LIME ICE - My first "semi DIY" juice - then full DIY

[Silver]

Hi all

As some of you may know, I am not a DiY vaper. I have dabbled with additives but nothing much, just a bit of Coffee concentrate and of course, menthol

Today i decided to do something a bit more DIY, but not full blown DiY yet

I call it Lime Ice

In a Reo grand bottle i put in the following:
- about 4ml VM unflavoured 18mg
- 10 drops VM Lime concentrate
- 10 drops VM Menthol concentrate

Shook the bottle and vaped it straight away on a 1 ohm coil.

Wow, what an amazing juice! I am loving this! It has the beautiful lime taste and its got a great sourness to it. Then the menthol cools it and gives it a lovely bite. And the 18mg punches nicely. I think the Lime and the Menthol go well together. If you like Lime and Soda drinks, i think you will like this.

On first impressions, this is super and i am so chuffed. I am quite surprised at how nice the vape came out. I have not vaped something like this before so am enjoying it thoroughly.

This is what it reminds me of:

 

[Riaz]

Nice going @Silver

Always rewarding when ones diy mix comes out great.


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[Alex]

This sounds like a winner @Silver, well done on your first attempt.

 

[Paulie]

Sounds yummy man looking forward to trying it!

 

[zadiac]

So I take it that fruity type menthols are your main choice, or am I mistaken?

 

[Yiannaki]

Sounds interesting @Silver

I am sure I will be sampling it soon!

 

[yuganp]

Lime ice is a nice flavour to have have sometimes.

I like to make ice versions of some juice.

Start with a menthol base, either diy or use menthol ice from VM. Add a few drops of fruit based concentrates into your menthol base in your REO bottles to give you some variations.

Now to find a good lemon concentrate to make lemonade ice.

 

[Silver]

So I take it that fruity type menthols are your main choice, or am I mistaken?

Thanks @zadiac. I really do like quite a wide range of juices but over the past few months I have been enjoying the fruity menthols at lower power more for mindless type vaping. Still love my tobaccoes for a good thumping. Never been a big dessert fan

 

[Silver]

Thanks for the tip @yuganp. I will definitely be trying these things out in future!

 

[Silver]

Well it's day 2 vaping Lime Ice and lets just say - I am still smiling

I have learnt that sometimes one's initial impression changes the next day - after a sleep and a meal.

This juice is still just too lovely...
Am really enjoying the aftertaste.

When this bottle runs out I will definitely try it again

 

[Q-Ball]

That equates to 12.5% Menthol and 12.5% Lime if 20 drops = 1ml, am I correct?

 

[Silver]

That equates to 12.5% Menthol and 12.5% Lime if 20 drops = 1ml, am I correct?

Well I think strictly speaking its 10% each then
Because its 5ml in total
(4ml for the unflavoured 18mg and 0.5ml each of Lime and Menthol)

And I assume VM's unflavoured is 50/50, so the final mix is probably 60% PG if I assume the concentrates are PG concentrates.

 

[Q-Ball]

Well I think strictly speaking its 10% each then
Because its 5ml in total
(4ml for the unflavoured 18mg and 0.5ml each of Lime and Menthol)

And I assume VM's unflavoured is 50/50, so the final mix is probably 60% PG if I assume the concentrates are PG concentrates.

That sounds about right thanks. I have a small mix of Lime ready to be mentholled.
I love my menthol but can do 3% at the most.

 

[Q-Ball]

Well I think strictly speaking its 10% each then
Because its 5ml in total
(4ml for the unflavoured 18mg and 0.5ml each of Lime and Menthol)

And I assume VM's unflavoured is 50/50, so the final mix is probably 60% PG if I assume the concentrates are PG concentrates.

Has anyone ever measured 20 drops before? I tried to drip some PG into a 1ml syringe the other day but then my ADD kicked in, oh look my bike needs a polish.

 

[FireFly]

I keep Reading "Lime Lice"
Damn my eyes...

Its like Shopfitters
I keep reading Shoplifters...

But I digress
Thanks for this, going to give it a try... Love Rose's Lime Cordial in a long glass full of ice....

