Hey guys, my name is nick. I am new here, and have received my first order of supplies to make my own. I got. 50/50 vg/ph base (wish i would have gotten higher vg to account for the flavoring, but i got myself some plain vg to boost its vg content), TFA candy watermelon, tfa honeydew, koolada, and strawberry ripe.
I proceeded to try to make a watermelon ice with the candy watermelon and honeydew with a pinch of koolada and it tastes like… shit. Harsh shit. I guess i shouldn’t say that because it doesn’t taste like ANYTHING, but you get the point. My memory is horrible but i believe the candy watermelon and honeydew were at about 1-1.5% each, and koolada was 1% as well.
I am ordering some more stuff from bull city flavors to try to make something decent, and in my cart i have 10ml ws-23, FA watermelon flavor, SSA double watermelon, TFA peppermint (for a separate peppermint recipe of course), TFA strawberry splash, and some sucralose. Can i make something decent with these?
As mentioned above i will be attempting a peppermint recipe, as well as a strawberry ice/strawmelon ice for the wife.
Its in my cart, hopefully its a banger. I dont know if you have ever tried Oxbar disposables but they have a flavor called sunset watermelon that is so fuckng good, it kinda tastes like what youre describing.
You will need to up you flavour percentages, 1.5% of each is no where near enough, maybe
5% (tpa) “watermelon candy”
3% (ssa) “double watermelon”
1.5-3% (tpa) “honeydew” depending on how much “honeydew” you want.
“Ws 23” is a better coolant than “koolada” but start at 2 drops per 10 mils and taste the juice on the back of your hand as you mixing to get a general idea of the flavours and strength.
You could add “strawberry splash” if you wanted a little strawberry, recommended is 3%, but start low and increase a little at a time, tasting as you go.
Use the recipe site to read people’s flavour reviews and recommended flavour percentages.
For a simple Watermelon Ice with TPA Candy Watermelon, SSA Watermelon and Coolant. I would definitely take the TPA Candy Watermelon to 8-10% as it’s sweet and potent, but the coolant will diminish its flavor. Then use the more natural SSA Watermelon @ 2-3% to bring out the sweet melon and use whatever coolant you want (ws23 or koolada) starting @ .75-1%.
So i think i was mistaken on what i said my percentages were, i am pretty sure that i divided the total of the three juices (honeydew, tfa watermelon candy, and koolada) to equal 20% of the total volume. So they each would have been somewhere around 6.65% give or take. But i didnt give it time to steep when i tried it initially.
If you are correct that u you used each at 6.65% each then the reason you couldn’t taste anything is that koolada at 6.65 would have muted everything that you mixed with it. Always start low with coolants .50-1% as they tend to mute other flavors (especially fruits).
What are you running for vaping (pod/subohm)? Type of mod/pod & coil resistance is a large factor in recipe development and final recipe satisfaction.