As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a category of flavor and its many uses. And it's also to have FUN!
Post recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using that flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic.
#This week's flavor is...Mixed/Weird Berries!!!
Wut? We're talking berries that aren't commonly used enough to have their own flavor of the week, or are so mixed up we don't know where they belong. Like your harvest berries and forest fruits, as well as your oddballs like huckleberry, lingonberry, saskatoon, yumberry, acai, and goji, to name a few.
How did that get to be the FOTW?
It was requested. If you're not interested in this FOTW, please take this opportunity and comment to request one that interests you (or send me a PM to do that).
Past FOTW posts can be found here
The NOTED podcasts, which are bascially video FOTWs, are listed on this sheet, maintained by /u/apexified
Next week's flavor will be: Christmas
The week after that will be: New Year's
The week after that will be: Root Beer
The week after that will be: Blueberry
The week after that will be: Savory
The week after that will be: Tea
The week after that will be: Yogurt
The week after that will be: Chocolate Cookies (Chocolate Chip, Oreo, Thin Mint)
The week after that will be: Oatmeal/Granola
The week after that will be: Coffee
The week after that will be: Pomegranate
The week after that will be: American Brand Tobaccos
The week after that will be: European Brand Tobaccos
The week after that will be: Asian Brand Tobaccos
The week after that will be: Eggnog
The week after that will be: Hard Candy
The week after that will be: Donuts
The week after that will be: Boysenberry
|Flavor Facts - Mixed/Weird Berries| |---| |FOTW - Berry Blends| |FOTW - Blackcurrant| |FOTW - Blueberry & Bilberry| |FOTW - Oddball Berries| |Noted - Mixed Berries on YouTube| |Noted - Mixed Berries on DIYorDie| |Acai Recipes on ATF| |Acai Recipes on ELR| |Bilberry Recipes on ATF| |Bilberry Recipes on ELR| |Blackcurrant Recipes on ATF| |Blackcurrant Recipes on ELR| |Boysenberry Recipes on ATF| |Boysenberry Recipes on ELR| |Huckleberry Recipes on ATF| |Huckleberry Recipes on ELR|
A Compilation of Flavor Facts can be found here
|Flavor|Company|Review|ATF|ELR| |---|---|---|---|---| |Acai|Capella|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Acai Berry|Flavor West| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Acai|Flavorah|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Acai Berry|Purilum|by mysticrosell|On ATF|On ELR| |Acai|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Bilberry|FlavourArt|by wh1skeyk1ng|On ATF|On ELR| |Shisha Bilberry|Inawera|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Bilberry Ripe|Vape Train| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Black Currant|Capella|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Black Currant|Flavor West|by Chrisdvr1|On ATF|On ELR| |Blackcurrant|FlavourArt|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Blackcurrant|Inawera| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Black Currant|Medicine Flower| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Sharp Blackcurrant|Molinberry| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Black Currant|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Shisha Blackcurrant|Vape Train|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Flavor West| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Flavorah|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Jungle Flavors|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|One on One| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Purilum|by mysticrosell|On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry Preserves|Purilum|by mysticrosell|On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Real Flavors| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry Deluxe|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Boysenberry|Vape Train|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR|
|Flavor|Company|Review|ATF|ELR| |---|---|---|---|---| |Elderberry|Medicine Flower| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Elderberry|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Goji|Flavor Express| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Goji Berry|Flavor West| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Huckleberry|Delosi| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Huckleberry|Flavor West|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Huckleberry|The Flavor Apprentice|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Saskatoon Berries|Wonder Flavors| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Yangmei Berry|Wonder Flavors| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Yumberry|Flavor West| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Yumberry|Real Flavors|by mysticrosell|On ATF|On ELR| |Harvest Berry|Capella|by wh1skeyk1ng|On ATF|On ELR| |Cherry Berry|Flavor West| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Magma Currant|Flavor West|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Razzleberry|Flavor West|by TexasHex|On ATF|On ELR| |Berry Blend|Flavorah|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Forest Fruit|FlavourArt|by CheebaSteeba|On ATF|On ELR| |Summer Clouds|FlavourArt|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Wild Berry Harvest|Purilum|by mysticrosell|On ATF|On ELR| |Berry Mix|The Flavor Apprentice|by ConcreteRiver|On ATF|On ELR| |Tutti Fruitti|The Flavor Apprentice| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Bumble Berry|Wonder Flavors| - - - |On ATF|On ELR| |Fruit Salad|Wonder Flavors| - - - |On ATF|On ELR|
I havent delved too deep into odd berries yet past the standard few so I'm excited for this episode to learn more!
