Apologies for the derail of a KEY topic from the original poster @HocusKrokus, so let’s get it back on track. Still my point could be an aspect of commercial e-juice manufacture where mixing separate “layered” (and steeped!) Bases could result in an uncrackable (cannot be easily cloned) recipe. Good luck reverse engineering if that was a successful clone-proofing strategy.
Meanwhile all us DIY folks need to gain experience “Layering” if we hope to impress with that next 5-star recipe, so thanks to @Norseman for bringing in that on topic DIYorDie video …and of course thanks to @Wayne_Walker who’s sharing on YouTube birthed many of us into our own DIY Journey here on ELR.
Obviously moving from Square One as a new mixer, where you just make other people’s recipes, learning about how flavors “pair” and layer is the next step. Not to minimize SquareOne, as this is where New Mixers should be paying closest attention. So as we talk about Layering, we should point out what one should look for while experiencing a new (and properly steeped!) e-juice. Also lots to learn on how juices change over those couple days/weeks/month of steep time where the perception of layers often change.
I mean when you’re attempting to understand Layering, in the end the discussion really gets at the ability to describe/communicate/capture layering. Wayne does a great job here and so do top reviewers of recipes and finished e-juices. Is there some vocabulary that could help Mixers wrap their mind around simply describing what’s going on in their own experience? So (getting back on track) what kind of words are meaningful when describing Layers? Obvious ones might be…
“Pop” adding a flavor that boosts another more detectable Primary flavor
"on the inhale" the first flavor detected
"on the exhale" the flavor you taste as you exhale
Layering is about when and where and how you taste the ingredients in your mix, and then doing it independently and on purpose in your own next recipe, but the ability to clearly communicate can become important to the successful sharing …or reviewing. Translation: Building layers is everything, but learning how to clearly talk about it first comes from seeking a clarity on how you define your own experience and perhaps be better able to take meaningful notes …even if you never shared.
heh back on track… how would you best describe a singular layer in your favorite juice? I’ll take the easy one the strawberry jam center of @SthrnMixer’s Queen’s Cookie Jar where Pear (FA) and
Strawberry Shisha (INAWERA) pair perfectly to delivered that cooked candy SB Jam on the inhale. Hmm, seen some good examples of this in the ELR Flavor “Notes” also. Any examples you can think of there to give credit where due?
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. As im reading your notes, i just cant stop myself and gotta ask how the recipe is going? Or how far it got to.