Hello fellow mixers! I’ve been developing a few new recipes after a couple large flavor orders. I’ve been meaning to make posts for these as I’ve developed them, but I have a handful now that I think are finalized. These are the 5th or 6th versions of each recipe, so I think I’m done changing them for now haha. Thought I’d make just one large post. So here’s my recipe dump, with notes for each.

#Pink Chai

This one is definitely the favorite amongst my friends. A creamy tropical fruit base infused with chai spices, then blended with ice.

Flavor | % ------|- Chai Masala (VTA) | 1.15 Coconut (FLV) | .4 Mango (FLV) | 1.33 Pink Guava (FLV) | .75 WS-23 30% | 1.25

Mango & Guava — the "red" of the pink. Two of my favorite fruit flavors, and they combine excellently. Sweet, juicy and accurate (well the guava is definitely a funky pink grapefruit, but it’s wonderful). Best in class flavors, to me. These fruits are also somewhat commonly spiced, leading me to...

Chai Masala — one of the only vape train flavors I have, but this is definitely a good first impression. With a wonderful balance of cardamom, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, and black pepper, this pairs well with the mango and grapefruit.

Coconut — the "white" for the pink. flavorah once again impresses me. I wanted a creamier base here, but none of the dairy creamy options worked well. In walks FLV coconut with a stupid thick, meaty, creamy body and a soft toasted coconut flesh flavor. Helps unite the spices and red fruits into the base.

#Mango Matcha

As ObiWanCannoli said in his review on ELR, this is "a wonderfully floral green tea with rose and mango overtones."

Flavor | % ------|- Almond (FA)|.5 Cactus (INW)|.1 Eisai Tea (FLV)|1.5 Mango (FLV)|1.25 Rose (FA)|.75

Eisai Tea— the only green tea flavor I’ve bought, but flavorah is my light in a dark world and this is another fantastic concentrate. Soft, green, delicate vegetal flavor with an almost creamy or gritty mouthfeel. Like actual powdered leaf particles in your vape. A great base for any soft fruits, especially orange and yellow fruits, like lemon, apricot, peach, and mango...

Mango — FLV Mango; best mango. Used at a lower % here to make the vape a flavored tea, not a tea with actual fruit in it.

Rose & Almond — they pair wonderfully with the mango. Many (including myself) report an off-putting green vegetal note from the rose, but the Eisai Tea blends with it to make an even more authentic green tea. Putting those damn off-notes to work! Almond adds a floral, nutty, fruity cherry note to meld the rose and mango.

Cactus — used really low here to not upset the delicate floral balance. It’s wetness is needed for that rose and eisai tea as they are rather dry flavors.

#Manhattan

My take on the classic cocktail. FLV for the bourbon, chai & grape for bitters and vermouth, and cherry blossom for a floral cherry top note. Iced with WS-23 to taste.

Flavor | % ------|- Bourbon (FLV)|1.25 Chai Masala (VTA)|.33 Cherry Blossom (FLV) |.75 Grapes (INW)|.33 Liquid Amber (FA)|.15 WS-23 30%|1.25

Bourbon — didn’t bother buying Kentucky bourbon and don’t think I’m missing out. Great charred oaky bourbon sweetness here. Perfect base for a cocktail.

Chai Masala, Grapes, & Liquid Amber — I use the chai here to imitate some aromatic bitters, along with the grapes for a sorta sweet vermouth vibe. The grape (like a wine grape, not table grape) has a bit of skin/tannin notes even at this %, making the wine aspect more convincing. The liquid Amber helps the grape seem cooked or fermented. Definitely no better than martini & rossi, but good nonetheless.

Cherry blossom — out of fear of making this too sweet and fruity, I reached for cherry blossom for my cherry note. Any cherry flavor could easily go medicine when combined with the bourbon, so having a purely top-note cherry is perfect here.

#Boy Funk

Another iteration on Fuji Funk, a remix of Cheeba’s summertime I posted a couple weeks ago. This is more floral forward, with Boysenberry instead of Fuji. This is my personal favorite and the first recipe I graced with a 120ml bottle.

Flavor | % ------|- Boysenberry (FLV)|1.5 Elderflower (FLV)|.75 Hibiscus (CAP)|1.5 Pink Guava|.75 WS-23 30%|1.75 Yakima Hops (FLV)|1.25

Boysenberry — I have been looking for a good "blue" fruit flavor to fit in this recipe, and I definitely found it here. To me, it tastes pretty damn close to those blue Zours or sour Mike & Ikes. These are one of my favorite candies, so I’m really loving this flavor. I have heard good things about blue raspberry and hibiscus, so that led me to...

Hibiscus & Elderflower — two sweet, relatively unobtrusive florals that pair excellently with the boysenberry. And that elderflower kinda reminds me of male human musk, but never in a BO or gross way, just intriguing at low %s. I’m as gay as they come though so ymmv.

Guava & Hops — some red and yellow for our blue boysenberry, really rounding out both the fruity and floral sides of this vape and uniting it all together. The yellow citrus and piney notes of the hops sharpen that boysenberry, helping the blue stand out in the top note against the florals. I like thinking about color when designing fruit and floral vapes and getting all the primaries in here is definitely working for me. That’s my artistic side influencing things I guess.

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Let me know what you guys think! I’m glad to give back to this community. If you have any questions on substitutions or %s feel free to ask. Thank you guys for being such a wonderful resource and making this hobby so fun.

I’m sure I’ll submit some of these for mixers club in the future as well.