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September 2014 Recipe Thread
submitted about 11 years ago by kirktBring on the Diacetyl, baby

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by kirktabout 11 years agoBring on the Diacetyl, baby

This is one of my latest and I think it's pretty good. It's also an experiment to see how many people actually look at these threads once they're off the "new" page.

I wanted a watermelon that was JUST watermelon. Like biting into a fresh, ripe, juicy slice. I think I've come close, but would appreciate your feedback as to how to tweak it.

kirkt's Watermelon

  • Watermelon (TFA) 15%
  • Watermelon (LA) 2% - holy hell Lorann, cut back on the food coloring, this shit looks radioactive
  • Pear (TFA) 5% - adds body and balance
  • Apple (TFA) .7% - adds a little acidity /bite

** Edit - I was kind of happy with this in a dripper, so I filled up one of my kaifuns. COmpletely different juice in a tank than a dripper. Went from "close to real watermelon" to "jolly rancher". YMMV

** Edit 2 - Took the LA H20melon from 5 to 2. Still adds some sweetness that the TFA lacks, but cuts back on the candy aspect of the mix.

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by Botboy141about 11 years ago

Thats a lot of watermelon!

I went through 24ml of LA Watermelon before I decided I didn't want to be radioactive anymore. TFA and CAP suffice for the me for the most part now (watermelon my fav fruity vape in lots of forms btw).

One of my first semi-complex mixes was something similar to this but less watermelon. Giving me some ideas for a launching point...

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by TheBadStickalmost 11 years ago

I'm just commenting to say that when I get a new batch of concentrates in, and have a bit of spare time, I like to go through the monthly threads and look for recipes that inspire. I'm sure the number of thread views decrease once it's off the front page but people like me DO appreciate these threads being updated, so thanks!

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by redbeard1083about 11 years agoMixologist

is there any way to sticky this thread to the top of the subreddit? i think they get lost in the shuffle.....i know this because i'm well aware they exist and i forget to re-check them all the time.

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by kirktabout 11 years agoBring on the Diacetyl, baby

It's in the sidebar. You can only sticky one thread at a time and right now we are soliciting feedback from the DIY community. Usually the stickied thread is the recipe one.

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by redbeard1083about 11 years agoMixologist

gotcha. thanks for the reply.

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by hamdrew729about 11 years agoFrugivore

I'll be one of the first to post here! I'm very new to DIY, and I'd love to give back to this subreddit for helping me. So here's my favorite recipe so far:

Harvest(Straw)Berry2 (that's supposed to be an exponent) 7% Cap Sweet Strawberry 7% Cap Harvest Berry

I've heard from multiple people that harvest berry is very strong, but I like how this mix turned out. Made a 30ml of it last week and I'm almost out.

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by ConvictedConvictabout 11 years agoPâtissier

shift 6 to format ^exponents.

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by Heisfranzkafkaabout 11 years ago

I decided to buy FA Tiramisu on a whim. Man, I'm glad I did. Here's something I whipped up with it.

Divinity Within

  • 8% Tiramisu (FA)
  • 4% Bavarian Cream (TFA)
  • 1% Whipped Cream (TFA)
  • 1% Sweet Cream (TFA)
  • 2.5% Chocolate (TFA)
  • 1.5% Vanilla Classic (FA)
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by Botboy141about 11 years ago

How long did you give this to steep? Seems like an incredibly high percentage of Tiramisu for FA. I've have had very little success over 4%...

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by Heisfranzkafkaabout 11 years ago

It started to mellow out after about a week. I initially tried Tiramisu alone at 10%. It tasted amazing, but had a dryness to it. I added my go-to cream enhancers and a dash of chocolate to round out the flavor some more. One of these days I'll experiment with lower percentages, but for now I think it tastes pretty good.

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by muranternetabout 11 years agoFrugivore

Might try this but with TFA tiramisu. And at 1%. Stuff is scary but has alot of potential.

