I just started messing around with FLVās vanilla bean, and from what I can make out of it so far (hasnāt steeped yet), is that it appears to be a true-to-form vanilla bean/extract. No cream, custard or bourbon qualities. I just started mixing with it a few days ago, so I could be way off base, haha.
I havenāt had time to look through all the comments yet, so Iām sorry if itās been mentioned already, but INW Shisha Vanilla is another good one to have. Itās a bit more of a creamy vanilla but itās usually my go to vanilla in a cream/custard juice.
I do use MFās on occasion, but for me, I get a subtle pepper type note from it. Not as strong as I would with TFAās custard/IC but it is still there after a steep. Some recipes I do, some I donāt
Itās also available at Bullcity too, so you can keep that 1 cart/shop thing goin
I really had a tough time even tasting SB in mixes, even when using SB combinations. After several attempts at a SB Flavor Base/Stone I felt it was still missing something. Just on a whim from notes Iād read, I added a touch of Coconut to heighten/enhance the SBs. It seems to add what was missing for me. IMO it lifts and expand the SB note.
I pulled this base from the above SB Ice Cream Sandwich recipe and use it for my SB note in mixes.
Another strawberry that doesnāt seem to get any love, is TFAās organic SB. This was one of the very first flavors I bought when I started out, and of course I didnāt know my arse from a hole in the ground, and I bought 8oz of it
I really like this one for a subtle SB. It reminds me of their ripe SB, just with a touch more ābodyā to it. Does anyone use this one? I still have about 4oz of it left too
I may try my hand at making this clone, if I had more info on it.
Glad to see you finally testing the waters. I just bought a couple of ounces of holy vanilla a week or 2 ago. If you want, pm me your address and iāll send you a little 10ml sample. Dont wait on me to try your recipes though, im usually weeks behind when it comes to shipping, lol.
Heres the first version as requested @Jazzy_girl
Can you make sure i have them labeled right? I am not familiar with them and there seems to be a lot of confusion haha
Just a couple of flavours askew beautā¦I always click the ārecipeā tab on the flavour list and go with the flavour that has been used the most in recipes. Donāt get @Sprkslfly started on the dupes
Usually if people enter flavors in your stash, they sort the results by amount of recipes itās used in and take the one that is used in most recipes. Correct flavors are 99% of the cases in the format of āFlavor name (brand name)ā.
Once your flavor stash is correct, theyāll pop up at the top of a suggestion list when youāre entering a new flavor for a recipe. That way itās hard to select the wrong flavor in your recipes
Omg! Duh!! I didnt enter them in my stash!! Wow. Hahahah
Thanks guysā¦i get new flavors and go all noob on your asses!
*got them changed and edited! @Lolly im trying so hard to let this steep! Omg
So, the holy vanilla was overpowering. It has been reduced to .5%
I think the shisha strawberry may need to be dropped as well. Maybe to 2.5 instead of 3%
Ill be making version 3 with the updated shisha soon
It is fairly sweet and almost there though
This has been a journey! A big thanks to everyone who is interested and has helped with this effort. Version 3 is slightly different from version 2. And version 4 will likely have a minuscule difference as well. Point and case: it is coming a long nicely!
I have heard a lot about how good your Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwich Original and the (Gmix) recipes are, and been planning to make them. But noticed it might be possible/easier to avoid using MF ingredients without loosing what makes the recipe fantastic. In the comments below the recipe I saw that @Ken_O_Where mentioned a remix that avoids MF. And I think you said you might be doing something similar.
I would like to know how did the remix go if either of you made it?
I want to replace the MF ingredients.
Strawberry MF for Strawberry sc RF (or Strawberry FA?)
Vanilla MF for Holly Vanilla DIYFS
If you think that will work pretty well, what percentages do u suggest? if not, then Iāll purchase the MF.
Here is what I was thinking: itās probably closer to your Gmix than it is to the Original.
I saw that u lowered the Holly Vanilla to 0.5%. But I remember that I read somewhere that it was half as potent as Vanilla MF. Or was it the other way around? Lol Iām not sure.
