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Single-Flavors As Stand Alones?
submitted over 6 years ago by RancerDS

Week XIII

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(Ableit a day late) it's still an ongoing, burning question: Did you try any single-flavor concentrates the past 7-8 days?? If so, what kind of results did you experience?

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It doesn't matter if it's been reviewed thrice, used for years and in hundreds of recipes. The fact remains that a single flavor can seem quite different to each of us. Hopefully it's not because of any re-formulation that's transpired of late! Maybe you tasted something no one else picked up on when vaping it? Maybe it's nowhere close to what it is supposed to be yet it tastes darn good?

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No need to get too detailed, if that's too much trouble. Just let us know how you felt about what you'd tried. It can be a "yuck", "blah", "meh", "yummy" or "amazin' delish" or on a number scale of some kind. You can admit to any off-notes or any outstanding benefits. Heck, you can even mention if it gives you heart-burn.

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6 points
 
by AddictedToSpudsover 6 years ago

VT Fizzy Sherbet is a pretty good standalone even as low as 2%. Citrusy, tart, sweet, solid mouthfeel, no or minimal harshness or off notes I can detect. I can't really taste any "fizziness" to it per se, though I can smell it.

1 points
 
by St1llFrankover 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

I didn't get any fizz either. It mostly just tasted like lime for me. I let two others try it and they claimed they could detect the fizz. Maybe it was because they knew the name before sampling, I dunno..

6 points
 
by Richie_Jover 6 years ago

Vta yogurt drink is really good at 6%

2 points
 
by St1llFrankover 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

How would you describe it? Creamy and lemon'y?

2 points
 
by Richie_Jover 6 years ago

Yes lol. Really though both . It tastes just like one of those probiotic yogurt drinks. It does have lemon though so I havnt tried to make a Strawberry or some other kind of drink because the lemon is pretty pronounced.

1 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

I think someone had previously mentioned a yogurt drink too. Might be the same stuff... guess I'll read back at some point to double-check to see if it's the same vendor.

EDIT: Yes, exact same flavor mentioned by another. So it must be pretty good.

1 points
 
by humanpuckover 6 years ago

Yeah I think it was me that brought it up before, and 5-6% is the money number. This is great on its own.

6 points
 
by Keroseneslickbackover 6 years ago

FLV Wild Melon. Tested at 1%. Has a great honeydew, not-exactly-melon-but-different-twist to it. Clean and unique. I can see how this is used in a lot of melon recipes as a background flavor, but it's got a full body to it that I can see running as a single flavor at 2% in a RTA. I'd like to buddy this up with another melon and see how I can work it's unique flavor.

INW Grapefruit. Loving this. I have FLV Pink Guava and love that, but it's like 40% grapefruit to me due to more of the rind. This has a strong grapefruit flavor, crisp and sweet, but doesn't have a strong fleshy sourness. It's not completely sweet like a ruby red, but not sour like a white grapefruit--nice and balanced. Has good body throughout. Has a slight throat hit. Reminds me a lot of one of my favorite commercial juices, Skwezed Grapefruit. I know FLV PG doesn't mix well, so I'm thinking of mixing INW G as the main body with some tropical accents of mango and pineapple, maybe dragonfruit. It gets me thinking, that's good.

2 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

Yes, it's wonderful when something ignites the ol' brain cells. :) And the grapefruit sounds very good.

2 points
 
by Keroseneslickbackover 6 years ago

YES! I'm just throwing around ideas like INW Grapefruit with FW Blood Orange with a twist of TFA Sweet Pineapple and FLV Mango with maybe some FA Fuji, then see about a touch of TFA Dragonfruit. Just like, I wanna do so much with it! :D

1 points
 
by St1llFrankover 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

> just throwing around ideas like INW Grapefruit with

I like to mix it with CAP Sweet Guava. They seem to go good together.

1 points
 
by St1llFrankover 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

> INW Grapefruit. Loving this.

I think it's awesome. Their White Grapefruit makes me think of cat piss.. Yuck.

1 points
 
by thelateoctoberover 6 years agoTobacconist

Oh man... I love white grapefruit. It is like concentrated rind. It's skunky and bitter and nasty and insanely floral. It's like chewing on the rind you cut off but accidentally went a little too deep and got a little of the flesh... With a few grains of sugar. I probably wouldn't use it solo but it is super fun to mix with.

5 points
 
by UnappreciatedRobotover 6 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

VT Banana Custard and TPA Banana Nut bread. Didn’t take enough notes to do a full review, but both flavors are very good.

VT Banana Custard is much more Banana than Custard. Has to be cranked up fairly high to get a good custard flavor. The banana in it is fairly authentic and very tasty though.

TPA Banana Nut Bread is very true to its name. Not much to say other than it is pretty much spot on Banana Nut bread.

