As always, the purpose of this thread is to gather the community to explore a category of flavor and its many uses.
##⭐ This week's flavor is . . . FOTQ VI
>>requested by Popular Demand
This is FOTW's 6th time time to do FOTQ, after was requested that we periodically (approximately quarterly) set aside a week not for a single flavor profile like FOTW is usually about, but for brand-newly released flavors. So this is the week for new flavors that have been released since the last time we did this.
This time it's all about the the whole new line of flavors,
#Chefs Super Concentrates
(Yes, I know, Flavour Art dropped a bunch recently too, we'll get to those next time).
Post your own recipes containing this week's Flavor of the Week, as the star or in a supporting role, with or without development notes. Talk about other people's recipes that use it. Share flavor notes. Compare and contrast different manufacturers' versions of the FOTW. Ask for help using a flavor in general or to achieve something specific, offer advice, brainstorm ideas, consider substitutions, suggest pairings... really anything at all as long as it's on topic. But most of all, remember to have FUN
###🎉 YOU COULD WIN A GREAT PRIZE!
It's easy - all you have to do is join the conversation for a chance to win! Everyone who posts a comment will be entered into a prize drawing. The winner will be chosen during the Noted Podcast this Monday at 10pm Eastern.
>>The winner will receive . . .
>>###$20 worth of FOTQ VI flavors
>>courtesy of the Village IDIOT 🤡
- The winner may choose up to $20 worth of flavors from the Noted Collection on Bull City Flavors
- Delivery limited to addresses that BCF ships to (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, South Africa, and Bhutan)
###🔗 USEFUL LINKS
GENERAL INFORMATION
FLAVOR OF THE WEEK
FOTQ I | FOTQ II | FOTQ !!! | FOTQ IV | FOTQ V
NOTED PODCASTS
FOTQ I | FOTQ II | FOTQ !!! | FOTQ IV | FOTQ V
INFORMATION ARCHIVES
FOTW Listing | FOTW/Noted Spreadsheet | Flavor Facts
LAST WEEK
5's and 7's - FOTW | Noted | 10% off at Bull City
🗓 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Here's a peek at what's on the schedule . . .
|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|DATE|FOTW|
|---:|:---|---:|:---|---:|:---|
|Sep07|Kiwi|Jan11|Pretzel|May17|Pineapple|
|Sep14|Cucumber|Jan18|Banana Nut Bread|May24|Fruity Custard|
|Sep21|Black Licorice|Jan25|Sesame |May31|⭐ FOTQ IX|
|Sep28|Passionfruit|Feb01|Toffee|Jun07|🍂 Black Tobacco|
|Oct05|Purple Grape|Feb08|Wild Cherry|Jun14|Plain Custard|
|Oct12|Cactus|Feb15|Blueberry + Bakery|Jun21|🍓 Strawberry & Cream|
|Oct19|SOUR|Feb22|Blueberry Candy|Jun28|Vanilla Custard|
|Oct26|Dark Chocolate|Mar01|⭐ FOTQ VIII|Jul05|Jackfruit|
|Nov02|Maple|Mar08|🍂 Gold Tobacco|Jul12|Rice|
|Nov09|Smoothie|Mar15|🍓 Strawberry Lemonade|Jul19|Cinnamon Danish|
|Nov16|French Vanilla|Mar22|Blueberry Jam|Jul26|🍓 Strawberry Milk|
|Nov23|Apple+Bakery|Mar29|Bilberry|Aug02|Bakery Custard|
|Nov30|⭐ FOTQ VII|Apr05|Pink Lemonade|Aug09|Toasted Marshmallow|
|Dec07|🍂 ORIENTAL|Apr12|Clove|Aug16|Cinnamon Roll|
|Dec14|Cocoa|Apr19|Blueberry Blends|Aug23|Malt|
|Dec21|Herbs|Apr26|Just Blueberry |Aug30|⭐ FOTQ X|
|Dec28|⭐ FOTY 2021|May03|Plain Lemonade |Sep06|🍂 Hilly Tobaccos|
|Jan04|Huckleberry|May10|Corn|Sep13|🍓 Strawberry Bakery|
####Q: How do flavors get put on the schedule?
####A: Requests and suggestions from people like YOU!
If there's something you'd like to see, just post a request in this thread. You can request both a specific flavor profile and where it lands on the calendar.
I don't know if I'm going to survive flavor sampling this week. Six down, 77 to go.
Holy shit. Good luck, man.
Well, it's 10 less than we had for the week of Sobucky Super Aromas, so I think I'll live. But, jeez. There's a lot of 10ml samples staring at me right now, asking me what mistakes I've made in my life, how many wrong turns it took to wind up here.
Somehow I never noticed there was a "7th Heaven" stop on the booze train! I must've been too focused on arriving at the "9th Circle of Hell" station as quickly + efficiently as possible ;)
it's taking most of my willpower to not spill the beans on the ~80ish Chef's flavors I've tried, but I'll save my commentary for Noted. nervous but looking forward to the baptism by fire!
The chat will back you up, no worries. And I look forward to at minimum one flavor pronounced also in German😉.
Did you plan this out with Chef's to have this the week after the massive summer sale is over? :D
I did not, but it's not outside the realm of possibility that Lewis saw us coming up on the calendar and thought, "yikes better end that summer sale before those guys get everyone all riled up and wanting to buy this stuff"
>FOTQ X
Lol. Dave pls move FOTQ X next year from 30.08. to a week or two or three earlier if possible.
Chefs and many others always have a promotion with nice discounts at the end of August and lots of people hardly wait to watch your show to see what flavors of a new line are worth to buy. These are probably your most watched shows and they'd be happy if there is a chance to buy new flavors you recommend soon with a nice discount.
Are you including the new FA flavors?
I'm really interested in what everyone's top 10 will be this episode. It will give me a good idea what my next chef's order will be looking like
No "top 10" awaits you on Noted, exactly. The four of us (me, /u/mlnikon, /u/eyemsam89, and /u/hesherette) are going to independently assign each flavor a category: Bad, Below Average, Average, Above Average, Awesome, and Best in Class. Then we're going to go around the zoom room and discuss starting with a bad one from each person until all the ones that anyone thought was bad are covered. Repeat for Below Average, Average, etc. So that at the end, all you have left are the ones that everyone agrees are Best in Class, if any.
You're probably going to want to pay attention to all the Bad ones (if any) to avoid, and anything that finds its way into being agreed on as Above Average or better.
I only made it through, like, 3 of my testers of Tobaccos. Life got in the way and I haven't had time for DIY outside of mixing my absolute necessities.
I'll try and go through my Chef's baccys this week and update with my thoughts!
The title was implying bourbon as the FOTW, but upon closer examination I now understand that real bourbon will be involved ;) Here's a recipe that has bourbon in the name but has nothing to do with real bourbon...
Ingredient|% :---|---: Black Touch (Licorice Plus) (FA)|0.25 Root Beer (Flavorah)|4.00 Root Beer (TPA)|2.00 Super Sweet (CAP)|1.00 Vanilla Bourbon (Vaniglia) (FA)|0.50 Wintergreen (TPA)|0.25
Flavor total: 8%