This is encouraging news. One because the price is reasonable and BCV carries it. Still praying for one stop shopping…never going to happen!
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@muth - The FA Butter is spot on for a butter flavoring in any mix. It’s very strong, so you don’t need much at all. The Whipped Cream is really just a rich sweetener to in my opinion.
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French Vanilla is an ice cream just like VBIC, but instead of a light commercial tub-like cheap ice cream, it’s more like a home made ice cream packed with a lot more vanilla flavor.
It can be heavy and overpowering if you’re not careful. Just like everything else, start on the low side and work your way up to find your sweet spot.
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The only cucumber I have is FA. I do like this flavor and it’s really spot on cucumber. My favorite way to use it though is not so much for giving a cucumber taste, but rather to augment melon flavors as it tends to add that rind note so often missing. It also works in other fruit and/or beverage mixes by aiding the impression of moistness. Used in very low quantities (0.2 to 0.4) it will aid in juiciness to many fruit mixes - although I personally wouldn’t try it with citrus or really tart types of fruit, and certainly nothing tobacco, bakery, coffee etc. It may work nicely with some teas but I have not experimented there.
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Seems to pair with lime though
http://www.ingredientpairings.com/?i=cucumber
I’ve got TPA’s cucumber, might just give it a try with FA’s lime. Cucumber is definitely a refreshing flavor, pairing very well with melons indeed, like they’re made for each other.
There are far too few recipes using it. I just recently got this flavor and I’m certainly going to try a few other brands as well. Very pleasantly surprised by it 
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You’re right…lime an cuke may go very well together. My personal thoughts when I typed that were of Orange, Lemon, Mango, etc. But if someone were to recommend a combination of them I probably would have to try it, I just can’t imagine it being very good 
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One of my old mixes that I haven’t made for quite sometime. I may just try a v2 now that I have Cucumber FA and MF…
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That’s what I hear about FA Butter, too. What will you be doing when the US stock is off the shelves? Is it that worth it to you to ship from Italy or, IYO, is there a good substitute?
I agree wholeheartedly. Now however, I’m kind of bewildered because I just picked up Baker’s Touch from LB (sorry, I know this is a CAP thread…don’t shoot!) and to me this is a very alluring flavor. It may work as a single flavor, but I’m thinking it’s a wonderful foundation to build on for many a cake, pie, cookie, custard or ice cream. Of course that cinnamon note limits its versatility, but so far I’m intrigued.
Ahem…why am I just now trying this one. It’s not like I started DIY last week
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I yet have to try it too, but I’m afraid lol. Cap cinnamon danish swirl has for me that extreme burning peppery cinnamon harshness at any percentage. Flv rich cinnamon isn’t better, so I’m looking at bakers touch, but nobody can tell me what the cinnamon intensity is. Or if its more of a sweeter cinnamon, like cinnamon sugar. I know its subjective, but its just like with spicy food, you could always say, its not as spicy or its mild etc. At least than I would dare getting it lol. Hope you enjoy it tho.
This is how I always used FA whipped cream, as a sweetener really low like .08-.17% but after reading @fidalgo_vapes reviews i now find it can add a nice mouthfeel and “non buytric” milkiness if you push it to 0.5%-0.75%. When i first started DIY i made a 250ml batch at 3% lol right? Well yes but actually no because after 3-4months that stuff was liquid gold! Lol
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for me the cream whipped FA can be used so many ways in conjunction with a lot of things ,
.25 to .5 - sweetener , light sweet cream
.5 to 1 i get a thicker actual whipped cream , mixes well with heavier cream at this range
1 to 1.5. at this range i start to get a thick butter cream or lighter custard
i have taken it to 2 percent with cap sweet cream at .5 to 1 and it makes a nice ice cream no vanilla notes
imo /ime this flavor is so versatile im mixing it with FLV frosting to see how the two interact …
your description is perfect at that range
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This combo comes cross like that filling inside twinkies.
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