Carnival’s DIY Journey

[Carnival]

I thought I’d make a thread for my DIY juice journey.

I’m brand new to mixing, but so far I am loving every part of it.

These are the fruit recipes I’ve mixed thus far:

Recipe 1 -
Ruby Red Grapefruit (FW)
Sweet Lychee (CAP)
Fresh Cream (FA)

Recipe 2 -
Harvest Berry (CAP)
Raspberry (LA)
Fig (FA)
Cranberry (CAP)

Recipe 3 -
Kiwi Double (TFA)
Pineapple (INW)
Cantaloupe (CAP)

Recipe 4 -
Ripe Banana (FA)
Mango (FM)
Custard (INW

Recipe 5 -
Juicy Peach (TFA)
Shisha Orange (INW)
Pineapple (INW)

So far I’ve tested these recipes a bit, but during the course of next week I’ll spend more time vaping each of them to decide if I’m happy with them or if they need some tweaking. Which is why I left out the percentages for now.

Recipe 1, I was happy with the grapefruit in it (I am a BIG fan of grapefruit!) but couldn’t taste the lychee, so I’m hoping a few more days of steeping will maybe correct that. Fingers crossed...

There is a recipe #6 but that’s my secret recipe! Lol. Stumbled on to something with (for me) a lot of potential, so I’m thinking about how I can “perfect” it.

I did also mix a recipe I found on All The Flavors. It’s called “Deep Passion”. The recipe was Passion Fruit, Fig Fresh and Carmel (Caramel). Took two puffs off it and binned it! I’m not sure if it was the passion fruit that put me off, or the whole combo of ingredients that just didn’t work for me (that was my first time trying passion fruit).

 

[Carnival]

OH yes! Almost forgot to mention this...

I’ve decided to dip a toe into chocolate territory. I’ve put together a very slightly layered dark chocolate recipe to try at some stage! Looking at the ingredients and percentages, I’m very excited about it.. I left room (slightly lower percent) for adding a bit more of a couple flavours if need be (including the dark chocolate) - I figured it’s easier to add more next time I mix, as oppose to adding too much and risk ruining the whole recipe!

 

[Silver]

Great to see @Carnival

Am looking forward to following your DIY journey and maybe it can uncover a few gems...

My DIY journey needs to be resurrected so hopefully yours can inspire me to get going again...

 

[Christos]

Great to see @Carnival

Am looking forward to following your DIY journey and maybe it can uncover a few gems...

My DIY journey needs to be resurrected so hopefully yours can inspire me to get going again...

I see a "Silver's DIY Experience" thread in the near future...
Also keen to follow this thread as I've just resurrected my DIY practice from a few years back.

 

[CTRiaan]

Try adding some coolant like WS23 or Polar Blast to recipe 1 to bring out the Lychee.

 

[Carnival]

Try adding some coolant like WS23 or Polar Blast to recipe 1 to bring out the Lychee.

Oh awesome! I will try that, thank you! @CTRiaan

I’ve seen WS23 mentioned a few times on the forum, so it’s probably worth giving a try.

 

[Carnival]

Try adding some coolant like WS23 or Polar Blast to recipe 1 to bring out the Lychee.

Just to make sure, is it this one? (Pic attached)

 

[Hooked]

OH yes! Almost forgot to mention this...

I’ve decided to dip a toe into chocolate territory. I’ve put together a very slightly layered dark chocolate recipe to try at some stage! Looking at the ingredients and percentages, I’m very excited about it.. I left room (slightly lower percent) for adding a bit more of a couple flavours if need be (including the dark chocolate) - I figured it’s easier to add more next time I mix, as oppose to adding too much and risk ruining the whole recipe!

Oooooohhhhhh sounds yummy @Carnival!

 

[vicTor]

Just to make sure, is it this one? (Pic attached)

hi yes I use this one, it is WS23 20% though, you do get a WS23 30% also, I think from valley vapour

black ice does the job for me, remember, don't go large at first with coolant

 

[Carnival]

hi yes I use this one, it is WS23 20% though, you do get a WS23 30% also, I think from valley vapour

black ice does the job for me, remember, don't go large at first with coolant

Thank you @vicTor ! I only like a touch of coolant anyway, so I will definitely only use a small percentage.

 

[Christos]

Thank you @vicTor ! I only like a touch of coolant anyway, so I will definitely only use a small percentage.

