Recommend Fruits Please

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Could some of you recommend good fruit concentrates please?

I’ve ordered a few from BLK Vapour to try DIY again :) Sticking to simple fruit recipes.

This is what I ordered so far. Also got sweetener.

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I pulled this top list from one of the DIY sites by popularity/usage/number of recipes and filtered out only the fruits for you. also includes the average percentage used in the recipes.

Name Recipes Avg
TPA Strawberry (ripe) 18743 3.56%
CAP Sweet Strawberry 11965 3.50%
TPA Dragonfruit 11670 1.94%
FA Apple Fuji 9583 1.97%
TPA Strawberry 9122 3.35%
INW Shisha Strawberry 8138 1.93%
INW Cactus 8106 0.85%
FA Lemon Sicily 6766 1.54%
FW Blueberry 6165 3.04%
TPA Banana Cream 5559 3.09%
FA Red Touch (strawberry) 5536 2.03%
TPA Raspberry (sweet) 4580 2.48%
CAP Sweet Guava 4398 3.52%
CAP Golden Pineapple 4245 2.63%
INW Raspberry 3943 0.88%
CAP Lemon Lime 3925 2.32%
CAP Sweet Tangerine 3793 2.17%
CAP Sweet Mango 3595 3.08%
JF Strawberry Sweet 3490 2.05%
FA Coco' (coconut) 3466 1.34%
TPA Blueberry (extra) 3376 3.25%
FA Pear 3374 1.47%
FLV Mango 3309 2.23%
FA Forest Fruit Mix 3276 2.82%
CAP Double Apple 3182 2.76%
FA Bilberry 3105 0.80%
FLV Sweet Coconut 3069 1.21%
FW Blood Orange 3039 2.09%
FE Lemon 2970 1.39%
TPA Peach (juicy) 2659 3.18%
FA Peach White 2657 1.76%
FLV Wild Melon 2649 1.50%
FA Juicy Strawberry 2617 2.35%
FA Lime Tahity Cold Pressed 2567 1.13%
FA Kiwi 2491 2.52%
LA Lemonade 2461 4.55%

Not sure if youll find these there but hope this can help :)
 
I pulled this top list from one of the DIY sites by popularity/usage/number of recipes and filtered out only the fruits for you. also includes the average percentage used in the recipes.

Name Recipes Avg
TPA Strawberry (ripe) 18743 3.56%
CAP Sweet Strawberry 11965 3.50%
TPA Dragonfruit 11670 1.94%
FA Apple Fuji 9583 1.97%
TPA Strawberry 9122 3.35%
INW Shisha Strawberry 8138 1.93%
INW Cactus 8106 0.85%
FA Lemon Sicily 6766 1.54%
FW Blueberry 6165 3.04%
TPA Banana Cream 5559 3.09%
FA Red Touch (strawberry) 5536 2.03%
TPA Raspberry (sweet) 4580 2.48%
CAP Sweet Guava 4398 3.52%
CAP Golden Pineapple 4245 2.63%
INW Raspberry 3943 0.88%
CAP Lemon Lime 3925 2.32%
CAP Sweet Tangerine 3793 2.17%
CAP Sweet Mango 3595 3.08%
JF Strawberry Sweet 3490 2.05%
FA Coco' (coconut) 3466 1.34%
TPA Blueberry (extra) 3376 3.25%
FA Pear 3374 1.47%
FLV Mango 3309 2.23%
FA Forest Fruit Mix 3276 2.82%
CAP Double Apple 3182 2.76%
FA Bilberry 3105 0.80%
FLV Sweet Coconut 3069 1.21%
FW Blood Orange 3039 2.09%
FE Lemon 2970 1.39%
TPA Peach (juicy) 2659 3.18%
FA Peach White 2657 1.76%
FLV Wild Melon 2649 1.50%
FA Juicy Strawberry 2617 2.35%
FA Lime Tahity Cold Pressed 2567 1.13%
FA Kiwi 2491 2.52%
LA Lemonade 2461 4.55%

Not sure if youll find these there but hope this can help :)

This is amazing!!! Thanks so much :)
 
Mixed up a 20ml batch of apple, kiwi and watermelon :) Here's hoping! Now to decide on the second test batch.
 
Ugh, placed another order for more fruit concentrates and more VG and PG :-D I’m in the mood to get back into DIY!
 
I always enjoyed Inawera's fruits. Well, most of their concentrates actually.
 
Got most of the concentrates for this! I left 2 of the limes out though, seems to be heaps of lime there lol. Will report back here once I've received them, mixed them up and tested :)
Ok cool that's awesome :) look forward to hearing about the mix
 
Back in the day when we were charfing chicks - our go to gum was Beechies Peach & Apricot.
I'm surprised to see that it is not a common combo for vape juices.
I have only see it once by IVC mixers but it was with ice & I'm not a fan of ice.
 
Back in the day when we were charfing chicks - our go to gum was Beechies Peach & Apricot.
I'm surprised to see that it is not a common combo for vape juices.
I have only see it once by IVC mixers but it was with ice & I'm not a fan of ice.

