Separation of flavor?

[Seven]

Hey folks,

I recently tried a premade flavour concentrate of Jam Rolly Polly and Custard and it was phenomenal!

I have a question about how they control the flavor.

Initially when vaped you get a very strong and sweet Jam flavor and as this flavour fades away the sponge and custard slowly come to the surface and leave a very nice end.

Does anyone know how they delay the flavour to come out at the ens to create very distinct 'layers'?

Thanks!

 

[Mr Ripple]

The juice doesn't do that your taste buds do it all.

 

[Seven]

The juice doesn't do that your taste buds do it all.

So why do some juices taste like everything has been put in a blender and mooshed together and some have distinct separations?

The mooshed ones still have all the flavours present as they should but there is no separation...

 

[Horrand]

So why do some juices taste like everything has been put in a blender and mooshed together and some have distinct separations?

The mooshed ones still have all the flavours present as they should but there is no separation...

That's because they have very likely just thrown a load of concentrates together without any regard to flavour percentages and tried to hide their bad recipe with copious amounts of sweetener. This is what is commonly referred to as premium liquid.

 

[Horrand]

To answer seriously now. Some concentrates have more pronounced top notes, such as your fruity flavours which you'll find in your jam. These will hit your pallet first before making way for the heavier doughy and custard notes which it will finish with on the exhale.

It's likely just a well crafted recipe.

 

[ZT]

The juice doesn't do that your taste buds do it all.

The juice absolutely does do that - creating layers is an art and lots of trial and error

 

[Simon G]

To answer seriously now. Some concentrates have more pronounced top notes, such as your fruity flavours which you'll find in your jam. These will hit your pallet first before making way for the heavier doughy and custard notes which it will finish with on the exhale.

It's likely just a well crafted recipe.

I agree but I tend to taste things backwards to that, I don't know if it's because how I vape but in that example I seem to taste the heavier doughy flavours first and get the toppier notes afterwards. Like a ginger tobacco, I taste tobacco, tobacco, tobacco then the ginger almost as an after taste.

 

[Ment]

I'm vaping FA Cornish Cream Tea at the moment, and this is exactly the same. Jam on the way in, jam, scones and cream on the way out.

@ZT is right that clever formulation makes this possible in the first place, but taste buds also contribute.

I don't breathe through my nose when drawing and I assume most, if not all, vapers are the same, so it's the sharper flavours that are tasted on the way in and the more muted flavours once all the airways are open.

 

[Seven]

So it really comes down to the percentage of flavor Vs flavor as opposed to something in the mix which performs the separation... Interesting discussion, thanks folks!

 

[zouzounaki]

I agree but I tend to taste things backwards to that, I don't know if it's because how I vape but in that example I seem to taste the heavier doughy flavours first and get the toppier notes afterwards. Like a ginger tobacco, I taste tobacco, tobacco, tobacco then the ginger almost as an after taste.

I think that can be to do with the balance of flavours as well, though. I find often the lingering one is the flavour that’s lower i. the mix. And the concentrate itself can be a factor. For example I sometimes mix a pistachio cream flavour where the pistachio is dominant and that’s what you taste first, whereas when I make pistachio ry4 the pistachio is in the back.