DIY Tobacco Recipes

I've always fancied the concept of an RY tobacco, but every commercial RY juice or concentrate I've tried has been too much vanilla / caramel and not enough tobacco - and if the tobacco was prominent it was not one that I liked the taste of.

So I decided to create my own with one of my favourite tobaccoes, Stixx Mixx's Dark Fire (Latakia):

RY0.75

A dark, dirty, wet, smokey, tobacco-forward RY with only hints of vanilla / caramel / nut.

https://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/3275266/RY0.75

Acetyl Pyrazine 5% (TPA) - 0.5%
Almond (Mandorla) (FA) - 1%
Caramel (Caramello) (FA) - 1%
Dark Fire (Stixx Mixx) - 1.75%
Holy Vanilla (DIYFS) - 0.75%
Lovage Root (Flavorah) - 0.25%
Tobacco, DNB (Dirty Neutral Base) (INAWERA) - 0.5%

Steeped for a month.

SM's Dark Fire is for the hardcore tobacco-heads, this tastes like tobacco leaves burning on a braai (sounds horrible but is actually delicious). It has replaced INW Black for Pipe as my dark and smokey go-to, it is less sweet which I prefer.

Holy Vanilla is my favourite vanilla for adding to tobaccos, it is smooth and tasty without being too creamy, it adds just the right amount of creaminess for me.

Caramel is caramel and FA's is the best of the lot for me, and here it imparts a slight sweetness without too much caramel flavour affecting the tobacco taste.

FA's Almond helps tie everything together while adding a bit of sweet nuttiness, again not too much to overtake the main tobacco note.

AP and DNB just doing their things.

FLV Lovage is an interesting additive for tobaccos and in my opinion works best with darker, earthier tobaccos, to moisten or 'wet' them and deepen their earthiness. I have not yet tried it with brighter tobaccos but I feel that it would not work as well with them - although I am open to others' experiences with it.

This sounds amazing @Wesley - thanks!
I know exactly what you mean about wanting a RY4 type vape with more prominence on the tobacco.
I have thought the same on several occasions!!

Onto the "to mix" list it goes...
 
Holy Fire
A delicious smokey blend of caramel, vanilla and tobacco.

I set out to explore different levels and uses of my Holy Holy Grail, widely revered as THE king of caramel, vanilla and tobacco triads.
Admittedly feint in the tobacco department, this recipe attempts to add some simple complexity to our main protagonist whilst celebrating its inherent sublimeness...

SM Latakia fire cured is a superb ‘dark’ tobacco and is much more refined than other players in this tobacco category like Black Fire and the likes. It can be described as an ashy burning campfire log - intense and pure... Here it adds a delicious & refined sweet, smokey & ashy element and lifts the RY4 base to unexplored heights

Oakwood adds a slight sweet woody tone to bolster the feint tobacco in the Holy Holy Grail and adds a bit of complexity and intrigue.

Use Holy Holy Grail V2 at 8%.
For a touch of additional sweetness, add 1% HS Caramel Toffee...

Give this 7 days to settle, 10 days best.

Holy Fire
6% DFS HOLY HOLY GRAIL RY4
1% SM Latakia Fire Cured
0.5% FA Oak Wood

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Bliss
A rich, sticky & creamy caramel tobacco.

Further exploration of Holy Holy Grail and HS Caramel toffee led me to this scrumptious and richly rewarding creamy caramel RY4 delight. Simply put, pure bliss...

Not much has to be said for the highly acclaimed Holy Holy Grail. It is, by far, the quintessential RY4. Period. Light on the tobacco, heavy on the vanilla infused caramel goodness, this is the bedrock of this recipe. Use V2 at 8% for best results.

HS Caramel Toffee is my go-to caramel and further deepens the caramel layer by providing a rich and creamy true caramel flavor.

LB Vanilla Ice Cream is a superb VIC and further compliments the vanillas & introduces a wonderful, rich and smooth, creamy element. Initial adaptations features custard which was good, but this bad boy/girl is just soooo much better!

HS Italian cream is pure indulgence and simply adds luxurious, double cream, oral satisfaction.

Give this baby at least 7 days to stew and be prepared for oral bliss...

