Hi, i've lurked here for so long, yet just want to drop my first post. Im not sure if this is OK or not, therefore i'm asking first. I live in central asia, concentrates are extremely expensive out here..majority of population where i live exist on less than $3 a day. The reason i've been able to quit smoking is through having access to the collective wisdom and knowledge of this community. Normal people, passionate people, talented people sharing their recipes and knowledge so that we all benefit as one.
What i want to ask is this, following @matthewkocanda milkshake base, what would be the correct percentage to add a strawberry flavouring and a banana one? I know this will seem like a trivial question to you competent mixers, however im not one of those people, maybe i'm just terrible at mixing, or perhaps i dont have the money to spend on what costs a weeks wage out here buying 10 various fruit concentrates and then work out which one, two or three work well together and at which percentage. Im going to put this bluntly - thats a first world luxury.
So the base im following is @
matthewkocanda milkshake base
Milkshake Base
- TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream at 3.5%
- TFA Cheesecake Graham Crust at 2.5%
- FA Vienna Cream at 1.75%
- CAP Vanilla Cupcake at 1%
- Koolada to taste, if desired.
The strawberries i have are
TFA Strawberry (Ripe)
Capella Sweet Strawberry
Could anyone suggest the percentages? or would it be better to use a single strawberry.
Secondly, for the banana shake i have
FA Banana (bano)
TFA Banana Cream
Could anyone suggest if it would be better to combine these for the banana notes? Or not? and what percentages would you recommend?
I wouldnt ask, nor would i want to waste your time with such a trivial question, but due to the cost of these things here...i thought i would ask for once.
thanks brothers and sisters.
Okay so first things first, this milkshake base is super old and can probably be improved upon greatly. With that being said, if memory serves correct, that base was still pretty delicious on it's own, so I'll do what I can to help out with your question.
So if you're trying to just create a strawberry milkshake, I would honestly recommend dropping the CAP Vanilla Cupcake from the mix, and just implementing CAP Sweet Strawberry at maybe 4%, and adding a 1.5% of TPA Strawberry Ripe, then playing around with that to see what works best. Dropping the Cupcake is going to prevent the thick creams from destroying the strawberry, and on top of that, I'd drop Vienna Cream to maybe 1%, and bring TPA VBIC to 3% overall. That way, the nuances of the strawberries won't get lost in all that milky base.
As for a banana milkshake, that one would be even easier. Once again, drop the Cupcake from the mix entirely, and really drop down those creams. TPA Banana Cream is delicious, and doesn't need much help to keep it thick and creamy. I haven't used FA Banana, but I do know that FLV Banana is a DELICIOUS pairing with TPA Banana Cream, and it helps give a little more authenticity to the profile. For something like that, I'd drop TPA VBIC to 2.25%, Vienna Cream to 0.75%, and leave the Graham Crust where it's at.
Finally, if you're trying to do a strawberry banana milkshake, good luck. I've been trying to get one that works really well for a while now, and I just still can't seem to find a good balance. Probably need to test other concentrates to figure it out, but for right now, I don't have a whole lot of suggestion there. Hope this helps a bit. Cheers.
Thanks so much for taking the time to get back to me brother, especially over a topic / thread that is so old. Just out of interest - i also have FA meringue, FA Cream Fresh and TFA Bavarian Cream. As that milkshake base is pretty old, do you have any newer base that would be conductive to any of those flavours?
Sorry i also made a mistake, i have FA banana (Bano) TFA Banana Cream and TFA banana ripe.
I really haven't thought about this recipe in a long time, so I'm not entirely sure what it could benefit from or what it needs to be better. I am inspired to do so, though, so I'll tackle it soon. I think using FLV Cream might be a good choice to bring some more neutral cream sweetness to the mix, but other than that, I think a lot of it will just be honing in on percentages and shit.
Also, for your banana concentrates, it depends on your opinion on TPA Banana Cream, some people get some more candied, banana runts flavour from it. I do not. I get that flavour from LA Banana Cream, but again, others think the LA variety is more creamy than the TPA one. It just depends. If you find too much candy from TPA BC, then maybe give LA's option a try. Otherwise, I think TPA Banana Ripe is garbage, so I don't use it anymore.
Are you going for a banana flavored milkshake or a more realistic milkshake with banana puree in it?
I use tpa banana cream and fa banana in a 2 to one ratio for a realistic ripe banana flavor. Just watch the percentage as too much makes it overly ripe, almost to the banana bread stage.
As far as strawberry goes I've noticed the cap sweet strawberry is more of a tart almost green twang whereas the strawberry ripe for me is more a candyish flavor. For my taste buds the sweet strawberry is a lower % supporting role to get that realistic taste.
Honestly though as far as milkshake goes Mathew probably has more experience than I.
4% Strawberry Ripe , 2% Strawberry sweet. I dunno about banana around 3-5% Banana cream and just a little of one of the others?
That sounds about right for the strawberry, the banana I would start at 4% banana cream with .5% FA banana to start.
On $3 a week must take a while to get a computer?