EDIT2 - Re-submission from the original that got correclty removed for not having notes.
Figured it was time for me to drop a recipe on here. You may like it, you may not. Hell if I know. Happy Thanksgiving, and here we go!
Flavor | Percentage ---|--- TFA Pumpkin Spice | 0.40% CAP Sweet Cream | 3.00% TFA DX Bavarian Cream | 2.00% Capella NY Cheesecake | 4.00% TFA Marshmallow | 2.50% TFA Graham Cracker | 1.00% Ethyl Maltol | 1.50% TFA Vanilla Custard | 2.00% FA Cookie | 1.00% Sucralose | 1.00% TFA DX Danish | 2.00%
EDIT: Sorry guys, in my hasteful post yesterday I didn't add notes. I assumed OG rules and thought people would ask if they have questions, etc. Absolutely my fault, and didn't mean to ruffle feathers. So without boring you through all of the details, I'll give you a rundown on some of the flavor choices, and you guys can ask me questions from there.
NOTES
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TFA Pumpkin spice - .4% - So I went through several variations on this recipe, but knew I wanted pumpkin spicer to be the staple flavor. V1 of this flavor had around 3% and it. was. gross. I haven't worked with this flavor beforehand, so went in blind. When I'm working with new flavors, I usually end up ruining several mixes completely. Such was the case with this bad boy. Harsh as hell at high %'s IMO - use sparingly. .3% was too light for me, and .5% still rubbed me the wrong way. Thus .4% was my happy place.
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All of the cream bases - CAP Sweet Cream, TFA DX Bavarian Cream, CAP Cheesecake, TFA Vanilla Custard - I'm a cream guy. If you've ever tried any of my line, you've probably noticed that creamy flavors are my love. That being said, I really do play with a TON of cream bases in all of my flavors, and all of them are pretty different. This one was no exception. CAP sweet cream - I think it's a really under-appreciated flavor. Basic - well sure, but under-appreciated all the same. If you have yet to try it, give it a go next time you play around. Light, barely sweet, and reminds me of a custard base I used at an ice cream shop that I worked at when I was 15. The rest of these are all flavors i'm sure you are familiar with, and if diketones are no problem for you, give regular Bavarian Cream a shot here. TFA Vanilla Custard over Capella's here, because TFAs is lighter IMO.
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Sweeteners - TFA Marshmallow, Ethyl Maltol, Sucralose - All of my recipes have some sweeteners in them, which is pretty obvious when you try them. I learned early on that less is more, and a good sweetener blend lends itself well to my recipes. I have several different sweetener blends, but this is one of my early blends that I still love to come back to every once in a while. If you're ever mixing and unsure how to sweeten a recipe, I'd start out with something similar and work from there. Just my 2c. There are several other tricks to sweetening that I use, but this is a solid basic one. :D
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Other goodies - FA Cookie, TFA DX Danish, TFA Graham Cracker - Just do yourself a favor and buy FA Cookie. I'm a dessert guy, and I love it. IMO it's one of those "can go in most recipes" flavors. I just recently started using it, and am so sad I waited so long. I struggled on the TFA Danish and went back and forth between that and TFA's Horchata flavoring to add a creamy cinnamon note, and ultimately decided on Danish. Graham Cracker (clear) just plays with these guys well.
Hope that's somewhat of a helpful piece for you, and have a safe Black Friday!
Cool clone, bruh.
I think it's fucking amazing when companies put up discontinued (or in your case, "hidden") flavors. You give a chance for us who don't buy much commercial juice to try your stuff, and probably bring in repeat business knowing you're not just using 15% single flavor plus 4% sweetener. Very cool to see the inner workings like this.
Thanks for sharing a tested recipe with us, along with your notes as a professional.
This will hopefully serve to mixers (mostly new ones) who post that they can't get the "mouthfeel" or quality flavorings of a commercial juice, because we don't have the magic ingredients the big boys use. It can be done, with technique and time.
