I wanted to try my hand at making my own vanilla bean extract. There are a few threads out there but none really took the topic from start to finish. Here's what I did. Purchased Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Grade B from Beanilla. Split them down the center and diced them as small as I could. I then poured 30ml PG in an empty ejuice bottle and set it aside, shaking every few days for over a month. I then purchased a wine filter pad from a local brew shop. Had the choice of 8,6 and 1 micron. I choose the 6micron. I then cut out a small circular pad of the filter the size of the diameter of one of my 10ml syringes. Slid the pad into the syringe, pushed the plunger down onto it, ensuring there was a nice fit and filled it with some of the vanilla extract. I then pressed it through the filter. It passed through way easier than I had anticipated. And the resulting liquid was crystal clear! Now onto making som juice. I made a French Vanilla w/ 2% of the extract and could totally taste it. Potent stuff. It worked! The problem was I don't really love the flavor. While it is definitively a Vanilla it also has this kinda floral, oaky, bourbon type note that really doesn't work for most of my custard and fruit mixes that I make. Maybe good w/ some of the tobacco DIY'ers dunno. Kinda dissapointing. It did gunk up my coils fast, in just a few days. My reason for using the filter I did, but maybe the 1micron might improve its wear. I know there are many different types of regional Vanilla Beans and maybe the Madagascar is just unique in this taste. Anybody else have experience in this?