Setup: Velocity clone; dual twisted 28awg @ .55Ω; cotton wicks; 40 W
Testing: FA Cola @ 3%; Aged: 2 weeks
Flavor description: Generic grocery store cola taste with notes of citrus, kind of like it was mixed with Squirt, Sprite, or 7up. I can't say it tastes like Coke or Pepsi, but it is reminiscent of some sort of dark cola. Strangely, this flavor seems more "bubbly" than some champagne flavors I've tried.
Off-flavors: I'm getting a slight plastic taste, and the citrus note bothers me a bit simply because it seems like it shouldn't be there.
Throat hit: 7/10
Uses: Due to it's nature, this flavor will play into a soda type of mix very well. It could also be used to give a slight "carbonated" effect. I would stay under 3% or it could get perfumey.
Pairings: Booze flavors (Rum seems to be very common), preferred fruits (FA Black Cherry seems to be the most popular), Koolada.
Notes: This is a clear flavoring and seems really nice on your coils. As stated, I do taste a slight citrus note, but that may be due to how the flavor smells too. I'm really on the fence about the nature of this flavor, so I'm hoping for some added input in the comments.
Courtesy Wikipedia:
> Despite the name, the primary modern flavoring ingredients in a cola drink are sugar, citrus oils (from oranges, limes, or lemon fruit peel), cinnamon, vanilla, and an acidic flavorant.[2][3] Manufacturers of cola drinks add trace ingredients to create distinctively different tastes for each brand. Trace flavorings may include nutmeg and a wide variety of ingredients, but the base flavorings that most people identify with a cola taste remain vanilla and cinnamon. Acidity is often provided by phosphoric acid, sometimes accompanied by citric or other isolated acids. Coca-Cola's recipe and several others[which?] are maintained as corporate trade secrets.
I haven't tried FA's, but INW Kola is pretty damn gucci around 2-3% & with a dash (.2%) of EM to smooth it out as a shake & vape. Its like RC or some other off-brand cola. It still has that slight citrus note(as it should), but it's probably less pronounced than FA's, or mayhaps you're just sensitive to that particular citrus note.
WHY DOES FA MAKE EVERYTHING WITH A CITRUS NOTE.
IT MAKES ME TYPE IN CAPS IM SO ANNOYED.
Tastes pretty much like Sams Club Cola to me. I've used it to make a halfway decent Dr. Pepper recipe (still a WIP) just by changing the percentages of the ingredients in the HiC recipe that isn't quite right. It also works really well for lime coke and cuba libre, because then the very slight citrus off note in FA Cola becomes a feature rather than a bug.
when u hit Dr. Pepper spot on make an e-juice line and promote in Texas and Pennsylvania. you would sell out in 2 days
you're working on a doctor pepper juice as well? any interesting work there? I'm using a touch of kiwi, and it does me well. I have to check my notes but I believe less than 1%.
"Working on" would be a very generous description of what I've done. I haven't revisited that profile in at least six months and it definitely needs work still. All I've done is tried the well-known recipe by wllmc, made an attempt at improving on it, and tweaked that a few of times. It tastes kinda like flat store-brand Dr Pepper knockoff. Actually a really good tasting cola type thing but not quite DP. I tried a couple of different additions to it that failed and made notes to try some other things next time (none of which involved kiwi, that's interesting). Currently sitting at exactly the same ingredients as the wllmc recipe but slightly different %s: All FA: 3% Cola, 1.25% Black Cherry, 0.75% each Almond, Marzipan, Vanilla Bourbon, and Caramel.
What that really needs is something like a plum flavor (but not TFA Plum, tried that, yucky) and some kind of spice that I can't identify. Probably just a more beany vanilla??? Don't know. I never thought of DP as "spicy" until I tried it next to this vape but it kinda is. Also more fizzy fizz, if possible.
I go months without thinking about this profile and this is the second time this week my little bit of experience with it has been relevant. Weird how that happens.
I've been wanting to grab some cola flavors to play around with (Flavourart's and Inawera's in particular), especially since trying /u/NuclearVapes Nuke Q (best Cola juice I've had, and I don't particularly like soda vapes, but that shit's addicting; perfect balance of caramelly, soda notes and effervescence on the exhale. It even has that "burning" sensation you get from taking too big of a swig of soda and your nostrils feel like they're gonna melt off (in a good way)).
Anyway, I want to grab one or both of these coke flavors and work on a coke float or maybe a coke slurpee. Did you happen to pick up any "caramel" or "malty" notes? Or would you need to compensate with some flavorings of that nature to accomplish that true Coca-Cola flavor...?
It does have a "cola" taste, but it is rather weak and generic IMO. I'm sure you could accent it with some sort of caramel or butterscotch, but I would keep it pretty low so it doesn't totally cover up the existing cola note. I've read that the INW Kola is more authentic than the FA version, but haven't personally had the opportunity to try it yet. As for the "maltiness", I'm not sure what you had in mind, something like Brandy or Almond might work, but there also might be better options for that too.
This is the only flavour I've tried that I get any effervescence from.
It's also a really nice cola flavour, but it seems pretty thin to me. Stand-alone it's really lacking the syrupy sweetness to make it taste like real Coke, and Sucralose just doesn't do it.
TFA Dragon Fruit works nicely with it.
This is probably one of the better colas to give you that effervescence as well as a nice cola base to mix with. I don't particularly care for it as a stand-alone. I still need to try the INW Cola to compare, but it is great to mix with booze flavors among others.
One of my favorite recipes using this ingredient is Shaner's "Irish Thunder"