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by Heisfranzkafkaabout 11 years ago

I mixed up a new batch with the Tiramisu at 5%. It's definitely lighter, but it still does the flavor justice. Nice recommendation BotBoy.

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by MyLegsHurtabout 11 years ago

Simple one I've been digging but would love some ideas to expand it:

10% Cap Sweet Strawberry

5% Milkstone 1.0

2% TFA Kiwi Double

1 drop/10ml Citric Acid

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by hamdrew729about 11 years agoFrugivore

Sounds nice and creamy!

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by MyLegsHurtabout 11 years ago

It's pretty tasty, all credit to u/3tern1ty who I believe created milkstone. I'm gonna try it tonight with 6% Cap S.Strawberry and 5% TFA Strawberry Ripe and see how it goes.

edit: Another strawberry recipe that turned out ok:

8% Cap S. Strawberry

8% TFA Strawberry Ripe

5% Cakestone 2

1% DiY Flavor Shack Holy Vanilla

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by hamdrew729about 11 years agoFrugivore

Wizard Labs was out of strawberry ripe. I really want to try it. When I get my order in, I'll be pretty well setup with cap's sweet strawberry. I'm also getting vanilla swirl, so I may use that and a little ethly maltol for creaminess. If all goes well I'll post whatever I make on the recipe thread.

So when you make milkstone or cakestone, what size bottle do you make?

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by zombiemannabout 11 years ago

This one is simple, but a blast from the past:

Tigersblood Snow Cone

  • 5% Cap Sweet Strawberry
  • 5% Cap Cocoanut.

Been trying to find just the right strawberry for a while now. This taste exactly like the tigers blood snowcones I loved as a kid.

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by tarcusabout 11 years ago

I've been working on a Hobbe's Blood clone along the Tiger's Blood line. Here's where I'm at:

  • 11% CAP Sweet Strawberry
  • 6% CAP Sweet Watermelon
  • 1.5% TFA Coconut Extra
  • 2% TFA Honeydew

The honeydew needs a few days to mellow but it really brings out the other flavors after that. Something's not quite the same but it's starting to feel pretty close.

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by zombiemannabout 11 years ago

Interesting. Hadn't really thought about adding other flavors. I started off looking for DIY snow cone recipes and trying to emulate from there. Might have to play with it some more, even though I am extremely happy with the current flavor.

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by tarcusabout 11 years ago

For sure, try some watermelon in there. The honeydew is just the flavor that ties it all together for me. With the watermelon (I'm using CAP Sweet Watermelon) I go for about half the % of the strawberry. I also use a lot less coconut, although that could a personal thing. I tear through that stuff!

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by whazzisabout 11 years ago

Try switching out the honeydew with TFA pear at the same %. Its pretty amazing right off the bat.

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by tarcusabout 11 years ago

Right on. I hear TFA Pear is really good at accentuating other berry flavors. I'll try it out!

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by davidk48about 11 years ago

Here's a simple one for my contribution this month, but it's pretty tasty if you're into this flavor profile.

Fluffernutter

  • 8% TFA Banana Cream
  • 4% TFA Toasted Marshmallow
  • 4% TFA Peanut Butter

The original recipe I had used regular marshmallow, but I tried the toasted mm recently in its place and I quite like it.

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by JayDotZabout 11 years ago

This sounds good!

I've been using so much banana cream recently that I'm going to change it up some so I don't have another banana juice.

Growing up we never had banana on fluffernutters and since I don't have any bread I'm going to try a french toast fluffer nutter.

Thanks for the idea!

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by davidk48about 11 years ago

You're welcome! In a kayfun the peanut butter actually comes out as the dominant flavor. And yeah I'm the same way with banana cream.. it seems to find its way into everything I make.

French toast sounds interesting. Please post back if it turns out well!

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by JayDotZabout 11 years ago

Will do. I'm working on it now. I've been looking for something to try my caps french toast in so I thought instead of bread go that route.