Bliss
1.5% HS Caramel Toffee
7% DFS HOLY HOLY GRAIL RY4
1% HS Italian Cream
3% LB Vanilla Ice Cream

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Bliss
A rich, sticky & creamy caramel tobacco.

Further exploration of Holy Holy Grail and HS Caramel toffee led me to this scrumptious and richly rewarding creamy caramel RY4 delight. Simply put, pure bliss...

Not much has to be said for the highly acclaimed Holy Holy Grail. It is, by far, the quintessential RY4. Period. Light on the tobacco, heavy on the vanilla infused caramel goodness, this is the bedrock of this recipe. Use V2 at 8% for best results.

HS Caramel Toffee is my go-to caramel and further deepens the caramel layer by providing a rich and creamy true caramel flavor.

LB Vanilla Ice Cream is a superb VIC and further compliments the vanillas & introduces a wonderful, rich and smooth, creamy element. Initial adaptations features custard which was good, but this bad boy/girl is just soooo much better!

HS Italian cream is pure indulgence and simply adds luxurious, double cream, oral satisfaction.

Give this baby at least 7 days to stew and be prepared for oral bliss...

Bliss
1.5% HS Caramel Toffee
7% DFS HOLY HOLY GRAIL RY4
1% HS Italian Cream
3% LB Vanilla Ice Cream

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Wowza, thanks for sharing. Will be mixing this soonest.
 
Came across this recipe and gave it a shot.

Real Stinkies
FA Desert Ship - 1%
INW Flue Cured Tobacco - 0.5%
TFA RY4 Double - 3%

I don't have many RY4 mixes lately and this is not too bad. As far as a real stinkie taste, I think for me the Desert Ship stands out too much. I upped the Flue Cured to 1% and much prefer it. Gives it that little extra dry ashy taste with the Desert ship not so "in your face".
The benefits of DIY, different folks different strokes.

Just mixed this up and made Flue Cured Tobacco 1% as per your notes. Not big into tobaccos.....Yet and used to play with 7 Leaves and RY4 Double so this is new territory for me but looking forward.
 
Been vaping this now and its really good SNV. Slightly sweet from the Ry4 it seems but a very good plain tobacco flavor.

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I have long been looking for a good Honey tobacco. The few commercial ones I tried just didn't do it for me. A while ago Wayne Walker posted a recipe for a Honey RY4 but I was getting tired of RY4s with either biscuits or peanut butter. So I worked on my own a bit. Combined Wayne's recipe with Cardinal and a bit of tweeking I got what I needed. Pretty strong on the tobacco (for me) with a bit of creaminess and honey just lurking behind the tobacco without overpowering or making it any sweeter.

Honey RY4

6% DFS Holy Holy Grail RY4 v2
3% VT Honeycomb
1% HS RY4
0.75% FLV Kentucky Blend
0.75% FLV Red Burley
0.5% FLV Milk & Honey
 
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I have long been looking for a good Honey tobacco. The few commercial ones I tried just didn't do it for me. A while ago Wayne Walker posted a recipe for a Honey RY4 but Iwas getting tired of RY4s with either biscuits or peanut butter. So I worked on my own a bit. Combined Wayne's recipe with Cardinal and a bit of tweeking I got what I needed. Pretty strong on the tobacco (for me) with a bit of creaminess and honey just lurking behind the tobacco without overpowering or making it any sweeter.

Honey RY4

6% DFS Holy Holy Grail RY4 v2
3% VT Honeycomb
1% HS RY4
0.75% FLV Kentucky Blend
0.75% FLV Red Burley
0.5% FLV Milk & Honey
This looks awesome @Adephi... I haven't tried the original as I don't have the FLV Raisin Rum but your adapted recipe looks like it should be super tasty!!
 
This looks awesome @Adephi... I haven't tried the original as I don't have the FLV Raisin Rum but your adapted recipe looks like it should be super tasty!!
Yeah, I wasn't going to order the raisin rum just for this as I don't see myself using it for something else.
 
A Charlie Noble Tripoli inspired recipe.. Saw a lot of hype and positive comments about Charlie Noble Tripoli as a premium tobacco juice worldwide so I looked for a diy recipe.

I thought the tobacco flavour vapers will like this perhaps. I'm mixing it just waiting for a few concentrates needed to arrive.

