Hey everyone,
I been working on these digests in my spare time, usually during insomniatic hours. Combination of the Holidays and getting better sleep has kept me all tied up and I keep missing Monday's deadlines so tabled they get until ad infinitum they keep getting until... now? Today, I'm gonna read through the last month-ish and try to get myself caught up and mark down little gems and thoughts as I go. Sorry for the delay and Happy Belated New Year!
BEST
The Best Recipe of 2021 is still accepting nominations and votes. Please read through, try a recipe if you like, nominate a recipe, be a part of the discussion. There are prizes for the winner, runner up, and nominators all generously donated by u/TeslaDelMar and Flavorah. Just read up on the very few rules and consider trying a recipe that stands out to you!
Reminders
- Check out the Recipe Roundup from 2021 (updated with December's recipes)
- Check out the companion Front Page Recipes 2021 for some more in-depth look at some recipes and development notes
- Check out all our latest weekly posts: Flavor of the Week: Pretzel, What are you vaping? thread, Suggest a recipe (for my flavors) thread, New mixers thread
- Check out our January Clone Request Thread and offer up some advice on how to start a clone or maybe offer up a remix like we did in November's Remixx Challenge
Starting from 12/21/21, here's your....
Highlights
- LilBearLulu was left hanging the week of December 24th on the Suggest a Recipe Thread. We dropped the ball, people. Sad coal stockings, does LilBearLulu deserve this? Right this wrong!!! How can you not help someone who can't taste or smile even? Let's put a smile on Lulu's face, mixers!
- u/Steve-TC kept up the review pace Gremlins' One shots with Vanilla Overload and Chocolate Overload. Keep 'em comin!
- u/isuamadog tried to keep up with the Steveses by reviewing SC/FE Cohiba and SC/FE RY8
- u/Skwigle asked the "desert island" scenario of 10 Flavors for the Rest of Your Life. Nice to see so much bacco represented ;)
- u/Zakumadness chose an apt handle for even thinking about trying TPA Honey and Mushroom Scented Nicotine. They did us one better and made The Unholy Trinity. Has anyone heard from Zaku since?... Oh yes, we have. They even put their own life at risk and tried it. Please read the ~~review~~ near death experience here.
- Roskash and erikpiekarz were also left hanging in the Week of Dec 31st Suggest a Recipe Thread. Cmon, people. No suggestions? NONE?!?
- u/bigtidder kicked off our year right with the first Front Page Recipe of 2022: Small Office Home Office. In my humble opinion, u/bigtidder is the Gold Standard for sharing development notes. I could read posts like this over and over again. Thank you from me, isuamadog, for always elevating and edifying with each share. My only gripe? ATF!!!! ;) Love you, buddy.
- u/blastcoinmining followed that with Apricot Jam Granola Parfait with a hot tip to let CAP Greek Yogurt steep into some serious tanginess. Who doesn't want to try that now?
- u/FieldGreens has been a busy bee. When he wasn't reviewing great recipes like Chocomint Bacco by u/TeslaDelMar and Cornbread Pudding, he also revived our AMA series Hot Seat Sunday. Whattaguy!!! In all seriousness though, I really hope he keeps this up because when he says to try something, I do. Always 100% spot on. Thanks, man.
- u/isuamadog tried to keep up with the Greenses and posted a recipe review of 123 Burley by u/horizonism. Get your own schtick, doggo!
- u/TeslaDelMar in typical understated fashion has given himself a VERY modest pat on the back with his ATF Year in Review. I can say from being behind the scenes that all requests, comments and questions are taken very seriously even when they would have driven me to the brink. I don't know how he does it. If you have ever used the site before now, then you just KNOW how great the site has become. Big thanks to u/Flavorah and Mr. Mar for being awesome and the illest, sickest mod team everrrrrr. Seriously though, u/ID10-T needs to use the Dark Mode feature. Like, yesterday.
- Lastly, we close out with the AMA Hot Seat Sunday by the one and only u/T-a-r-a-x who gives me hope that there is life after nic and is probably the nicest guy in DIY.
Honorable Mentions
- u/Gxrub is lucky for not being banned for asking about Rule #7. tell them to go left and they go right... let this be a cautionary tale, friends.
- u/banjo_psycho got "ripped a new asshole" (thier words) for this Next Level Speed Steeping Method. Speed steeping is one of the lingering annoyances to many DIYers. 1) It's not necessary and 2) It doesn't work. YMMV
- u/bucko_fazoo shared their DIY flavor organizational method. Gotta love it.
- u/_citizen67 obliged us also here.
Welp, that's it for now. Happy MLK Day and keep sharin your thoughts with us... in the right places! ;)
doggo out
Hah, I'm flattered to get a mention in the digest...I guess I should actually pony up a recipe or two this year, but I'm forever tweaking percentages to find the right amount and brightness of flavouring for low-wattage MTL pod vapes.
an underrated addition to the recipe trove are the unnamed recipes for the low-wattage MTL pod devices. Im a bit irreverant in that I feel no recipe is ever 'done' until I never mix it another way again, which is almost never. Mostly i just get to where I have stopped messing with something or another idea has got my attention for now. Share your ideas!
> I feel no recipe is ever 'done' until I never mix it another way again, which is almost never.
That's me to a T. I'm constantly remixing even "community standard" recipes like water malone, attempting to get more of something that I feel is missing. I realize that taste is subjective, but I still haven't reached a point where I feel that a mix is "ready" for public consumption because I don't care for the mix as much as I think I could. Judging by the number of private recipes on ATF, I imagine a lot folks feel the same way.
That said, I would love to devise a short list of simple but solid 2-4 flavour recipes designed for first-time MTL mixers, which would target a variety of common profiles (berries, bananas, tropical, lemonades, custard, cookies, tobaccos, etc.). Anything to help folks make the jump from disposables and commercial juices to mixing their own pod liquids.
idk, man, i kinda stopped putting stuff out there for a while because I was really on my own trip. Then I started to think, I'd rather have my ideas out there as part of a conversation, maybe someone can build off my wild experiments, maybe someone 'fixes' my mixes, maybe someone improves on my ideas, maybe someone avoids my mistakes. I am really pleasantly surprised by the few times that has happened since it is just a fact that you will rarely get someone who tries your recipes and even rarer to get feedback. With all that in mind, I just share what I'm doing hoping it will help someone else find their own way to work a flavor or concept and spend another day not smoking.
Thanks dog! Bangin job as always!
Side note: I’m so pleased to see how much the new mixers thread is being used this past week. Most action it’s seen in a while! :)
Each sub is just a little different. It's nice when people post their questions in the right place, since we get so many posts that really just belong in the NMT. It really IS nice to see so many questions get there and to see that more experienced mixers visit and answer questions. I kinda wish I had more time to respond, but it's great to see that nearly everything is already answered before I can even form a thought of my own! I do try to add on an answer someone else has already given to show that this isn't just one person's idea, that it's more of a consensus type answer. Also, you are appreciated :)
Absolutely. I remember a time when new mixers referred to the NMT as “no man’s land”.
There’s someone in there right now looking for flavour recs for baccos if you wanna take a look… that’s one area I fall short of being able to offer any advice.
Awe thank you. As are you :)