Wintermint Cream
A Recipe Review
Mixologist: u/Foment_life
Published: April 9, 2019
ATF Link: Wintermint Cream
Description: It’s a shamrock shake...except wintergreen
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Do you remember that neighbor that borrowed your 50’ extension cord last year and never brought it back? Yeah well, me either...but I will remember this mix this summer when that Florida sun is beating down on me one Sunday afternoon while barbecuing.
I needed a break from my doldrums of ADVs and decided I really wanted to swing to the other side of the spectrum for variety’s sake. So I chose mints and went looking for a handful of mixes. This is the first of them that I will be reviewing.
The mix:
- TFA Bavarian Cream - 2.7%
- INW Shisha Vanilla - 1%
- TFA Vanilla Swirl - 2.7%
- TFA Wintergreen - 2.7%
- WS-23 - 2%
- Steep time: 5 days
Ok so straight out of the gate I am not much of a cooling type of guy. It gets kind of funky and usually detracts from a mix for me. 2% WS-23?! Holy cow. But hey, right there in the description of the recipe it reassures me that the creams will take the cooling by the horns and tame it. Uh huh. Right.
So I am all in at this point to stay true to the recipe which has some super stars in it. TFA Vanilla Swirl and INW Shisha Vanilla are two of the best vanillas in the business hands down. Pairing them with TFA Bavarian Cream was an excellent choice which created a super creamy top of the line vanilla cream base to blend with the polar opposite TFA Wintergreen.
On the inhale I’m vibing with that WS-23 cooled wintergreen which is followed by an exhale of creamy vanilla goodness. I can’t express enough how extremely well this mix blends together. The sweet creaminess does indeed reign in that crazy WS-23 percentage to the point where I have to question if I actually used the full 2%. I now believe that using less of it would have derailed the entire flavor profile into something that is actually less enjoyable.
If you enjoy wintergreen and sweet creamy vanillas - and even if you don’t enjoy cooling like myself - mix yourself up a sample and give it a test drive. You’ll be back at the dealership in no time for another ride. I promise.
I was chatting on Discord the other day. I mentioned a that I was going to be trying out Ws-23 for the first and that I wasn't feeling well. Everyone immediately recommended this recipe, and I trust the opinion of the mixers on Discord. So I've favorited this recipe and ordered the TFA Wintergreen - 2.7% and will definitely gives this a mix. Thank you for sharing!!
A Shamrock Shake, you say? Just in time for St. Patty's!
Thanks for the review, this is definitely going on my list
This is spot on an excellent mix for St Patty’s Day.
If the other mixes that I have waiting are anywhere near as good as this then It’s going to be good times ahead.
well u/Foment_Life did just win the 2020 Recipe of the Year contest, so his recipes are usually a risk worth taking! Excited to read about your other minty adventures, as I'm not much of a mint/ cooling vaper either, but I'm definitely going to mix this one up as I have all the flavors for once :)
EDIT: dammit, I have PUR WS-3 or TPA Koolada, aka the exact same thing just from diff brands lol. Must've thought I was buying WS-23.
Thanks for the review, going to mix this up as soon as im taking a new order! Can you please Copy + Paste this to ATF as well? Would be great to have a recent review there as well.
Would this still recipe will work without the WS-23 or Koolada? I'm not a fan of cooling so I don't have either, but I do have the rest of it.
I would think it would work just fine without WS-23. I usually don’t use cooling very much, but always try to make the first batch of the recipe the way the author intended it. I have altered a lot of recipes afterwards though to better suit my palate.
I would not use koolada though. To me it’s a weird flavor that would alter the profile too much.
Alright thanks! I'm the same way about recipes. If I had the WS-23 already I'd definitely give it a shot as it is, but I wanted to try this right away because it sounds amazing.