So when I first started vaping, I ordered my juice from a Scottish company called Paradise Vape. I was blown away at the time by how delicious vaping can be... Like most here, I'm still constantly amazed at how great my own (but mostly others on here) diy juice can be! I've had a problem with one flavour though - strawberry.
I can't remember exactly how paradise vapes strawberry tasted. I remember thinking it was the perfect strawberry though. - almost my ultimate vape. Unfortunately, I've not found anything close so far in my diy experience.
I've noticed through my search for the perfect strawberry that most take one of two paths - 'The green strawberry' and the 'strawberry laces strawberry'.
FA Strawberry & TPA Strawberry (Ripe): these are both potentially fantastic strawberry's to me. Unfortunately, they are 'green strawberry's'. They seem to present more of the plant, the leaves on a strawberry. At the same time, the actually strawberry flavour (the actual substance of a strawberry) is very weak - almost a background note. I've found these particularly disappointing as they smell wonderful! If a vendor comes out with a strawberry that tastes exactly how FA Strawberry smells right out of the bottle then I'm sold. To me, that is the perfect strawberry! Both of these get utterly drowned in even the most simple mixes to me. I can taste the 'leaves' but none of the strawberry!
TPA Strawberry & Inawera Strawberry Kiss:
These are the opposite of the above to me. Strawberry laces! Not particularly nice strawberry laces either! These taste of chemicals - they are strong, stick to my wicks and overwhelm most mixes even at very small doses. When I ordered these I thought I was looking for a 'candy strawberry', thinking this would solve my difficulties with the 'green strawberry'. It didn't though! These are not nice to me.
Capella Sweet Strawberry:
This is a weird one to me. Mainly because everyone seems to love it! To me, this steeps in an orange note. I can't quite put my finger on it, but again it had a real chemical note, and doesn't taste anything like I expected it to. Again, this is a 'strawberry laces' vape to me, but again, it's not nice to me at all.
Each of these flavours all seem to fall too far either side of the scale for me. Which brings me to Inawera strawberry.
Inawera Strawberry:
Definitely not the perfect strawberry - but it's getting there! This has a candy note, a ripe note, a green note and most importantly, A STRAWBERRY NOTE! This is my most recent strawberry test and it seems to have a balance that the others don't have. I feel that with some more experimentation I could perhaps mould it to my liking.
Ultimately, I think it's a real shame. Strawberry is certainly a favourite to many. It's done well in many sweets, drinks, ice creams and milkshakes - but doesn't seem to translate to well to vapour! There a multiple post with people asking for a 'good strawberry'. Every company makes one. None make the perfect one!
Thoughts anyone?
I can't remember exactly how paradise vapes strawberry tasted. I remember thinking it was the perfect strawberry though. - almost my ultimate vape. Unfortunately, I've not found anything close so far in my diy experience.
I've noticed through my search for the perfect strawberry that most take one of two paths - 'The green strawberry' and the 'strawberry laces strawberry'.
FA Strawberry & TPA Strawberry (Ripe): these are both potentially fantastic strawberry's to me. Unfortunately, they are 'green strawberry's'. They seem to present more of the plant, the leaves on a strawberry. At the same time, the actually strawberry flavour (the actual substance of a strawberry) is very weak - almost a background note. I've found these particularly disappointing as they smell wonderful! If a vendor comes out with a strawberry that tastes exactly how FA Strawberry smells right out of the bottle then I'm sold. To me, that is the perfect strawberry! Both of these get utterly drowned in even the most simple mixes to me. I can taste the 'leaves' but none of the strawberry!
TPA Strawberry & Inawera Strawberry Kiss:
These are the opposite of the above to me. Strawberry laces! Not particularly nice strawberry laces either! These taste of chemicals - they are strong, stick to my wicks and overwhelm most mixes even at very small doses. When I ordered these I thought I was looking for a 'candy strawberry', thinking this would solve my difficulties with the 'green strawberry'. It didn't though! These are not nice to me.
Capella Sweet Strawberry:
This is a weird one to me. Mainly because everyone seems to love it! To me, this steeps in an orange note. I can't quite put my finger on it, but again it had a real chemical note, and doesn't taste anything like I expected it to. Again, this is a 'strawberry laces' vape to me, but again, it's not nice to me at all.
Each of these flavours all seem to fall too far either side of the scale for me. Which brings me to Inawera strawberry.
Inawera Strawberry:
Definitely not the perfect strawberry - but it's getting there! This has a candy note, a ripe note, a green note and most importantly, A STRAWBERRY NOTE! This is my most recent strawberry test and it seems to have a balance that the others don't have. I feel that with some more experimentation I could perhaps mould it to my liking.
Ultimately, I think it's a real shame. Strawberry is certainly a favourite to many. It's done well in many sweets, drinks, ice creams and milkshakes - but doesn't seem to translate to well to vapour! There a multiple post with people asking for a 'good strawberry'. Every company makes one. None make the perfect one!
Thoughts anyone?
