Anyone else get a cheesy, moldy taste from TFA Toasted Almond?

submitted over 7 years ago by nerdabilly

I normally love nutty flavors, but everything I've tried with this flavor leaves a musty, moldy flavor.

Even at tiny amounts (like 0.6%), or after steeping, it's all I can taste.

The best way I can describe the flavor is that it tastes the way old houses smell. Or maybe a little like sour milk.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Comments

4 points

by wh1skeyk1ngover 7 years agoThanks for reading this flair

I had initially suspected butyric or butanoic acid, but upon further checking I found neither. Not sure what could be causing your issue, as I am not familiar enough with the components listed. Maybe someone else can weigh in.

Full list of TFA flavors and specs here just click "List" for the component list.

4 points

by nerdabillyover 7 years ago

Good info. I don't know much chemistry or what most of these ingredients are, but it could be the aldehyde C6, which does have "grassy" and "earthy" in the description.

3 points

by thepatient23over 7 years agoFrugivore

I get that when I used TFA Dairy Milk at too high of a concentration.

2 points

by nerdabillyover 7 years ago

What percentage worked well for you? I'm already really low, 0.6%

2 points

by thepatient23over 7 years agoFrugivore

Well dairy milk at 1% steeped for a few weeks gave me that semi rotten taste. Bumped it down to 0.5% and it was much more tolerable.

2 points

by snoopkillaover 7 years ago

Metallic yes, moldy no

2 points

by Reaprover 7 years ago

We had customers who reported that Vanilla Bean Ice-cream had a peppery taste. Our tastebuds are all different. Sometimes we taste things differently. (I get a strong, coppery/iron taste when I eat brussel sprouts, absolutely revolting, like I'm eating blood clots)

2 points

by Widner7over 7 years ago

That is absolutely disgusting, just thought I'd throw that out there! 🤢

2 points

by IceEichelover 7 years ago

FA almond is the only almond

2 points

by Cepsitaover 7 years ago

I think the first two times I used TFA Toasted Almond, it was bad. But it was cat-piss bad. At 1-2%, it was too much.

However, the latest recipe I tried turned out quite good. It has Toasted almond @ 0.25%, and it can be tasted quite distinctively. Nevertheless... I paired it with 0.25% Acetyl Pirazyne, and I steepped it for a month. This is it:

TFA Black Honey 1.50%
TFA Toasted Almond 0.25%
TFA Acetyl Pirazyne 0.25%
FA Caramel 1.50%
TFA Holiday Spice 1.00%

This is a kind of roasted, honeyed/candied nut flavor profile I'm playing with at the time. I believe, if Acetyl Pirazyne does "eat" some of the flavor, that might have toned down off-flavors from Toasted Almond.

Edit: format.

1 points

by 0ptimusRhymeover 7 years ago

Yes. I only tried using it twice before shelving it, haven't had the will to revisit it. I used to taste pepper from TFA vbic and it went away... Maybe this will. I see enough people using it so it can't be universally bad I'm assuming.

1 points

by IamGoingForGaspsover 7 years ago

I don't understand these percentages. I have only had a few flavors that I would mix as low as 1%. How do you taste anything?

2 points

by juthincover 7 years ago

There are a number of super-concentrated flavors on the market. TFA Cinnamon Spice, several tobacco flavors, FA Cocoa, FA Espresso,... there's a long list. You probably just have never run into them. Or maybe you're the opposite of a super-taster (a 'non-taster').

1 points

by IamGoingForGaspsover 7 years ago

That makes sense, and off the top of my head there are only two flavors I can think of that I ran into like that which were a Marciano Cherry which I mixed at 10% and was absolutely disgusting to vape and a Spearmint I mixed at around 10% and was overwhelming to vape. I was going to try out a tobacco flavor so that is good to know so I don't mix it too strong. I stick mostly to fruit flavors and I generally mix them between 10-15% and none have been horrible. Except for maybe some of the apple flavors I've mixed that high and they have a horrible chemical aftertaste.

0 points

by juthincover 7 years ago

Uh... cherry flavors almost always need to be mixed at low percentages, the white rum off-taste shows up early on most of them. And really most flavors tend to get funky at concentrations of 5% or more, from what I've seen. It's just that many get nasty far before then.