its presence felt MrDJ - welcome to the most infuriating aspect of mixing - THE WAITING!!!

Be patient, and you may be surprised at the results after another week of steeping

[thebishman]

Mar 26, 2016 12:19:06 GMT chykensa said:

I'm sure I've read that Coconut takes a while to make its presence felt MrDJ - welcome to the most infuriating aspect of mixing - THE WAITING!!!

Be patient, and you may be surprised at the results after another week of steeping

Wise words. My worst trait is patience. I possess zero of it!
So to combat this...i make tons of different recipes to forget about the older ones..makes time go by quicker

[MrDJ]

this will be my first and last time lol
next bottle i mix i will not touch then for a week.

[MrDJ]

oh well, that didnt help much.

tried a few drops, then a few more drops, then the whole bottle.... and still cant taste any coconut after a week of shaking.

[spacey]

Hahahah thats mad - a whole bottle of coconut and you can't taste it . I don't have FA Coconut but FA conc's are usually very strong so maybe you have some strange coconut immunity!!!

If you want a really potent coconut concentrate then try TFA/TPA Coconut Extra (at small amounts - I really don't recommend tipping a whole bottle of that in )

[Deleted]

Your problem is you aint giving it a chance to steep i give all my mixes 2 months minimum.

[jtc]

Very surprised about this
FA concentrates are usually very strong.
Although they do have a fail like their custard is meh, so maybe the coconut might be a fail as well.
I'm not sure how a full bottle hasn't prevailed even after a short time.
Don't let it put you off mixing though as we all have fails.
In time you will find juices you like and be happy you experimented

[decoy]

best mixing method ive found is to pop the bottle in my sock before work and forget about it