About flavor %

submitted over 5 years ago by MattDeezly

So I work at a vape shop and we do 20% flavoring for every juice... I started diying at home. Grabbed my favorite flavor, rootbeer (tfa) and did 16% and it taste good but it's too much, where it kind of makes me sick (like too decadent).... is 16-20% high? I've read many recipes are 5% or less..... the juice at my shop does not taste this powerful at 20%. Do I really need to tone down my flavor %'s for mixing with the concentraits from TFA, CAP, etc?

Comments

11 points

by EdibleMalfunctionover 5 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Oh dear. Yeah that's too high. The 20% refers to total flavor percentage. Not of a single flavor.

3 points

by MattDeezlyover 5 years ago

What would you suggest for single flavor

6 points

by EdibleMalfunctionover 5 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Try 6%

3 points

by kuri_sanTouover 5 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/67821#fitz_s_by_mrburgundy

DIYFS Holy vanilla will be hard to get but this is a good root beer

2 points

by 3choBlast3rover 5 years ago

The flavor you have will have a recommended % written on it often.

20% is a total for multiple flavors. You can also buy premixed flavorings (one shot flavors) those often require 10/20% flavoring

My favorite one shot is a blue skushpuppy and only requires 10%.

5 points

by Duffmcmcmcwhalenover 5 years ago

You can search for the specific flavors you have on alltheflavors and it'll give you the average percentage used in recipes for each one. You can start there as a ballpark number

3 points

by [deleted]over 5 years ago

The highest I go is 10% total and that is even too much for some flavors.

3 points

by longwhitecloudsover 5 years ago

There isn't a start % that will work with all flavours. My adv is currently around 1%

3 points

by juthincover 5 years agoI improved Grack and all I got was this lousy flair

There are two flavors I can think of that I would use that can be used over 10% and not be horrid. And oneshots (basically a number of different flavor concentrates mixed together like in a recipe) can call for anything from 5-20%. And manufacturer recommendations are often wildly overinflated. Even when flavors were designed for vaping, often the numbers were based on using eGo type gear. Check flavor reviews here, or maybe look at usage numbers from ATF. Or, iff you have and still mainly use a eGo, look at the usage numbers from ELR.

3 points

by QueenBuzyBeeover 5 years ago

I would definitely look up single flavors on ATF or ELR and start by using the average %. It is true that most manufacturers suggest a %, but imho it‘s often too high and much higher than the average used %. I would start low and taste it (vape) and add little by little if needed, tasting after every addition of flavoring.

3 points

by Denske203over 5 years ago

Honestly bud everybody is different you should mix 1 flavor at 5% and let it sit overnight then test it in the morning. If its too light of flavor increase a couple percent and try it again.

2 points

by TimInElmiraover 5 years ago

Check with either your concentrate supplier, or with the manufacturer, for mixing recommendations for each flavor. There is no set rule on one % of each or total flavor in a mix.

2 points

by MattDeezlyover 5 years ago

How would I check, is there a resource or via email?

2 points

by TimInElmiraover 5 years ago

Websites. Every supplier I deal with includes this information on every product page. I don't know about every manufacturer, but Capella and The Perfumers Apprentice include this information on their product pages.

Or you can look up most flavors on alltheflavors dot com and look at how mixers use each flavor.

2 points

by Utthanover 5 years ago

I make eliquid for about 10 friends, have been for about 4 years now and have always used 10% or 5 ml for single flavours making 50 ml bottles, they have never wanted me to add more flavour they all say it's bang on. If it's multi flavour then always less % each flavour. Some say most flavours suffer a negative effect if % is too high and work better at lower %.

2 points

by dayoneofmanymoreover 5 years ago

Also, 5-12% depending on taste.

As an addition to other flavors 3-8%

Work your way up: (Stand alone)

10 ML, start with 0.5 ML 30 ML, start with 1.5 ML

https://www.diy-ejuice.com/Root-Beer-Flavor-by-TFA-TPA-p/tpa-rootbeer.htm

2 points

by Vishousnessover 5 years agoMissing One Flavor

i started this wiki for sft starting %

Edit: it doesn’t contain every flavor out there just the ones i have but it may help point you in some direction nor is it a 100% guide

1 points

by wander_woman_vaperover 5 years ago

Thanks for sharing!

1 points

by dayoneofmanymoreover 5 years ago

Make an account here https://e-liquid-recipes.com (totally free, it's just an online user database). Just logged in, so I can see comments

Root Beer - The Flavor/Perfumer's Apprentice

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Has been reported to crack/melt plastic tanks. May be fine to vape with glass or stainless steel tanks.

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Percentages in recipes Average mixing quantity: 6.4% (Median: 6%) Minimum used quantity: 0.2% Maximum used quantity: 25%

Single flavor recommendations: 14 Average quantity: 6.1% (Median: 5.0%) Minimum used quantity: 3.0% Maximum used quantity: 15.0%