I prefer Capellas Vanilla Custard
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Most ppl use capella’s vanilla custard. But since this is a TFA thread I’d say you won’t go wrong w/
Vanilla bean ice cream
Marshmallow
Ripe banana
Bavarian cream
Blueberry extra
Blueberry wild
Ripe strawberry
Strawberry
Dulce de Leche
Sweet cream
Vanilla swirl
Vanilla cupcake
Malted milk
Toasted marshmallow
Juicy peach
Those are all used and quit often and would last you for some time.
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Thanks Amy…
I ordered them solve except:
ripe banana & plain strawberry.
I placed my order at 3 p.m. today & look forward to trying them all in various recipes thanks for you help & ideas.
Any reason the Capella vanilla custard is used more often? I never used Capella long ago .
I just need a few basic capes at first the I’ll attempt to become creative
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The flavor is more intense. It’s very eggy custard with cream. There is v1 and v2 and most ppl prefer the v1 over the 2nd.
Vanilla custards that deserve an honorable mention are : VC by FW and Vanilla custard TFA but there are many who do not like this one.
FA ( flavour Art) makes an excellent custard which has no vanilla accent to it.
OOO ( one on one flavors ) has a decent custard again no flavor outside of the custard. There are many VC version out there it really is an acquired taste and more than most ppl will certainly tell u it gets better with time and I’d agree it needs a good month most of the time to really be able to appreciate the flavor in its entirety.
Cool deal.
Flavor art flavors are new to me, never seen those or used them.
I’ve read many recipes to think “oh no I don’t have that flavor”.
Well I’ve got a GIANT BOX coming from perfume apprentice & I’m trying to locate a decent nicotine deal.
Thanks again I’ll look into flavor art sometime.
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OMG Yeah! I’ve just about fazed out using any other vanilla custard. The difference is astounding. I still use TFA, but very sparingly. Mind you, I use the Cap VC V1; sooooo good!
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Very true, but I will warn @601VaPoRs, the FA custard is very very very lemony. Did I mention that FA custard is lemony. By the way FA custard has a super high lemon flavor included in it. When you look in the dictionary for the word lemony, you will find at the bottom of the description; also see FA custard. So, yeah, that.
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Sounds like it’d make an amazing lemon meringue pie…?
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Yes. Yes it would make a very lemony meringue pie. I love to eat lemon meringue pie, but wouldn’t want to vape it; that’s just me.
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Lol yes I will say as well it’s lemony ! When u smell it ( yes I smell the tops of my flavors all the time must look like a weirdo to some ppl ) it smells like lemons more so than FA’s meringue in which u would expect it to smell like lemons instead.
European custards are more lemon like than American egg like custards so it really is whatever your taste preference is /!recipe demands. Ex. French vanilla pairs well with FA custard and not as well with VC probably d/t there’s already a vanilla in there and Two probably Bc of the eggieness that follows. This is only my preference idk if some ppl love the combo it’s just not a pairing that I do all the time.
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Most realistic and reliable vanilla i’ve come to count on is vanilla by LA ( LorAnn’s ) you can look at it on WL’s web page and familiarize yourself with it then go elsewhere if you’re going to shop around but I have had a hard time just finding a decent size of it. ( I haven’t bought it in a while so it may be more readily available )! Other vanillas I use atm are : vanilla Jungle flavors, vanilla bourbon TFA ( totally different than just vanilla ) which it is a good flavor very powerful so you don’t need much.
Update: just seen ECX has a large bottle of LA vanilla for 5.50$ woo woo ! It was one of the last ones I was buying from WL.
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Hello again 
I’m attempting to get a grip on the flavors I ordered from TFA.
When you guys get new flavors how do you test them?
Could I benefit from mixing a few smaller bottles of stronger flavors with VG in an effort to shorten steeping times? Like vanillas and custard?
I mixed a recipe of http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/12914/Unicorn+Custard & I taste black pepper, have you guys experienced this (needs steeping maybe?)
If it’s ok I’d like to keep this thread going, because I’m NEW other than long ago I made simple recipes like : La cheesecake & blueberry,etc.
Thanks for all you guys help a friend of mine & I split the flavors cost & I make his eliquid in exchange,so I try to have a couple vapeable recipes on Fridays.
Thanks for your help again,please pardon typos I’m disabled and am forced to type from a mobile & it’s tricky.
TPA vanilla custard does have a peppery note to it.
It lessens over time though though during curing.
With new flavours I tend to do the shot glass test.
2ml of water to 1 drop of flavouring and taste it.
Then I make up some 5-10ml samples of just VG and flavouring in various %'s.
Usually I start at 10% unless I know the flavour is exceedingly strong.
CMJ.
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Thank you, I had considered making a simple coil on a rda ,so cotton could be removed easily,the saturated cotton with VG and add 1 drop of flavor to test.
I mixed the above recipe in an effort to not Vape strawberry,I’ve gotten sick of it.
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I’ve often thought of doing pretty much the same thing. It’d work, I guess, but you wouldn’t really get a feeling for how things are going to be once they steep. But, you’d know the relative strength I guess. Maybe one of these days I’ll sit around with all my bottles and a pack of cotton and do that. 
Tasting the flavoring in a whole shot glass of water didn’t work for me, but I think doing it in 1-2 ml would probably be good. I usually taste a teensy bit on my finger to get an idea. TPA suggests using cool whip and I like the sound of that! Any excuse too eat cool whip, I love that stuff. LOL. I don’t really do much other than just using them at suggested %s in recipes and taking notes. Not the most effective, I’m sure, but it works I guess. 
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Cool whip, we’ll see that’s a idea there 
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I’ve GOTTA figure me out a make do recipe that’s not fruity, I have strawberry myself to death.
This custard I mixed up is good,the background taste of pepper messes it up.
I wish I could quik steep it just to know it will fade away ,the pepper taste that is.
I read online several others mention the same ‘peppery’ taste,most say steeping it will make it go away, any ideas??
I’m going to try the cotton test to see what flavor has the pepper taste .
I hate it to because I got alott of custard recipes I wanted to make
You could try heat. Stick some dry rice in a bowl in the microwave for two or three minutes, stir it up and make sure it’s not too hot, and stick the bottle down in that. I don’t usually recommend heat, I know a lot of people do it, but I’m just too lazy for all that. LoL.
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I typically heat steep my mixes for about 20 or 30 minutes while using a milk frother to blend the mix every 10 minutes. The rice in a bowl method works great, but I’d say 60 seconds in the microwave is plenty of time for the rice to get good and hot. Works like a champ.
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Yeah, I shoulda mentioned I have a really awful microwave. Didn’t think about that. 
One minute for a NORMAL microwave means three minutes in mine. LoL
As a sorta unrelated side note, dry rice in a tube sock with a knot tied in the top nuked in the microwave makes an amazing heat pad. 
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