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The "worst" Flavors I have ever tried
submitted almost 7 years ago by ID10-TWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Remember, tastes are subjective. I don't like olives. I'll tolerate slices of the black ones on a supreme pizza or in a taco salad if I must, but the green ones make me sick. Lots of people love olives, though, and pop those green suckers like candy. And there's nothing wrong with that.

With that disclaimer out of the way, these are the 10 worst flavors I have ever tried, to my taste. Some make the list due to sheer vileness, others more a combination of disgust and disappointment.

Ten, and a dishonorable mention: CAP Peanut Butter. It tastes like rich creamy peanut butter... after someone added FA Dark Bean to it. And what’s wrong with FA Dark Bean? I don’t know how anyone vapes any amount of it ever. It tastes like you put espresso coffee, burnt popcorn that had been sprayed by a skunk, and some dirt into drip coffee maker, brewed it, and then added a couple of sugar packets to that. Even at 0.08%, it wasn’t enough to change my cotton and coils, I had to wash my RDA afterward.

Nine: CAP Grenadine. Ever tried a cherry flavor and hated it? CAP Grenadine is everything that’s wrong with most cherry flavors and nothing that’s right about them, all bottled up together. CAP Nightmare Cherry, ConcreteRiver calls it. More like CAP Sleep Paralysis Cherry. Medicine, plastic, and bottom-shelf rum without the mercy of inebriation. It's a toxic waste of a flavor.

Eight: TFA Honey. It’s been famously described as “dumpster flowers” and “growing up in Ohio.” I think it tastes like a meth lab but not one that deserves to have “lab” in the name. We’re talking portable meth creation station set up in a bathroom next to a trashcan full of used maxi pads. Turns out that even down at super dilution level, the little bit of honey sweetness in there tastes rotten like old period blood and the primary flavor is "Grandma’s Cat Pissed in her Potpourri." There is just no usable amount of this flavor.

Seven: FLV Crunch Cereal. You know how fried foods lose their crunch and get soggy after a night in the fridge? I’d argue that fried chicken is even better that way. Just reach into the fridge and take out one of last night’s chicken thighs and go to town on it. Now try that with fried mushrooms. Cold, rubbery, soggy fried mushrooms, with no dipping sauce to cover the flavor that reminds you that mushrooms, while sometimes tasty, are, in fact, a fungus, just like black mold and athlete's foot are fungi. Welcome to FLV Crunch Cereal.

Six: FA Pineapple. That stuff tastes like a moldy old pineapple came to life Frosty-the-Snowman-style, gorged itself on scallions, and then got run over by my ex-wife driving my truck that she stole in the divorce. Except that instead of plowing straight though it at 7000 rpms like she did my net worth, she slammed on the brakes 50 feet from the abomination and skidded the tires bald on her way to turning it into a rotten pineapple and partially digested scallion roadkill smear. Then I scraped up the rotten pineapple, half-digested green onion glop-covered, black burned rubber tire-marked demon pancake up off the road and tried to vape it. Jesus Christ, FA Pineapple. I feel sick and bitter just thinking about it.

Five: FA Bread Crust. HeadinClouds' flavor notes aren’t really flavor notes. They’re more like FlavourArt fan fic. Or depending on his/her gender and which gender we want to give an anthropomorphized FlavourArt company (Hey, companies are people, too, just ask the US Supreme Court!), slash fic. But there’s one FA flavor that even HiC advised not buying, and it’s FA Bread Crust. I found out why. It tastes like puppies. No, really. I bet if I blindfolded you and had you sniff 10 canines, five mature dogs and five young puppies, you could sort them out perfectly. If you could distill and bottle that essence that makes puppies smell differently than full-grown dogs, you could put FA Bread Crust on the label and no one would know the difference.

Four: FA Condensed Milk. Three words, from the wonderfully talented mixer RuntDastardly, sum it up better than I can: Danger Mold Powder. Imagine encountering a coating of hybrid of black and green mold spores up in a dusty old attic, scraping them off of discarded, decaying furniture, and snorting a line of them. With FA Condensed Milk, you don't have to!

Three: FA Yogurt. Not the old delicious FA Yogurt, the abominable reformulation. Three more words: Pickled Foot Mayonnaise. The worst smelling feet you've ever smelled? Bring out the Hellman's. Spread it between those little piggies. Now lick them clean. If that's your fetish, I'm not here to kink-shame. But I'm not vaping that.

Two: TFA DX Sweet Cream. One time I was lying on by back lifting my infant son up and down over my face and making goo goo noises at him, when I heard a gurgle over my saying “weeeeeeeeee!” to him on the way up. I had an instant to react but instead of sealing my orifices like a smart person, I opened wide and said, “Noooooooo!” as if that might stop the force of nature that had me in its crosshairs. It was right then, at the pinnacle of this baby lifting session, that the lil fella forcefully vomited formula directly into my gaping facehole. I’d managed to block out memories of this trauma until I tried TFA DX Sweet Cream. Then it all came rushing back, because it tastes exactly like that curdled formula puke.