I see mixed reviews of caps french toast so who knows what I'll get here.

Trying

5% french toast (cap) 3% marshmallow (cap) 3% marshmallow (tfa) 2% peanut butter (cap) 2% peanut butter (tfa)

Edit: Capella french toast is either terrible or needs a lot of steeping. I guess I'll wait and see.

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by fitz4492about 11 years ago
  • Pumpkin Pie:
  • Bavarian Cream (TFA) - 2%
  • Pie Crust (TFA) - 4%
  • Pumpkin (TFA) - 9%
  • Pumpkin Spice (TFA) - .5% <<<<<<<<<<Strong. DO NOT OVER DO
  • Whipped Cream (TFA) - 2.5%
  • Marshmallow (TFA) - 2%

I made it an 80 VG - 20 PG mix and it is delicious! Nothing in this tastes over powering. Just yummy. I honestly just made this because my friend wanted to try a Pumpkin flavor for the fall months. I thought Pumpkin would be terrible but I LOVE IT.

Try it out!

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by WickAndWireabout 11 years agoMixologist

I love you.

Made this last night and tried it tonight. This is definitely going to need some more time.

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by Botboy141about 11 years ago

recommended steep?

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by jaypeehabout 11 years ago

Edit: the guy who came up with the recipe that was here apparently doesn't want his stuff shared over here for some reason so I deleted it.

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by captaincannibalabout 11 years ago

Search bar doesn't search comments, only posts. Wrong thread, by the way. The discrepancy with the banner would probably be better sent via mod mail.

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by jaypeehabout 11 years ago

Fair enough, I was reading the post and got a hair up my ass to throw in my 2 cents regarding his/her statements. Didn't really consider the non-relevance to the topic. Apologies all around!

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by Botboy141about 11 years ago

This is an excellent recipe from hic. Probably my favorite peanut butter mixture hands down.

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by VapeTheMagicDragonabout 11 years agoFrugivore

VtMD's Super Simple Fruit Mix of the Month:

Strappermelon

Strawberry 5% (TFA)

Apple 4% (TFA)

Green Apple 2% (TFA)

Pear 2% (TFA)

Watermelon 2% (TFA)

Sour 1%

It was successful with Capellas Sweet strawberry and watermelon as well, but I preferred the TFA version.

2 points
 
by HugieLewisabout 11 years ago

So this was an experiment with a happy ending. FW Orange 5%

CAP Vanilla Custard 3%

FW gingerbread 2%

30%pg/70%vg with 3mg of nude nicotine

I was going for something fall like, befitting the coming season. I feel that I definitely captured it, and this blend tasted pretty damn good with an Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy imperial stout last night.

2 points
 
by Botboy141about 11 years ago

Kind of a cross post here from here.

This recipe is incredibly delicious. Best cream/custard I've tasted TBPH.

##Delicious Vanilla

  • .5% Vanilla Custard (CAP) V2 or V1, i made with 1 but I'm sure you could sub
  • 1.5% Vanilla Swirl (TPA)
  • 1% French Vanilla Deluxe (TPA)
  • 1% Vienna Cream (FA)
  • .5% Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (TPA)
  • .5% Vanilla Custard (TPA)
  • 1.5% Bavarian Cream (TPA)
  • 1% Catalan Cream (FA)

Mix it 40PG/60VG and enjoy. Good out of tank, good out of dripper.

If the flavor is too light for you, it can be as much as doubled without changing the overall profile but I prefer it light for a solid ADV. Most vendors custard recipes are unvapale as ADV's for me as they are just too overpowering.

3 hot water baths, reach 135F then let it cool. Let it sit cap off overnight and then it's vapable. Improves after a week. Better after 3 weeks. Doesn't change after that.

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by TomHanksDiedalmost 11 years ago

> v

I've been following you for awhile. Awesome hard work man. Any idea how I could sub Catalan Cream?

