TFA Raspberry tastes very "artificial" even at low concentrations

submitted almost 10 years ago by jersey_emt

I've been struggling to make a decent recipe which includes TFA Raspberry. It seems to just taste very artificial, even "medicine-y", even at fairly low concentrations.

For example, my latest try was a simple creamy vanilla raspberry recipe (8% TFA Vanilla Swirl, 4% TFA Raspberry, 3% TFA Bavarian Cream). It got a little bit better after 5 days of steeping, but still not very good at all.

Any tips on using this flavor? I'm thinking about mixing in a little bit of TFA Berry Crunch and/or TFA Strawberry (Ripe). Not enough to overpower the raspberry, just a little bit which I hope will round things out and get rid of some of the weird artificial flavor I'm getting.

Comments

15 points

by tha_vaporsalmost 10 years agoOne of "The Damned"

To me TFA Raspberry is shit, however TFA Raspberry (sweet) is THE shit.

7 points

by pink_er_pantsalmost 10 years ago

I support this message

2 points

by DrDoobie22almost 10 years ago

I like using both together, I find TFA Raspberry Sweet smooths out TFA Raspberry for me.

6 points

by wilciwsalmost 10 years agoMixologist

Try a bit of sweet raspberry, and about 2% TFA Pear. It will come along man.

2 points

by danksta36almost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

That was the first raspberry flavor I tried and I hated it. I can vouch for TFA Sweet Raspberry, INW Raspbery and FA Raspberry.

1 points

by Libbinhaalmost 10 years ago

How do the other two compare with INW rasp? I wasn't too keen on it, but I don't want to give up on raspberry.

2 points

by Zizeksucksalmost 10 years ago

TFA Sweet Raspberry is more like a raspberry candyish type flavor, where the INW to me tastes more tart and berry-like. I haven't tried the FA.

2 points

by workerbee41almost 10 years ago

Get TFA Sweet Raspberry instead, maybe you can use what you have in tiny amounts to round out strawberries?

1 points

by Boziakalmost 10 years ago

Raspberry "sweet" is one of my favorites.

1 points

by Procrasturbatizationalmost 10 years ago

I actually really liked it, at high concentrations it has a really noticeable tang to it, which is what I love about raspberries. 12% TFA raspberry, 3% TFA bavarian cream, smashed through that mix. In fact I've found it's generally good to accentuate other flavours. For example 4:3:2:<1 ratio of blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, key lime, all TFA was another constant vape for me. Without the raspberry, the blueberry and strawberry meld together, and the key lime tastes sugary, like a lime-flavoured sweet. The tang seems to help separate and embolden each flavour.

I am generally agreeable with all flavours though, it seems most people aren't a fan of this one. More for me!

1 points

by meanrockSDalmost 10 years ago

TFA Raspberry is bad. TFA Raspberry(Sweet) tastes like a raspberry grenadine as it has lots of sweetness. INW Raspberry is sweet but not as much, and also tart with a good complex finish that tastes like the skin of the berry. FA Raspberry is the least sweet, with a strong but somewhat flat flavor. Basically any other raspberry than the one you picked would work better at 1% to 3% depending on brand; I'd also lower the vanilla swirl to ~5%

1 points

by Fawgmachinealmost 10 years ago

Easy solution. Toss it and get FA ras, FW ras, and most importantly INW ras. And if you're feeling daring MF ras and FLV ras. Mix all that shit together for jesusberry

1 points

by sweetleefalmost 10 years ago

Cherry seems the same to me - very mediciney and cheap candy-like. I've found you can blunt that a lot by mixing them 1-to-2 with Peach Juicy or Pear.