Definitive Method For Steeping ?

[6027david]

Hi. As a keen home brewer, I would like to apply a more DIY approach to my new experience of Vaping. ( Now 2 months without the stinkies and not even a craving for one!). I have started mixing my own juices, which has beed a great deal of fun, my wife compares me to some mad sorcerer, whilst I am at the dining room table, surrounded by a myriad of bottles, potions and a plethora of measuring equipment. Thankfully she is happy to indulge my current obsession, and raised eyebrows and much head shaking is the worst I have to endure. She is fully aware that I throw my heart and soul into any and every new venture or experience, regardless of any other diversions. ( just had to find a way to include that in a post! hahaha!). Genuine point though and my question is, can someone advise me on making my own flavouring liquid? Is there a general set method for anything and what is the best base to use to extract the flavour. Would like to try to make my own cinnamon flavouring, also, menthol and fruits. I do not need advice on skunk, grass or anything of that nature, my enquiry is strictly for legal stuff, spices, fruits, etc. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Gilliandrea]

You will not get advice regarding 'dodgy' stuff on POTV....

However mixing has become my passion and I have researched creating flavour concentrates, you need to be a chemist to understand it all!

So I stick with PG/VG or alcohol based concentrates that do NOT contain diacetyl
For menthol there is a thread in mixology for using menthol crystals

 

[6027david]

Thanks for that. I actually worked as an analytical chemist for a period many years ago. I appreciate that the commercial flavourings are produced using various distillation methods to obtain the strength an purity that would be required for commercial sale. My enquiry was if there are any 'Kitchen Chemistry' methods to make 'Home Grown' flavourings. I appreciate they will not be as concentrated as commercial versions, was simply looking for an even more 'Hands On' approach. After all I can make a very acceptable Chardonnay from kitchen scraps, plus a few odds and ends ( or so my wife tells me, I prefer my stout) so envisaged a simple process to make an acceptable flavouring must be known to some of the more experienced of you out there. I just love tinkering!