I'll mix it with normal French Vanilla and add the Creme version to my cart for my inevitable mid month buy lol
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DIY Menthol/Mint Recipes
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Recently started mixing with Extreme Ice n gotta say it's brilliant.
I make a base of 7% Extreme Ice and then do single fruit flavours with it and so far the real good ones are:
Base + Cap Pineapple 7%
Base + Loco Guava 6%
Base + CLY naartjie 5%
Mixing Ripe Strawberry, Chocolate Milk, Cherry and Apple tomorrow, hopefully a couple work.
I make a base of 7% Extreme Ice and then do single fruit flavours with it and so far the real good ones are:
Base + Cap Pineapple 7%
Base + Loco Guava 6%
Base + CLY naartjie 5%
Mixing Ripe Strawberry, Chocolate Milk, Cherry and Apple tomorrow, hopefully a couple work.
I have tried quite a few other Vanillas in the journey. None worked as well as TFA French Vanilla Creme for me. It really adds depth and a dense mouth feel to the juice.
The recipe @rogue zombie shared is a winner. Check back for his bruised berries mix. - extreme ice with berries.
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Yep, I saw it, looks like a winner, unfortunately only got two of the flavours lol
Hi guys, this is my first simple menthol recipe so please feel free to make some suggestions. My wife is on stinkies and this is my attempt to get her off it. She said she likes it a lot. Think she might be after the menthol taste thats why she smokes them stinkers.
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Anyone tried my recipe yet? Smoking it now and imo not bad.
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I am not a big menthol fan but I do straight Am4a at 4% and loving it.
The Black Cherry is not a bad idea either. I was thinking of adding INW Black Cherry
I got to try this today after seeing Vino1718 at work. This is a really good recipe. I have never been a fan of menthol flavours or straight up tobaccos, but this recipe was so smooth. It tasted just like the cherry tobacco that I used to roll on campus with a dash of menthol. I suggest that anyone looking for a good tobacco menthol type cigarette vape should try this, it might be the one recipe I can vape while drinking whiskey!
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Would you say you could add some mago to that, perhaps sweet mango cap?
Because of the DIY First Law, I had to use FA Anise, added at 0.5 %. And tried FA Polar Blast in the place of Koolada. I did not add sweetener.
Being vaping it since yesterday evening. Awesome. Earthy - spicy - fruity, so well integrated that I cannot pick up any one specific note. The balance between sweet and dry is perfect for my taste - neither sweet, nor dry, but somewhere in between. Some satisfying sweet on the aftertaste. The cool is exquisite and satisfying, discernible both on the inhale and the exhale. On the exhale it get a bit of spicy and a spirituous note. So glad I mixed a 50 ml bottle.
Oh, found some of Dr Stanley's stuff at the back of my cupboard (18 mg!). Immediately loaded some in the Hadaly dripper to compare with @rogue zombie's juice. I get exactly the same earthy note, but less pronounced. The cool is very much the same. Dr Stanley's juice is heavier and far sweeter (too sweet for my taste now) and the Anise note more discernible. @rogue zombie's interpretation is lighter and less flavoured and far more refreshing - a clear winner in my book.
More than worth your time to mix up. Perfect Summer vape.
Thank you very much for your notes, they are very helpful.
Always a pleasure to hear from someone else (who may appreciate the offbeat profile), what they think.
will mix it later @Andre and give u feedback. steeping time ?
Ah, forgot to mention that on ELR, thanks @andro - edited there - about 10 days for the INW Chocolate to come into its own. Looking forward to your impressions.
I made this on December 22nd. I had to sub the French Vanilla Creme for French Vanilla however, but it still came out good. I have only had Bowden's Mate once or twice before so I can't really compare them, but this is going into my regular mixes.
Shake n Vape is not bad either, it just tastes very minty, after my 2 weeks of steeping, you taste it and all of a sudden the chocolate and mint have become an almost equal blend of flavors. It is really cold, which I love, I think this would make a suburb vape at higher nic in a MTL device. It is a really good recipe. Between day 1 and week 1, it had a very strange cough syrup-y vibe going on for me but that went away with some steeping. I will probably throw together 100ml to keep in my rotation. I can vape this all day.
Thanks @Andre for sharing this
Adding to my to do list
Thank you so much for the feedback, highly appreciated. Do try it with the French Vanilla Creme.I made this on December 22nd. I had to sub the French Vanilla Creme for French Vanilla however, but it still came out good. I have only had Bowden's Mate once or twice before so I can't really compare them, but this is going into my regular mixes.
Shake n Vape is not bad either, it just tastes very minty, after my 2 weeks of steeping, you taste it and all of a sudden the chocolate and mint have become an almost equal blend of flavors. It is really cold, which I love, I think this would make a suburb vape at higher nic in a MTL device. It is a really good recipe. Between day 1 and week 1, it had a very strange cough syrup-y vibe going on for me but that went away with some steeping. I will probably throw together 100ml to keep in my rotation. I can vape this all day.
Thanks @Andre for sharing this
Please rate it at ELR here if you do not mind.
I made this on December 22nd. I had to sub the French Vanilla Creme for French Vanilla however, but it still came out good. I have only had Bowden's Mate once or twice before so I can't really compare them, but this is going into my regular mixes.