And, finally, the number one most revolting flavor ever to cross an atomizer:

#OoO Cheese.

Including this one is almost cheating. Who tries to vape cheese, anyway? Yet nothing could have prepared me for this level of disgust. Merely opening the bottle and inhaling the foul aroma it emits induced violent retching. Still, I vaped it. It does indeed taste like cheese, but cheese that has been used to scrub the oozing feet of a company of soldiers after a long march in poorly fitting socks, consumed by a Texas turkey vulture, vomited, and then eaten again. I would rather touch my tongue to a steaming glob of day-old varmint roadkill than vape this again.

#So that’s my list, to date. What are the worst flavors you’ve ever tried?

edit: an apostrophe in the wrong place.

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17 points
 
by MasterBeernutsalmost 7 years ago

INW Cactus.

It's time, time for me to let you know

Ain't no crime, no crime to let your feelings show

I can't stand it

18 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

I know I literally just said "tastes are subjective... and there's nothing wrong with that," but we might make an exception for this.

6 points
 
by bumfightworldchampalmost 7 years ago

Well grab an extra noose for the lynching, i too am a cactus hater.

3 points
 
by Typical_Pakehaalmost 7 years ago

Same here, sadly can't even do grack juice because of the cactus.

7 points
 
by contactclosurealmost 7 years ago

+1 - Fuck INW Cactus. I tried hard to find a mix that it doesn't ruin. I failed.

4 points
 
by 510Threadedalmost 7 years ago

Cactus is more of an additive due to how strong it is, usually a few drops at most. And then there's grack juice which uses 2.5% of it and was the best recipe of 2016

3 points
 
by contactclosurealmost 7 years ago

I tried Grack Juice and many others that use Cactus. Didn't care for any of them at all. I've mixed it at 0.1% and it still ruined the mix. I tried. It's just not for me.

4 points
 
by JooseMakerWannabealmost 7 years ago

Way to stand up there and be brave!!!

2 points
 
by isuamadogalmost 7 years ago

I love hop spit. Do it.

11 points
 
by salsadoomalmost 7 years ago

Heh, this is a fun read! Gross.

I remember my old room mate used to have good descriptions of juices, once he nailed this juice perfectly. I cannot for the life of me remember the actual juice name or what it was even supposed to taste like, but he described it perfectly as "it tastes the floor of a movie theatre". Like sticky sweet from semi dried pop, mixed with the occasional random candy and buttery popcorn, mashed together from foot traffic and then put in a bottle to vape.

It was pretty gross, but if you can imagine what that tastes like, that's the juice.

3 points
 
by n0tveganalmost 7 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Sounds like FA Joy.

10 points
 
by ReMaxxUTalmost 7 years agoTobacconist

LorAnn Keoke Coffee... legend tells it is brewed from the divine ass juice of the Aztec god of kahlua, harvested at high noon on the summer solstice . I don't think so, its taste would suffer in comparison to the raw material.

8 points
 
by Rickster4321almost 7 years ago

When I was a complete newb about a year and a half ago a buddy of mine said he likes anything blueberry. And lo and behold there's a blueberry doughnut recipe on here. Man, it had FA Torrone at 2% or some shit. At that percentage it's the worst flavor I've tasted. And scarred me for life. I haven't tried a recipe from anyone since. Grack Juice, God Milk, Longing nada. I walk this road alone after that day.

2 points
 
by probywan1337almost 7 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

Even one drop in a mix and you can taste torrone. I can't even imagine 2%. That's like finger nail polish remover

4 points
 
by imNAchogrlalmost 7 years agoKooky

I could swear someone on here it’s their favorite flavor at 3%? Torrone that is....I could be wrong too, I’ve just used it in a recipe if it called for it haven’t sft’d yet but thx for the warning...;)

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Odd. Isn't it one of the favorite flavors of the one mod? (Then again, I think there's one mod who likes tfa honey).

2 points
 
by probywan1337almost 7 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

It doesn't taste bad if it's used very sparingly but I can't even imagine more than a couple drops lol

2 points
 
by Rickster4321almost 7 years ago

Yeah, I finished off the 10 ml bottle by using it at .25% to .33% in custard mixes. It killed me that first time though. Probably one of the worst recipes of all time and my wet behind the ears as had to stumble into it.o0

6 points
 
by stinky-weaselteatsalmost 7 years ago

Bilberry is like that, .25 and no more.

2 points
 
by titan623almost 7 years ago

oh hell, i'm almost positive i tried the same thing. I've seriously been scared to touch torroneat any percentage since after how vile that was.

7 points
 
by MrBurgundy314almost 7 years ago

FLV Donuts is straight up belly button funk, and I’ll never forgive FLV for doing that to me. Worst flavor I’ve ever had. Get it away from me. Seriously. Fucking gross, dude.

