Thanks to the few who joined in last week's Flavor of The Week discussion about Passion Fruit.
As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a flavor and its many uses. And it's also to have FUN!
Post recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using that flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic.
This week's flavor is: Blueberry and Bilberry
Past FOTW posts can be found here
Prepare yourselves, next week's FOTW will be: Blackcurrant
The week after that will be: Apricot
The week after that will be: Papaya
The week after that will be: Pistachio
The week after that will be: Puddings
The week after that will be: Walnut
The week after that will be: Cinnamon
The week after that will be: Oddball Berries (Huckleberry, Boysenberry, Lingonberry, Saskatoon, Acai, Goji)
The week after that will be: Shisha.... INW Shisha everything. How to use them, when to use them, best recipes with shisha flavors.
The week after that will be: Dulce De Leche
The week after that will be: Grape
The week after that will be: Oats/Grains
The week after that will be: Frostings/Icings
The week after that will be: Waffles
The week after that will be: Pandoro & Panetonne
The week after that will be: ??? You tell me. Please take this opportunity to suggest one that interests you (or send me a PM to do that). Otherwise I'm going have to resort to picking one of these from /u/tranceinate: pumpkin, pasta, paprika, parfait, pastry, pesto, pickle, potato, praline, pretzel, pulled pork, pizza, pancake, pie, pie crust, pie filling, peppers, plantain. And from /u/Turbonatorcharged: Butter Chicken, French baguette.
Hello folks. I have come here today to bring you a message. A message of bright hope and flavor from someone who cares about you all. Do you find yourselves lost sometimes, searching for the light in the darkness of blueberry chaos? Well I have just the thing for you. Let me introduce you to my dear friend the Holy Trinity of Blueberry! This will hold up through even the most fickle of bakery flavors. If you want to brighten the berries up a bit I also suggest adding a half percent of either CAP Italian Lemon Sicily or FA Lemon Sicily. Without further ado...
**TFA Blueberry Extra 3.0 %
**FW Blueberry 2.0 %
**FA Bilberry 0.5 %
I usually keep the percentages the same through different recipes, though sometimes I will bump up Extra and Blueberry one percent, while keeping Bilberry at a half percent.
Praise the lord!
This apparently works for ice cream too... I haven't tried it personally but I had a request so I threw Blueberry Trinity (with the CAP Italian Lemon Sicily brightener) in with some VBIC and received a rave review. And /u/concreteriver used a modified Trinity in his new Blue Wolf recipe; it was tempting enough that I actually ordered his flavor pack yesterday because I'm missing 4/5ths of the ingredients for that Danish base.
DIYEJ Holy Trinity of Blueberry Stone
> by /u/EdibleMalfunction
- TFA Blueberry Extra 54.55/100
- FW Blueberry 36.36/100
- FA Bilberry 9.09/100
Warning lights just flash in my head when I see flavor %s that high. I know this is you trying to save time later on but it still makes me cringe
Edit: thanks for the downvote. Just making an observation...
Warning lights go off in my head when I see stones because even the creator of the Blueberry Trinity likes to tinker with the Holy %s a bit here and there. It's just more flexible not to make stones and be tied down to those ratios which might not be optimal for every recipe IMO.
I want to try this really bad because I have so many blueberry concentrates and can't ever get a good blueberry flavor... but FA Bilberry scares me because the second the cap comes off either of the two bottles I have it smells like 100% cat urine. I have two full bottles of it now because I purchased a second one thinking I got a bad one or something the first time.
It's a pungent smell. But it's tiny place is relevant to bring out the skin of the blueberry. Don't be afraid.
I will try it. I am not doubting the trinity! I was worried it was similar to the strawberry non-tasters only in my case bilberry cat piss instead of the delicious blueberry everyone else seems to get from it. Would probably wreck my day if it tasted the way it smells when I inhaled it.
Have you ever had issues with FW Blueberry tasting burnt on its own? Taste wise, I love it- it seems to pair great with bakeries. My issue is that it burns if I pull any longer than like 4-5 seconds. At first, I wrote it off to hotspots on my coils, but I've tested this a million times, and it's definitely FW Blueberry. I also thought maybe I wasn't letting it steep long enough, but the same thing happens even after a 4+ week steep. It's the same taste as burnt sweetener, but AFAIK, there's no sweetener in the flavor.
It bums me out because I love this flavor, but it's not very vapable.
I don't typically take hits as long as that so I don't know that I've ever experienced that issue
That's strange, I use FW Blueberry in the majority of my mixes. I vape at around 180 watts with a dripper and I take super long pulls. Ive never noticed it tasting burnt.
