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Tpa Strawberry ripe vs Strawberry tpa
submitted over 10 years ago by RG_PhoniQue

So I'm planning in making the fizzmustard nana cream clone. I've found almost every single flavor I need from e-dym.pl but they are missing the strawberry. The only offer Strawberry ripe tpa.

My question is : are these two flavors comparable? Can I use ripe with maybe a different percentage? And if not, can anybody suggest me a Europe based online shop that offers the casual Strawberry? Thanks

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by ellfloover 10 years agoPâtissier

The taste will be totally different. i used Strawberry ripe before i got Strawberry delivered. it taste good. but when i got my Strawberry and mixed it, i was blown away.

edit: ^ this I'm referring to fizzmustard nana cream. but for Strawberry ripe, i used alot of it in other recipes. love it.

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by rochford77over 10 years ago

I've used both. Strawberry ripe has been to flowery/perfume-y for me. Maybe I'm using too much, I REALLY like regular strawberry though. At around 6% it sings!

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by Mercy404over 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

That's really odd, I find regular Strawberry too flowery/perfume-y and Strawberry Ripe much nicer. I usually use a 50/50 blend of regular and ripe just to use up what's left of the regular.

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by rochford77over 10 years ago

Different pallets I suppose :)

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by DrMclovensover 10 years ago

as i said in a previous comment. when using ripe, i never start above 3% in a recipe. strong stuff.

if that helps any :)

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by DeeAitchVeeover 10 years ago

ripe strawberry is like a strawberry with sugar on it and strawberry is like a ripe strawberry. the naming is weird but thats my take on it

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by 1337sh33pover 10 years ago

The way I would describe it would be Strawberry is like Strawberry Fanta and Strawberry Ripe is like actual strawberries (not saying either one is better than the other).

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by 0158014over 10 years ago

Agreed. Ripe strawberry has the, for lack of better terms, "ripened" strawberry flavor. Like one that's slightly soft, bright red and juicy. And regular Strawberry TFA lacks that component, and is much more "candy" strawberry (not like the little strawberry candies so much). Fanta is a good comparison.

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by DrMclovensover 10 years ago

yeah. ripe is just a lot stronger IMO.

use sparingly compared to most other strawberries. good flavor though! i have a 4oz. in the mail now.

i wouldn't start above 3% when first trying :)

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by FlyWithTheCarsover 10 years agoFrugivore

TPA Strawberry is available at 123liquids.de for 3,69€/10ml + shipping

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by Porklingover 10 years ago

i seriously dont understand why people use these sites, even if you just want to try something, tfa offers 4 oz bottles for maybe a couple dollars more. doesn't make sense to me. i always stick to the orginal manufacturer's sites, saves you a lot.

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by stnrlgcover 10 years ago

as a quick helper: notice the (dot).de? the OP and the producer of this post are probably in europe as the OP listed a polish(?) site. Dont know if TFA ships internationally for retail but if they do I would imagine shipping would cancel out your proposed savings.

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by RG_PhoniQueover 10 years ago

Exactly. Tpa unfortunately does not ship outside of the US so we Europeans are mostly on our own. Many vendors and online ships ask for crazy money (5 bucks for 10ml each flavor in my country) . The cheapest on in Europe seems to be this polish site. I've heard great things about them and their Europe wide shipping is only 6 euros. Wish tpa had worldwide shipping.

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by RG_PhoniQueover 10 years ago

Take a look at my reply 1 comment below and you'll understand the situation :)

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by BuryMeInSmokeover 10 years ago

You can use the ripe but it will be a different vape. The TFA strawberry is a pretty important part of this recipe and is the standout flavour to me.

Strawberry ripe has a more realistic strawberry flavour, at higher percentages it takes on a slightly cooked note, higher than that it has some over-ripe/rotten notes. It's a 'round' flavour. This flavour seems to work better in cakey type recipes.

Regular TFA strawberry has a more candy/synthetic type flavour. It's a 'sharper' flavour. This flavour seems to work better in fruity type recipes.

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by rlaitinenover 10 years ago

I'd use it. And I'd get a big bottle of the Strawberry Ripe too. It's used in a lot of strawberry recipes, and it's pretty damn good.

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by dontgetaddictedover 10 years ago

I put strawberry ripe in like 8 different recipes. It's like my Franks RedHot, I put that shit in everything.

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by Sustainiacover 10 years ago

Would using both give a more detailed strawberry flavor?

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by BuryMeInSmokeover 10 years ago

More detailed? Not really, comes out more like a different strawberry. I made a batch using both and it was nice for a change. I find the candy/synthetic-ness of TFA strawberry can get a little boring/OTT sometimes.

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by Billy_Germansover 10 years ago

According to my palate, nope. Ripe has somewhat of a dry/powdery finish and lacks tartness/pop... it reminds me of strawberry pixy stix. Regular strawberry tastes more or less the same as far as flavor goes, but has the fruity succulent "pop" without the powdery finish.

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by Sustainiacover 10 years ago

Thank you!

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by prime1ndustriesover 10 years agoMixologist

Amending fizz's recipe a bit, try mixing them with the Ripe Strawberry in smaller percentage than the Strawberry. You might be pleased by the results! I was :)

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by Sustainiacover 10 years ago

Thanks, I'm working with this (All TFA):

Strawberry-8%

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream-5%

Vanilla Swirl-3%

EM-1%

I was thinking Strawberry at 6% and Ripe at 2% (maybe 5%/3%)

Also, I've made the above recipe with EM at 1.5% but haven't sampled it yet.

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by stateekover 10 years ago

I don't have TFA Strawberry but I do have LorAnn Strawberry and JF Strawberry. How does the LorAnn compare to TFA? I made a batch using LA and it was pretty good but I'm curious how similar it is to the actual recipe.

The JF Strawberry has a really weird flavour to it which I don't like at all. I'm thinking possibly adding a drop or two into a strawberry mix might be good?

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by Hackn3yover 10 years ago

I used Strawberry (Ripe) (TFA) and Banana Cream (TFA) in /u/fizzmustard's 'Nana Cream Clone and I thought it tasted like bubble gum. It was pretty delicious though. Just waiting on my Banana Cream (LA) to get here so I can make the authentic!

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by DickGoblinover 10 years ago

Hows the vape game in Poland? Didn't know pl was into the vape scene

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by RG_PhoniQueover 10 years ago

I'm not from Poland so I don't really know how the vaping scene is going there. This eshop tho is fantastic for flavourings and other vaping stuff, it has I think the cheapest price for tpa flavors you can find here in Europe and they also have 6euro Europe wide usps shipping. Fantastic guys over there.

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by soad2237over 10 years ago

ITT: The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!

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