The original recipe appears here

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/5455#turkish_t_by_juicemunkeh

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Liquorice is an extract from the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant which contains glycyrrhizic acid, or GZA. GZA is made of one molecule of glycyrrhetinic acid and two molecules of glucuronic acid. The extracts from the root of the plant can also be referred to as liquorice, sweet root, and glycyrrhiza extract.
 
Liquorice is an exotic root. Just saying.
I had to buy this concentrate as I've never used it before, interesting flavour. This is how it's described.
This is the spawn of an effort to make INW Exotic Roots palatable. Here, Exotic Roots is up front and personal with its ginger and spice notes (if you have had the pleasure of meeting it, you know what I mean).
Reference comes from using in this recipe..
https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/25700#major_errors_by_philosaphucker
 
I had to buy this concentrate as I've never used it before, interesting flavour. This is how it's described.
This is the spawn of an effort to make INW Exotic Roots palatable. Here, Exotic Roots is up front and personal with its ginger and spice notes (if you have had the pleasure of meeting it, you know what I mean).
Reference comes from using in this recipe..
https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/25700#major_errors_by_philosaphucker
Thank you. Will follow the link and read it.
 
Liquorice is an extract from the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant which contains glycyrrhizic acid, or GZA. GZA is made of one molecule of glycyrrhetinic acid and two molecules of glucuronic acid. The extracts from the root of the plant can also be referred to as liquorice, sweet root, and glycyrrhiza extract.
Ha, learn something everyday... I always thought liquorice was based off aniseed.
 
Finally finished, steeped and tested my new diy tobacco juice called Turkish Amarula Cream
Started off with a simple diy mix of Turkish blend tobacco, marula, mandarin and cream. Was ok but not quite what I wanted. Something was missing.

Found this online Amarula Cream recipe and used a few more flavours I liked in my final recipe. This recipe was too sweet for my liking.

https://www.e-lr.net/recipes/84453

The final recipe I mixed, steeped for a month and tested follows. I still consider this a work in progress feel free to make suggestions. Both the brandy and marula are very strong flavours might tune it down a bit in future.

Turkish Amarula Cream.jpg

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A Charlie Noble Tripoli inspired recipe.. Saw a lot of hype and positive comments about Charlie Noble Tripoli as a premium tobacco juice worldwide so I looked for a diy recipe.

I thought the tobacco flavour vapers will like this perhaps. I'm mixing it just waiting for a few concentrates needed to arrive.

The original recipe appears here

https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/5455#turkish_t_by_juicemunkeh

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The final updated Turkish T - Charlie Noble Tripoli inspired recipe I mixed follows. CAP Fig was discontinued in 2016 and I used FA Fig as a substitute. CAP Fig are cooked figs while FA Fig are fresh figs that's a lot sweeter and tastes different. I used 50% FA Fig and 50% INW Smoked Plum instead.

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The list of Capella discontinued and substitute flavours follow.

https://www.capellaflavors.com/blog/post/spring-2019-alternative-and-discontinued-flavors/
 
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Any suggestions for substitute INW Flue Cured Tobacco? Seems to be out of stock everywhere.

Using 0.5% Flue with 0.5% Gold Ducat and RY4D.

It's been a while since I've used it but I can't think of anything quite like it.

But looking at the recipe, why don't you try 0.25% Arabic Tobacco (FLV)(Stuff is really strong) instead. There are some other ones that could be used depending on your taste. It will obviously taste a bit different but that also depends on the amount of RY4D you are using in the recipe. The Gold Ducat could go up a bit because it's great stuff;-)
 
So here is a simple tobacco and custard recipe I whipped up during the first lockdown. It swiftly became an ADV for my Wife and other family members.

Woody Nutty Custard
MLB (FE) - 4%
Custard Premium - 2%
Acetyl Pyrazine (TFA) - 0.5%

Sneaky taste after 7 days but great after 3 weeks. (The Wife is happy with it after 1 day)

Works well as an MTL and DL Vape

Now before you get all upset because you can't find MLB by Flavour Express in SA, it is the same flavour as M-Bro Concentrate by Ying Yang (YY) available from BLCK

Enjoy
 
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