I'm going to order another bottle from a different supplier; I'm starting to wonder if I got a dud.
I can tell the taste is spot on, and I like it. It just burns in all mixes I use it in, whether it be with other fruits or bakeries, and even as a standalone. I threw it in the back of my drawer out of disappointment, but I want to give it another go.
I generally prefer tobaccos and bakeries to fruits, but I do enjoy blueberry.
Got the missing Bilberry in this weekend. This works so well it brings a tear to me eye. Made 100mls of stone (adding some lemon sicily and half a percent of sweetener) so I can quikly do ~~10~~ ~~9~~ ~~8~~ ~~7~~ 6 x 10ml variations. (EDIT: Blimey! 40mls have gone MIA. This stuff is tasty and addictive. Long time since I enjoyed something this much that doesn't have any creams or custards)
Does this hold up as a solo blueberry juice man in your opinion or is it more for integration in recipes as a component?
How much Lemon Sicily should I add to this one? I want some blueberry flavors in my life
I hope this is okay to post as it is a Blueberry cookie, but mostly a cookie? If not, I'll pull it down and post it in the monthly recipe thread. A friend of mine wanted me to make her a blueberry sugar cookie vape, so I started working on one a while back. She said it's her favorite vape of all time! And I'll admit, it's pretty damn good. I haven't posted it on AllTheFlavors publicly yet. Gonna do that soon, I guess.
Bloobies - A soft sugar cookie with almond bits and blueberry frosting on top.
Flavor | % ---|--- FW Blueberry | 5% FA Billberry | .5% CAP Sugar Cookie | 5% TFA Brown Sugar | 0.5% FA Almond | 0.25% FA Meringue | 0.5% FA Vienna Cream | 1%
(Optional) Cap Super Sweet 0.5% if you gotta have it in there YOU MONSTER
Steep time on this is pretty short, a couple days for Vienna Cream to get that funk out.
Lemme break this down:
Sugar Cookie/Brown Sugar/Almond - This creates our optimal cookie. Sugar Cooke lays the base, Brown Sugar sweetens it up a bit and adds a "fresh baked" note. Almond gives the cookie a bit of bite and also helps to convey the "almond bits" note.
Blueberry/Billberry - I wanted the Blueberry to be just under the Sugar Cookie note, but still very prominent. I wanted it to fight for dominance in this recipe.
Vienna Cream/Meringue - Vienna Cream was kind of interesting to me. I wanted a "smooth" frosting. I tried Sweet Cream and I tried Whipped Cream/Marshmallow but Vienna Cream just hit the right notes for me. And meringue is well... it's just magical at bringing that frosted note.
Does it have Blueberry somewhere in there? Then of course you can post it here, silly. Post it in the monthly thread, too, for posterity.
That recipe description "a soft sugar cookie with almond bits and blueberry frosting on top" sounds tantalizing to me.
But, you put 0.5% CAP Sugar Cookie; did you mean 5.0% CAP Sugar Cookie?
I sure did! Fixing this now. Thanks :)
Every1 knows about FW Blueberry, im here to mention some that play nicely when layering my blueberry. FlV blueberry, syrupy sweet blueberry at .25-.5% with FW. FLv blueberry muffin.. if going for a more "cooked" style in bakeries nd such. I hear a lot that probably dont agree with me when i find cap blueberry jam tasty. NoT so much alone but when mixed with FW BB i get an airy almost marshmallowy blueberry flavor.
I recently have given FLV blueberry another chance and have been enjoying it. Not as a standalone BB. I agree it pairs nicely with FW.
I have CAP Blueberry Jam but, because of people seeming to not enjoy it, never even bothered testing. I'll have to give it a go.
And because timing is everything:
Blue Ball-Gag
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FA Bilberry 0.5 %
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FW Blueberry 2.5 %
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TFA Blueberry Extra 3.5 %
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FA Fuji 1.5 %
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FA Red Summer 2.5 %
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FA Red Touch 2.5 %
Red touch? More like bad touch.
So maybe not a straight up blueberry, but a notable blueberry flavor is INW Blue Dwarf. This one to me is kind of like a Blueberry Gum, if that makes sense. It's kind of light on blueberry but is intriguingly delicious. I've only really used it in one recipe to try it out, but I really liked it and feel it lets the Blue Dwarf Shine.
Ingredient|%| :--|:--| INW Blue Dwarf|2%| FW Blueberry|2%| INW Anton Apple|1%| FLV Cream|1%|
Get some extra Blueberry from FW, a little bit of added tartness from Antoine, and some cream to smooth it out with the FLV (although recently I've been using FLV Sweet Cream @ 0.75% in sub for my FLV Cream)
I mixed this recipe and it is great. Blue Dwarf messes with my head every time I go to create with it though. I pick it up, give a quick sniff, put it down, stroke my beard, and suffer from an acute amnesiac reaction before inevitably moving onto something else.
