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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: PUMPKIN!
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FLV Pumpkin bread is more of a rye type bread with a light spice note on the tail end. It's really dry so it definitely needs some other flavors to help out with the moisture along with the spice flavor.
Pumpkin spice is made up of 5 different spices.
Cinnamon
Ginger
Nutmeg
Allspice
Clove
FLV Pumpkin Spice is a pretty good flavor. I haven't gotten around to messing with it very much but it seems faithful to what it is suppose to be. It's not very heavy on any of the spices but it tastes like throwing the previously mentioned mixture into a bottle. The nutmeg is probably the most noteable if I was going to single one out. Overall a great way to add that basic bitch flavor into anything you might desire!
Warning, this flavor does require your warmest pair of uggs and a Venti Pumpkin Spiced Latte from your closest Starbucks before you can start to use it.
Would you say flv pumpkin spice is one of the best pumpkin concentrates you've tried? Pumpkin spice pie sounds reaaaallly appealing to mix up right now haha.
I have never used it, but I have a 10mL of TPA Pumpkin and I'll be testing it soon. I don't really like pumpkin flavoring but I had a few people ask for a pumpkin vape for the holidays, so here we are lol.
That one is weird. You could make the case that it gives a pumpkinesque body to otherwise bodiless fall Spice flavors, but the flavoring itself is literally just vanillin, acetoin, and butanoic acid. That's it.
I got it on a whim. I usually check the product's MSDS before buying new stuff. I went to 4 different vendors and TPA Pumpkin was the only plain pumpkin flavoring I came across.
If you're referring to http://shop.perfumersapprentice.com/componentlist.aspx?sku_search=342431
That's not necessarily all the ingredients. Just the ones that showed up in the GCMS. There can be more trace ingredients.
tfa pumpkin is ok, but hs pumpkin pie is better for a plain pumpkin addition, tfa yam also works wonders when wanting to fill out those spice flavors with some sweet starch that resembles pumpkin.
AiV had a pumpkin juice that I remember being pretty good. I wish I knew what flavoring they used.
The only pumpkin flavoring I've used is NN (can't remember what it's called right now), and it was super strong and overpowering. It was definitely more of a pumpkin spice, very heavy on the nutmeg I believe (or some spice, not cinnamon, maybe allspice). I tried it with cream, tea, tobacco, coffee, and cookie in very low percentages and never really got it to work. I ended up giving up on it last fall, but maybe it's time for another go, keeping it even lower in a mix (like .15 or so).
I'm at a loss of how to make pumpkin work for my profile of no-bakery/no-dairy. Maybe with some sort of a tobacco, maybe a Turkish? (I really need to build up a collection of tobacco flavors to work with, I think.) A Pumpkin Schnapps, perhaps, but anyone got any idea how that would be doable?
Actually, I just realized what I was forgetting : pumpkin ale. That should be possible.
Pumpkin, booze and fruit seems like it might be a winner to me. Maybe a pumpkin and (bourbon soaked) cherry pie.
Edit: I've never used a bourbon or cherry flavour. Can anyone suggest a nice bourbon, and maybe a rich fruity cherry (not a luminous cocktail cherry)?
You're looking at a combination of TFA Kentucky Bourbon and FLV Bourbon for a nice bourbon flavor, along with FA Whiskey if you really want it to have that alcohol bite to it.
FA Oak Wood or TFA Red Oak might do in a pinch for the FLV Bourbon but FLV Bourbon does that charred oak barrel so well it's really miles ahead.
TFA Brown Sugar, JF Dulce De Leche, other caramel flavors also do very well in bourbon profiles and might be necessary for a fancy and extra sweet bourbon.
I love what TFA Toasted Marshmallow does to TFA Kentucky Bourbon as well but it's not really bourbon anymore at that point, just something so delicious it's downright sexy.
Just realized you're trying to soak a pie in bourbon. If that's all you're trying to do with it, if you're not trying to actually make a bourbon vape, then TFA Kentucky Bourbon might be all you need.
I like bourbon.
This may be leaning on the bakery side, but...
What about sweet/caramelized pumpkin?
See this for a culinary reference. It's pretty much roasted pumpkin with brown sugar (which might get caramelized), and spices like clove and a touch of anise.
There is no pastry and no cream involved.