5 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Yep. You know how I said up at the top of this silly little post that "some make the list due to sheer vileness, others more a combination of disgust and disappointment?" FLV Donuts would have absolutely made the bottom 10 list, but because of my past experiences with donut flavors, I didn't have high hopes for FLV Donuts, so it couldn't let me down too hard.

8 points
 
by MrBurgundy314almost 7 years ago

Understandable, though I’m jealous of your foresight. My youthful naïveté was murdered in cold blood that day. I’ll carry this ugly pessimism for the rest of my life. 😂

7 points
 
by redhotmonkeyluvalmost 7 years ago

INW's reformulated milk chocolate is hot garbage. As an added bonus, it wrecks coils in record time to become grilled hot garbage. TFA's caramel cappuccino is noteworthy as well. At ~0.01% it is reminiscent of a fresh cup of last week's gas station coffee.

5 points
 
by Barbarakealmost 7 years ago

Hahaha, I love your descriptions. I haven't tried most of them so I can't comment but I use fa condensed milk in one recipe (only at 0.25%) along with various coconuts and creams and it's quite good.

My absolute favorite e-liquid uses TFA Kona (which is often described as having a skunk like note to it) and FA expresso (5%) so it sounds like the FA dark bean you mention fits right in that category. I'll definitely order some to try out.

6 points
 
by redhotmonkeyluvalmost 7 years ago

FA espresso is sometimes labeled as FA dark bean. They are the same concentrate.

4 points
 
by Barbarakealmost 7 years ago

Thanks. Learn something new every day. Now I won't have to try and find it since I already have it.

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

I guess grab some CAP Peanut Butter while you're at it.

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

> FA expresso (.5%)

Tell me that's what you meant.

I like a good black coffee, but I usually only go to .25% with that one.

3 points
 
by Barbarakealmost 7 years ago

Lol, nope. 5.0% FA espresso. And TFA Kona and a little cream. Granted, it's not a top seller but a certain minority of people absolutely love this. It's not for super high-wattage setups - I use it at a 0.5 ohm coil running at 35 to 40 Watts

4 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

I have to think it's muting itself that high. Because it's strong below 1%.

5 points
 
by cjinctalmost 7 years ago

The only one that comes to mind immediately is FA Brandy - it's like grandpa's musty attic in a bottle. Just made me wanna gak.

As to FA Dark Bean (aka Espresso), it's a great flavor at low wattage. This is an issue with several of their other flavors as well, namely Chocolate and Cocoa - at low wattage, its delicious but anything over, say... 20W and its a hot burnt mess

There is no defense for FA Pineapple or Bread Crust.

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Really want to put some Dark Bean in a pod now to test your assertion, but those damn things are expensive.

6 points
 
by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 7 years agoMixologist

Yeah that pod is gonna be donezo after that...

3 points
 
by isuamadogalmost 7 years ago

Lol to the ‘donezo’

2 points
 
by cjinctalmost 7 years ago

I'm thinking of getting one now since I saw a juul clone-type over at gearbest. It's a pain trying to test stuff for my great nephew - I make salts to use for his stuff and trying to tweak those mixes is a pita without having one.

Anyway, search over there for teel - battery/kit is only 10.00 and a pack of 4 empty pods is 4.90 (or 14.00 if bought together)

1 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Thank you! That's a lot better than $5 a pod at my local B&M

0 points
 
by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 7 years agoMixologist

Yeah that pod is gonna be donezo after that...

5 points
 
by dutchahalmost 7 years ago

I got some no-name brand Cherry Coke once.

It tasted like a washing up liquid and nail polish remover cocktail, it was vile.

5 points
 
by doveenigma13almost 7 years ago

Desert ship

It’s like sucking farts

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

FA Desert Ship?

3 points
 
by doveenigma13almost 7 years ago

I’m pretty sure it was FA, not 100%

4 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

I almost included that one because it was so bad I threw away a tank.

5 points
 
by lupanimealmost 7 years ago

I haven't tried many flavors, as the availability is scarce here but I hate TFA Ry4 Type. I don't like how it smells, and there's a burnt caramel flavor at exhale that I can't stand. I haven't tried Ry4 double but honestly, I'm not tempted after this one.

3 points
 
by OneThousandNopesalmost 7 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

There's an acrid burnt nastiness in TFA RY4 Double for me definitely. Same in TFA Brown Sugar to a lesser degree. RY4 Double's unvapable in my usual slightly PG-heavy mixes but in max VG that acrid note in the back of the nose is totally gone. PG-VG ratio plays a big part in how flavour is perceived.

4 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

>mushrooms~~, while sometimes tasty,~~ are~~, in fact, a fungus,~~ just like black mold and athlete's foot

Yup.

Great writing, btw.

But... where was TFA Cheesecake? TFA Absinthe? FLV Mango?

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

I've never tried TFA Cheesecake. I learned from TFA Honey that when a several people hate a flavor enough to post rants about how horrible it is, I don't need to be in a hurry to try it.

I've never tried TFA Absinthe. Miss me with that anise oil.

