#Che Guava
% | Co. | Flavor
----|-----|----------------------
1.5 | SA | Cerise Griotte
0.5 | VT | Fizzy Sherbet
3 | CAP | Golden Pineapple
1 | CAP | Hibiscus
.5 | TFA | Honeysuckle
.4 | FA | Pear
2.25 | FLV | Pink Guava
0.3 | FA | Polar Blast
0.3 | WS | -23
Ok, so time for the notes. A little insight... I was looking at my bottle of pink guava one evening after having a few interesting beverages, and got to thinking that I needed to craft a recipe with it as the star. So it obviously needed a name and for some reason "Che Guava" sounded like it would be a good choice. So based on that name, several associations come to mind - southern/tropical, terrorist thug, and of course 'che' is the start of one of the greatest fruits to ever exist, cherry. (Also one of the best sports commentators ever, but that's for another recipe.)
So I figured ok, I want a tropical blend, where the guava bullies/terrorizes the other flavors a bit, and I want some cherry in there. So it started out as a basoc blend of Pink Guava, Golden Pineapple, and Cherry Extract... But it wasn't quite what I wanted. So I started looking for some supporting players. I wanted juicier, and while normally I'd go cactus for that, I decided to try something a little less flavorful and went with the old-school FA Pear. Not enough to taste, just enough to add some wet. And I threw in TFA Honeysuckle because that's my Frank's...I put that shit in everything. It adds a nice sweetness to any fruit and let's face it both golden pineapple and pink guava could stand some of that. But it still wasn't right. The flavors weren't coming together properly, they would each dight for attention rather than being a team. So I went with another of my workhorses - CAP hibiscus. That gave the mix more tropical vibes, and it blended the flavors without adding that TFA dragonfruit offtaste. Then, because I was going for a tropical beverage type vibe, VT Fizzy Sherbet followed by the cooling exacta (FA Polar Blast+WS-23) seemed a natural choice.
Along the way, I switched cherries a couple times. I was about ready to release the recipe when it was using GL Cherry, but when the FotW was cherry and I dug out the SA Cerise Griotte it occurred to me that it could do a better nob in this mix, being a little stronger. So I held off the release until I could test the most recent version. And whoa... After about five full days, it transforms itself into another one of those fruity delights. So I'm pretty happy with this.
I get that maybe two people other than me are likely to have all the ingredients for this... Most likely the cherry will be the key missing ingredient. A mix of Cherry Extract and FA Amaretto may get close. Swapping in 5% GL Cherry will work well enough. FA Marzipan and INW Cherries might work...but really, get cerise griotte. It's worth it.
Imagine thinking Che Guevara was a terrorist thug
Imagine not having the logical skill to realize that's what he was.
He's loved by many on the left, because that's the side he was on. Doesn't change who or what he was. "Freedom fighter" is what most terrorists call themselves. Those who agree with them don't call them terrorists. Those who don't agree with them, tho, are willing to describe them accurately.
edit: I'm betting the intellectually dishonest would also claim Nelson Mandela wasn't a terrorist either. Simple fact time - 'asymmetric warfare' is the name the army uses to teach how to conduct terrorist-style attacks. Using tactics including such winners as placing a tire filled with gasoline around the neck of a civilian and then setting it on fire (the ANC called that 'necklacing' IIRC) counts. That said, most people in the world don't think that being a terrorist was the defining characteristic of Mandela, but this is because most think fighting for human rights is a noble pursuit and that the end sorta justifies the means. Still doesn't mean he didn't use the tactics of a terrorist. And using terrorist tactics is the one defining element of being a terrorist.
Che fought to replace one corrupt government with another corrupt government, so it depends which corrupt government you think is worse, the left-wing one or the right-wing one. As far as that goes, I think we should ask the Cuban people living in Florida which was worse. (As let's face it, you aren't gonna get honest answers from people who may get shot if it comes out that they said bad things about the government.)
If by “bullied” we can intend “remove by force”, then we can say Che bullied American imperialism and its candidate Fulgencio Batista out of Cuba — who invited American criminality into the island nation in the form of child sex trafficking, slavery, the theft of the people’s land and the theft of their resources and the theft of the value they produced with their labor and their extreme racism toward Afro and ethnic Cubans. He “terrorized” the police force who ran the country like thugs, notorious for torture and rape without recourse. Che and Fidel returned the country from colonial rule to Cubans in the 26 de Julio revolution.
As a [NOT IMPORTANT] myself I do consider he was a terrorist. Thug maybe not, thug would assume he was completely heartless. Considering his supporters' love for him, that's probably not the case.
Remember people, you can be a terrorist and still be incredibly charming and possibly doing your best for a brighter future in your perspective!
Don't downvote because a person has a different understanding than yours! Rather, speak your mind about it. Downvoting should be kept for replies which do not contribute to a thread
Grr. I keep seeing these amazing recipes posted here and they all seem to have one or two flavors that are just.. not easy to come by.
I’m saving this though. Looks right up my alley. Maybe I’ll try to figure out French and see what it’ll end up costing me with shipping.
They actually weren't bad when I ordsred from them. It worked out to about the same as pretty much every other vendor I've ever dealt with.... But I bought twenty or thirty flavors to spread the cost of shipping over. They do a lot of florals and alcohols, so it wasn't difficult go pick a lot. And if I could tolerate vaping baked foods, they do a bunch of those that would probably be useful (several toasts, beignets, etc) One thing you get used to living in canada is making large orders because you're gonna get screwed on shipping from any country other than china. Even in Canada you either pay prices that have shipping built into them (dashvapes) or buy a hundred dollars worth of whatever to avoid the twennty dollars shipping.
I will never make this because all pineapple flavours are terrible. But interested in SA cerise griotte. What's it like and where do you get it?
Fair enough. Pineapple (like cherry) is better IRL than in vaping.
As for the SA, I ordered direct from solubarome (before they decided to boycott canada). Chefs carried some of their flavors in the past, maybe they'd pick this one up if enough people ask? It's a more complex cherry flavor than most. Still more of a cherry juice flavor than a full fresh cherry, to me. No real off-taste (at least not of the white rum or plastic varieties) although there's a bit of spiciness maybe, which is a bit like the skin of a sour cherry. If you've drank unsweetened pure cherry juice (depending on the local varieties, I'm sure) you'd recognize it tho. Is it the best cherry flavor? It's up there. I think if I get a blend of cherries to work well, it'll be in the mix.