DIY Tip Your Bellhop ejuice recipe :: e-Liquid Calculator

#1 by astah29, Sep 16. 2016, 19:56

This one is still a work-in-progress and I've tweaked it about 3 times in the last 12 hours. For whatever reason the strawberry flavors aren't as much at the forefront as I'd like them to be (even when I made them the dominate concentrates. I even tried a couple drops of ethyl maltol to try and bring out that fruit taste and it helped a bit but didn't solve the problem) and the flavor just isn't... popping, y'know what I mean? Like, I vape it and it gets great cloud production and the general idea of the flavor is there, but at no point have I taken a hit and been like "woah. that's it. this is exactly what I was shooting for," so if anyone has any suggestions on how to help make this mix pop it'd be greatly appreciated. I feel like it's 90% there, but I just need a little help getting it to the finish line because even in its incomplete, skeletal form it's still a relatively decent mix. I can see the potential, but I'm just struggling to find a way to push it that last little bit.

#2 by DaveH, Sep 18. 2016, 00:22

Have you tried adding some Strawberry Sweet (CAP) aswell or some shisha strawberry to make the strawberry sing a bit

#3 by astah29, Sep 22. 2016, 11:50

Reworked it from the ground up. The white chocolate/milk chocolate mix worked excellently, and for once making the two strawberry concentrates equal instead of doing a 1:2 ratio improved it.

#4 by astah29, Sep 25. 2016, 03:54

Alrighty! Third iteration is REALLY popping. It's good as is, but I'm excited to see how it steeps after a couple of weeks. 1 drop of sucralose and ethol mytol (literally ONE tiny drop... I suggest using the mosquito beak-thin 1ml droppers they have available for purchase online at TFA) will help to lightly sweeten the whole mix as well as sharpen the strawberry notes very nicely.

And @DaveH... I have heard about CAP's Strawberry Sweet concentrate and that it apparently is THE best when mixed at a 2:1 ratio with TFA's Strawberry (ripe). However, I'm lazy and tend to just order everything in one bundle from TFA. So, that being said, if anyone tries out this flavor with concentrates that aren't from TFA and it makes you cream your pants (metaphorically... if an e-liquid makes you actually ejaculate in your pants I absolutely do NOT want to hear about it, and you should probably explore why that happened with a therapist ((or find a prostitute who's really really into vaping... lol) to find out why that turns your crank so much) please message me or continue the comment thread.

Be well all and happy vaping! Check out some of the more recent baked goods flavors I've been toying with too. Any input would be appreciated. I'm really working hard to get better at those because so many of my friends want creamy, warm, baked goods mixes and I only feel competent making fruit medleys.