Been over a month since I released a recipe, so I figured I'd post one with the new requirements too. I'm posting here and I'll make the recipe public on ELR as well.
Christmas Gingerbread Cookie
Ingredient|% :---|---: Acetyl Pyrazine 5%|0.25 Brown Sugar|0.5 Chai Tea (TPA)|0.4 Cookie (FA)|0.75 Gingerbread (CAP)|4
Flavor total: 5.9%
Suggested mix ratio is 30% pg and 70% vg.
The CAP Gingerbread is the best I've tried between TFA, CAP, and FA. I looked into Torani and Starbucks to see if there was something salvageable as an extract but there was just too much sugar. The Capella has a good spicy earth flavor and the sweetness this recipe needed.
The TFA Chai tea is the secret ingredient in this recipe that makes the gingerbread cookie flavor POP. If you vape it in the first 3-4 days after mixing you will have a heady chai flavor on the exhale that starts to mellow into a milky aftertaste, but after 5 days it blends in perfectly with the Gingerbread and the milky aftertaste becomes a hint of frosting on the finish.
The Acetyl Pyrazine is the add some dryness and to contrast with the Chai Tea and Cookie. It helps it from being sickly sweet and helps the blend the other flavors with the FA cookie,
The FA Cookie is a staple for these recipes but I initially tried to use sugar cookie unsuccessfully. I found it to be almost cloying. This recipe is still sweet, but once the ginger and chai settle down the FA Cookie comes out a lot. You can adjust this up to 1% total if you prefer a thicker cookie, but I would recommend increasing the AP a touch as well.
The TFA Brown sugar adds a molasses style sweetness. It does double duty with the Gingerbread and the FA Cookie top notes and also makes sure this recipe requires no added sucralose or Ethyl Maltol, it is good for those with a sweet tooth.
Should that be TFA Brown Sugar Extra? If not, at what percentage would you recommend subbing the extra?
looks good., personally I find CAP gingerbread to be very similar to CDS. but I'm gonna give this a recipe a try as written since I have everything from when I developed my pumpkin spice flavor.
Just give it 4 or 5 days before vaping, should be good to go.
i tested it at 1, 2, and 3 weeks.
Do you think that a mixture of FA black tea, TFA dairy, and a drop of TFA pumpkin spice would emulate TFA chai tea well?
Dont have TFA Pumpkin spice but it might be okay if the cardamom/ginger/cinnamon spices are particularly bold. The first two would do good as a base for the replacement but you might be missing a few of the notes that you get in chai tea with pumpkin spice. I do use Chai Tea a lot to imbue those spices into creamy bases and it wouldnt work too well without the strong notes in chai tea.
Cinnamon is really prominent in the pumpkin spice, the ginger is a bit subdued with very little clove.
Kind of? It would definitely be similar but different. Your mix will likely be more savory. I'd be curious how the pumpkin is, with or without the chai spice.
When I use it, it tastes like straight cinnamon. But it's a more complex cinnamon than others; I wouldn't say cinn. with nutmeg or clove, but just a complex cinnamon.
Ordered all the ingredients for this a few days ago. Finally got to make it today. I love it! Thanks!
I made it without the Acetyl pyrazine, and it tastes great to me