Lol, yeah it doesn't really offer much up as far as possibilities go since that gum note is so odd. The only reason I thought of doing that pairing was because I had gotten those 3 flavors in at the same time and figured some cream makes everything better haha. Glad you liked it!
I have found when single flavour testing Blueberries that they are not that exciting at all, and seem very weak. However, once you mix them with other things the magic seems to happen.
I have also found that they seem to take 1-2 weeks to really come out in a mix, which seems strange for a fruit.
http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/758551/Classified%20%22KEEN%22%20Clone%20V5
TFA Apple - 5%
FA Bilberry - 0.5%
TFA Blueberry Extra - 2%
TFA Cotton Candy - 1%
FA Kiwi - 5%
One of my best recipes to date, it's a real balancing act, blueberry forward, but only just. It is a clone of "KEEN" by Classified e-liquids, and was in the first batch of juice that I bought. I made this before I had FW Blueberry, so I may tinker some more with it in the future.
Blue Dream
FW Unicorn Vomit 3
FW Blueberry 1.25
TFA Bavarian Cream 0.5
Tastes like a tangy blue dumdum sucker, very weird profile I've made but I've sold over 60 bottles of it so people seem to love it. It's my go to easy mix.
What does Unicorn Vomit taste like?
I've mixed it by itself I really don't like it at all. It's a weird flavor. It has that perfumey edge and feels like a bunch of odd fruits were just tossed into a bottle together. Like mixing tons of paint colors turns to brown. I would toss it in a category with jungle juice, tfa silly Rabbit, rainbow sherbet, the perfume edge of FW hard candy. Etc.
Some ppl like those flavors but that's my opinion.
April Moon-ish (inspired by Alice in Vapeland's)
0.75% FA Bilberry
2% AIV Apricot (extract) (can use 1% TFA Apricot also)
0.25% TFA Meringue
1% TFA Whipped Cream
Favorite Blueberries: TFA Blueberry Wild or Extra and FA Bilberry. I usually mix the TFA's together, similar to mixing both TFA Strawberry Ripe and Cap Sweet Strawberry. Bilberry I will use alone if I want a "darker" blueberry. TFA Wild provides a bit of earthiness that some people do not like. I obviously do. The TFA Extra provides a little of the sweetness and somewhat candy note. Together, they balance well.
what are some good cream pairings for blueberry? FLV cream gives me a kind of off spice flavor with blueberries and FA fresh cream gets lost. Ive tried LA cream cheese icing with a little success
Are you a fan of yogurt mixes?
actually never tried one ive been just a little bit scared of them
How much FLV Cream are you using?
1%. it tastes creamy in other mixes
Just checking.. That shouldn't be too much. I've never tried it with blueberries, could be they just don't get along. Sorry I'm not much help. However, you might have helped me because I was thinking of making of /u/CheebaSteeba's Sweet Strawberry Cream with /u/EdibleMalfunction's Blueberry Trinity replacing the Strawberry Trinity in that recipe. Now sounds like that's not such a great idea after all. Might try it with CAP Vanilla Whipped Cream in place of the FLV Cream.
I have been a HUGE fan of fw blueberry lately. My roommate wanted a blueberry and banana smoothie so I though I would share my recipe.
guess.
Blue Nana Smoothie - I am horrible at coming up with names for recipes
Flavor | % ---|--- FW Blueberry | 2.5% TFA Banana Cream | 2% SA Banana Flambe | 1% SA Cream Chantilly | 1% TFA Greek Yogurt | 3%
SA=Solub Arome
This is my all day flavor and has been for a couple of years. I make this by the gallon! Really needs at least a week to steep, but continues to improve the longer it ages. The last gallon I made lasted over 6 months and got better every day!
All Day Blues
Flavor | % ---------|---------- Bilberry (FA) | 1.5% Blueberry Extra (TPA) | 3.5% Cheesecake (LA) | 5% Vanillin 10% (TPA) | 2%
Man, everyone has Blueberry Extra.... and here I went I bought Blueberry Wild instead by accident.
I've recently been working with WF Blueberry Smoothie. It's a decent offering. A lot brighter than some other blueberries. Adding .5% FLV BB really seems to boost it into a very pleasant flavor.
Getting a blueberry where you want, sometimes requires going outside the box. Flavors like black currant and huckleberry, if layered correctly, can help a blueberry become a little less linear. And can help make it seem less artificial.