Considering the number of flavors I have on the way, I better get this done now. All testing is done either in a Target tank with the .9 kanthal Ccell coils @ 20-25w or in an IsubG with .5 SS coils on Ego One Mega batteries.
Peach: Mixed @ 1.5%, tested @ 24 hrs and… haven’t put a batch down since, lol. The oldest batch I’ve tasted was two months old only because I had made numerous 50 mil batches before remembering to finish off that first tester, lol.
What can I say, I’m ruined for all other peaches.
At 24 hrs it was amazingly crisp, slightly tart and very sweet like a fresh from the tree fruit. It was a miracle! This was my experience for the next week or two over which time the shocking crisp/tart aspect seems to have mellowed but the flavor and sweetness has not faded at all, if anything the flavor got stronger.
At two months it’s still very strong and sweet, not much change from the two week mark as far as I could tell.
I haven’t used this in any cream or bakery mixes but in several tea and fruit combo mixes it holds its own well from .5-1%. It can become more subtle with teas but retains a distinctive peachy note in the mix. To be honest, I haven’t played around much with this in recipes because it’s just so damn good by itself, lol.
Strawberry: Mixed @ 1.5%, tested @ 24 hrs and periodically throughout a few months.
It’s the best strawberry I’ve ever had in a vape!
Many others have written notes about how good this is so in that respect, I’d only be echoing their songs of praise. It’s far more realistic than candy or jello, not as sweet or processed as preserves yet it’s not exactly fresh picked IMO. Others have reported fading after a steep which I have not noticed. Much like the peach, it started out with a crisp/tart mouth shock which mellowed but the overall flavor doesn’t seem to have diminished as far as I can tell.
Caveat* This one is so good I haven’t tried it in any mixes yet so fading may occur in many cases that I’m not aware of.
Cherry: Mixed @ 1.5%, tested @ one week and periodically throughout the next few months.
Very nice! But….
This is a very bright, sweet, fruity flavor. It’s not an artificial cherry like jello or cough syrup but to my tastes, it’s not the dark, tart, distinctive cherry I was hoping for. When mixed in the tank half and half with Cap Creamy Yogurt, that distinctive cherry flavor popped out as it does in cherry yogurt. Over all I’m very happy with this considering the other cherries that have failed me but for someone expecting a fresh picked flavor, it might be a letdown. I’ve got the Wild Cherry and Cherry pie on the way so I’ll report back on those eventually.
I haven’t mixed anything with this aside from the yogurt because I have a ton of berry and fruit flavors that are all very nice, I just need to find time to mix all the recipes I have in mind for them, lol.
Yumberry: V1 mixed @1.5%, tested at 24hrs – two weeks. V2 mixed @ 2%, tested one week to one month.
Over all this is every bit YUM!
To start off, I didn’t know what to expect from this since I’ve never had the real Asian berry also known as yangmei. I can’t even compare it to anything aside from saying if you like berry flavors, you will like this. It’s bright, sweet, slightly tart and crisp tasting, not artificial at but it does have a kind of hard candy aspect to it and isn’t very juicy in texture.
V1 seemed to fade toward the end of the test sample but I wasn’t sure if I was getting vaper’s tongue or if it was really fading. In hind sight I think it was vaper’s tongue because V2 became almost too strong toward the end and seemed to get dryer to an unpleasant degree. Keep in mind, I lean toward lighter, delicate flavors so maybe it’s just me. The dryness can easily be fixed with a bit of cactus and pear so that will be my next project.
As with the others I haven’t played around too much with this but I definitely like it and have a lot of ideas for it.
Coffee: Mixed @ 1% tested at two weeks through two months.
As a single flavor this wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t better than the other coffees I’ve tried. It reminded me of when a coworker would make the office coffee too weak then leave it in the warm pot all day until it evaporated into a stronger flavor; not horrid just not fresh brewed and uplifting if that makes sense.
It didn’t seem likely to me that making it stronger would improve the quality of the overall flavor but based on the smell, I had already used it in a few recipes. That’s where this shines! At .5-1.5% added to other coffee flavors and creams, it adds the subtle bean bite without giving the burned rubber taste that other coffees can get if you make them too strong. I look forward to playing with this a lot more.
Sweetened Condensed Milk: Mixed @ .5% tasted after one month.
As a single flavor it was sweeter and richer than unflavored juice but not noticeably creamy. I plan to try this at higher percentages. It wouldn’t be fair of me to give any more of a review than this as a single. In recipes with coffee and a few other creams it added a really nice layer.
Butter Toffee: V1 Mixed @ 1% tested at one month. V2 @ .5% tested at two weeks then further cut by ½ with unflavored.
This is a tough one for me to report on. As a single flavor, the flavor itself is delicious @ 1%! It’s buttery rich and very authentic to a homemade toffee, it could have been an ADV and a main star in many of my mixes. Could have been…. The problem is the strange, sharp tickle it gives me at the back of my throat at any percentage. Please believe me when I say, the flavor itself is so very good! If you’re not prone to getting this strange tickle from some flavors, then take the plunge on this absolutely! It’s so good that I’m still looking for a way to nullify the tickle effect.
So far, one recipe that I have is using 1% each of RF Coffee, RF SC Milk, RF Butter Toffee and TPA Smooth, after a two month steep there’s almost no tickle and the flavor is very promising. Before I use the last of this delicious yet tickly flavor in pancakes I’m going to try using a 1:1 ratio with Smooth, a strong cream and a really long steep.
It might take a year or more for me to review all the new flavors I’ve got on the way but I’ll try to be thorough and do a little at a time as I get to testing them all.
I never even thought of that! Well, it wouldn’t be that though because my youngest doesn’t get this and he’s one of us. He also vapes an astounding amount of pure garbage so maybe he’s just immune?