Shake n Vape is not bad either, it just tastes very minty, after my 2 weeks of steeping, you taste it and all of a sudden the chocolate and mint have become an almost equal blend of flavors. It is really cold, which I love, I think this would make a suburb vape at higher nic in a MTL device. It is a really good recipe. Between day 1 and week 1, it had a very strange cough syrup-y vibe going on for me but that went away with some steeping. I will probably throw together 100ml to keep in my rotation. I can vape this all day.
Thanks @Andre for sharing this
Yip, French Vanilla Creme is just that bit "better".
On a menthol stage - inevitable I think...
Please clarify the Extreme Ice base? For a basic recipe, will it be 7% extreme ice and then fruit, e.g. Naartie at 5%?
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White Mate
The 2nd LAW of DIY: Never waste a good base!
Searching for a dessert recipe for our Dinner Club (yes, we have a Dinner Club in Koringberg!), I came across a White Chocolate Mint Truffles recipe. Immediately thought to myself, "Ah, this looks very similar to the ingredients in my interpretation of Bowden's Mate, except for the White Chocolate". Of course I had to try it. Am very chuffed with the result. My Reo reserved for mint/menthol juices now have 4 juices in rotation: Andre's Mate, Vic's Snake Oil by @rogue zombie, Misty Ice by @NewOobY and this one, which I call White Mate.
FW White Chocolate:
A rich and creamy White Chocolate. I initially tastes something spirituous from it, but that disappeared as soon as it got a bit of air. For me the balance between the different groups of ingredients is just perfect, but if you want the White Chocolate to be more pronounced you could go up to 2.0 %. TFA White Chocolate in the same percentage range will probably also work, but from what I have read some get a peppery note from it and a longer steep is required.
FA Polar Blast:
TFA Koolada will get the job done too.
Steep: Mine steeped for 12 days.
WHITE MATE
FA Peppermint 1.75 %
FW White Chocolate 1.5 %
TFA French Vanilla Creme 1.5 %
CAP Vanilla Custard V1 1.0 %
TFA Menthol 0.5 %
FA Polar Blast 0.5 %
Total flavour: 6.75 %
White MateThe 2nd LAW of DIY: Never waste a good base!
Searching for a dessert recipe for our Dinner Club (yes, we have a Dinner Club in Koringberg!), I came across a White Chocolate Mint Truffles recipe. Immediately thought to myself, "Ah, this looks very similar to the ingredients in my interpretation of Bowden's Mate, except for the White Chocolate". Of course I had to try it. Am very chuffed with the result. My Reo reserved for mint/menthol juices now have 4 juices in rotation: Andre's Mate, Vic's Snake Oil by @rogue zombie, Misty Ice by @NewOobY and this one, which I call White Mate.
FW White Chocolate:
A rich and creamy White Chocolate. I initially tastes something spirituous from it, but that disappeared as soon as it got a bit of air. For me the balance between the different groups of ingredients is just perfect, but if you want the White Chocolate to be more pronounced you could go up to 2.0 %. TFA White Chocolate in the same percentage range will probably also work, but from what I have read some get a peppery note from it and a longer steep is required.
FA Polar Blast:
TFA Koolada will get the job done too.
Steep: Mine steeped for 12 days.
WHITE MATE
FA Peppermint 1.75 %
FW White Chocolate 1.5 %
TFA French Vanilla Creme 1.5 %
CAP Vanilla Custard V1 1.0 %
TFA Menthol 0.5 %
FA Polar Blast 0.5 %
Total flavour: 6.75 %
Oh yes please, sounds good!
Damn first rule applies, but thankfully I just need 2 ingredients to make it.
White MateThe 2nd LAW of DIY: Never waste a good base!
Searching for a dessert recipe for our Dinner Club (yes, we have a Dinner Club in Koringberg!), I came across a White Chocolate Mint Truffles recipe. Immediately thought to myself, "Ah, this looks very similar to the ingredients in my interpretation of Bowden's Mate, except for the White Chocolate". Of course I had to try it. Am very chuffed with the result. My Reo reserved for mint/menthol juices now have 4 juices in rotation: Andre's Mate, Vic's Snake Oil by @rogue zombie, Misty Ice by @NewOobY and this one, which I call White Mate.
FW White Chocolate:
A rich and creamy White Chocolate. I initially tastes something spirituous from it, but that disappeared as soon as it got a bit of air. For me the balance between the different groups of ingredients is just perfect, but if you want the White Chocolate to be more pronounced you could go up to 2.0 %. TFA White Chocolate in the same percentage range will probably also work, but from what I have read some get a peppery note from it and a longer steep is required.
FA Polar Blast:
TFA Koolada will get the job done too.
Steep: Mine steeped for 12 days.
WHITE MATE
FA Peppermint 1.75 %
FW White Chocolate 1.5 %
TFA French Vanilla Creme 1.5 %
CAP Vanilla Custard V1 1.0 %
TFA Menthol 0.5 %
FA Polar Blast 0.5 %
Total flavour: 6.75 %
lekka man, this sounds lovely - gonna mix it up. However DIY rule #1 just showed it's face. Was wondering what is the difference between the TFA White Chocolate and the FW White Chocolate - for me the TFA one has a bit of a chemical taste to it, is the FW one more real?
From what I have read FW is better. It works for me in this recipe. Some pick up a peppery note from TFA and recommend a long steep.
sorry about the derail, but I suddenly got the dreaded taste of pepper from TFA: VBIC - and maybe I get it with TFA: White Chocolate as well. It happened suddenly basically at the start of this year.
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