Heres a recipe using Forest Fruit & Boysenberry
And a simple Berry Cream I threw together for mtl/pods again using Forest Fruit (Mix)
Both of those look great!
I'm not a big fan of FA Forest Fruit but if I'm honest I only purchased it for a Betty Clone if I remember right and wasn't that taken with it. FLV Boysenberry on the other hand is one of those flavours ill always have too hand. I use at around 1.5% with 2%-3% LB Vanilla Ice Cream for a great simple recipe packed with flavour.
I've only used RF Mixed Berries. Raspberry floral notes give me perfumey problems, too afraid to try the ones from other brands. Sometimes its the currant that does it as well.
Suggestions from other sensitive palates?
I hate florals too mate. Try 3% FA Forrest Fruit, 2% FW Blackberry, 0.5% TFA Blackberry.
To add more complexity also add 1.5-2% TFA Blueberry Extra, 1% citrus, and some cooling of your choice.
Just to confirm do you get perfumey notes from the FA or inawera raspberries? I assumed forest fruit would contain the same and have avoided it
In a mix i keep INW Raspberry under 0.5% so i don't get any floral notes from that. Can't remember getting any floral notes from FA Raspberry either, but if you are, just try lowering the percentage. FA Forest Fruit seems to settle in quite nicely at 3% in a berry mix - and no floral notes IMO. Another possible addition to the recipe above is FLV Boysenberry at 0.5-0.75%.
[EDIT - the floral/weird danger here is the TFA Blackberry so just try not to go over 0.5%]
Don’t really have much to say for the berries. Was just thinking maybe on those tobaccos down on the list it might be beneficial to list them as American Brands Tobaccos, European Brands Tobaccos, and Asian Brands Tobaccos. Just to clear things up a bit.
Come on, how are you going to make a berry blend cigarillo without trying some berries?
And yes, I’ll do that, thanks
Well, I’ve thrown some berries in my Brigade for None More Black.
I’ve done some other tobacco things with FA Forest Fruits, but looking at them on ATF just now I really don’t remember how any of them tasted at all. Though I bet if you were to replace the Gipsy King in my Wine recipe with just about any berry, it might not be half bad. Probably be even better if you swapped the peach in this thing with a berry. More cigarillo type of base than the Wine. But all of that is unsubstantiated.
Here's a little something using Forest Fruits and berries:
Taking the Pith
Forest Fruit (FA) 5.00%
Lemonade (Flavorah) 3.00%
Plum (INAWERA) 0.30%
Raspberry (INAWERA) 0.50%
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Forest fruit, for all its promise, it light on delivery of a rich fruit flavour.
I was playing around with IWN Plum and Raspberry and discovered their synergy in this recipe. So naturally I thought that these could work well with Forest Fruit as well. I found though that flipping the ratio from the other recipe worked better here.
The lemonade is the outsider here but it adds that touch of citrus that so often works with sweeter fruits. FLV lemonade always makes me think of powdered drink concentrate but this side of it seems to be masked by the other flavours here.
Red Forest
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- TFA Strawberry (Ripe) 5.5%
- TFA Acai 1.5%
- FA Pear 1%
- INW Raspberry (Mailina) 0.75%
- FA Lemon (Sicily) 0.25%
My attempt at hitting a point with three berries to not have 1 overrunning the rest
Pear to give some juiciness and help round things out
Lemon to perk it up a bit
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Made for a coworker and seems to be a hit!!
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(hopefully this thread isn't for premixed blends lol...)
Cool, thanks for sharing that!