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

Okay, so I measured 20 drops of concentrate, both Skyblue and Vapour Mountain with their respective droppers, and it came out to, oh look Game of thrones is on, 4.7ml.
I think I will stick to milli litres thank you.

Edit: 0.47ml, NOT 4.7ml


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r0gue z0mbie said:
@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.
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That sounds delicious. I dont have a raspberry concentrate. But i will put that in my "to buy" list.

Here's a question for the more experienced mixologists...

If I attempt this Raspberry Lime Ice mix, do I add 10drops raspberry or do I take a bit away from the Lime and the Menthol and use that for the raspberry? As a first guess, what do you think would come out better?

I.e.
10 drops lime, 10 drops menthol, 10 drops raspberry (30 drops of flavour, instead of my original 20 drops)

Or

7 drops lime, 7 drops menthol, 7 drops raspberry (still near 20 drops of total flavour)

Sorry if this is a bit of a noob question, but i am a diy noob ;-)
 
Q-Ball said:
Okay, so I measured 20 drops of concentrate, both Skyblue and Vapour Mountain with their respective droppers, and it came out to, oh look Game of thrones is on, 4.7ml.
I think I will stick to milli litres thank you.

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4.7 ml! For 20 drops, that just doesnt sound right @Q-Ball. Sounds way too high.
In the VM concentrates I can get more than 20 drops of menthol when the little dripper tube is quite full. I doubt that is 4.7 ml.
 
This sounds lekker @Silver .
I'm also playing with some DIY juices. Need to get some lime flavor.
I use menthol and koolada in my juices now. Because of the 0mg, the menthol and koolada gives me a bit of a TH. Quite cool! :giggle:
 
TylerD said:
This sounds lekker @Silver .
I'm also playing with some DIY juices. Need to get some lime flavor.
I use menthol and koolada in my juices now. Because of the 0mg, the menthol and koolada gives me a bit of a TH. Quite cool! :giggle:
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Indeed. Thats what I like about menthol - it increases the TH slightly
And i like it on long slow lung hits - for the burn in the back of the throat :devil:
 
Silver said:
4.7 ml! For 20 drops, that just doesnt sound right @Q-Ball. Sounds way too high.
In the VM concentrates I can get more than 20 drops of menthol when the little dripper tube is quite full. I doubt that is 4.7 ml.
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Sorry, I meant .47 ml

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Silver said:
That sounds delicious. I dont have a raspberry concentrate. But i will put that in my "to buy" list.

Here's a question for the more experienced mixologists...

If I attempt this Raspberry Lime Ice mix, do I add 10drops raspberry or do I take a bit away from the Lime and the Menthol and use that for the raspberry? As a first guess, what do you think would come out better?

I.e.
10 drops lime, 10 drops menthol, 10 drops raspberry (30 drops of flavour, instead of my original 20 drops)

Or

7 drops lime, 7 drops menthol, 7 drops raspberry (still near 20 drops of total flavour)

Sorry if this is a bit of a noob question, but i am a diy noob ;-)
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I would imagine you reduce the original Lime and Menthol by a bit. Your 3 flavour mix might be a bit light on a particular flavour if you divide the original 20 drops by 3 flavours. So I would say something like 7 or 8 drops of each flavour.

But I'm still relatively new to DIY, so I would wait for other answers.
 
Silver said:
That sounds delicious. I dont have a raspberry concentrate. But i will put that in my "to buy" list.

Here's a question for the more experienced mixologists...

If I attempt this Raspberry Lime Ice mix, do I add 10drops raspberry or do I take a bit away from the Lime and the Menthol and use that for the raspberry? As a first guess, what do you think would come out better?

I.e.
10 drops lime, 10 drops menthol, 10 drops raspberry (30 drops of flavour, instead of my original 20 drops)

Or

7 drops lime, 7 drops menthol, 7 drops raspberry (still near 20 drops of total flavour)

Sorry if this is a bit of a noob question, but i am a diy noob ;-)
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It's a very tricky question because not all flavour concentrates are created equal...they vary in "strength". I know for a fact that raspberry (the TFA variant in any case) is very weak - it's smells strong but at a normal 8% the taste is very muted.

Additionally, there is a point at which too much flavour tends to go "chemical" in taste - similar to how if you mix too many paints together it becomes brown ;)

In the end, the only real way to know with DIY is to test - that is the nature of it (and the experimentation is part of the fun) :)

Depending on the strength of the Lime concentrate (I have no experience with it) I would advise something like the following:

5-6 lime
7-8 raspberry
5-10 menthol (depending on taste - start low and add more as needed)

But I'm literally just guessing here :rolleyes:

Just remember one very important thing - write down what you use (even if it seems simple to remember)...getting something amazing and not knowing how to replicate it is frustrating beyond belief :)
 
free3dom said:
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 :D
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I was only referring to the flavour concentrates. Nic, PG and VG I use syringes (1ml, 3ml and 5ml covers 90%of requirements). I would not dream of dripping 15ml of VG - that would be torture. Syringes would not work for concentrates because you would need a syringe for every flavour concentrate which is not practical.
 
RezaD said:
I was only referring to the flavour concentrates. Nic, PG and VG I use syringes (1ml, 3ml and 5ml covers 90%of requirements). I would not dream of dripping 15ml of VG - that would be torture. Syringes would not work for concentrates because you would need a syringe for every flavour concentrate which is not practical.
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Ah okay...makes a lot more sense now - I thought you were a bit "weird" perhaps :p:D

I do however use syringes for concentrates as well...you only need one per flavour used in a recipe, and then some washing and soaking afterwards ;)
 
free3dom said:
Ah okay...makes a lot more sense now - I thought you were a bit "weird" perhaps :p:D

I do however use syringes for concentrates as well...you only need one per flavour used in a recipe, and then some washing and soaking afterwards ;)
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LOL..................I have over 70 flavour concentrates. Constantly cleaning syringes is not an option.
 
TylerD said:
Am I the only one that read LICE when I see the heading.....
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I suggest you forward some of your DNA for analysis, just maybe you have some far eastern genes in your ancestry (Lice vs. Rice?) :p.
 
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