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Capella Custard Cake reviewed by SessionDrummer
submitted over 3 years ago by Session-Drummer

Tested on my beloved SteamCrave RDTA v.1, with dual 7 wrap, Kanthal vertical coils, with fresh cotton, and pulsed coils in between all flavors. Steeped 1.5+ weeks.

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**Custard Cake (CAP) 4% (1-15-22)** -- Alright, I couldn't wait for the FULL steepity, steep, steep, steep, so we'll just get INTO these NOW !!!!! FIRST official Capella SFT thread by me, so never a dull moment here. It was actually THIS flavor, mentioned in another thread, that alerted me that CAP had released some NEW flavors, so let's get TO it. Having a LARGE collection of CAP flavors, it's pretty rare, and very unexpected to get a flavor that really tastes NEW, that doesn't share numerous commonalities with other CAP flavors. This one I TRIED to pick apart, find close similarities, or "recycles" as I call them, and I couldn't. Pretty cool, right ?

In the bottle, I thought I might have caught a whiff of French Vanilla, but tasting is, that was NOT present. I found this to be a really NEAT flavor. The Yellow Cake to my tastes was readily present, BUT, it was tempered by something else, something more. At first, I was trying to envision a CAP VC but, without the egg, but that wasn't it. Vanilla cupcake ?? No. Maybe an almost vanilla pudding, with fairly recessed vanilla, might be close. Some YC's can push into "baby powder" if run too high, and this one showed no signs of that @ 4%. If was actually nicely full at this weight, with nothing off-putting, and sweetness was at about mid level. It wandered around a bit, which kept it more interesting than not, but try to imagine a delicious Yellow Cake, with some darkened notes, just like the cake out of the pan where it was slightly overcooked on the outer edges, mixed with Pudding, a smidge of Vanilla, and that's what this one was. No eggy, so eggy custard junkies, will have to look elsewhere. I kept pondering if the slight Vanilla I was getting was CAP's French Vanilla, but every time I focused on it, the answer was no.

I was very surprised by this one, and had completely expected to notice/identify a previous CAP nuance, but, it never revealed that. Moderately sweet, and with an overall smooth, and almost creamy-like aspect, that did keep you coming back, this one proved to be interesting, and addictive, AND, could almost stand on it's own. What will be neat about this one, is it's uses. Custards, cakes (duh), but bakeries, and much more could benefit from this, as it straddled a few different profiles. Not just a custard,or just a cake, but actually BOTH, and with some delicious pudding thrown in on top. Having been unable to put it down yet, I think **9.4/10** outta about sum it up.

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Thanks out to u/wllmc and Bull City Flavors for providing these NEW Capella flavors for review. Want to get YOURS ??

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https://www.bullcityflavors.com/capella-new-flavors-sample-pack/

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by OdieDoodahover 3 years agoThe Real MVP

Speaking of the "Reddit Way" (hahaha) . . . this Flavor Review is more in line with what others have done. Take a look -> Flavor Review Index Thanks for the contribution.

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by Session-Drummerover 3 years ago

Roger that u/OdieDoodah. Thank you.

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by mearseover 3 years ago

I am truly envious of folks who can taste all these different elements of a flavor. I appreciate your time and effort putting these reviews together. This community in general has helped me more times than I can remember at this point!

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by Session-Drummerover 3 years ago

Thanks you very much for the kind words u/mearse. I actually wish I could taste MORE.

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3 points
 
by hesheretteover 3 years agoMissing One Flavor

this flavor sounds delicious! I liked the CHF/ CSC Custard Cake offering, but it seemed a bit AP-heavy iirc. This one seems like something I'll have to try soon, thanks SD!

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by Session-Drummerover 3 years ago

You're very welcome u/hesherette. I didn't get any overt AP, and did (as you can tell), like this one a lot.

1 points
 
by Steve-TCover 3 years agoWinner: Best Recipe of 2021 - Melon Glazed Donut

Thank you for the review. I think I need to try that. I can imagine that even with CAP Cantaloupe.😉

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by Session-Drummerover 3 years ago

You're very welcome u/Steve-TC, thanks.

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