This might be an obvious one, but one that eluded me until recently when single flavour testing all of my cream concentrates.
I don't mind the waiting, that just requires planning, but what does annoy me is having to shake stuff all the time and I do find if I shake mixes regularly, I do get a better result, especially in terms of how powerful any given flavour is. It might just be me, it might not, but that's my experience.
So anything to make the whole shaking process less arduous I am well up for.
I historically make any single flavour tests, or initial test batches of any new recipe, either mine or someone elses in 10ml LDPE bottles. If using glass, then I don't think this short cut will work.
I usually have 10 or more on the go at any one time and shaking them all individually is a PITA. Hobby paint shakers, shaker plates and all that... meh. Too much time, too much hassle.
Buy a standard sized Protein Shaker Bottle like all the gym bunnies use, like this one: Shaker Bottle
You can fit 10x 10ml LDPE bottles in the bottom, all upright as your first layer. They will be in tight enough so that you can shake the whole bottle without them coming loose so you are essentially shaking all 10 bottles in the time it takes to shake one. You can add further layers in to the bottle and probably get another 12 on the second layer. I haven't tried to get 3 layers in.
Might help those of you who batch mix and or single flavour test do so in a less arduous fashion.
Hope that helps
Thank you for this. I tend to make a ton of 10ml testers at a time when I go on a single-flavor testing binge. Shaker bottle seems like a great solution to picking up those bottles a handful at a time, shaking them, accidentally throwing one across the room, digging it out from under the couch, repeat, repeat.
How is that any better than using just a regular bottle? Isn't a "Shaker Bottle" just a normal bottle with a wire ball thing in it to break up any solids? And you would need to take the wire ball thing out to put juice bottles in anyway.
It isn't any better than using a single regular bottle. The point is when you have 10 or more 10ml test bottles you need to shake.
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Sticking them all in a single container takes up less space
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Having to shake a single container, rather than shake the 10 or more bottles takes a lot less time
The shaker bottle just happened to be something I had lying around that fits 10x LDPE bottles perfectly and has enough give in the side walls to grip the bottles inside so they don't fly around
I've heard that overshaking to the point where it fizzes up sorta like soda affects it in similar ways like going flat. Which....is sorta the point of steeping in a way. Letting some of that harshness go flat.
Are there certain types of flavorings that steep better if only shaken very occasionally?
I've no idea if I'm honest. I shake every day if I remember, but at least every second day as a minimum and I've found all flavours, regardless of profile end up being better for being shaken versus not shaking at all.
I wouldn't say I over shake them though. I merely shake for 5 or 10 seconds, just to help the homogenisation along
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