Well, tonight has been an eye opener. I mixed my first juices on Dec 13. I imagine like most people, I was very impatient. I'd test them at first, wait a day or two, do it again. I put some in a crockpot, some I breathed, others I didn't. Generally, I was disappointed with damn near every recipe I made, all of which were someone else's highly rated recipe.
I found Wayne Walker's site a couple of weeks ago. I think he does a great job in explaining flavors and how they taste, as well as how we perceive them. HIC does the same, both here and in his FA notes, which are invaluable to new DIYers. I realized I didn't have the experience nor the vocabulary to describe what I was tasting. Initially, I thought damn near everything tasted like dirty gym socks (how do we know what they taste like). I decided that Vanilla Bean Ice Cream was horrible because I do taste pepper. It's a terrible, repelling taste to me. I also decided that Bavarian Cream was not much better. Such a shame considering how many recipes use those two. On the advice of HIC, I subbed Vienna Cream for the Bavarian Cream and it works just fine for me (even though it smells like skunk piss).
Back to the main point, I was mixing away and it took two weeks before I found 3 recipes that worked for me. But I was stockpiling bottles of juice, 5, 10, 20 and 30 ml. I didn't throw anything away, I just made my notes (this sucks!) and put it away. Well, I have over a liter of juice sitting in the closet now, including 360 ml of my 3 ADVs.
So tonight I pulled out a bunch of them from 3 or more weeks ago. Some of them I thought were a waste to have made. Wow! I'm blown away at the transformation for some of them. As you can guess, they all contain some sort of cream. Better still, I'm dripping one right now made with BC, and I like it. I'm so happily surprised.
I surmise that two things are at work here. The first is the obvious necessity of giving juices the time to come together, to age, mature, ripen, whatever the hell we want to call it. The second, and maybe more important, factor is I probably needed time to develop my palate. The knowledge of flavors and taste I've recently gained, along with the constant exposure, has transformed my senses.
I've got new base and flavors on the way. I'm going to ensure that everything I make will be able to sit at least 2 months if it has cream in it (I do love VCv1). I'll probably end up with enough juice to last until the apocalypse, but I don't care. I just want it to taste good and be a pleasure to vape. The days of vaping sub-par juice have come to an end.
What an interesting journey this has been. I owe a debt to those who have shared a lot on these boards. This is my go to place when I want some info.
Thanks, all.
I found Wayne Walker's site a couple of weeks ago. I think he does a great job in explaining flavors and how they taste, as well as how we perceive them. HIC does the same, both here and in his FA notes, which are invaluable to new DIYers. I realized I didn't have the experience nor the vocabulary to describe what I was tasting. Initially, I thought damn near everything tasted like dirty gym socks (how do we know what they taste like). I decided that Vanilla Bean Ice Cream was horrible because I do taste pepper. It's a terrible, repelling taste to me. I also decided that Bavarian Cream was not much better. Such a shame considering how many recipes use those two. On the advice of HIC, I subbed Vienna Cream for the Bavarian Cream and it works just fine for me (even though it smells like skunk piss).
Back to the main point, I was mixing away and it took two weeks before I found 3 recipes that worked for me. But I was stockpiling bottles of juice, 5, 10, 20 and 30 ml. I didn't throw anything away, I just made my notes (this sucks!) and put it away. Well, I have over a liter of juice sitting in the closet now, including 360 ml of my 3 ADVs.
So tonight I pulled out a bunch of them from 3 or more weeks ago. Some of them I thought were a waste to have made. Wow! I'm blown away at the transformation for some of them. As you can guess, they all contain some sort of cream. Better still, I'm dripping one right now made with BC, and I like it. I'm so happily surprised.
I surmise that two things are at work here. The first is the obvious necessity of giving juices the time to come together, to age, mature, ripen, whatever the hell we want to call it. The second, and maybe more important, factor is I probably needed time to develop my palate. The knowledge of flavors and taste I've recently gained, along with the constant exposure, has transformed my senses.
I've got new base and flavors on the way. I'm going to ensure that everything I make will be able to sit at least 2 months if it has cream in it (I do love VCv1). I'll probably end up with enough juice to last until the apocalypse, but I don't care. I just want it to taste good and be a pleasure to vape. The days of vaping sub-par juice have come to an end.
What an interesting journey this has been. I owe a debt to those who have shared a lot on these boards. This is my go to place when I want some info.
Thanks, all.
I have more than a liter of mixed juice in my closet... My wife just shakes her head...
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