Hi, this is a tobacco mix I've been working on that's been steeping for 2 days, there's two versions of the same basic recipe, the Black which is a quite a smooth, slightly sweet tobacco with vanilla notes and the Green which is a menthol version of the Black minus the vanilla. The Black also contains a touch of menthol which adds a slight cooling affect to the draw rather than a full on menthol taste, but maybe Koolada would be a better choice.

I will be updating this post every now and then with steeping notes.

Türkmentol Black

• INA Black for Pipe 2.5%

• INA Turkish Tobacco 1.5%

• INA Tobacco Absolute Cuban Cigar 1%

• INA Dirty Neutral Base 1.5%

• FA Menthol (Arctic Winter) .5%

• INA Shisha Vanilla .5%

• FA Vape Wizard 1 drop per 10ml

• Saline (9% mix) 1 drop per 10ml

• 70/30 VG/PG 12mg base

Notes

This is the first time I've used Vape Wizard (I just wanted to try it out) and I'm not entirely sure what, if anything it brings to this mix. I have the same mix without it but I haven't tried it yet, may update later. The saline, I find makes the mouth feel less dry and helps to pull the flavors together. The vanilla is quite upfront on the first couple of pulls but recedes into a background note quite quickly. As I said above there is a touch of menthol in this but it is more for the slight cooling affect than the flavor, the vanilla also helps in masking any lingering menthol flavor I think. Maybe Koolada would be a better choice if you have it.

Türkmentol Green

• INA Black for Pipe 2.5%

• INA Turkish Tobacco 1.5%

• INA Tobacco Absolute Cuban Cigar 1%

• INA Dirty Neutral Base 1.5%

• FA Menthol (Arctic Winter) 1.5%

• FA Vape Wizard 1 drop per 10ml

• Saline (9% mix) 1 drop per 10ml

• 70/30 VG/PG 12mg base

Notes

No vanilla in this but basically the same otherwise. You could go stronger but I think you'd lose a lot of the subtleties. If you want a stronger menthol I'd go with the basic version that inspired this here. You can taste the saline slightly more in this I think. It interacts quite nicely with the menthol.

Atomizer notes

Vaping the Black with a Hobo 3.1 set up with a single coil at 0.7.

Vaping the Green with a Hadaly clone set up with a single coil at 0.8.

Steep times/notes

I think these would probably need to steep for at least a couple of days if not more, as there are so many flavors in them. The Black for Pipe tends to lose it's smokeyness over time though, I tried to compensate for that with the DNB which whilst not smokey does bring a certain "ashiness".

• Türmentol Black, after 2 days: Quite smooth and sweet with vanilla notes.

• Türkmentol Black, after 4 days: The vanilla and the menthol have faded, still smooth. Surprisingly to me it now has a touch of whisky to it taking the place of the vanilla. If you like boilermakers, this goes really nice with a beer at this point.

• Türkmentol Green, after 5 days: Much smoother, less harsh all the flavors are bedding in nicely, not such a big change in flavor as the Black. The menthol has mellowed a little.

• Türkmentol Black, after 10 days: The whisky undertone has mostly gone, really smoky with a really sweet draw now. Very cigar-like, the cigars with the sweet wrapping (Blunt maybe).

Final comments

I'm new at this, mainly mixing for my own tastes, so any advice is greatly appreciated. I feel I may have too many ingredients but it does seem to work, nothing stands out (apart from the menthol in the Green) and it all comes together as a whole.