Notes
Only second to sucralose, EM is a most popular sweetner. A lot of DIY'ers scorn the use of it and vendors use it in a lot of mixes. If you want added sweetness to your mixes, get some and test it out. Ethyl Maltol is the other main ingredient in cotton candy besides sugar.
Use it like you'd use sweetener in a drink or salt in food.
Same as Cotton Candy sold by FW, TFA and Cap.
If your a stealth vaper, I'd leave this one out. I go to dive bars, clubs and concerts/shows occasionally and I can pick this smell out like a bloodhound.
"10% Pure Ethyl Maltol crystals (EM) from The Flavor Apprentice (TFA) dissolved in propylene glycol. EM is a very popular flavor enhancer used in making e-juice. It helps round out flavors, reduce sharp notes and adds sweetness as you add more in your mix. Check out the ECF and other online forums for great discussions and recommendations about how to use EM to enhance your juice!" - BCV
Nose Neat:
Muted cotton candy.
Flavor Description:
Sweet. Cotton candy.
Off-Taste:
Slightly bland end note.
Pairings:
You name it....
Position In The Recipe:
Background. Added sweetness upfront nearly all the way to the end of exhale.
Mouth Feel
Medium. Coats the back of your mouth.
Throat hit:
Slight.
Relatable Flavors:
Cotton candy.
Uses:
Enhancer. Sweetener.
Rating:
N/A.
Setup:
Velocity Clone V1.Single Coil SS 26g. .4Ω. 30 Watts. Cotton Wick
Prep:
.5% - 1% @ 50% VG 0 Nic
Suggested Steep Time
SNV standalone. Varies with recipe.
Suggested Percentages:
.2% - 3% mixed. 3% - 5% standalone.
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Am I the only person who can't taste EM?
All it does it mute juices to me.
Why do people scorn ethyl maltol?
Just because vendors tend to use too much of it and some say it mutes flavors. Which in a way is kinda the purpose. It sweetens. Tones and rounds everything down.
I try to avoid it's use altogether in new recipes because it tends to kill all flavors for a while, not just the juice you are currently vaping. Check out the masters tips and tricks and see what it has to say about EM:
> EM is also known as Cotton Candy. Often referred to as a sweetener, though it really isn't. At low percentages, around 0.5-1% it adds body, moisture, and reduces sharp notes. It rounds off the flavors, and brings them out a bit. In other words, it reduces flavor intensity. 1.5-2.5% it significantly reduces flavor intensity. After vaping liquids with very high EM-content, many experience a distinct loss of flavor in anything else you vape, for an hour or more. Around 8-10%, it gives off a distinct burned sugar/cotton candy flavor, but without the sweetness of real cotton candy.