Pure flavor from Chef's flavor

Thanks for taking the time. That helps a lot.

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They used to be 4.50 a bottle, can’t say the ginger is worth this to me. Also they have very annoying droppers.

At 1.5 and for PG sensitive peiople, assuming the other flavours are the same, I’d say worth a shot.

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We are (mostly) all there for that :hugs:

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Because when I googled it didn’t find anything, here didn’t find anything, looking around nothing… next step is… rebottling and rebranding… and then… ask ELR mates… :grin:

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Check out this thread. You could pm the OP and ask him what he knows.

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This is a other one

And I remember we got a couple more topics about it, something like Amazon sells em…

I can’t remember, I’ll look into it tonight after work.

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Pure Flavours does a good job defining the PG/VG content:

extra information

naturalness No

sales description Biscuit aroma

Flavor ingredients flavorings

Other ingredients Propylene glycol 80%, acidifier: acetic acid

Quantity limiting components Propylene glycol 80%

Allergens and other information No

from: https://www.pure-flavours.com/de/lebensmittelaroma/suessigkeiten-und-desserts/butterkeks.html

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Thank you all! Keep them coming, it’ll help everybody @ELR

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just noticed “Ethanol” is one of the ingredients in the picture.
is Ethanol considered “OK” for vaping flavors?

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Oops maybe not, but quite a few flavours had it inside and some of them had to take it off completely… remember RF?? That was to Reduce the Flashpoint for air freight…

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Just don’t vape right before a breathalyzer test. :slight_smile:

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Went rabid on the chefs flavour sale and got 21 of them. Have also been searching around, and to my knowledge, the only basic “guideance” I’ve found is chefs own text saying 1-8% mixing range.

Time to do some 2% SFT’s, ill line em up and attempt something close to a worthy note on the ones I’ve got.

I’ve got these flavors:
Apricot
Banana
Caramel (Toffee)
Cookie
Cotton Candy
Cream
Dragonfruit
Honeydew Melon
Kiwi
Mandarine
Marshmallow
Orange
Passion Fruit
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Red Grape
Sweet Plum
Vanilla
Vanilla Cream

Will let em sit for about a week and use a hadaly single coil for testing each of them. Will be back with more :slight_smile:

Edit:
And yes, theres no dropper on the bottles, so its a measured pour. Some ended up at 0.25g instead of 0.2 etc, but adjusted the base there after.

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Yes, it’s really just Alcohol. It’s commonly used as a flavor carrier, especially in place of VG or PG as a carrier base in more highly concentrated flavors or extracts.
You’ll find it in some MF, NF and RFSC flavors.
Some ppl notice the taste of it more than others. It does steep out over time, but I only notice it in a small % of my recipes. Some ppl use a little heat, maybe with a hotplate mag mixer to help evaporate it if it bothers them. But watch out for flavor loss with heat, lots of flavors are highly volatile, so they will escape more rapidly when the liquid is warm. All NF extracts are PG free, and use “Cane Alcohol” which is ethanol made from sugar cane. I believe some ethanol is made from Corn, too.
Hope this helps!

(If there are any smart folks with more knowledge, please correct me if I got anything wrong!)

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First SFT incoming…

OK, so to present my “findings”, I’ve chosen a method of setup. That will be the same for every flavor mentioned above. I’m by no means a pro flavor tester, so this is a laymans way of measuring if these aromas are good for me. Taste is subjective, and what tastes good to me, can taste bad for you. I’ll try to find a middle ground in my descriptions.

I’ve made all these SFT’s with max VG @ 2%, which also plays a role in the taste of each aroma, as you will probably get other sensations with more PG added in the mix. This should be something to have in the back of your mind when reading my notes.

This is the setup.
Single coil kanthal A1 at 2.5 ID @ 10 wraps w / Muji cotton pads. Ohm’s out at 0.66 on my simple one battery Aspire Puxos mod. I chose this setup as its a “generic” setup, obtainable by most. Hadaly “Style” Dripper were used for flavor testing.

Coiling:

Width of cotton used, skins removed.

First flavor:

Banana @ 2% SFT.

Smell: Smells like the soft fudgy banana you normally find covered in a chalky dark chocolate. Not sure what the name of that candy is, but the key word here is candy.

Finger taste: The smell does not decieve me on this one, this is that candied banana. Albeit a bit weak, and just as fast as it brings backs memories of eaten sugary goodness this disappears really fast, “mmm… gone”. The taste does not linger at all.

Vape taste: Faint banana candy taste, this needs probably upwards of 6% to be a solid SFT, I will update my % on most flavours. But its noticable and tastes like faint banana candy, albeit I would recomend starting at 4% and work your way up from there for a more solid SF vape.

Comment: This is a very subjective flavor, and there are lots of alternatives out there. I would probably still choose LA’s banana cream for a candied banana purpose, but if you want a true candied banana without the creaminess, this might be a good option. Albeit a strange flavor brand, that can be hard to get. I’m not going to leave any “score”, as I’m a newb doing this, it would be unfair at this point.

I can see myself using this for a sugary coated banana candy, simple 3 aroma recipes, or even with caramel and in some cakes where you want that sweeter banana.

Edit:
I’m by no means sponsored by any of the brands shown in my pics, just to clarify.

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Caramel 2% SFT:

Smell: This smells amazing, this brings back true christmas memories of making caramel coated almonds. It’s a lighter cracked caramel, without the burnt smell.

Finger taste: As my nostrils said, this tastes like a lighter cracked caramel, very few burnt notes.

Vape taste: Fairly weak at 2%, but still a true lighter caramel, no burnt taste at this 2%, its sweet, with lighter nutty notes, without being too much up front. I really enjoy this one, but I could see this go up towards 3-4% as a starter. Surprisingly low on that burnt note, which for me is a very positive find.

Comment: I did enjoy this one, and kept vaping this after the intial test, I will definatly try to use this in any recipe that requires a lighter caramel note. Should also be a good addition to toffee recipes.

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Thank you for the update @Mausberg and for your thoughts, comments and SFT’s !

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Cotton Candy 2% SFT:

Smell: Smells faintly of burnt sugar, but only when putting a blind eye in a sniffing effort test.

Finger taste: Burnt sugar. This is not pleasant, as many finger drop test can be.

Vape taste: This has close to no taste at all, if I’m closing my eyes, shutting my ears and blocking all senses apart from taste, a slight hint of burnt sugar. Not going all Daredevil here, but I will have to come back to this at other percentages.

Comment: Nothing to comment, this one were either too low, or too high. TBC.

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Back in the old country (Serbia) we have this type of Ethanol made from plums, or grapes, or peaches, pears, quince, even honey.

It doesn’t do anything good in a vape, but it’s sure fun to drink :slight_smile:

(sorry for derailing, please ignore and carry on the discussion)

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Slivovitz like?:rofl:

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Exactly. Goes great with some tomatoes and cheese :slight_smile:

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