I’ve been playing around with TFA banana cream recipes and they’re all falling flat. I’ve used a few different flavour profiles, stared off using well rated recipes and then started tweaking them but they just don’t have any richness to them.
In a variety of combinations and percentages, I’ve tried it with:
Bavarian cream
Caramel
Sugar cookie
Marshmallow
Ethyl maltol
Peanut butter
Graham cracker (clear)
Basically I want the primary flavour to be banana, but I’d like a little more depth and thickness to it. Something that resembles a grilled banana, if anyone’s tried one!
Any suggestions for complimentary flavours that might round it out a bit? Or a better banana flavour to try working with? I’ve left at least a fortnight of steeping for all my experiments before concluding they’re not what I want, should I be giving it longer?
Also wondering if maybe I just don’t like this flavour, but it smells good and it tastes so close to what I want!
I'd start with a better banana. Something like VT banana custard would likely work better. It's in no way an actual custard though. Just a better creamy banana. WF banana puree may be a contender also.
Interesting, two mentions of VT banana. Definitely going to order some in and gave a play around, thank you!
Yeah not really into grilled fruits other than pineapple but one of my favorite combos is strawberry banana. I too started with tpa/la banana cream and wasn't working like I wanted. VT banana custard did the trick though. You'll likely see tpa in a lot of recipes especially older ones because that's what was available. We have better alternatives now.
VT Banana Custard.
Don't be scared by the 'custard', it doesn't have any vanilla or any discernible eggieness making it bad. It's a great creamy banana. Add a touch of FLV Red Burley to dry it up a touch and that's probably grilled banana...
Oooh. That’s two mentions of VT banana custard, and only this morning I killed about an hour reading up on tobaccos because I’ve never used any & have been wanting to see how they could play with my go-to flavour profiles. I think I’m gonna order both of those, I will report back if it goes well - thanks!
FLV red burley is the workhorse tobacco. A nice simple nutty tobacco that works SnV. I would test 3%VT banana custard .5% FLV Red Burley as a starting point.
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**Banana Custard**
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- TFA Banana Cream 5-6% (can sub in Lorann's if you have it)
- CAP Vanilla Custard 4%
- TFA Bavarian Cream 3%
- CAP Sugar Cookie 2%
- FA Fresh Cream 1%
- FA Almond 1%
Base is fairly self-explanatory other than the SC and Almond to give some extra depth. Both pair well with other elements in the recipe
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Enjoy!!
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I’m not an expert but... maybe some FW Hazelnut.
This has been on my shopping list for a while actually. Do you find you use it in many recipes? I like to get a bit of bang for my buck and avoid ones that don’t get used often!
I've been mixing a weird take on what I imagine to be Namberjuice's Glacier Banana, but it comes off a little Windex-y. But, if I don't think about it too much, its decent.
Banana Cream 5%
TFA Ripe Banana 2.7%
W-23 (to taste)%
Oddly enough, its what I'm vaping now.
Holy ripe banana bat man. Maybe move that decimal to the left and we are talkin
Do you have a specific recipe that's causing problems?
Do you often add Ethyl Maltol when you use TFA Banana Cream?
Have you tried LorAnn's Banana Cream? It's my favorite and doesn't taste like runts, as most banana flavors do.
What percentages did you use those flavors and what percentage do you generally use TFA Banana Cream at?
Can you link to your flavor stash?
That’s tough. It’s all using the runts chemical I believe. Which I have an aversion to.
All I can recommend is LA banana cream and where it’s more of an enhancer than primary ingredient. Only problem is it does fade quickly in my experience:
http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/49573/Bombies%20%27nana%20cream
Have you tried mixing up the excellent Boss Reserve Clone? Maybe this will give you some inspiration.
If it's just the banana part that's falling flat you need to compliment it with another banana. FA Banana might work here. TFA Banana Nut Bread, not so much.
HS Italian Cream goes great with TFA Banana Cream and will give you the extra richness, depth and thickness you're looking for.
Here's my third attempt at a banana cream recipe I mixed a few days ago. I haven't vaped it yet but it tastes delicious. This attempt introduces a new ingredient to me, so I just did everything at 2% and will tweak the percents next attempt if I decide to keep the VT Banana Custard (seems awesome so far but like I said I haven't vaped it yet).
- 2% Italian Cream (Hangsen)
- 2% Cream (Milky Undertone) (One On One)
- 2% Banana Cream (TFA)
- 2% Banana Custard (Vape Train)
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