It also, unfortunately, points out the reason I shy away from commercial juices these days. 2.5% sweetener is more than I'm generally interested in, and having to ramp the flavor up to compensate makes it less interesting to me as an ADV.
Absolutely - I was discussing that with someone yesterday. I know several other DIYers and most aren't into much in the way of sweeteners, which is totally fine. :D
Glad I didn't offend, I appreciate anyone contributing, and I will place this recipe in my list to try. That list is so long, I'll probably get to it by next Thanksgiving. I should probably just buy one of yours. :)
I don't see what the big deal of "tasting notes" is. Most people just put some over-hyped bullshit in the tasting notes anyhow. A short description of what the juice tastes like should be sufficient.
EDIT: I'm not saying THIS post has BS tasting notes. I like they talked about different percentages they use. If I have to go through all this to post some killer recipe I made I just wont. I'm too lazy for all that lol.
I understand why they have it - to make sure people can get behind the curtain, so to speak, and see WHY people choose particular flavors over others, etc. It also can save OP from re-answering multiple questions, which is also neat I guess.
Yea its nice but to be FORCED is a little excessive IMO.
you aren't forced at all.
there is a very specific thread that is specifically for recipe's. the monthly recipe thread.
any main posts like this should come with notes, to help others learn and make better recipe's, rather than just a load of ~~potentially~~ low quality recipe's plastered all over the sub. WHICH will inevitably lead to a shitty sub that nobody learns from.
the way it is now, If you are looking for some recipe's to make, than click the monthly recipe thread.
If you are looking to learn day to day on making your own recipe's and better your mixing skills, knowledge etc. than check the sub as a whole.
this way the sub can do what it's meant to do. rather than turning into another E-LiquidRecipes.com (no offense /u/dath ) but e-liquid recipe's has it's goal/job/usefulness and we have ours. hope that clears things up :)
you can thank me later /u/skiddlzninja /u/kirkt /u/inertiacreeping
Stopping by to thank you so much for this one. As a DIY mixer, I find it both very interesting and useful to try to mix a recipe from a juice vendor / professional. Definitely gonna try this.
Hey Kyle, I was a big fan of your liquid before I started DIY. I stocked up on 240 mls of Sammie when I started cause I knew my shit would be bad at first. Just wanna say thanks for contributing here; since I know the stuff you make is great, I'm really looking forward to trying out the bases you used minus the sucralose and the pumpkin spice :)
I've had FA Cookie for a while and never used it in one of my own recipes. Looking forward to it this weekend :D
wow bro. wtf. you think you can just come in here and give use your "amazing" recipe!?
WE DON'T NEED YOUR HAND OUTS! MAN, WHAT I LOOK LIKE!? A CHARITY CASE!??
and if you EVER break these BRAND NEW rules on this sub again...I will freaking rip your hands off...bro
Kyle this is josh from the podcast. InTheMix"...you damn well better be able to spot my sarcasm plastered over this comment
P.S thanks for the recipe. gonna mix next week <3
Hi, Kyle! Thanks for showing us some love, and even though the mods are fuckin' punks, your added notes are actually really helpful.
What are your thoughts on TFA Sweet Cream. I love it, and use it in place of Cap wherever it's called for. But I've never tried Cap's. So any thoughts on the two would be awesome to hear.
Thanks again!
Does she have a name?
Got my Mega Box today and trying BB...this is definitely going on my must mix list. Delicious. Definitely taste the TFA VC, I really like that one as a lighter vanilla over CAPs, you nailed it with this one.
I was bummed I wasn't gonna be able to order more, but this lightened my spirits!
Hi kylecina. Thanks for the recipe! I noticed you're selling it on your site again. Very cool of you to still keep this on here too. Just a quick question. Did you ever change or add anything in the recipe? Notice some feedback about the pumpkin being a little harsh. Wondering if you ever solved it. Cheers bud