2 points
 
by agirlwithnofacealmost 7 years ago

Are you guys referring to tfa cheesecake (graham crust)? Cuz that stuff is weak but not gross to my taste buds. I was going to buy flv mango, should I not do that?

5 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

No, TFA Cheesecake and TFA Cheesecake Graham Crust are completely different.

FLV Mango is awesome. I think he was just trying to get me riled up by suggesting it should go on a list of bad flavors and I chose to not even dignify it by responding to that part.

4 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

No. TFA CGC is the crust of a cheesecake. TFA Cheesecake is better known as TFA Footcheese. I wouldn't buy either, but if vaping solid food doesn't squick you, CGC would be a solid buy.

And you shouldn't buy FLV Mango. Too much peach, not enough pinesol. It's almost exactly the same bad as a RL mango. (Also, some crazy OP mod types consider it their favorite concentrate ever.)

2 points
 
by cjinctalmost 7 years ago

> where was TFA Cheesecake?

never tried it myself but I've read people who really like it after a good long steep. Like, at least a month.

I mean, if someone bought a 4oz without trying it first.... maybe mix it up, stick it in a drawer for a month or two and see what you get??

2 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

A normal cheesecake takes close to a month. Maybe three or four months would help? Or maybe some people like foot cheese? Hard to say what's going on there.

4 points
 
by sirfletchalotalmost 7 years agoI <3 ID10-T

I knew CAP peanut butter would be in your list somewhere lol

For me the worst I have tried in no particular order is... .

  • TFA pancake syrup
  • flavorah cookie dough
  • TFA watermelon
9 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

It sounds like you don't like plastic, weird maple, or Aquanet hair spray.

2 points
 
by herminzerahalmost 7 years ago

TFA Watermelon isn't even close to a watermelon I don't know what the heck it even is supposed to be...

2 points
 
by sirfletchalotalmost 7 years agoI <3 ID10-T

That shit is so nasty it sets off my asthma

1 points
 
by Bkm72over 6 years ago

I’m new to this sub, but wish I would have found it sooner. I just received my TFA watermelon and it has a hard chemical taste. Almost alcoholic. Nasty shit. Did you find a good watermelon flavor?

2 points
 
by herminzerahover 6 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

LA Watermelon, WF Sour Watermelon and FLV Watermelon are the 3 I use for most watermelon mixes. Keep in mind this is hard in to the candy watermelon world, such as watermelon flavored gums or jolly ranchers. FW Candy Watermelon is also solid but not as preferred to my tastes.

4 points
 
by thelateoctoberalmost 7 years ago

I just tasted my sft of INW Tobacco Taboo yesterday. It smelled like turpentine, but I thought 'hey, I like some funky stuff, dark for pipe smells weird but I love that shit'. I was mistaken. Taboo tastes like super glue and battery acid, watered down with rubbing alcohol and spritzed with your preferred household cleaner.

3 points
 
by ChemicalBurnVictimalmost 7 years agoresident tobacco expert

Tobacco Taboo and Tobacco Smoke and Prunes both have a special place for me. It’s the “don’t even bother trying it again” pile. There are some that are really gross, and they go in the “i really did not like this” pile, but every now and then I’ll see if my tastes have changed and maybe I can do something with them. Those two did not make the cut. The worst recipe I’ve ever made.

5 points
 
by thelateoctoberalmost 7 years ago

I'm gonna trust you on that one.

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Ooof, I tried a flavor that tasted like model glue, German Flavors Pear, and model glue plus barf, German Flavors Pear Yogurt. <<shudders>>

Tobacco Taboo sounds much worse than even those.

2 points
 
by thelateoctoberalmost 7 years ago

Yikes. The worst part is that lingering vileness in your nose, like taking a huge whiff of isopropyl.

Is there a coffee you would recommend? I've been happy with dark bean down low, but if it's shit to most people I should find something better for friends/family.

9 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

If you're happy with FA Dark Bean down low I might not be the best person for you to ask, because I think literally every coffee flavor I've tried tastes better than FA Dark Bean.

My favorite coffee flavors in order are

  1. VT Coffee Liqueur (really a Kahlua flavor and not a coffee though)

  2. DIYFS Cafe Napoleon (medium roast coffee overloaded with something like International Delight caramel-flavored coffee creamer)

  3. VT Caffe Latte (Tastes like their Arabica Coffee with some cream added to it)

  4. FLV Irish Cream (tastes like you dumped both Irish Cream and chocolate milk in coffee and then topped that with marshmallows)

  5. VT Arabica Coffee (it’s a little dirty - like literal dirt - but that’s much better than the usual off burnt popcorn and skunk off notes that other coffee flavors have)

  6. FW Cafe Coffee (Coffee candy with a hint of caramel but serious coil gore unfortunately)

  7. WF Brazilian Coffee (cup not super fresh gas station coffee with a package of that fiber/sweetener combo added to it)

  8. WF Smooth Cappuccino Cream (sweet almost too sweet thick heavy cream, yet slightly bitter coffee top notes, and a lot of caramel)

  9. FA UP (It’s coffee, cream, and... cereal? odd, but ok)

  10. LB Cappuccino 6% (that’s mocha, not cappuccino, like a mocha latte with extra cream, and the chocolate is a little tootsie rollish)

11 to 22. Things that aren't worth mentioning. 23. FA Dark Bean.

