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Better flavour alternatives (Bonus Recipe)
submitted about 10 years ago by bassiks

Hi guys, I'm looking for alternatives to some flavours ive been using for a while.

LA watermelon - looking for a more natural watermelon, I find LA to be too sweet and artificial.

CAP sweet strawberry - again too sweet and candy like. (trialling strawberry ripe (TFA?) just now and its pretty nice)

Raspberry - been using FW Raspberry but its just a basic raspberry flavour, nothing special. used FW Royal Raspberry and loved it but its too hard to find in the UK. Royal raspberry is like raspberry jam, nice thick/natural flavour.

Grape - using CAP black (concord?) grape which has the perfect American grape soda taste but its completely black, tastes amazing but destroys wicks in a day.

BONUS RECIPE: Milkberry FW Milk - 10% FW Royal Raspberry - 5% TFA Strawberry Ripe - 2% TFA Dragonfruit - 1% To me this tastes a lot like a yoghurt drink in the UK called YOP. Received a lot or praise from my customers.

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by ID10-Tabout 10 years ago

Have you tried the Watermelon and Strawberry flavors from FA?

Oh, wow, FW Royal Raspberry sounds amazing.

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by bassiksabout 10 years ago

I haven't, ive tried a few FA concentrates though and never had a problem with any of them, I'll give them a try, Thanks!

Yeah royal raspberry is something special, smells incredible and when vaped you can almost taste the seeds you get on a real raspberry!

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by darkfiresabout 10 years ago

I only seeing LA Royal Raspberry when I do a search? Where do you get your FW?

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by surffishmanabout 10 years ago

Yeah , try FA strawberry , it's the best i have ever tasted. Read the reviews for it at ECX , people love it to death.

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by mentiveabout 10 years ago

I have a few raspberry flavors, and hated them all... well, at first. They all tasted disgusting.

However, after a few mixes that used INW Rasp had a couple weeks to steep, seemed like it really mellowed out and. Ow I love INW Rasp. Specifically, enyah's rhodonite and raspberry lemonade. My 30ml bottles of each are almost gone now.

So yea, give INW a try.

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by bottomofthemapabout 10 years ago

Yup. INW raspberry is definitely the way to go. Great flavor.

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by SadPandaVapesabout 10 years ago

People are saying FA Strawberry is good but I honestly could not disagree more.

Sweet Strawberry and Strawberry Ripe are the only strawberry flavors.

TFA Sweet Raspberry is my favorite of that flavor. I really do not like FA's fruit flavors. They are pungent for lack of a better term. The only exception is FA Lemon Sicily, which is great.

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by mentiveabout 10 years ago

Don't forget fuji!

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by To0nMaNabout 10 years ago

> CAP sweet strawberry - again too sweet and candy like. (trialling strawberry ripe (TFA?) just now and its pretty nice)

These two mix very well together for a very nice SB. Use the Ripe for the smell and the CAP for the flavor. So a little more Ripe than CAP. You might be surprised at how the smell of Ripe will alter your perception of the CAP SB. 4-5% and 3-4% respectively is where i am at on a couple recipes.

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by coop34about 10 years ago

Watermelon: I like Cap sweet. kinda weak, so at least 8%

Raspberry: TFA Sweet, Start at 2%

Grape: IDK but stay away from TFA Grape Juice. Too chemical taste and smell. I have not tried their Grape Candy.

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by mentiveabout 10 years ago

What about FA Grape Concord? Possibly mixed with a bit of a darker berry.

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by coop34about 10 years ago

I'm not sure, that bad experience with TFA scared me away from grape lol. I wished I could find a good grape flavor too. Anyone?

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by Botboy141about 10 years agoMixing like a mad man...

Hehe, 50/50 mix of Grape Juice and Grape Candy with some Green Apple to tart it up ...

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by totally_superabout 10 years ago

Do you like FA Grape Concord? I bought 30ml, hoping for the best, but it's WAY too flowery for me. So much so that I can't even taste the grape, let alone anything else I mixed with it. And that was at 0.5%.

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by mentiveabout 10 years ago

I only did a solo test with it and I agree with what u said, I thought it would compliment another flavor well tho.

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by hotwingsandcoldbeerabout 10 years agoTobacconist

I have only used FA Raspberry and it's pretty good, sort of a nice balance between real fruit and candy imo. A little dab will do ya, it's potent. I'm not that big on fruit flavors but I do like them sometimes in a bakery recipe. If I had to guess I'd say it's the raspberry used in Steamjunk Ghostberry.

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by zenergy1321about 10 years ago

Ooh thanks for the tip on royal raspberry and the recipe.

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by vapingrammyabout 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Where can we find this royal raspberry? I've googled but no luck.

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by skiddlzninjaabout 10 years agoFrugivore

Mix 40/60 TFA Strawberry Ripe/Strawberry for a more realistic, sweet strawberry. What some premium vendors call "hand-picked mountain grown Gaviota strawberry."

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