🏷️ "Comestible flavour on a flavoursome sesame taste with a hint of nuts." Suggested dosage: 2 until 5%. - www.inawera.com |
• Add 3-5% - inaweraflavours.com
"A strong toasted crunchy sesame flavour. A nice savoury one for something different." -vapable.com
10/21/2017
SF Test: 3% | 60/40 | Wasp Nano | 316L SS Fused Clapton | Japanese Org.Cotton
►First Impressions (24 Hour Steep ✔)
• Knuckle Test: Smell & Taste
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Aroma Intensity - Strong | Warm Roasted Sesame Seeds
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Mod Sweetness | Roasted Sesame | Light "Warming" Alcohol & Chalky Note*
10/30/2017 (1.2 Week Steep ✔)
► Smell / Taste / Feel
• Tester Bottle Aroma: Unchanged ✓
Aroma Intensity - Strong | Warm Roasted Sesame Seeds
• Knuckle: Mod Sweetness | Roasted Sesame | Slight ↓ in "Chalky" Note | Light "Warming" Alcohol remains
• Vape: Flavor Intensity - Strong | Subtle Sweetness | "Warm" Roasted Sesames Seeds Coated with Mild Alkaline/ Alcohol | Mild "Smoky" Nut-Like Flvr
---| Med Body | Semi-Drying Coated Mouth Feel
► Notes
• Off Notes: Mild Smoky or "Charred" Flvr coated over Sesame (Off Putting?)
11/06/2017 (2.2 Week Steep ✔)
► Smell / Taste / Feel
• Tester Bottle: Unchanged from Wk 1 ✓
• Knuckle: Overall Unchanged from Wk 1✓
---- Mod Sweetness | Roasted Sesame with Light "Warming" Alcohol remains | *Chalky Flvr - Gone
• Vape: Unchanged from Wk 1 ✓
► Notes
• Off Notes: "Smoky / Charred" Flvr = Lighter
11/12/2017 ( 3.1 Week Steep ✔) FINAL 🥇
► Smell / Taste / Feel
• Tester Bottle: Unchanged from Wks 1 & 2 ✓
Strong | Warm Roasted Sesame Seeds
• Knuckle: Mod Sweetness | Natural, Smooth Roasted Sesame
• Vape: Flavor Intensity - Mod.Strong | Light Sweetness | Warm Lightly Roasted Sesame Seeds with hint of "Smoked" Flvr
---- Med.Light Body | Smooth & Soft Drying Mouth Feel
► Notes
• Off Notes: Subtle Smokey Flavor (Not Off Putting) Similar to Pie Crust (TPA)
✅ Wk 3 - Alcohol & Chalky Notes Gone
• Use: Bakery, Pastry, Candy | Nuts, Fruits, Dairy & Creams
Estimate
► Usage: .5 - 1% min | 1.5 - 2% med | 3 - 3.5% max
Mix: 1.25 - 2.5%
⭐ 5★'s out of 5
Your reviews are great but I must ask, do you test at a single percentage? Because from my experience INW Sesame can take over everything if it's above 1.5% in a recipe, and 0.75% is more than enough for me
Hello Kotsosss,
Yes. In some cases I will test at different % or even cut a SF test in 1/2 by adding PG / VG if it is too strong or if the flavor seems to be warped. However, most of the time I will use close to the Median or Maximum % recommended for a SF test by the manufacturer (in order to achieve "full flavor"). I then compare and contrast if any other SFTing percentages are noted on other vendor websites.
I don't have a delicate tongue and I normally use my concentrates at a higher % in my mixes dependent upon the manufacturer. So these Mixing % are what I would most likely use in a mix.
Would you be willing to add your mixing percentages to this thread since you have more experience with the flavor in a mix? Or would you rather have me place your notes in this thread underneath the "Estimate" percentages I have listed for this SF test?
Oh! I forgot it also heavily depends on what the goal of the recipe is. So In the "Estimate" % section in my notes I will place the "min" I would personally use them in a mix in order to taste that concentrates flavor properties.
No need to edit a great review, after all taste is subjective and everyone has a different process. I'm not a super-taster either but I usually test INW at .5 1,5% and 3,5% and if the .5 test is very weak on the first week I fill it to make it a 5% tester. What I've learned after almost a year is that their recommended percentages are probably made up while writing the description and that most of them have akward notes that take very long to steep out at high percentages. Anyway, keep up the good work with these :D
Hi /u/kotsosss
Awww Thank you. I'm trying my best. I know that you among other seasoned mixers take the time and effort to SFT flavors at various percentages. As you've stated this is definitely beneficial so that you have a better knowledge of what is lacking, or what is amplified for the concentrate.
I just take a roll at the dice and try my best to get the Median or close to the Max % based on research I've done online. I will tell you, I've missed the mark and have suffered the consequences a few times, when it came to estimating the SF testing %. This happens when the % is not listed on the manufacturer or vendor website or when I go against the advice of the veteran mixers like yourself, who've had experience with a certain concentrate.
Case in point I tested:
- Pie Crust (TFA) 4% & Fried Dough (FLV) 1% = almost sudden death by concentrate. 💀
OP have you ever eaten halva/haleweh? I wonder how close this is to that.
This is the first time I've heard of the dessert halva. There are many different versions of this dessert from the Middle East to Europe from what I'm seeing online. There is also "A version of sesame halva, called sesame crumble candy in China uses ground sesame and sugar, cooked to the hard ball stage because it is made crispier than other halvas", which interests me as well.
Which version of the halva have you tried?
Commercially produced. Which is rather gross.
And I think maybe some kinds cut and sold in bulk. I'm not really a fan but that's mostly because of the texture really. It's just weird how it sticks in your molars. Vaping avoids that. I know that it comes in many flavors.