4 points
 
by Bassmuttalmost 7 years ago

If fa pineapple is only 6 on your list , I never , ever , ever , want to try the other 5 or even look at them.

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

> even look at them

Lolol. You should look at them. And look at the pictures I gave them. And really think about what it might be like to have those things all up in your throat and sinuses.

4 points
 
by M_R_Mayhewalmost 7 years ago

Flavors people love and I don’t get how: LA CCI, INW strawberry shisha,

I feel like the trick of DIY is finding GOOD flavors. Most of the non-fruit ones are bad tbh lol.

5 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

There's a bunch of good tobacco, and good floral, and good booze.

2 points
 
by PepperMyJabrillalmost 7 years ago

I disagree with you on the Shisha Strawberry, but I’m right there with you on the CCI. All I’ve ever gotten from that is a sour anise note. Nasty stuff.

3 points
 
by Trevorxgagealmost 7 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

So I'm one of those people that doesn't get mushroom from FLV crunch cereal and while I don't think it's a good flavor, I do think it has uses but I think the most I ever do it .25%

Anyway, I was given TFA cheesecake by a friend and dear God I've never been so close to puking from a flavor before. It's like warm, moldy, cheese.

TFA Belgium waffle is pretty bad to. It's a weird burnt plastic mess.

TFA DX sweet cream is terrible as well and I got it in my first order, but another one that I still think is one of the worst is CAP Glazed doughnut. It also came with my first order and it's perfectly accurate if you want to vape dried out playdoh.

And my somewhat unpopular opinion, TFA Raspberry sweet. Some people like it, some people don't, but It tastes like the water the comes out of a ketchup bottle when you don't shake it up and it pee's a little on your plate and that just grosses me out so much.

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

> I was given TFA cheesecake by a friend

Uh... you mean "former friend", right? No actual friend would give TFA Foot Cheese...

2 points
 
by Trevorxgagealmost 7 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

He actually liked it which may be even worse. Mixed with Lemon of all things which makes it 100x worse.

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Oh. So you have a friend from another species. Or perhaps from a different dimension?

3 points
 
by PepperMyJabrillalmost 7 years ago

I actually really like TPA Belgian Waffle! So sweet and maple-y! I had to take a break from it after getting burnt out since I was using it so much. Does it really taste like plastic to you?

2 points
 
by Trevorxgagealmost 7 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Yep. I taste the maple but it taste like maple extract poured on a melded plastic bottle.

2 points
 
by PepperMyJabrillalmost 7 years ago

I get that same sort of taste with a lot of Delosi bakery concentrates. I’d love to know what causes that.

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Mix them together for a "raspberry filled donut" vape that actually tastes like ketchup peed on some Play Doh. Give to a friend you don't want to be friends with anymore.

1 points
 
by jersey_emtover 6 years agoYellow Cake Apologist

>another one that I still think is one of the worst is CAP Glazed doughnut. It also came with my first order and it's perfectly accurate if you want to vape dried out playdoh.

I actually like CAP Glazed Doughnut. It definitely needs a lot of help – I usually mix it with FA Zeppola and some type of cake (usually FW Yellow Cake, FW Vanilla Cupcake, or FW Cake Batter Dip, but sometimes something else). I only get the "Play-Doh" flavor if I use it above 5–6%. It has more of an "artificial" / pre-made boxed donut from the supermarket flavor than a freshly-baked donut for sure, but it works for me.

&#x200B;

3 points
 
by jambipkalmost 7 years ago

Not surprised about the FA dairy flavors.

Add to the list...

TFA Pancake INW Rhubarb FA Cocoa

5 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

FA Cocoa is a really accurate flavor.

Not sure about INW Rhubarb... I know I'd hate it too if it was accurate. (Can't stand rhubarb IRL.)

4 points
 
by OneThousandNopesalmost 7 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

> FA Cocoa

There with you with that one. Stagnant water and cardboard haunted by the ghost of cocoa powder.

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

What does TFA Pancake taste like?

2 points
 
by jambipkalmost 7 years ago

Hmmm, scorched banana bread (I know, weird huh?) mixed with Nitrohumis, if memory serves. Pancake also holds the distinction of being the exact same shade and opacity as dirty motor oil.

INW Rhubarb might have some potential at very low percentage, but I get an unshakable celery note from it that is very offputting.

I know some folks like FA Cocoa, but it's on the list due to being so dirty and particulate-ridden. I've no doubt it's authentically tasty, I just haven't had any luck getting it to perform well as an eliquid component.