That's a good point! I have both now, I might mix them :) I'm sure @ivc_mixer mastered the combo though, mine will probably not be nearly as good ;) I like a little bit of black ice in my juices, but not too much! My worst is when a juice has heavy ice or worse still, menthol, lol. I bought a bottle of Red Pill because somehow I recalled it as good when I tried it a few years back, and when that menthol hit me I cursed the day I bought it :sick::giggle:
 
Good luck with your mix. I'm available for quality control tests.
I have seen the hype about this Red Pill but will not venture in purely because of the ice/menthol bit
 
Took a gamble and made a 50ml batch of pineapple, peach, mango and a little meringue. Fingers crossed this is good! If it turns out well I'll share the recipe :) Going to make the one Munk3y linked to above, tomorrow.

I'm over the crazy sweetness of commercial juices, so ready to climb into my own mixes.
 
Strawberry and apricot recipe is a success! :) If anyone wants the recipe I'm happy to share it
 
Must have over 700 concentrates and without doubt MF do the best fruits but damn they are expensive!
 
I pulled this top list from one of the DIY sites by popularity/usage/number of recipes and filtered out only the fruits for you. also includes the average percentage used in the recipes.

Name Recipes Avg
TPA Strawberry (ripe) 18743 3.56%
CAP Sweet Strawberry 11965 3.50%
TPA Dragonfruit 11670 1.94%
FA Apple Fuji 9583 1.97%
TPA Strawberry 9122 3.35%
INW Shisha Strawberry 8138 1.93%
INW Cactus 8106 0.85%
FA Lemon Sicily 6766 1.54%
FW Blueberry 6165 3.04%
TPA Banana Cream 5559 3.09%
FA Red Touch (strawberry) 5536 2.03%
TPA Raspberry (sweet) 4580 2.48%
CAP Sweet Guava 4398 3.52%
CAP Golden Pineapple 4245 2.63%
INW Raspberry 3943 0.88%
CAP Lemon Lime 3925 2.32%
CAP Sweet Tangerine 3793 2.17%
CAP Sweet Mango 3595 3.08%
JF Strawberry Sweet 3490 2.05%
FA Coco' (coconut) 3466 1.34%
TPA Blueberry (extra) 3376 3.25%
FA Pear 3374 1.47%
FLV Mango 3309 2.23%
FA Forest Fruit Mix 3276 2.82%
CAP Double Apple 3182 2.76%
FA Bilberry 3105 0.80%
FLV Sweet Coconut 3069 1.21%
FW Blood Orange 3039 2.09%
FE Lemon 2970 1.39%
TPA Peach (juicy) 2659 3.18%
FA Peach White 2657 1.76%
FLV Wild Melon 2649 1.50%
FA Juicy Strawberry 2617 2.35%
FA Lime Tahity Cold Pressed 2567 1.13%
FA Kiwi 2491 2.52%
LA Lemonade 2461 4.55%

Not sure if youll find these there but hope this can help :)
Good list but when vaping first became a thing food flavourings were all there was such as FA, FW, TPA, CAP etc so they are always going to dominate the long standing DIY stats as they had a big head start before we got the brands specifically designed for vaping or after vaping came into being such as INW, FLV, VTA extra! Still some great concentrates in that list!
 
Good list but when vaping first became a thing food flavourings were all there was such as FA, FW, TPA, CAP etc so they are always going to dominate the long standing DIY stats as they had a big head start before we got the brands specifically designed for vaping or after vaping came into being such as INW, FLV, VTA extra! Still some great concentrates in that list!
I was about to say the same. Solid list, some good flavours there, but it's over a long period of time and does not consider the newer flavour houses which have some awesome flavours like SSA, VT, Wonder Flavors, etc. I still use a number of the ones on the list, but there are also a lot of which I use from the new flavour houses.

But that being said, even though you may be comparing apples to apples (w.r.t. flavour names) it's not a true apples to apples comparison as each flavour house brings a different aspect to a flavour. The best example of this would be with my Blackcurrant juice which makes use of three different blackcurrant flavours, each bringing a specific aspect to the end flavour. I find that reading up about flavours before buying them helps a lot, but you must know what you are wanting as most reviews will just say it's good or bad, but you want to read up about the nuances people pick up and then focus on what you want the flavour to do in your recipe.

Or you can, you know, just throw in something and hope for the best :D
 
I was about to say the same. Solid list, some good flavours there, but it's over a long period of time and does not consider the newer flavour houses which have some awesome flavours like SSA, VT, Wonder Flavors, etc. I still use a number of the ones on the list, but there are also a lot of which I use from the new flavour houses.

But that being said, even though you may be comparing apples to apples (w.r.t. flavour names) it's not a true apples to apples comparison as each flavour house brings a different aspect to a flavour. The best example of this would be with my Blackcurrant juice which makes use of three different blackcurrant flavours, each bringing a specific aspect to the end flavour. I find that reading up about flavours before buying them helps a lot, but you must know what you are wanting as most reviews will just say it's good or bad, but you want to read up about the nuances people pick up and then focus on what you want the flavour to do in your recipe.

