There are a lot of new people to mixing these days. I still feel kind of new to the flavors especially. I've been mixing for about 6 months maybe less. I'm still learning what I like, dont like, what flavors are trash and which are gold. I'd like to share what I've learned and purchased so far. I hope that it helps someone. All good and useful unless stated otherwise.
CAP 27 Fish (def. Swedish fish candy)
CAP Bavarian Cream
CAP Cinnamon Danish Swirl (♡♡♡)
CAP Creamy Yogurt
CAP Cucumber (an odd one but good for some things)
CAP Golden Pineapple (fades)
CAP Graham Cracker
CAP Juicy Orange (can be harsh)
CAP Juicy Peach
CAP Lemon Lime (awesome for sodas)
CAP New York Cheesecake (creamy and cheesy)
CAP Orange Creamsicle (someone can prob make better)
CAP Sugar Cookie v1 (amazing)
CAP Super Sweet (just sucralose sweetener)
CAP Sweet Guava
CAP Sweet Strawberry
CAP Sweet Tangerine
CAP Sweet Watermelon
CAP Vanilla Custard
FA Apple Fuji (particularly good with inw shisha apple imo)
FA Armenia (apricot) (peach trinity)
FA Bilberry (like the dark dry side of blueberry) (blueberry trinity)
FA Blood Orange (can be harsh)
FA Butterscotch
FA Cherry (a little goes a long way, harsh)
FA Cookie (meh)
FA Custard
FA Forest Fruit Mix (awesome by itself or in a mix)
FA Kiwi
FA Lime Tahity Cold Pressed
FA Liquid Amber
FA Lychee (perfumey)
FA Madagascar (Vanilla Classic)
FA Melon Cantaloupe (♡)
FA Meringue
FA Mts Vape Wizard (triacetin for blending, FA fruits already contain some)
FA Peach White
FA Pear (great for lending wetness)
FA Polar Blast (cold on the back of your throat like drinking very cold smoothie)
FA Red Touch (strawberry)
FA Vienna Cream
FA Zeppola (fried donut)
FE Sweet Rice
FLV Apple Filling
FLV Apple Pop
FLV Citrus Soda
FLV Cool Menthol (smooth mint, very cold feeling)
FLV Cream (steep the hell out of it)
FLV Eggnog
FLV Eisai tea (a tad dry, matcha aka japanese ceremonial green tea)
FLV Green tea (more like arizona green tea in the can)
FLV Lemonade (♡♡)
FLV Marshmallow Vanilla (♡♡♡)
FLV Milk & Honey (♡)
FLV Pink Guava (grapefruit)
FLV Red Cinnamon
FLV Rich Cinnamon
FLV Rose Essence
FLV Smooth Vanilla (that vanilla in cigars and cigarillos)
FLV Smoothie Base (bright, creamy, slightly lemony by itself)
FLV Starch Base (uuh, potatoes?)
FR Peach (can get harsh, a tad thin)
FR Sweet Cream (heavy cream but needs looong steep)
FW Blueberry (blueberry trinity)
FW Hazelnut (♡♡♡)
FW Yogurt
HS French Vanilla Icecream (ice cream trinity)
INW Biscuit
INW Cactus (a bit waxy imo)
INW Dragon Fruit - Pitaya
INW Pineapple
INW Shisha Apple (as stated above, great with FA Fuji)
INW Shisha Strawberry
INW Shisha Vanilla
INW Yes, We Cheesecake
JF Coconut
JF Honey Peach (delicious) (peach trinity)
JF Honeydew Melon (also, very delicious)
JF Yellow Cake (yellow cake trinity)
LA Cherry (blech)
LA Watermelon (decent, but better watermelons out there)
LB Blue Raspberry (Personally, I didnt like this)
LB Vanilla Ice Cream (♡♡♡) (ice cream trinity)
OOO Cornbread (yellow cake trinity)
OOO Cream [Milky Undertone PG]
WS-23 (cold tingle like mint but without the mint flavor)
Menthol (uuuh.....mint)
TPA Acetyl Pyrazine [5% pg]
TPA Bavarian Cream
TPA Blueberry [extra] (blueberry trinity)
TPA Cheesecake [Graham Crust]
TPA Cotton Candy (Ethyl Maltol sweetener)
TPA Dragonfruit
TPA French Vanilla Deluxe (♡)
TPA Frosted Donut
TPA Gummy Candy (♡♡)
TPA Key Lime
TPA Marshmallow
TPA Nectarine (peach trinity)
TPA Peach (juicy)
TPA Pear
TPA Strawberry (ripe)
TPA Sweet Cream (I was told it gets cheesy if you go too high)
TPA Sweetener (Sucralose and Ethyl Maltol)
TPA Vanilla Swirl (ice cream trinity) (I need more actually)
VT Rice Base
WF Almond Cookie SC (♡♡)
WF Angel Cake SC (♡♡) (yellow cake trinity)
WF Bourbon SC (it's whiskey.)
WF Brown Sugar Cookie SC (very very bad)
WF Cherimoya SC (smells funny but tastes like a creamy apple thing)
WF Crepe SC (♡♡)
WF Glazed Donut SC (♡♡)
WF Honey Roasted Peanuts SC (♡♡)
WF Snake Fruit SC (odd but ok)
WF Walnut SC (a touch light but really good nut meat*)
Have but haven't tried these yet: EUR Sweet Watermelon, FLV Alpine Strawberry, FLV Clove, FLV Frosting, FLV Graham Cracker, FLV Guanabana, FLV Jammy Berry, FLV Mango, FLV Orange Citrus, FLV Passion Fruit, FLV Pastry Zest, FLV Peach, FLV Popcorn,FLV Vanilla Pudding, FLV Watermelon, FLV Wild Melon, FLV Yam, INW Prickly Pear, LA Banana Cream, TPA Honeysuckle (pg), WF SC Starfruit (I actually think I threw this in a quick mix once but cant remember enough to say anything about it)
*yes, I said "nut meat."
I was so disappointed with that FA cherry. I don't know wtf it's supposed to be but it isn't cherry that's for sure.
I actually made a recipe specifically to find a use for it
I might try mixing a touch of it with TFA strawberry ripe and CAP sweet strawberry in a recipe. Maybe throw in some TFA raspberry sweet or something. I think it's probably just a dud though.
Probably the best cherry is Inawera Cherries - beware that there are several INW cherry-type flavours, the one you're after is called "Czeresnie" on their website.
Thanks for this, it’s a big help. I’ve been kinda spinning my wheels on what flavors to get.
I’ve been digging thru the diy sub but haven’t found something like this yet, a lot of yes or no’s on flavors but not the why. I’m sure it’s there, just haven’t hit it yet....
Digging where?
The search and just searching the recipes for flavor Rec’s. Checked the the popular flavor polls, but since they change often, there’s not a lot of consistency there...
What about the FAQ stickied at the top of the sub? It's got links to Flavor reviews, Flavor of the week, Flavor Facts, Single Flavor Notes, Mega reviews, etc.
I'd start there instead of searching. There's also a link in that thread to a better way to search, too, if you prefer searching.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. Notes are key to becoming a better mixer.
I suppose I could have provided more indepth notes for a lot of these but I just wanted to share a quick, "these are good to me" list. However, you are completely right, the more detailed your notes are, the better off you'll be down the road.