OOO Rice Milk
Test gear:
Hadaly clone, single Ni80 0.54Ω, Cotton Candy wick, 25-30W
Recoil clone, dual Ni80 0.40Ω, Cotton Bacon wick, 30-40W
Velocity clone, dual SS 0.3Ω, Japanese OC wick, 40-45W
Test percentages: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10%
Notes: rice has always occupied a niche in DIY, mainly through the horchata flavours offered by TFA, Cap and FW. Horchata, much like cream soda, means different things in different countries. In some places, it is made with sesame seeds, tigernuts, almond or barley. The one that pertains in this case is the Mexico/Guatemala variant, which blends rice milk with cinnamon and sometimes vanilla. While the major brands offer the finished drink as a standalone flavour, OOO have gone a different route in providing just the rice milk base free of spice. It's quite a risky approach because horchata without spices is like pancakes without maple syrup or cinnamon sugar. And then horchata is an acquired taste anyway. So how does it do?
OOO Rice Milk is certainly an interesting flavour and is probably unlike anything you've vaped before. The base is very slightly creamy and sweet, giving just the faintest touch of sugar lips. Disconnected from the base is a somewhat sour and quite abrasive top note which has a fermented character. The overall effect is of very thick and starchy mouth feel without any real flavour. Lower percentages are close to vaping straight VG, I would start this at around 4%. It scales all the way up to 10% without ado, probably peaking at 8%. Unless you have a very off-beat palate, you won't be vaping this standalone. But it was never intended that way. Which leads us to...
Application: crafting your own horchata is the obvious one. This just provides the starchy base and is thus a blank canvas. Add sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, nuts, coconut, rum, fruits - knock yourself out. On the website, OOO offer "would go great with some cinnamon and sugar". That seemed a safe starting point so I added a few drops of Sweetener and then some more drops of FA Cinnamon to my tester. I had been concerned that the sour top note would mar whatever flavourings you add but even a little cinnamon bullied the sourness out of the mix, resulting in a quite tasty and acceptable faux horchata.
Rice is now becoming a thing due to Wayne promoting the wonders of FE Sweet Rice in his Yeo Layer. It probably won't grow much beyond niche status but the emergence of rice puddings and other rice-based vapes offers a lot of scope for juices outside the mainstream.
Conclusion: OOO Rice Milk isn't a savoury vape but its bland starchy quality is also far removed from the sweetness that characterises most popular profiles. This is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. But if you're the type who likes to tinker with flavours like TFA Taro or Yam, this could be in your wheelhouse. I'm glad I picked this flavour to test and will be putting it in the "To Be Investigated Further" file.
Test gear:
Hadaly clone, single Ni80 0.54Ω, Cotton Candy wick, 25-30W
Recoil clone, dual Ni80 0.40Ω, Cotton Bacon wick, 30-40W
Velocity clone, dual SS 0.3Ω, Japanese OC wick, 40-45W
Test percentages: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10%
Notes: rice has always occupied a niche in DIY, mainly through the horchata flavours offered by TFA, Cap and FW. Horchata, much like cream soda, means different things in different countries. In some places, it is made with sesame seeds, tigernuts, almond or barley. The one that pertains in this case is the Mexico/Guatemala variant, which blends rice milk with cinnamon and sometimes vanilla. While the major brands offer the finished drink as a standalone flavour, OOO have gone a different route in providing just the rice milk base free of spice. It's quite a risky approach because horchata without spices is like pancakes without maple syrup or cinnamon sugar. And then horchata is an acquired taste anyway. So how does it do?
OOO Rice Milk is certainly an interesting flavour and is probably unlike anything you've vaped before. The base is very slightly creamy and sweet, giving just the faintest touch of sugar lips. Disconnected from the base is a somewhat sour and quite abrasive top note which has a fermented character. The overall effect is of very thick and starchy mouth feel without any real flavour. Lower percentages are close to vaping straight VG, I would start this at around 4%. It scales all the way up to 10% without ado, probably peaking at 8%. Unless you have a very off-beat palate, you won't be vaping this standalone. But it was never intended that way. Which leads us to...
Application: crafting your own horchata is the obvious one. This just provides the starchy base and is thus a blank canvas. Add sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, nuts, coconut, rum, fruits - knock yourself out. On the website, OOO offer "would go great with some cinnamon and sugar". That seemed a safe starting point so I added a few drops of Sweetener and then some more drops of FA Cinnamon to my tester. I had been concerned that the sour top note would mar whatever flavourings you add but even a little cinnamon bullied the sourness out of the mix, resulting in a quite tasty and acceptable faux horchata.
Rice is now becoming a thing due to Wayne promoting the wonders of FE Sweet Rice in his Yeo Layer. It probably won't grow much beyond niche status but the emergence of rice puddings and other rice-based vapes offers a lot of scope for juices outside the mainstream.
Conclusion: OOO Rice Milk isn't a savoury vape but its bland starchy quality is also far removed from the sweetness that characterises most popular profiles. This is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. But if you're the type who likes to tinker with flavours like TFA Taro or Yam, this could be in your wheelhouse. I'm glad I picked this flavour to test and will be putting it in the "To Be Investigated Further" file.