Or you can, you know, just throw in something and hope for the best :D

With an unrefined palate like mine there are no nuances. Just good or bad :-D

Luckily though, your juices seems to be more on the good side for me and I'd hate to go down the DIY rabbit hole AGAIN
 
Please help me out here @ivc_mixer .

Molinberry claims to make a range dedicated to the electronic cigarette market.

I would assume that a concentrate such as Smore’s Marshmallow Brownies would be their best effort to make this flavour and that, given the high 7% dosage, it is essentially a one-shot. This could also apply to concentrates such as Butter My Biscuit (8%), Chocolate Peanut Butter (7%), Stranger Things (7%) etc.

Their SSA concentrates such as Dragon Fruit (2.4%) and Fruit Hard Candy (3%) would seem to be more like other food flavours where it is usually necessary to use them in a more complex recipe.

Is this correct? If not, why claim to have an electronic cigarette range with seemingly complete recipes? I can understand why, for example, TFA Apple pie is not a single flavour for vaping as it is designed as a food flavouring.
 
Please help me out here @ivc_mixer .

Molinberry claims to make a range dedicated to the electronic cigarette market.

I would assume that a concentrate such as Smore’s Marshmallow Brownies would be their best effort to make this flavour and that, given the high 7% dosage, it is essentially a one-shot. This could also apply to concentrates such as Butter My Biscuit (8%), Chocolate Peanut Butter (7%), Stranger Things (7%) etc.

Their SSA concentrates such as Dragon Fruit (2.4%) and Fruit Hard Candy (3%) would seem to be more like other food flavours where it is usually necessary to use them in a more complex recipe.

Is this correct? If not, why claim to have an electronic cigarette range with seemingly complete recipes? I can understand why, for example, TFA Apple pie is not a single flavour for vaping as it is designed as a food flavouring.
Technically all flavourings we use are food flavourings. The likes of Capella, TFA, etc. were food flavourings long before they were used to make e-liquids (some are still used by manufacturers in making biscuits, etc), and most still are and then you have companies like Flavorah who developed their flavours specifically just for vaping. But in saying that, before I continue, not all food flavourings are usable in vaping, specifically ones which have a oil base, so do not just go into Pick and Pay and buy something off the racks and use it. Also, there are flavourings which contain sugar, which crystalise at high temps and thus are also very bad for vaping (alas, FW used to be a big culprit on these). If you are unsure on whether a flavour can be used in vaping, do research. Go look up the MSDS data sheets or review the flavour on sites like e-liquid-recipes which has a prominent indicator on whether such things exist. Now to get off that soap box and address your further questions.

Yes, things like Smore's Marshmallow Brownies can technically be used as a one-shot, and should be quite good, though once you start mixing you notice that the flavour house is developing a generic flavour which should be good for everybody but adding something like - before I continue, I have never had this flavour before so the following is just arbitrary guesswork - CAP Vanilla Custard can give it more depth and adding a sweetener will lift the profile more. I'm not saying it cannot be used as a single flavour, but take FA Forest Fruit for example, a single flavour but with a little sweetener it is a complete profile on its own, not requiring any other flavourants.

I think the reason they develop flavours like these is so that you do not need to buy something like CAP VC but only need to buy their one flavour for a complete juice, but they do realise that people like mixing their own stuff and like any other manufacturer, they want more sales and market share, so they offer a variety consisting of the seemingly one shot flavouring as well as other single flavours so one can develop something new. Note that I started this paragraph with 'I think' as this is my humble opinion.
 
@ivc_mixer may I ask what you’d advise regarding TFA Strawberry concentrate? I’ve read it’s more like a candied strawberry, and so I don’t think I should use my usual amount of sweetener in the mix if I add this strawberry in. Should I maybe even skip adding sweetener? Just trying not to make the overall juice too sweet lol.

I have Strawberry SC RF I am trying on its own, since when I mixed it with alpine strawberry I got, well, not the best result :-D I learned very quickly to never use alpine at a higher percentage. So I need to test the RF one on its own to see what its like. Getting Strawberry TFA on Monday
 
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I was about to say the same. Solid list, some good flavours there, but it's over a long period of time and does not consider the newer flavour houses which have some awesome flavours like SSA, VT, Wonder Flavors, etc. I still use a number of the ones on the list, but there are also a lot of which I use from the new flavour houses.

But that being said, even though you may be comparing apples to apples (w.r.t. flavour names) it's not a true apples to apples comparison as each flavour house brings a different aspect to a flavour. The best example of this would be with my Blackcurrant juice which makes use of three different blackcurrant flavours, each bringing a specific aspect to the end flavour. I find that reading up about flavours before buying them helps a lot, but you must know what you are wanting as most reviews will just say it's good or bad, but you want to read up about the nuances people pick up and then focus on what you want the flavour to do in your recipe.

Or you can, you know, just throw in something and hope for the best :D

Awesome to read you actually use 3 different blackcurrants to achieve an end result. Inspiring, I’ll get there :)
 
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