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First DIY from a recipe
submitted over 8 years ago by philisweatly

Got my shipment of flavors from a recipe that im sure many of you have used. "Mothers Unicorn Milk" from eliquidrecipes.com. My god what a difference using a recipe is! I tried (and failed) at a personal recipe with no prior experience with mixing. It's vapeable, but not good.

Shake and vape i can already taste the quality of this mix. I can't wait till it steeps! Thanks for all the tips in this community!

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by dougstonerover 8 years ago

Don't give up on your own recipes. It took a while before I made anything decent. I think what taught me the most was taking recipes online and making them first. Then, I would start to tweak them a little to understand how the flavors play together.

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by nakedzover 8 years ago

Congratz! ... don't give up on trying your own recipes - when you finally nail one down it's worth all the previous failures.

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by usx-tvover 8 years ago

Yeah don't give up on personal recipes. I've made numerous horrible juices.

Try your flavors. Mix up small 5ml batches of single flavors.

Inspire yourself from recipes, play with percentages, swap some flavors around.

In a few months, you'll get the hang of it and start being able to really make your own recipes. I'm close to finishing up my second one :)

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by BlazeDemBeatzover 8 years agoMentholatier

That was how I learned. Just mixing lots of good recipes. After a while you get a good grip on all the flavoring compounds you use and how they mesh together and different percentages. Before you know it you'll be able to slap some stuff together and it will just work.

3 points
 
by VAPORMARKover 8 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

For some unexplained reason, a brand new mixer will think 'I like these 4 flavors, I'll just mix them together and have something great!'. I did, and others will. That's when you learn you really don't know anything about mixing.

I doubt there was ever a baker that thought similarly. I know these 6 ingredients are in cake, I'll just toss some of each of them together and bake up a masterpiece!

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by philisweatlyover 8 years ago

Well, im a great home chef so I figured it would be easy. But not knowing what VG by itself tastes like and not ACTUALLY knowing what X brands vanilla cream ACTUALLY tastes like, it's really impossible to just wing it as far as flavors go with ejuice.

I KNOW what a yellow bell pepper tastes like and i KNOW what a sweet onion tastes like. But i forgot that i had no idea what these ejuice flavors really tastes like. Can't figure out the flavor by name alone.

It was a tip from this subreddit that i did not follow and i hope my mistake will at least help one other new mixer.

Happy mixing!

2 points
 
by Punk_Says_Fuck_Youover 8 years ago

Try the apple fritter recipe on the same site. If you sort. Y ratings, its only a few down. It's good.

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by philisweatlyover 8 years ago

Thanks for all the positive words! My issue is, specifically with trying new recipes, is im heading out on the road for a year in my RV. I made a post about it a few weeks back.

Im just trying to find 3 flavors i love, batch a shit ton of em, and roll with those. First, i love this mothers unicorn milk. Now i need to find a caramel coffee juice and one other creamy flavor to batch.

3 points
 
by DIY-Eliquidover 8 years ago

Your juice will get better with time, also try simple 1-2 ingredient recipes to see what you like and dont like from each flavor. I have a nice coffee recipe that I cant guarantee that you will like but check it out when you have some free time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGkAg6bi4UE

3 points
 
by Zermachtover 8 years ago

Salted caramel+Vienna cream go great in coffee.

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by philisweatlyover 8 years ago

What coffee should i use?

1 points
 
by Zermachtover 8 years ago

I like kona but it's strong as fuck.

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by TrueTKOover 8 years ago

Now, if you like that recipe ... Try Mustard Milk - read the reviews and go to the version with 0.5%-1% black cherry ... works very well. steep for 1-2 weeks and there ya go. And, congrats ...

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