1 points
 
by BN513over 6 years ago

How much % at TFA? And steep time? Ty

1 points
 
by UnappreciatedRobotover 6 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I did 3% and only steeped a couple of days because I just wanted to get a feel for the flavor. It could probably benefit from a longer steep though

1 points
 
by BN513over 6 years ago

Ty :) i’ll try

1 points
 
by zenotekover 6 years ago

I mixed some of this:

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/34610#3_banana_nuts_simple_banana_nut_bread_by_mrcoldone

Tasted fine after a week, after two weeks the banana nut flavor was completely gone. I can't find any info about TFA banana nut bread fading so fast so I'm not sure if I have a bad batch or not. Or if I need to wait another two weeks for the banana to return.

3 points
 
by fadedjay1over 6 years ago

Tried e-cooler fw again. Enjoyed it. Kind of a orange citrus type flavor. Supposed to emulate the ecto cooler hi c juice flavor. Can’t remember what the hi c drink taste like but e cooler was a refreshing for a summer vape

1 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

I couldn't find a Flavor West e-cooler concentrate. Were you referring to their Ecto-Cooler?

1 points
 
by fadedjay1over 6 years ago

Yep I got it from wizard labs over a year ago. It said ecto cooler on the site but it arrived with e cooler on the bottle.

1 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

Okay, cool! Appreciate your confirming. :)

3 points
 
by urs1neover 6 years ago

I just got Mascarpone Cream Cheese (SC) (WF) and I really dig it as a single flavor.

1 points
 
by Rickster4321over 6 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Been eyeballing that one. Wondering if you could use to really push the cheesecake profile.

2 points
 
by urs1neover 6 years ago

That's why I got it too, but I haven't found any great recipes for it yet so I decided to single flavor test it and I liked it.

1 points
 
by Rickster4321over 6 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Good to hear! Man, my recipes always seem to be evolving because of great new flavors hitting the market (sit back down Wonder Waffle). It's truly a great time to be a DIY mixer!

1 points
 
by theBigGloomover 6 years ago

How would you compare it to LA cream cheese icing? Obviously one is icing and one is not, but still curious

1 points
 
by urs1neover 6 years ago

I find it very similar to the cheese in a cheese danish in the US. Sweet, creamy, and cheesey.

3 points
 
by ChevelloKDover 6 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I randomly threw some unmeasured FW Blue Ice into my bottle of unflavored last week. I was extremely disappointed that I seem to have nailed the right amount by doing that :) Now I have to go through a bunch of exercises to find out what percentage it was if I want a repeat performance. Bummer

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It was a light, tangy blue raspberry with a hint of cool. It got a little harsh if I cranked the wattage up too high as my wicks degraded. Siren 2, Japanese cotton wick, 1.25ohm single coil and right around 9W for most of it. (I know, I'm weird)

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I threw in like a squirt (squoze the bottle enough that it wasn't drops that went in but a stream) to about 60-ish ml.

1 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

Another low wattage vaper. :) Cool.

1 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

It's easy to tinker like that. Sometimes I'll take certain stand alone flavors to drip onto an RDA's wick and coil... to see how it combines together.

1 points
 
by ChevelloKDover 6 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Then you find an AMAZING combo, and let's just say that now I think I kind of understand where heroin addicts are conning from.

2 points
 
by Phatpharm269over 6 years ago

TFA Acai 1.5%

Has a nice blackberry-esque profile and can be used as a lift for berries or up to 2% standalone.

Due to the potency, even in 97% max VG, it holds its flavor for cloudchasing.

2 points
 
by terracottapotpieover 6 years ago

FLV Root Beer. Mixed some up at 2% yesterday. I'm disappointed right now because I built it up in my head to be the end all. It tastes like those cheap rootbeer candies that look like a barrel but worse. The cheap sweet taste is overbearing. The mouth feel is dry and too round if that makes any sense. I'll have to give it a fair chance at different percentages and steeps. I really wanted a deep, bitey concentrate with the wintergreen to build off of but I'll keep playing. End rant.

2 points
 
by RancerDSover 6 years ago

I know exactly which candy you mean. Seems like if you had more than three or four, they tasted gawd-awful. Hope you can find the right percentage/mix for it.

1 points
 
by terracottapotpieover 6 years ago

Exactlyyy. Yea thanks it's my white whale

2 points
 
by kindgroundover 6 years ago

Try pushing it up to about 5%. Also mix this up, it's excellent. http://alltheflavors.com/recipes/67821#fitz_s_by_mrburgundy

1 points
 
by terracottapotpieover 6 years ago

Ha okay I'll give it a go. Thanks

1 points
 
by St1llFrankover 6 years agoThis flavor... This is not my kind of flavor

> It tastes like those cheap rootbeer candies

I hate those, always have. I got CAP Rootbeer and that's what it tasted like. I also got FW but didn't even taste it. I just guessed it would be more of the same. I was planning on revisiting them but this time really low percentages with added ice cream.

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