 

[Silver]

I keep Reading "Lime Lice"
Damn my eyes...

Its like Shopfitters
I keep reading Shoplifters...

But I digress
Thanks for this, going to give it a try... Love Rose's Lime Cordial in a long glass full of ice....

I have changed the title to CAPS @FireFly - just for you - so we don't have Lice on the forum

As for Rose's Cordials - I love Lime cordial too - with cold water and a few cubes of ice!
I also love the Passion Fruit Cordial. Same thing. At the moment I am out of the Lime one and going through a few bottles of the Passion Fruit.

EDIT -
PS - if you like the Rose Lime Cordial - I think you will like this ejuice. VM's Lime concentrate smells and tastes very good.

 

[FireFly]

Ah I can read that correctly now... Wierd....

 

[Imthiaz Khan]

Well done @Silver The flavor profile sounds so delicious and refreshing
Something very different to the normal selection of flavors.
Soon you will be a DIY master

With regards to Lime, another nice flavor would be Lime Milkshake

 

[Silver]

Well done @Silver The flavor profile sounds so delicious and refreshing
Something very different to the normal selection of flavors.
Soon you will be a DIY master

With regards to Lime, another nice flavor would be Lime Milkshake

Thanks @Imthiaz Khan !
It is very refreshing indeed and I love the strong menthol in it -
Lime Milkshake is a good idea - but I am not fond of Lime milkshakes

 

[WHeunis]

Has anyone ever measured 20 drops before? I tried to drip some PG into a 1ml syringe the other day but then my ADD kicked in, oh look my bike needs a polish.

It has been tested.
It comes to 20-23 drops per ml, depending on viscosity.
20 is just the easy norm that gets used.

 

[rogue zombie]

Has anyone ever measured 20 drops before? I tried to drip some PG into a 1ml syringe the other day but then my ADD kicked in, oh look my bike needs a polish.

As I understand it, depending on the dropper, 1ml is either 20 or 25 drops.

 

[free3dom]

Has anyone ever measured 20 drops before?

20 drops of PG (or PG based flavour concentrate) is way less than 20 drops of VG (due to viscosity as @WHeunis mentioned)
And as @r0gue z0mbie said, the type of dropper used also affects this

In the end, mixing by drops is a rough approximation and for any serious mixing you do need to do proper measuring

Edit: To get the most accurate drop mixing, pre-mix your PG and VG (in your desired ratio) - should get you closer to the actual goal than using drops of them separately

 

[RezaD]

20 drops of PG (or PG based flavour concentrate) is way less than 20 drops of VG (due to viscosity as @WHeunis mentioned)
And as @r0gue z0mbie said, the type of dropper used also affects this

In the end, mixing by drops is a rough approximation and for any serious mixing you do need to do proper measuring

Edit: To get the most accurate drop mixing, pre-mix your PG and VG (in your desired ratio) - should get you closer to the actual goal than using drops of them separately

For the sake of consistency it is better to stick to 20 drops per ml standard even if it is not accurate. So say you meant to add 10 percent flavour but it's actually 8 percent. You can just up your percentage in the app to 12% to get the strength correct. At least that way someone can recreate your recipe exactly when using the same concentrates and thus the same droppers.

 

[rogue zombie]

@Silver you should try a Lime Rasberry Ice.

Ive seen a recipe with equal parts Lime/Lemon and Rasberry (Pink Lemonade). I reckon Menthol would just top it off.

 

[free3dom]

For the sake of consistency it is better to stick to 20 drops per ml standard even if it is not accurate. So say you meant to add 10 percent flavour but it's actually 8 percent. You can just up your percentage in the app to 12% to get the strength correct. At least that way someone can recreate your recipe exactly when using the same concentrates and thus the same droppers.

I agree, it's good to keep to a consistent amount - keep things nice and simple, but...

For mixing from a recipe I would always rather recommend you measure it out, instead of using drops. Most people would test a recipe measured instead of "dropped" before publishing it - and once you go over 20ml (or so) it gets very tedious to drip, especially with VG

Unless of course a recipe is explicitly specified in drops, but I've not seen many of those