Hey all,

I used to have a small ejuice company called Coiled Juices in Canada. When it came time to either go all-in on that or focus on my animation/editing career, I opted for the latter, and it's worked out so far.

I only had a handful of flavours, but it was the last one I released that became by far the most popular, which I called "Smokeberry". It's still a flavour I mix up myself, and represents about a third of my ejuice consumption, the rest being a mix of other DIY for fun, and store bought.

Coiled Juices Smokeberry(30ml recipe)

TPA RY4 - .8mg
FA Desert Ship - .26mg
TPA Blue Raspberry - .17mg
FA Vanilla Classic - .16mg
FA Vienna Cream - .16mg
FA MTS Vape - .125mg
FA Cookie - .16mg

Development: When I started working on this, I was looking for something that struck a good balance between a tobacco vape and something with a baked sweet feel. I found a lot of tobacco inspired juices leaned too much on the tobacco, or completely non-existent.

I started with cookie, RY4, and blue raspberry, in different ratios, and while it was good, it was somewhat lacking the complexity I like. I'm definitely not a single-flavour shake and vape person. I also tried different brands of flavours, but always gravitated back to Flavour Arts. That's not to knock others. I like The Flavor Apprentice as well.

At that point, I replaced the RY4 with Desert Ship, to maintain the tobacco, but figured that the more fruity notes of DS would give a bit more complexity to the raspberry via it's more fruit forward tobacco compared to the caramel notes of RY4.

That's when I decided to let DS and RY4 share some time in the mix.

It was coming along well, so I decided to try a couple of other fruit flavours as well. I tried substituting the Blue Raspberry with with other fruits (FA blueberry ripe, FA banana, & FA cherry), and liked the blueberry and cherry. I just liked Blue Raspberry better. Banana (a flavour I like) just kind of gets buried by the Desert Ship in particular, due to its profile, but I digress...

That's when I started adjusting levels, and throwing in various creams and vanillas, until settling on pretty much the finalized version.

As it happened, I was at about this stage when a flavour order came in that included my first order of MTS Vape, which I added to my cart largely from reading recommendations on this sub back in the day. At first I used WAY too much MTS Vape, which flattened everything, but once I found the sweet spot, I really liked how it added texture.

The best way I can describe MTS Vape is using a scotch analogy. I know some people who demand ice cubes, and some who only drink it neat. I don't have a hard and fast rule, but for scotches with a heavy smoke or earthy taste, I find a little water can bring out flavours that might be too subtle otherwise.

If you're working on a DIY flavour that you think is CLOSE to what you're aiming for, a couple of drops of MTS Vape might be what you're looking for... (another digression).

In any case, since I shuttered the business a couple of years ago, I haven't even been on this sub, but it was a slow day at work, and figured I'd share.

Updated: (copy/pasted wrong brand for two flavours), also added to Eliquid-Recipes - DIY Smokeberry ejuice recipe :: e-Liquid Calculator (e-liquid-recipes.com)