Start with 0.5% or less first.
I like my coolants at 1% but i generally add 1% koolada with 1%creme de menthol and 1%WS23 so 3%total coolants

 

[Carnival]

Start with 0.5% or less first.
I like my coolants at 1% but i generally add 1% koolada with 1%creme de menthol and 1%WS23 so 3%total coolants

Thank you for the tips @Christos !

 

[Carnival]

Could someone please recommend a good butterscotch concentrate? Had a look on BLCK Vapour but not sure which one I should get.

 

[RainstormZA]

Could someone please recommend a good butterscotch concentrate? Had a look on BLCK Vapour but not sure which one I should get.

Butterscotch Ripple is a good one to use, I absolutely love it.

 

[Andre]

Butterscotch Ripple is a good one to use, I absolutely love it.

Yip, FW Butterscotch Ripple is the go to one.

 

[Carnival]

Butterscotch Ripple is a good one to use, I absolutely love it.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[Carnival]

Hey guys, looking for a nice strong, crisp green apple concentrate and a good lychee concentrate.

Recommendations please?

 

[RichJB]

There aren't many good green apples. Instead, the apple sector is dominated by Fuji apples. Probably the closest you could get is a mixed green/red apple like Inw Two Apples. If you're looking for Granny Smith, you will just get funky chemical grassiness from most green apple flavours. It's a very difficult profile. Most mixers go for the Fujis as they offer a sweet crispness that is a good compromise between the more sour crunchy Granny Smith and the sweeter but softer/more floury texture of the red Star King or yellow Golden Delicious. All three of the main ones - FA, Cap and Jungle Flavors - are good. FA is by far the most popular.

For lychee, Cap Sweet is the most popular followed by FA.

 

[Carnival]

There aren't many good green apples. Instead, the apple sector is dominated by Fuji apples. Probably the closest you could get is a mixed green/red apple like Inw Two Apples. If you're looking for Granny Smith, you will just get funky chemical grassiness from most green apple flavours. It's a very difficult profile. Most mixers go for the Fujis as they offer a sweet crispness that is a good compromise between the more sour crunchy Granny Smith and the sweeter but softer/more floury texture of the red Star King or yellow Golden Delicious. All three of the main ones - FA, Cap and Jungle Flavors - are good. FA is by far the most popular.

For lychee, Cap Sweet is the most popular followed by FA.

Thanks for your advice! Much appreciated. @RichJB

 

[Silver]

There aren't many good green apples. Instead, the apple sector is dominated by Fuji apples. Probably the closest you could get is a mixed green/red apple like Inw Two Apples. If you're looking for Granny Smith, you will just get funky chemical grassiness from most green apple flavours. It's a very difficult profile. Most mixers go for the Fujis as they offer a sweet crispness that is a good compromise between the more sour crunchy Granny Smith and the sweeter but softer/more floury texture of the red Star King or yellow Golden Delicious. All three of the main ones - FA, Cap and Jungle Flavors - are good. FA is by far the most popular.

For lychee, Cap Sweet is the most popular followed by FA.

Jeepers @RichJB that was informative!
Thanks!

 

[Adephi]

good lychee concentrate

Icee Lychee is pretty much the only lychee recipe you will ever need.

 

[Carnival]

Okay, so I’ve been vaping Recipe #4:

Ripe Banana (FA)
Mango (FM)
Custard (INW)

I love banana flavours, but I have to admit the Ripe Banana isn’t working out here. Also, I put too little mango in so I can’t taste it. I found what looks like a good recipe by CheebaSteeba on All The Flavors, will give it a go!

 

[Carnival]

Just wondering, is there a concentrate/additive that adds ‘crispness’ to fruity flavours?

 

[RichJB]

Probably the most noticeable example I've found of it was in WF Soursop, which is magnificently clean, juicy, sharp and, yes, crisp off the shake. The nub being that it fades and fades hard. I'm guessing a small addition of it would help to crisp up a fruit. It might be hard to achieve that without the soursop flavour detracting, though.

 

[Carnival]

Probably the most noticeable example I've found of it was in WF Soursop, which is magnificently clean, juicy, sharp and, yes, crisp off the shake. The nub being that it fades and fades hard. I'm guessing a small addition of it would help to crisp up a fruit. It might be hard to achieve that without the soursop flavour detracting, though.

Very interesting! Thank you! @RichJB