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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 22:52:48 GMT
DV Doppio espresso was one of the first coffee juices I tried. Tasted like cereal to me so still have half a bottle sitting in the rejects draw. Don't know what it is but I find many of the coffee based flavours have a shredded wheat like after taste to them. Forget that suggestion then Mark. There's few coffee flavours I've tried that taste authentic must admit, most seem to have a bitter taste to me. I've had more success with Cappuccino style flavours overall. Totally agree cappuccino flavours do seem to be better than the coffee ones. Still wish I knew what concentrate Mirage cigarettes use for their cappuccino. Its still one of the best juices I've ever vaped.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 22:42:55 GMT
So I was wondering eliquid recipe sites aside, do any of you use other sites to get inspired when mixing? Mainly from browsing recipes Mark . . . it's best if I don't have the exact concentrates used, then it makes me think about what I do have and how I could adapt/tweak the recipe. Good to know my neat concentrate Lick Test seems to be gaining in popularity. I do taste test pure concentrates too, but I think Rom meant tasting the finished mix which I also do. To be fair though I don't think either is really a good indication of what the juice will taste like when its vaped for me, but both are good indicators of strength.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 20:39:38 GMT
I just conjure things up in my head and lick taste each concentrate if i am unsure of the potency and taste to get a rough idea on the concentrate and throw it all into a mix and wait and see I call it SLAT (Sniff - Lick - and Taste) A taste test once mixed is a must. I call it err...a taste test.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 14:50:57 GMT
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 14:32:17 GMT
A varied mornings mixing today. All mixed at 11mg 60/40 PG/VG except for the tobacco which is 70/30 VG PG 10ml Bite Me (Root beer, Rum & Orange) 10ml General Custard ( Eliquidrecipes.com recipe) 10ml Winters Sweet ( Eliquidrecipes.com recipe) 10ml Chocolate Coffee Mocha (Ejuice me up recipe) 10ml Oak Barreled Cider (Clone attempt) 10ml Oaked Rum Tobacco (a tweak on a previous invention) 5ml Green Growler (Root Beer, Absinthe & Green Cow)
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 12:26:31 GMT
I have a few sites I go to for when I am looking for inspiration for new mixes. Not eliquid recipe sites but real recipe sites for Desserts, Cocktails & Tobaccos. Recently I have been using a cocktail site and an app (not linked to each other) for ideas and think they are both excellent. The site I use a lot is www.barnonedrinks.com/drinks/by_ingredient/ You can search by category or ingredient and they have by far the most comprehensive cocktails and drinks recipes I have found to date. The app I have been using is itunes.apple.com/us/app/8-500+-drink-cocktail-recipes/id297650041?mt=8 which has over 8500 drinks and cocktail recipes and is free to download. It also has a neat little random recipe function. For Tobacco mix ideas I use www.tobaccoreviews.com/browse So I was wondering eliquid recipe sites aside, do any of you use other sites to get inspired when mixing?
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 11:46:26 GMT
The thing that makes me laugh about that thread is people thinking FastTech have any say whatsoever on how any of the products they sell are manufactured.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 22, 2014 9:32:05 GMT
I'm still on the search for the perfect coffee vape and TPA coffee definitely isn't it, but it is the best coffee flavoured mixer I have found to date. Have you tried DV Doppio Espresso/Cafe Brasiliano Mark? DV Doppio espresso was one of the first coffee juices I tried. Tasted like cereal to me so still have half a bottle sitting in the rejects draw. Don't know what it is but I find many of the coffee based flavours have a shredded wheat like after taste to them.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 21, 2014 22:50:53 GMT
I've lost loads of weight since I started vaping. What with buying mods, atties and concentrates I can no longer afford to eat.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 21, 2014 21:54:13 GMT
If you decide to mix any of the flavours on their own I'd mix between 15% - 20%, except for the coffee which I'd mix between 8% - 12% as it's quite bitter. The coffee from TPA was a strange case! Mixed @ 8% and after weeks/months of steeping it seems to be ready. I'd bet any money this is a major coil killer, be warned. Sort of cheap, cold, instant coffee taste but strangely vapable and should mix well with some other flavours. I just went and ordered 60ml of this concentrate and some more cartos for this ongoing experiment. NB This is the dark coffee [now called Kona coffee on their site]. He says he intended to stop production but was encouraged to continue by popular demand. I'm still on the search for the perfect coffee vape and TPA coffee definitely isn't it, but it is the best coffee flavoured mixer I have found to date.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 21, 2014 21:42:18 GMT
The only flavours I have from your list that I'd use as stand alone is TPA RY4 and I'd use that at around 15% - 20%. Thing is as RY4 juices go its not that great on its own imo. Mix in 5%-10% TPA DK Tobacco and it really livens it up. Add some apple to it and its a real winner.
I have Inawera 3 fives but do not believe its the same as 555 Gold, but as a rule I mix inawera tobaccos at 5% and work up from there. Never had any Inawera Tobacco juices that need more than 10%, but they do benefit from a long steep of 4+ weeks .
Also personally I find tobacco mixes do not benefit from high VG ratios and I mix all my tobacco at 70/30 PG/VG. I do actually find high VG mutes their flavour.
Just like food though taste is all subjective and I know that's not much help but it is a fact.
My honest opinion is you need more concentrates.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 21, 2014 13:55:19 GMT
Should imagine everyone who has ordered will be getting one of these emails.
Have to say as always great communication and generosity in offering up a spool of kanthal as compo from the Vape mesh company.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 21, 2014 7:46:06 GMT
I think you have ECCA mixed up with ECITA.
ECCA is a consumer association whilst ECITA is a trade body.
Any vendor/manufacturer who is a member of ECITA needs to adhere to their guidelines.
Its not compulsory to be a member of ECITA so many vendor/manufacturers can and do operate outside those guidelines.
What every vendor/manufacturer has to do is follow regulations that are already in place for any consumer related products.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 20, 2014 11:15:13 GMT
Anyones cotton been dispatched yet?
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