TFA Fruit Circles ALSO vindicated!

submitted almost 10 years ago by queuetueProud Sidebar Reader!

Since I was planning to give the star of Bronuts another shot, a few weeks ago I also picked up a second batch of another flavor I have vilified as absolutely unworkable in the past: TFA Fruit Circles.

I mixed up a generic "cereal" that was the top rated using TFA FC on ELR ... and what do you know? It's pretty good!

I can see what people say about "Pledge" now, but trust me, this is NOT what I have been complaining about. This is something I can work with, the other batch was like vaping gasoline.

Apparently, I have received not one, but two completely bunk flavors in my short DIY career. Each bad batch came from a different seller, and each good batch came from the same seller that originally sold the bunk one.

So, to the thread earlier asking about QC in flavors? Yes, emphatically, YES, there can be quality control issues with flavors. In the future, when my experience with a flavor is dramatically different than the one reported, I'll keep these incidents in mind. I'm very, very glad to find that my palette isn't so far off from the hive mind.

To keep this in perspective, these are two bad flavors out of over 250 that I own, so I've seen a 99.6% success rate.

Comments

7 points

by DrMclovensalmost 10 years agoThe Mad Alchemist

so have we all just gotten bad batches of TFA Cheesecake? dune dun dun...the world will never know

1 points

by Diggerinthedarkalmost 10 years ago

ahh dont, i never touched a cheesecake juice after this one which tasted like ass and was ordered in 6mg, said 6mg on the bottle, but gave me a huge nicotine high after each puff.

5 points

by skiddlzninjaalmost 10 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

People really need to get on the FW Fruit Rings hype train. It's so much better than TFA Fruit Circles.

3 points

by Enyawreklawalmost 10 years agoMixologist

People need to get on the FW hype train. If you enjoy "commercial" style juice, it's hard to ignore FW. Plus they blend so well with TFA.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaalmost 10 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

I've been building up my FW profile lately. They have a decent amount of hidden gems.

1 points

by OptimalOatmealalmost 10 years agoMixologist

Could you share your favourites?

1 points

by Sehn82almost 10 years ago

Yes please do share your FW experiences. FW info is really hard to come by compared to the other manufacturers.

2 points

by queuetuealmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I was just thinking that what I really really need in my life is #251. Thanks for that.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaalmost 10 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

Hahahaha go big or go home.

1 points

by contactclosurealmost 10 years ago

I'm with you, does that help?

1 points

by To0nMaNalmost 10 years ago

In my cart on ECX, just waiting for the Xmas sale.

1 points

by CtrlaltDelTacoalmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Maybe you should spread the hype Mr. Moderator sir.

1 points

by ryan770almost 10 years ago

My Fruit Rings has been pretty bad. Like the OP said about Fruit Circles, it's almost like vaping gasoline. Serious lemon pledge taste too even at 4%. All these recipes call for 7-10% of fruit rings or Circles and I'm like nooooo

1 points

by queuetuealmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Aaaaaaand it just went out of stock. Thanks again, skiddz. You got influence, son.

1 points

by skiddlzninjaalmost 10 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

It's a great flavor, just helping people find it ;P

1 points

by cloney12almost 10 years ago

Troof right here.

1 points

by _thisisadream_almost 10 years ago

Gah. So happy to see you say this. Mine should arrive any day now..

3 points

by jersey_emtalmost 10 years ago

I happen to like TFA Fruit Circles. Not as the "main player", but it works wonderfully as an "accent" to TFA Berry Crunch and brightens things up. A 4:1 ratio (Berry Crunch:Fruit Circles) is a great base.

3 points

by kirktalmost 10 years agoBring on the Diacetyl, baby

TFA's Peanut Butter, which I use in obscene quantities, also varies greatly from batch to batch. I've contacted them about it because I was convinced they'd changed the recipe, and was told they hadn't. My first 4 oz bottle was a nice tan color and smelled amazing, then I got a 4 oz that was nearly clear and smelled of dust, then back to the good stuff.

2 points

by contactclosurealmost 10 years ago

Huh. That might explain why I see people using it at 8% and it is way too strong for me at 4... mine is pretty dark.

2 points

by To0nMaNalmost 10 years ago

Bummer when it happens, four out of the few hundred flavorings i have, or used to have as i gave what i dont use to my nephews, were bad. Better success rate that when i used to buy ejuice.

Got damn the comments on that recipe are ridiculous..

3 points

by queuetuealmost 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

> Better success rate that when i used to buy ejuice.

This is a good point, I've probably tried 25 flavors of commercial juice and thrown out 5 of them.

> Got damn the comments on that recipe are ridiculous..

Oh, yeah, a lot of drama there.

1 points

by To0nMaNalmost 10 years ago

Pretty tarded.. I msg's Lars, i doubt he wants that kind of language on the site.

Gonna make that recipe with a couple alterations as i dont like berry crunch, probably use rice crunchies or the likes.

1 points

by mikarmalmost 10 years ago

All fruit circles needs is a good amount of cream and it becomes decent. Not great but not bad either.

1 points

by contactclosurealmost 10 years ago

You're on a roll! I'm sort of glad to hear this. I've had a few flavors that I chalked up to being bad. Everyone says it's good (FA Lime Cold Pressed) but mine ruins everything it touches. Or everyone seems to use ~5%, I use 0.05% and it still overpowers the mix (TFA Watermelon). Maybe I should grab a new bottle of cold pressed... Thank you Q.

1 points

by cloney12almost 10 years ago

Take it from someone who has ordered $100k+ in flavor concentrates over the past 2 years. I have gotten bunk flavors from TFA, Capella, FW, NO, LO, pretty much all of them. We don't order much FA so haven't experiences it from them. But everyone else, ya it's possible. All of those companies have been exceptional at rectifying the situation promptly as well.