How to add tartness to strawberry without muting the cream?

submitted almost 10 years ago by gennafromtheblock

Tried mixing for the first time last week. Very exciting! Made a mix of strawberry and cream that I really like. Now, what can I add to it to impart that tartness of freshly cut real strawberries (it tastes more like strawberry ice cream now)? I read that Malic Acid tends to mute flavors over time, so we wouldn't want that. I have access to most of the TPA line, but that's about it.

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5 points

by SinkMixalmost 10 years ago

Raspberry

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Thought of this too, I'll give it a try. Thanks!

Edit: I thought of adding a small percentage of another (tart'er) berry to boost the strawberry, but there're so many of them! Blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, huckleberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, cranberry... What made you pick raspberry? Anybody has experience with Alltheberries?

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by bcvapecoalmost 10 years ago

I think mixing another red berry will stay true to the strawberry taste. You start mixing in blackberry or some other tart dark berry and the juice will have mixed berry taste to it. I recently experimented with this and I agree with adding a little raspberry.

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by thedirtyprojectoralmost 10 years ago

TPA plain raspberry or TPA sweet raspberry?

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by Jtetsukialmost 10 years ago

Citric acid may work

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by ThirdWorldOrderalmost 10 years ago

Citric acid has never done a single thing for me, except kill my coils.

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by quakasalmost 10 years ago

You could had something like 1% INW or FA blackcurrant, it has a nice natural tartness and it really combines with strawberry flavors and will not mute the strawberry.

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by tranceinatealmost 10 years agoMixologist

More like .2% of INW or FA blackcurrant for tartness. 1% FA blackcurrant dominates most mixes I've tried.

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by gunthersluntalmost 10 years ago

Inw cactus @ 0.5% I do this with a lot of my fruit mixes though. Makes them "juicy"

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by tranceinatealmost 10 years agoMixologist

Juicy =/= tart

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Sounds interesting! I have no idea what cactus tastes like, but if it's fresh and juicy, I'm tempted. That 21 euro minimum order though, what else should I get...

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by tranceinatealmost 10 years agoMixologist

Fresh, juicy, melony.

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by moonerdooderalmost 10 years ago

If you want fresh and juicy cactus is what you want. Throw it in fruit flavors at a half a percent to really fill out your juice and make it taste better. If you're wondering about what more inw to get raspberry is very popular here as well as biscuit. As far as a tart taste to your original post I've found cap sweet guava to have a bitter sort of grapefruit taste to it. Maybe try it at one percent or maybe two to start.

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Thank you, wise stranger! Very helpful, now the waiting game continues.

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by beaverskeetalmost 10 years ago

Piggybacking here, been holding off on making a post. But i have tfa strawberry cream, tfa orange cream, and tfa ripe banana. I want to make the cream a little stronger in the first two, and maybe make a banana milkshake one.

I have tfa bavarian cream and tfa vanilla bean ice cream.

What percentages would be good?

I havent touched the ice cream or bavarian cream flavors yet, not sure how strong they are yet.

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by Python4funalmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

What strawberry are you currently using?

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by ThirdWorldOrderalmost 10 years ago

Freshly cut strawberries? Maybe something like Inawera Wild Strawberry is what you are looking for?

I'm not really sure what the difference is between a regular strawberry and a freshly cut one is. TFA Strawberry doesn't sound like it'll fit the bill, but perhaps TFA Strawberry (Ripe) or TFA Organic Strawberry could.

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by TheAlmightyDalmost 10 years ago

Wild strawberry is an interesting flavour, kinda candy? Kinda grassy? It's a strange one. In very small amounts, we're talking drops of a 10% dilution, it can add something to strawberry. Other than that I find it just overpowers everything else in a mix.

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Hmm, interesting! I actually kindda like the Strawberry profile I have gotten to right now, but I want it 'fresher', if that makes sense. I'm thinking a little acidity might get me there. Thank you!

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by MDEARINGalmost 10 years ago

Could you tell the recipe or maybe PM it? Been looking for a strawberry ice cream :D

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by beaverskeetalmost 10 years ago

Let me know if you get one, i am looking to do the same.

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Anybody tried Quince, can it work for this purpose?

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by moonerdooderalmost 10 years ago

Sweet candied fruits is what it tastes like to me. No tart.

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

Phew, out of the cart it goes.

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by moonerdooderalmost 10 years ago

Its a great flavor for fruits, but not what you're looking for yeah.

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by crosstown_rebelalmost 10 years ago

Maybe FA Strawberry. I was on that for about a month... Good stuff but gets kind of weird past 2% and higher wattages

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by cjinctalmost 10 years ago

You might want to try a bit of Sea Buckthorn

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by gennafromtheblockalmost 10 years ago

I don't even know what this is...

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by cjinctalmost 10 years ago

best description is straight from TFA:

Sea Buckthorn Flavor Also known as "Siberian Pineapple" - much like pineapple flavor without sweetness. Pairs well with apple and citrus flavors. Fresh, sour, crisp.