Alright bustas, gonna keep it short tonight, because I am two whiskey cokes deep and I ain't gonna get deep with y'all on a recipe I've already released. But my V1 has recently gotten some hype on ATF and I mixed it up after not having it in a while and realized it really isn't that great, at least to my standards. So back to some tinkering, and now it's definitely more balanced, more delicious, and something quick and easy to mix up if you're trying to hold on to some of those bright summertime vapes as we enter the fall season. Recipe and notes below.
Green Cream II Recipe - ATF Link
- FA Fuji at 2.75%
- FA Pear at 2%
- CAP Sugar Cookie at 3%
- JF Bavarian Cream at 1.75%
- TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream at 2.5%
- CAP Vanilla Cupcake at 1.5%
- TFA Toasted Marshmallow at 1%
Flavour Notes
FA Fuji / FA Pear - so quite obviously the "green" in this recipe, as well as the top note for everything going on. In V2, I cut the percentage on pear in half because I realized that a lot of the weirdness in V1 was coming from a 4% on that concentrate. At that high of a percentage, there is definitely some weird chalkiness, dryness, and overall unpleasantness to the flavour. Dropping it down to 2% gives just enough of the juiciness and sweetness from the pear, as well as a few accents of the caramelized "brown spots" on a ripe pear. FA Fuji is here at 2.75% to give an overall brightness. As I've said before, Fuji is one of the most versatile fruit flavours I've come across. At low percentages, you get strictly a honeycrisp type note. At higher percentages, you notice more of that green apple tartness and bite. Right in the middle, absolutely perfect.
CAP Sugar Cookie / TFA VBIC / JF Bavarian Cream - nothing much has changed here except for the implementation of JF Bavarian Cream. Ever since I picked up this concentrate, it has been a staple in any cream base I've created. It is literally perfect. Smooth, a nice creamy mouthfeel, and some notes of caramel, sugar, and some light malt or milk flavour. Adding this to the VBIC helps boost the vanilla into a more truly vanilla bean flavour, with hints of that dark bourbon vanilla extract type flavour. As always, CAP Sugar Cookie is the perfect binding agent in any fruit and cream recipe. Sweet enough to hold its own and give those creams an extra bump, thick enough to keep the fruit flavours from fading with a steep.
CAP Vanilla Cupcake / TFA Toasted Marshmallow - these act as the accents. CAP VC works so well to add even more of a thick, sugary mouthfeel, while the toasted marshmallow really plays nicely with the JF Bavarian Cream to boost those caramel notes. Furthermore, those brown spots in a ripe pear? Yeah, TFA Toasted Marshmallow helps make those little flavour bombs even more enjoyable and noticeable in the recipe.
So there you have it. An updated version of one of my more popular and simple recipes. Nothing too crazy here, but it's a solid ADV. One thing I notice with this one is the experience of the vape. This is my first recipe where the majority of the flavour actually comes from the exhale and the aftertaste. You get heavy cream notes on the inhale, but all of those fruit and subtle intricacies of the bavarian cream and toasted marshmallow make themselves known in the exhale. I'm currently pairing this with a whiskey and coke and it's mixing up beautifully. I think straight bourbon would be another great pairing, as well as any sort of milk stout. Something heavy, dark, and sweet.
I'm happy I revisited this, as I think it definitely sits up there as one of my best. Mix it up, let me know what you think, and keep being completely ruthless dick heads.
Cheers.
For some reason I can't taste apple or pear in this. Which is strange because there normally very pervasive flavors to my pallet . though it does manage to somehow taste green. All in all very strange, in a good way.
Bavarian cream has maple in it, no caramel, silly. ;p