The title is my question - I'm thinking about starting out, but I have the feeling that just getting the flavors that appeal to me will leave me lacking. When you started out what flavors, that you never considered using, became surprisingly important and useful?
Edit: Wow, thanks for the all the suggestions !
INW Cactus. I use it in anything fruity and it always seems to improve it. So good.
TFA Vanilla Swirl. I came for the vanilla, but I stayed for the swirl.
I wish this flavor worked as well for me as it seems to for others. I don't hate it, but I cannot taste it in anything. I've tried at high percentages, low percentages, standalone, and with other vanillas- but nothing.
INW Cactus, INW Lemon and INW Lime.
I love citrus vapes. Especially lemon and lime. Outside of bakeries lemon and lime require juiciness. Enter cactus.
You can say goodbye to their lemon though... They had to reformulate it. It's my favorite lemon concentrate by far, hope the new version is in the same vein.
Vanilla bean ice cream tfa
Heard so many mixed reviews on it saying it tasted peppery or off.
Bought 10 ml tester. Had to immediately buy a 120ml bottle and that is half gone after 2 months. It works in everything. I also have 120ml standalone ready at all times.
Tiramisu FA
Damn this is spectacular in small doses. Adds the perfect coffee note to mixes. Never anticipated it being this good
VBIC is super divisive that way. Either you taste pepper, or it's an incredibly authentic vanilla bean ice cream flavour. Glad you're in the boat that gets to enjoy it.
Rich Cinnamon. I had never vaped cinnamon before because I don't care for eating it much. Took the plunge just so I could make RuntDastardly's Dutchie. Holy shit, was my mind blown or what. Most of my best recipes have Rich Cinnamon in them now. It's magical. Since then, I've tried pretty much every other cinnamon, and none of them compare in the slightest. Especially anything CAP with cinnamon. Ralph.
aww, you got to make dutchie? Lucky! I will never be able to experience that recipe because...inw waffle.
Aww, I'm sorry! I have had a very long love affair with Dutchie. To this day it's the best thing I've ever vaped. I don't mean to rub it in; it's more to sing Runt's praises. It truly was a masterpiece. Who knows though. Maybe one of these days they'll drop a kickass v2. Or someone else like RF could drop something even better! It's a shame that it was so damn irreplaceable. Of course it couldn't have been a cream or strawberry flavor to get yanked. Psh. Ah well, we can still cook stroopwaffles!
Can you describe the cinnamon? Is it like cinnamon oil/candy/from the spice rack? Is it sharp or earthy, high notes, basey, etc?
The hype is real. This is the best cinnamon flavoring i have tried. Best way I can describe it is, take CDS by Capella, now dial the danish down a lot, make the cinnamon more fresh, now give a little bite with a good hint of spice. Finally, make it 100x more concentrated.
It's like a spice rack cinnamon. A rich, bakery spice with subtle hints of nutmeg and something else that's delicious. It's wildly authentic. You can easily make this the main profile of a recipe, it can be an accent, or it can fall in between. A tenth of a percent will drastically change its place in the recipe. It can be a little abrasive at first; it's super concentrated. After a couple days it finds its place and does its wondrous job. It isn't harsh at all. Nice and smooth. It smells warm. Like.. A warm kitchen at Christmas. It's a very full flavor. Isn't watery, vague, or subtle in any way, shape, or form, but you can manipulate it if you use a light touch. If you search for "Rich Cinnamon" you'll find a couple flavor reviews that are more comprehensive than I could ever be.
If I quit vaping right now I would still buy this shit so I could sniff it.
It's a sweetish, woody, straight up cinnamon. No candy, no bakery. Very strong. Like 1 drop per 10ml strong. I use 2-3 drops in a cup of coffee with cream and you can definitely taste it.
Tfa huckleberry FA apricot
Please tell me more about how you use the TFA huckleberry. I've tried this flavor in a few different mixes and haven't really found a good place for it. I've been using it between 0.5%-1% for berry blends and generally at 1% for cream mixes. At those levels it's still a pretty palate pounding flavor to me. Somewhat overwhelming and slightly soapy aftertaste to me.
Acetyl Pyrazine, I thought it will collect dust at the back of my collection. I have been using it every time I mix. Once I understood what it does in a recipe, I have been religiously using it's special properties to make pure magic happen in my recipes.
Care to elaborate?
Acetyl Pyrazine (the great texturizer) can be used in a 100 ways, but mainly it acts to give texture to certain flavors, and help separate them from creams and other flavorings in a mix. Some say it's grainy or taste like corn chips. For me, I love how at low concentrations it prevents some flavorings from becoming syrupy and muddled and gives them more character.. Try AP+Nuts, AP+Cereal, AP+Chocolate, AP+Cookie, AP+Milk (Granola), and ofcourse AP + Tobaccos. AP is a big topic that I might tackle in a video one day.
That's probably my most hated flavor I have... I can taste it in anything, even at 0.25%. To me for some reason it gives juice the taste of bad oxidized nicotine.
I bought it for cereal vapes. Quickly learned I hated it.... which sucks cause it's description and purpose was exactly what I was looking for...... my taste buds just severely disagreed
TFA graham cracker clear, mostly because it's authentic and just mixes well. It took me a long time before I bought it, and now I'm kicking myself for not using it before.
On the more subtle side, TFA red oak. I saw someone on here recommend it to add some complexity to a cheesecake recipe, and I can't believe how quickly it's become a staple "can't quite tell what it is" flavour.
I made some bourbon, honey wood tobacco, vanilla custard, and Earl grey tea cus my buddy said it would be good. Boy was he right. I just always made sure to keep the Earl grey under a percent. He called it Dapper Dan. Still my favorite flavor but, my girlfriend hates the smell of it.
Yup, teas and florals like lavender and rose smell like mildew second-hand. My brother is super into them and it's pretty bad.
CAP spearmint. I got it because the wife loves mint, I've never seen it in a recipe either, but I created my own recipe called "voodoo juice" which is a fruit combo with a touch of spearmint. its amazing and my friends are pestering me to make a batch for them.
Recipe?
From: April 2017 Recipe Thread
Voodoo Juice by /u/sirfletchalot
- CAP Juicy Peach 6%
- CAP Spearmint 6%
- TFA Ripe Banana 2%
- CAP Vanilla Custard V1 0.5%
- CAP Sweet Strawberry 2%
- TFA French vanilla Deluxe 2%
CAP Cinnamon Danish Swirl and TFA Vanilla Bean ice Cream.
I had originally bought FW VBIC, a 4oz and I think it sucks...So it took me forever to buy the TFA, which is way better.
Hows the TFA differ from the FW.
I've only had CAP which tastes like thick air. Then I got FW and it's very nice and sweet....still seems muddy though.
TFA Ballsweat.
I like TFA Sweet Cream as well!
I hate it (still), but found if I reduce it to 0.5% in a given recipe it still does what it's supposed to do without overpowering. Now I ran out and can't bring myself to buy more because I still hate it. Wish there was a good substitute!