2 points
 
by Ernie_is_deadalmost 7 years agoFrugivore

What really? FA Cocoa is great and INW Rhubarb too.

Cocoa is coconut right? If not then...I am mistaken :)

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Coco is coconut. Cocoa is cocoa powder/hot cocoa. Which is decidedly unsweet, uncreamy, and un-hot chocolatey. But it is a subset of chocolate flavor. And it is great.

If you know what you're doing.

2 points
 
by Ernie_is_deadalmost 7 years agoFrugivore

Thank you. Then that is one of the very few FA flavors that I do not have. I don't like chocolate. Yes, really.

3 points
 
by ebc88almost 7 years ago

Wf fresh strawberry was pretty rough.

INW Arabic & Nutty Princess both gross

Delosi Beachwood & Smooth are both nasty

Worst of all was FLV Lime tested @ 2% it was awful but its a really good lime if used really low

4 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Windex Lime!

3 points
 
by ebc88almost 7 years ago

Pinesol i hate the way Pinesol smells and that’s exactly what I got from it

3 points
 
by contactclosurealmost 7 years ago

When I first started mixing I tried TFA Coconut Extra at 5% standalone. It wasn't as bad as baby formula puke, but it wasn't far off.

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Suntan lotion puke?

3 points
 
by contactclosurealmost 7 years ago

You've tried it too then. I am truly sorry.

3 points
 
by Lulzorralmost 7 years ago

Tfa taro. This is probably mostly my fault as I haven't ever had taro before as a dish and i tried it forever ago at a less-than-ideal percentage undiluted so the memory of that is strongly tied to the flavor itself. Which is mostly potato with hints of regret.

I hear it's good with peanut butter flavors to help it stick around a bit longer but I'll never know for sure.

Also, cap vcv1 and tfa VBIC. I still use them but in tiny amounts as accents. I made the mistake of trying them unsteeped and, again, the memory of that kills the flavor for me. Vbic isn't peppery just... Rotten i guess? And vcv1, well. Never really liked vaping custard but it just tastes like dark, burnt cream.

Then Theres RF fried chicken which i wouldn't say was bad exactly. Hard to stop vaping honestly. Once you get past that first hump of disgust.

2 points
 
by cjinctalmost 7 years ago

> mostly potato with hints of regret.

that will be my epitaph

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

It sums up my whole first marriage

3 points
 
by trecentersalmost 7 years ago

It really makes me wonder what kind of test did the flavors pass to make the cut. Were they tried in some sort of food or what? Was someone on a deadline and just said, "lets just throw a label on this one". "The owner will never try this anyway," *gags*

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

I'm guessin, but drip a drop of flavor onto a sugar cube, let that dissolve on the tongue. And there's the taste test. Remember very few flavorings were designed for vaping.

3 points
 
by 3x1x4almost 7 years ago

TFA Guava for me

Turns any juice I make with it into perfume even after months of steeping.

3 points
 
by St1llFrankalmost 7 years ago
  • OOO Cherry Rancher, Ludens cough drops.

  • TFA Apple Candy, just nasty.

  • CAP Funnel Cake, tastes like playdoh that somehow got rotten.

  • INW White Grapefruit, strait cat piss.

  • FLV Tricks Cereal, mine must be really old or something. Some people like it and describe what I wanted to taste. Mine tastes like moldy grain with zero fruitiness.

1 points
 
by thedude8949almost 7 years ago

Each to there own I guess but I fucking love inw whits grapefruit. Prolly my fav flavor.

1 points
 
by St1llFrankalmost 7 years ago

I love the other one they make, yellow or regular. The white one to me smells like old carpet urine. I know it's just me cuz a lot of people love it.

1 points
 
by thedude8949almost 7 years ago

I'll have to try it. Thanks for the heads up.

3 points
 
by amouthforwaralmost 7 years ago

Tfa pralines and cream is like vaping rancid jizzum wiped off the stall wall of a truckstop gloryhole i fucking hate that flavor so much. Literally one drop in a 60ml bottle of juice ruins the entire thing. Its so fucking sour and bitter. Ugh.

Also i cant recall what brand but i think its fw maple pecan. Its not a bad flavor its just god damn overpowering.

Also cant stand bilberry and have to plug my nose when i open the bottle but it does some black magic shit to blueberry mixes that i cant forego

2 points
 
by zenotekalmost 7 years ago

Crunch cereal is one that works perfectly in a very narrow percentage range.

16 points
 
by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 7 years agoMixologist

Nice try, Flavorah

2 points
 
by imNAchogrlalmost 7 years agoKooky

😂

6 points
 
by Prometheus_unwoundalmost 7 years ago

I just tried this concentrate for the first time recently. At 2% It’s spermatic. That means it smells like semen.

4 points
 
by zenotekalmost 7 years ago

I’ll take your word for it.

4 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Are you gonna share the magic numbers for Crunch Cereal or carry the secret to your grave?

6 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Between 0% and 1*10^-65435423264246772586 % would sound about right.