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by Botboy141almost 11 years ago

I wouldn't. It's what adds all of the cinnamon and spice to this juice. It's just enough so that it's not plain old vanilla cream. There's really no decent sub for it.

I guess you could use like 0.5% CAP Cinnamon Danish Swirl. It won't be the same flavor profile but it would at least add something if you have no way to get the Catalan Cream in there.

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by ConvictedConvictabout 11 years agoPâtissier

Red Velvet Cake w/ Cream Cheese Icing

Doomsday Cake

  • 6.5% Red Velvet Cake (TFA)

  • 6.5% Cream Cheese Icing (LA)*

  • 3% Cake Batter (CAP)*

  • 0.5% Sweet Cream (TFA)*

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by LsDmTabout 11 years ago

Today I whipped up something I am very pleased with and I thought I'd share.

CAP Vanilla Custard v2  5%  
TFA Bavarian Cream    3%  
TFA Banana Cream  8%  
TFA Whipped Cream  3%
EM 1%
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by ConvictedConvictabout 11 years agoPâtissier

Strawberry KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

  • 6% Strawberry (TFA)
  • 6% Strawberry Ripe (TFA)
  • 2% Sweet Cream (TFA)

I'm playing around with a pretty complex strawberry cheesecake mix, threw this together to see how the different strawberry flavors complement each other. Holy crap. I might just bag the cheesecake mix and vape this for the rest of my life.

1 points
 
by Kernowashabout 11 years ago

Jessica Rabbit A sensual redhead, smooth and spicy

  • TFA apricot 2.5%
  • TFA Orange Cream 1.5%
  • TFA Sweet Cream 1.5%
  • TFA Toasted Marshmallow 1.5%
  • FW Ginger 1.5%
  • FA Coconut 1.5%

Made 90% VG, using organic, coconut based VG, which makes a HUGE difference.

1 points
 
by ejuicerabout 11 years ago

Do you have any info about the coconut based VG? Never heard of it. Interesting, if safe to inhale!

1 points
 
by Kernowashabout 11 years ago

All VG is derived from either coconut or soya. I have just found that most VG made for vaping isn't actually that great quality. This stuff seems to be thicker and produce a more luscious vape.

naturallythinking.com/products/Vegetable-Glycerine.html

1 points
 
by JessieAMorrisabout 11 years agoMixologist

Borvan

  • 1% TFA Kentucky Bourbon
  • 0.5% TFA Bavarian Cream (LA works too)
  • 2% LA Marshmallow
  • 0.7% CAP Double Chocolate
  • 0.5% TFA French Vanilla
  • 2% TFA Peanut Butter
  • 0.5% TFA Sweet Cream

Last time I made this I felt like it's a little dry, so some suggestions would be nice. I'm thinking about bumping marshmallow down to 1.5%.

1 points
 
by redbeard1083about 11 years agoMixologist

TFA Apple Pie 5%, TFA Cinnamon Danish 3%....absolutely F-ing awesome. this is the best two ingredient mix i've done so far. if you have the stuff, do it up. edit: i've been vaping it at 11 watts in a kayfun @ 2.0ohm. this one begs to be slowly vaped/enjoyed. doesn't taste nearly as good in the same rta at higher power.

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by Botboy141about 11 years ago

Needs a Name

  • 9% TFA Vanilla Cupcake
  • 5% TFA White Chocolate
  • 2% FA Catalan Cream
  • 3% TFA Almond Amaretto
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by Sandman0about 11 years ago

I whipped this up for a user that wanted a suggestion. I haven't had time to try it, if you do, please let me know how you like it:

Raspberry Lime Rickey

6% Lime (INW)
3% Raspberry (INW)
1-2% Champagne (TFA)

You could sub TFA for lime and Raspberry Sweet for the Inawera, but I'd change to 12% lime, 6% raspberry if you do.

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