Just poking fun here -- mostly at myself.
The Alchemist: Half-mad. Convinced that they (and they alone) can turn VG/PG into gold. Spends enough on flavoring to support a third-world village with food and clean water for a year. Secretly measures by celestial alignment. Steeps by lunar phase. Thinks like (and usually drinks like) a chef — which is to say irrationally (and in quantity). Typical recipe contains a minimum of eleven ingredients. No, make that twelve.
The Extractor: Obsessive. Has ceased purchasing commercial flavorings altogether. Can be found wandering spice shops muttering “Ceylon or Madagascar…hmmm?” Dangerously thin as they’ve stopped eating and have chosen instead to soak their food in solvents to see what happens. Owns a lot of coffee filters and Ball jars. Only friends: a crockpot, a funnel and a microwave.
The Naif: Annoying. Mixes everything starting at 20%. Easily frustrated. Obsessed with remaking "Hawk Sauce". Ignores links to "Hawk Sauce flavoring" because it’s “too expensive and I wanna do it myself”. Induces suicidal and homicidal thoughts in The Alchemist, The Scientist and The Extractor. Will eventually morph into one of the other personality types or just piss-off to VU. Favorite phrase: “Wait, what sidebar?”. Often uses the word “dude” when posting.
The Scientist: Neurotic. Only buys component molecules. Convinced that they (and they alone) can turn these molecules into transcendent flavorings. (see also:The Alchemist) Likes to tag flavors with their chemical component names. Usually wrong as they lack even rudimentary training in chemistry. Only measures by weight. Frustrated that their scale doesn’t do micrograms. Steeps using an atomic clock and a circulator. Considering purchasing a white smock, lab bench and air filtration unit.
The Cloner: Masochist Obsessively tries to duplicate one of the marquee juice maker’s marquee juices. Vacillates wildly between triumphal certainty that they’ve “nailed it” and self-loathing that they suck at this. Lives a life of quiet desperation hoping that one of the big boys will notice their efforts and chime in, letting them know how completely wrong they are. Dreams of a life chained to a lab table in /u/_Bombies basement. Employs a Dominatrix in the meantime.
The Damned: Normal. Just looking for something better and cheaper. The Damned wander innocently into DIY_eJuice like lambs to slaughter. Has read all the sidebar links. Somewhat frightened by The Scientist and Alchemist. One wrong step from becoming one of the other personality types. Should be warned about risks of financial and emotional ruin. Convinced they’ll be set with a ten flavors and 6 dropper bottles. Dante weeps for thee.
[edit: forgot about The Cloner! Make that 6 Types...]
Can I get "The Damned" as flair in this subreddit due to this thread?
Edit: I wonder if /u/kirkt can hook it up...
The Penny Pincher- Really doesn't care what it tastes like. Saves a fortune making single flavor DIY juice. Embarrassed when anyone asks to taste his/her vape.
A few more flavors and ill be at the Alchemist level.
(Sweetener) 10% CITRIC ACI 7 Leaves (FA) Acai Berry (FW) Acetyl Pyrazine 5% Acetyl Pyrazine 5% (TPA) Apple (FA) Apple Pie (FA) Apricot (FA) Aroma Caramel (FA) Banana (FA) Banana Nut Bread (TPA) Bavarian Cream (TPA) Bavarian Cream (TPA) Black Cherry (FW) black currant Black Tea (FA) Blackberry (FW) Blackcurrant (FA) Blenderize (Tutti Frutti) (FA) Blueberry Cinnamon Crumble (Cap) Blueberry Extra (TPA) Brown Sugar Extra (TPA) Butter Cream (FW) Cake Batter (Cap) Cappuccino (FA) Caramel (FA) Caramel (Original) (TPA) Caramel Candy (FA) Catalan Cream (FA) Chai Tea (TPA) Cheesecake (Graham Crust) (TPA) Cherry (FA) Chocolate (FA) Chocolate Coconut Almond (Cap) Chocolate Glazed Doughnut (Cap) Cigar Passion (FA) Cinnamon Ceylon (FA) Cinnamon Danish Swirl (Cap) Cinnamon Sugar Cookie (TPA) Citrict acid Cocoa (FA) Coconut (FA) Coffee Espresso (FA) cola (tfa) Cookie (FA) Cookies flavourart Cotton Candy (tfa) Cream Fresh (FA) Custard (FA) Dark Vapure (FA) Double Chocolate (Dark) (TPA) Dragon Fruit (FW) Dragonfruit (TPA) Dulce de Leche (TPA) Earl Grey Tea Ethyl Maltol 10% FA Lemon Sicily FA Mandarin Flavor FA peach French Vanilla (TPA) French Vanilla Creme (TPA) French Vanilla Deluxe (TPA) Fuji Apple (FA) FW - Graham Cracker Golden Pineapple (Cap) Graham Cracker v2 (Cap) Grapefruit (FA) Hazelnut (TPA) Honey (TPA) Honeydew (TPA) Honeysuckle (TPA) Horehound (TPA) Irish Cream (FA) Jamaican Rum (FA) Key Lime (TPA) Kiwi Double (TPA) Koolada 10% (TPA) Lemon Lemon (FE) Lemon Sicily (FA) Lime Tahity Cold Pressed (FA) Madagascar (Vanilla Classic) (FA) Mandarin (FA) Mango (FA) Maple Syrup (FA) Marshmallow (Cap) Marzipan (FA) Meringue (FA) MTS Vape Wizard (FA) Oba Oba (FA) Orange Cream (TPA) Organic Peach (NF) Pear (TPA) Pie Crust (TPA) Pineapple (FA) Pomegranate (FA) Rainbow Line Gum (FW) Raspberry (FA) Red Touch (Strawberry) (FA) Red Touch (Strawberry) (FA) Ripe Banana (TPA) Rootbeer Float (FW) RY -4 TDM INW Salted Caramel (FW) Sparkling Wine (Inawera) Spearmint (FA) Strawberry (TPA) Summer Clouds (FA) Sweet Cream (TPA) Sweet Watermelon (Cap) Tiramisu (FA) Toasted Marshmallow (TPA) Torrone (FA) Us Red Mix (Inawera) Vanilla Bean Gelato (TPA) Vanilla Cupcake (Cap) Vanilla Custard v1 (Cap) Vanilla Custard v2 (Cap) Vanilla Swirl (TPA) Vanilla Tahity (FA) Vienna Cream (FA) Vienna Cream (FA) Waffle (Belgian) (TPA) Whipped Cream (TPA)
Sounds good, but need percentages. What do you call this Alchemist recipe of yours?
Only 125 flavorings? :P
Right? and here I am with my plastic storage cases of flavoring. But the mix I'm vaping is good, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
I started with plastic but the collection pile got too big and well, tacky looking. Had to get wooden cigar boxes so the piles of flavoring looked more inspiring! I sort into boxes by flavor brand and then type (fruit, tobacco, nuts, ect.) aaaand I probably need an intervention....but it's tasty and fun!
What does the citric acid bring to your flavors? I get some people that say it doesn't do anything and others that say it's good in fruit flavors?
It adds just a little bit of sour into the mix, and yes, IMO it's great with most fruit flavours. It doesn't make a HUGE difference (it's basically more of a toner than a flavour) so you're not missing a ton without it.
Some people also seem to get a touch of respiratory irritation from it too.. I personally don't, but I've read of people getting lung pains that they equate to citric acid usage - and it's no myth, the stuff is harmful if inhaled in large quantities. I just must be tough/big enough, or maybe it's that I don't overuse it.
I'd like to add one, if I could.
There's always the "Dude, you gotta try this!" Eccentric. Usually not half-bad at making juice. Constantly messing around with new recipes. Insists that everyone they know that vapes should try their juice. Still only owns about 10 flavors, but can make a good mix out of them. Steeps by forgetting about large amounts of juice they've moved on from.
Hmmm...I have 30 bottles of un-labled juice. I never use recipes, and do the math in my head. I have a hundred or so flavours, yet I buy my VG at the drug store. I add Stevia to EVERYTHING. Sometimes I taste my juices with my tongue.
Alchemist. Totally mad.
COME ON lololol we are all waiting to hear from /u/abdadda this post is hilarious.
i probably fall closest to the alchemist haha. Nobody can hate this post, unless you simply can't laugh at yourself.
idk, i have a strong sense of humor though, so this was GREAT
I literally found out I was going to be a dad two days after I placed my first meagre order of DIY stuff. I wonder how much I would have blown on supplies by now and which group I would fall into.
I'm an even newer version of The Damned, I have two 15 ml bottles, 3 bottles of 177 ml VG, and two Lorann bottles of flavoring...