9 points
 
by PraxicalExperiencealmost 7 years ago

Sounds like the recipe for a perfect dry martini.

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Fill the glass with gin and then toss a capful of vermouth into the AC vent.

3 points
 
by Towerfulalmost 7 years ago

Homeopathic Juice

3 points
 
by horrendalmost 7 years agoOne of "The Damned"

0.5% mixed with 1.5% FLV Trix/Tricks

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I've got that written down as a cereal vape without milk that Slasha talked about with fresh03 on one of his videos. Not had chance to try mind you

5 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Tricks tastes like it has a little tiny hint of mushroom that ruins it for me. This sounds like he's just adding more mushroom. Fruity mushy mushroom. Yum!

/u/slashalo might be an insane person.

2 points
 
by zenotekalmost 7 years ago

1.5% makes a perfect captain crunch. I do agree that 3-5% makes the batch rancid.

2 points
 
by DreadPirateSnufflesalmost 7 years ago

INW's new WG Cola. I had heard how great INW Cola was, and though I knew it had been reformulated and was no longer as popular, I thought 'what the hell, Vaperstek happens to have it I'll throw it in there."

I'm probably just going to dump it and use the bottle it came in. It tastes like a mix of cola-scented cologne and cola-scented soap.

3 points
 
by cjinctalmost 7 years ago

yeah, no. WG Cola isn't new, just a different INW "line" - they've always had it.

It's the e-aromat Cola that kicks ass. Red label, glass bottle.

If you go to Vaperstek's site and do a search for cola, you'll see them both listed. The one that just says "cola" is the one you want.

2 points
 
by MasterBeernutsalmost 7 years ago

Ahh well I must be the proud owner of their non-kickass Cola.

I can't wait to try FA Cola (USA Pleasure)... once i order the damn thing. I have 3 or 4 colas now and they all taste like insipid watery cola. Maybe a couple of them will be good to use as a filler, or to layer with FA's Cola - but they are quite ordinary on their own.

2 points
 
by oblivion2kalmost 7 years ago

I want to pick up Hangda Hot Dog as a gag gift, but I'm worried that I might actually gag.

2 points
 
by harristhaalmost 7 years ago

FA chestnut! Tastes and smells like a cheap knockoff perfume

2 points
 
by Blitz00almost 7 years ago

Any other TFA fruit circles and milk haters? It was the first flavor I ordered and almost died..

2 points
 
by vApe_Escapealmost 7 years agoTobacconist

You should give Gordona Vape's Mr. Peanutbutter a try. It uses TPA PB and CAP PB and it does have a strong coffee note at first but if you give it a proper steep it goes away and makes a really nice PB vape.

Just search /u/gordonavapes post history. He released all the recipes when he shut down.

2 points
 
by redditisnowtwitteralmost 7 years ago

I picked up Greek yogurt TFA for a recipe and while I’m sure it’s fine just the idea of vaping it makes me sick. It’s sour like bad milk. I’ll probably go back to it though.

2 points
 
by AlfredPuddingalmost 7 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Luckily I have Noted and this awesome community to prevent flavor nightmares. The worst one I’ve tried is LB - Dew Mountain because I just had to find out. It’s not even that bad, but the rest of my collection is pretty great.

2 points
 
by garamasalaalmost 7 years ago

FW Fruit Rings. Not sure what is it supposed to taste like as I can't imagine lemon in a cereal to begin with but this is straight up chemical cleaner.

2 points
 
by oblivion2kalmost 7 years ago

Ouch, that's one of my favorites for an easy mixer. /u/skiddlzninja threw this up and I've vaped it ever since https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/6165#cereally_easy_loops_by_skiddlzninja

2 points
 
by garamasalaalmost 7 years ago

Yeah I made that up but ended up throwing it away. I wonder if what I received is not what is supposed to be, I can't imagine anyone liking what I have.

2 points
 
by oblivion2kalmost 7 years ago

Could be. On the other hand, my roommate can't stand it either, said the same thing you did.

If you like cereal flavors and want to give flavor west another shot, try FW Berry Crunch (I don't have it in front of me right now, I think that's what it's called) same recipe as the other one with 4% Bavarian and 4% Berry Crunch. That's Skiddlz' other cereally easy recipe if you haven't seen it yet.

1 points
 
by RockyHarlowalmost 7 years ago

Same. I hated it and tossed the flavors.

2 points
 
by Dumaecralmost 7 years ago

INW Dark Tobacco, iirc, it had a nasty mint tone🤢

2 points
 
by N3moHoesalmost 7 years ago

The most disappointing flavour I've worked with is INW Blackcurrant. For the life of me I just cannot get this flavour too work at all. It just doesn't taste of Blackcurrant, not a hint of that sweet Berry can I pull from this flavour.

2 points
 
by Ernie_is_deadalmost 7 years agoFrugivore

Really? I even prefer it to FA blackcurrant.

