Long ago I began a journey to find a delicious blueberry flavor. That journey has gone through many dark places with a few nice moments.
Standalone I like Loranns Blueberry the best. It has a great creamy quality to it and hits a lot of nice blueberry notes for me. I didn't have any desire to vape food coloring and wanted something that was a bit more unique though so I experimented with blending various blueberries to suit my desires.
I eventually settled on a combination of TFA Bluberry Wild and FA Bilberry, at varying levels depending on the recipe that it ended up in. Here's an example that takes on more of a mixed berry flavor that's blueberry dominant. If I was shooting for straight blueberry I'd probably ~~sub~~ remove FA Forest Fruit ~~for~~ and bump Bilberry ~~and reduce~~ to 2.5%-3%
Grandma's Gooey Muffin
- TFA Blueberry WIld 5%
- CAP Vanilla Cupcake 4%
- FA Forest Fruit 4%
- CAP Cake Batter 3.5%
- FW Vanilla Cupcake 1.5%
- FA Bilberry 0.5%
- CAP NY Cheesecake 0.5%
- FA Cookie 0.5%
- TPA Caramel (OG) 0.5%
- FA Fresh Cream 0.5%
- TFA Peanut Butter 0.25%
- AP 0.15%
- FA Strawbery 0.12%
- TFA Blackberry 0.1%
Recently I received a sample of Bacchus with an order of the amazing Arrakis from /u/cloudalchemist. I really enjoyed the blueberry in it and it inspired me to reach for two Blueberry flavorings I'd quickly tossed aside long ago after not liking either in standalone testing.
Inawera Bilberry - This flavor has a strange "spiciness" to it that I really wasn't a fan of. There's parts of the flavor that I enjoy, but the spicy quality led me to not test it with anything else.
Capella Blueberry - This flavor had far too much of a "grape" note to my taste. I probably would have tested further with it but I found I liked BB Wild and FA Blueberry and didn't play with it.
I just whipped up this recipe and early tasting is promising, I'm probably going to up both the FA & INW Bilberries a bit and reduce the creams but I'm enjoying it and we'll see how it ages.
Bleucheese
- TFA Vanilla Custard 5%
- CAP Blueberry 3%
- TFA Bavarian Cream 3%
- INW Bilberry 2%
- FA Vanilla Tahiti 1%
- FA Bilberry 0.1%
- FA Honey ~~0.8%~~ 0.08% Whoops, others will likely find a higher percentage good, but 0.8% is probably pushing it.
Anyways, I thought I'd share different approaches to equally delicious but different blueberries.
So cool of you! Blueberry has been elusive for me too. Got it in calc now for next session. Thanks again!!
If you've not tried FLV's blueberry, you need to! I'm very happy with it as a primary flavor in my BB recipes, and I too went on the same quest as you did. TFA Blueberry Wild w/ FA Bilberry was my go-to solution for a long time too, but I've been having a lot of success with FLV Blueberry (particularly in combination with the aforementioned combination (which I've actually tried mixing as a standalone BB flavor, but I vary the ratio depending on context so it's not really worth it). The quest continues, as ever.
Those recipe shares look awesome, and this is a great post! I'm adding you to the list of people I'm gonna email about collaborating on my DIYrep project!
I might pick up FLV's. I was unimpressed with their vanilla custard, and they never e-mailed me back about wholesale pricing so I haven't ordered from them again. I'd hate to find something I want to use in production and then only be able to get 4oz at a time.
Glad you liked the post, over the next several months I've the notion to release all my recipes in similar posts.
Nice work brother! When I use tfa or fw blueberry over 10%, it literally smells and tastes like feet! So what does feet taste like? Imagine putting a used sock in your mouth, similar to that. Thanks for your work bro! I generally will not ever try any recipe with more than 15% flavoring. You work makes my DIY better thanks!
I will report back tomorrow, I will whip up both these recipes and let you know!
:-) Happy to contribute
Grandma's Gooey Muffin needs either to be put on a heated mixer for a few hours or given a four week cure (with breathing sessions if using plastic bottles) to fully develop. AP and Blackberry reductions or sweetener additions will result in a sweeter end product.
If you tend to prefer lower amounts of flavoring then you could make a base and reduce, but I think 20% works just fine for this mix.
The next mix I'm trying on Bleucheese works out to
TFA Vanilla Custard 3% CAP Blueberry 3% INW Bilberry 2% TFA Bavarian Cream 1.5% FA Bilberry 1.5% FA Vanilla Tahiti 1% FA Honey 0.08%
I completed the mix and its Delicious!, The way I steep is different than most, I keep temperature controlled water tank at 55C, for 48 hours!, Yea I said 48 hours, I use nude Nic and 3mg to test. This is a great recipe, and with your permission I would like to offer this at my club. Club non profit, 40 guys who each pitch $30 each and get A1 juice each month, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN VAPE!