My closest find to nana cream.

submitted over 10 years ago by lil_nutsack

LA Banana Cream: 5.5%

TFA Strawberry: 7%

TFA Orange Mandarin: 2%

TFA Dragon Fruit: 1%

1 drop per 2 mL CA.

This is my adaptation from fizz's clone. It made sense to me so I tried it. Even if it's not all that close in your opinion it's still super good. It's all the best fruit + cream combos. Orange, strawberry, and banana. Enjoy!

Comments

4 points

by skiddlzninjaover 10 years agoFrugivore

From the feedback people have been giving me on my recipe, it seems like 1% quince with TFA smooth gets us the closest to authentic. However, /u/_bombies himself has told us it isn't dragonfruit, and told me that it isn't quince either, but I'm headed in the right direction. Since then I've been trying all sorts of tropical fruits, but with no avail.

13 points

by Reddit___Policeover 10 years ago

I'd take everything /u/_Bombies says with a grain of salt, after all we're trying to clone his bestseller.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaover 10 years agoFrugivore

True, that's why I shrugged off his comments about taking another look at the Banana Cream and Strawberry flavors in the recipe.

1 points

by AASthrowakeepover 10 years ago

I just bought quince to give your recipe a shot. But I've been adding 3drops of smooth to fizz nana, minus the CA, and it's so close to the real deal that I'm not gonna bother with it much any more. By the sounds of it, people are dropping the quince in your recipe to 1% and throwing in some smooth. Is that correct?

1 points

by skiddlzninjaover 10 years agoFrugivore

Yupppp that's what it's become. Eventually I'll find the secret ingredient, but for now 1% quince with smooth gets it extremely close.

1 points

by rotary79over 10 years ago

What percentage on the smooth?

1 points

by skiddlzninjaover 10 years agoFrugivore

> 4 drops of smooth and 3 drops of ACV in a 30ml tester

not much by way of %

1 points

by rotary79over 10 years ago

ACV? Wow that makes me feel stupid here I thought I knew most every additive.

2 points

by soulBitover 10 years agoMixologist

Am I correct in assuming CA is Citric Acid?

2 points

by vapebig13over 10 years agoMixologist

yepp

1 points

by soulBitover 10 years agoMixologist

Thanks!

1 points

by oheysupover 10 years ago

Does tfa banana cream work as a sub? I'm guessing not

6 points

by vineandvaporover 10 years ago

IMO the LA Banana Cream is 100% essential to any NC clone.

3 points

by goldfish_of_chaosover 10 years agoMentholatier

It works. Not as a substitute for this recipe, but still makes a nice juice

2 points

by NullAntithesisover 10 years ago

From my experience, no. TFA's is alot closer to Juicy Fruit versus LA.

1 points

by vineandvaporover 10 years ago

Have you tried this without the addition of the CA? I saw that Fizz stopped using CA, and I have too. Just wondering if you'd tested with and without side by side.

1 points

by FitChemist432over 10 years ago

I've tried his old recipe with and without CA and imo, the citric acid does make a noticible but not essential improvement.

1 points

by mirrorballinover 10 years ago

Bombies himself claimed that he doesnt use CA or dragonfruit in any of his recipes.

1 points

by FitChemist432over 10 years ago

I knew he said it wasn't dragon fruit but I wasn't aware that he said he doesn't use CA, do you have a link to that?

1 points

by lil_nutsackover 10 years ago

Have not but will do without next bottle I make!

1 points

by Chrononaughtover 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I'd give it a go if I had Mandarin... anything close to sub that you know of? I only have FA Orange, TFA Orange Cream, and CAP Sweet Tangerine.

3 points

by lil_nutsackover 10 years ago

I would try Orange cream. It would make it a bit more creamy.

1 points

by Chrononaughtover 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

hmmm, I'll give both suggestions a try. Going to whip up a couple of 10ml if I can get around to it tomorrow. Thank you!

2 points

by LurkTr0nover 10 years ago

Probably sweet tangerine.

1 points

by Chrononaughtover 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Right on, thanks for the input. I'll give it a go!