2 points
 
by xx2000xxalmost 7 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4JXnpdAUig

/thread

1 points
 
by DarkJester89almost 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

Lychee- TFA, smelled and tasted like cat pee, not that I know what it tastes like.

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

I know you know how smell and taste work and don't need the "if you can smell it you can taste it" lecture.

Three flavors that didn't make my list because I've never tried them and probably never will: TFA Lychee, TFA Guava, and TFA Cheesecake.

1 points
 
by DarkJester89almost 7 years agoThe Clone-y Professor

I think that first bit was a little..or a lot unnecessary, no one was giving lectures here.

3 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

> not that I know what it tastes like.

We have our communicative wires crossed or something. All I meant was that your above 8 words were unnecessary because you know that you can taste something if you can smell it, and the opposite, what happens if you try to taste something while pinching your nose.

Sorry if I came off a bit rude, maybe I'm just bracing for the inevitable "How do you know what [insert disgusting thing] tastes like?" that gets old.

1 points
 
by imNAchogrlalmost 7 years agoKooky

You’re so defensive. iD10T is never rude, but if he wanted to be he’s definitely got a handle on how to use words and you would know. I think your perception is askew DJ89.

1 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

The two worst flavors I've tried... (dishonorable mention to LA Cherry, btw... I still plan to use it in one recipe, because I have a white rum based beverage that the cherry note would work in, and actually I found that using a small enough percentage actually just gives a light cherry-esque flavor, but even so, I despise white rum, and that taste from a cherry flavor? For shame, LA.) Anyhow, I once received a bottle of LA Watermelon (Clear) as a freebie. Take some bottom-shelf vodka (the hard liquor version of Two-Buck Chuck) and soak used jock straps in it for a week, then remove any alcohol goodness from what liquid is there, and that's close to the experience. Why would anyone use the stuff? I mean, okay, I actually like watermelon IRL, but LA Watermelon? Was it designed by the guys too incompetent to be on the LA Cherry design team? The other.... TFA Cinnamon Spice. Not a terrible flavor. IF YOU USE IT IN THE PPM RANGE. I accidentally grabbed a undiluted bottle, and used it at 1%. Two weeks later, I finally could taste anything other than cinnamon when I ate or drank anything. Luckily for me, I figured out a few years back it's better to learn from other people's mistakes, so I've been able to avoid the well-known horror shows. And quite a few I've avoided because the idea of the flavor, even if it was perfectly executed, doesn't appeal.

4 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Taking a shot at the beloved LA Watermelon (Clear)?

I would expect nothing less from our local contrarian. I kinda feel you on that one, though. I never felt the great appreciation for that flavor that others have expressed.

I don't get any jock strap from it but there's something wrong with it and a hint of bottom shelf liquor might do well enough to describe that wrongness for me.

Don't try VT Watermelon. You will regret it.

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Well, I couldn't figure out exactly what the horridness was coming from, but it so disgusted me that I tried to come up with the visual, at least.

But now thinking about it... you know how you cut holes in a watermelon, then pour vodka into it, then let it sit somewhere cool for a week or so? Imaging someone cutting holes in the watermelon, leaving it in a greenhouse for a couple weeks, then using the world's worst vodka (and some bottom shelf gin) as above. So the watermelon was already rotting before the alcohol was added. That, I think, is what the actual taste was.

I like watermelon IRL. It's not my favorite fruit (in fact, my top three would be cherry, pineapple, and pear, with watermelon maybe breaking into the top ten if I was especially against berries on a given day) but I like it. I just never was so interested in vaping it that I was prioritising getting one. And after one of the most beloved watermelon flavors was such a disappointment? I'm not going to be chasing a good watermelon for a long time.

3 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Just out of curiosity... is INW Watermelon the best of the watermelon flavors? ie: just wet, sweet, and mostly flavorless, just like real watermelon?

2 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

Down really low it is. The candy comes out when you go too high and ramps up quick. Their peach is same way, really natural down low, peach rings up higher. Start at 0.25% with the watermelon

1 points
 
by OneThousandNopesalmost 7 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Preparing to be hanged at dawn but Inawera Grapes is the most poisonous tasting flavour I've come across yet. Bought to give Grack Juice a try but I had to abort that mission. It invades my entire sinus cavity and clings to it just like it clings to my atomisers. TFA Gummy Candy has a similar sort of chemical grossness to it. Has it been reformulated? People love this stuff!

2 points
 
by redditisnowtwitteralmost 7 years ago

Weird because I think it tastes just like any other grape. FW grape soda for example. Just a Concord grape.

1 points
 
by ID10-Talmost 7 years agoWinner of the 2nd DIYorDIE World Mixing Championship

To my knowledge it has not, but INW has a history of not being upfront about reformulations

2 points
 
by OneThousandNopesalmost 7 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

I know, they're absolute buggers when it comes to transparency.

It could just be me not liking grape concentrates but holy moly there's something nasty about my bottle.

5 points
 
by juthincalmost 7 years agoमैंगो कस्टर्ड

Maybe you just don't like Purple?

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