tried DIY, not much luck so far, general guidance needed...

[bolter2]

hi guys as title suggests i have started DIY juice recently, and had a few goes and not had much success. i know patience is needed with making your own juice but hoping some of you can maybe point me in the right direction. I have read loads and loads, one thing ive noticed is that everyone has different opinions on manufacturers, flavours and % needed just as much as they do with pre mixed juice.

Im gonna list what concentrates ive got, I have used ejuice recipes.com and searched for recipes from my stash but only comes up with a couple of single flavour recipes that just look meh. i love my fruit juices, so ive tried for quite a few of them.

Heres what i have:
10% Ethyl Maltol (Inawera)
Apple (Double) (FW)
capella sweet cream
Capella Vanilla Custard v2
Coconut (Inawera)
Creamy Yoghurt (CAP)
Exotic Fruits (Inawera)
Greek Yogurt (FW)
Mango (TPA)
Orange Mandarin (TPA)
Peach (Inawera)
Pineapple (Inawera)
Pineapple-TFA
Strawberry (Inawera)
Sweet Strawberry (Cap)
TFA Peach
TFA Raspberry


Ive tried a few, mainly sweet strawberry, both peach, TFA pineapple, TFA raspberry. Currently made a sweet cream and strawberry, and a yogurt with a bit of custard and cream, but these need quite a while steeping... then im worried that they will be crap and thats 3-4 weeks wasted, Hence a point in the right direction!

Ive also noticed that with all the fruit flavours i am getting perfume/chemical taste. Admittedly ive not steeped these for long but again was under the impression most fruit flavours are shake and vape? Is it a case of just needs steeping to reduce the perfume taste, or am i using too much flavouring? Happy to post what recipes ive tried so far if it helps. All mixes have been at 50/50 and 3mg nic

Any ideas on recipes from the above flavours also appreciated, thanks all

 

[fyslexic ducker]

one thing i would suggest is shake your concentrates before mixing if you don't already,concentrates can settle in layers that you cant see
if the chemical taste remains it's probably a good idea to let your juice breathe for a few hours every now and then while they are steeping
and if you still have the chemical taste/smell you may be over flavouring

 

[bolter2]

Thanks very much will give that a try, and no didn't even think to shake the flavours!

 

[kinny999]

Ive been whizzing mine in a nutribullet whenever i've been passing the kitchen for 60 seconds at a time.
I've had juice turn from clear to deep red in a couple of days but even with those, the flavour has been getting better a couple of weeks later once i've stopped using the nutribullet.

 

[the spice must flow]

Peaches & cream. [emoji39]

 

[bolter2]

I must say after leaving each bottle to air for a couple of hours with the cap off, and 3 days steeping the smell alone has improved no end! No chemical smell just the flavours. I've got a strawberry cream on the steep at the minute, but who knows how it will turn out! Wondered if anyone had suggestions on % and recipes with regards to my flavour stash above.

 

[Ment]

It's mainly something you need to work out for yourself. I've seen recommendations for 1 or 2% yet I can barely taste the same juice at 10%.

As well as different levels of sensitivity, there's also varying expectation where one person is happy with a hint of a flavour while others want to be knocked over.

Just keep experimenting and be prepared to waste a bit. Don't chuck them out though - have a large bottle handy to tip your failures in, sometimes magic can happen when you mix different juices.

 

[transcendentalaccidentalism]

new to diy myself with a very conservative purchase of flavors and bases just to get started. I've been told 10% flavor, then I tasted a friend's juices that were superb and he said it's got to be 20%, so I'm upping the flavor.
but like everyone says, it seems like the manufacturer and the patients and steeping methods are the biggest parts.
I've had good results with one recipe in a Capella blackberry and vanilla bean ice cream, but my goal is a minty white choc - which after 5-6 errors, I think I'm honing it in - lotus Med flower has REALLY potent flavors, and that's been the other factor.
trial and mostly error .. but I'm at least lowering my budget.

can anyone tell me what they know about VG sources?
I recently read the VG does not necessarily mean "Vegetable" and considering its source could be animal glycerin as well - the first VG i had originated in China - was USP but was kinda funky - so I switched to my pharmacy's brand and WOW .. I think that really made a difference

 

[mcvaping]

new to diy myself with a very conservative purchase of flavors and bases just to get started. I've been told 10% flavor, then I tasted a friend's juices that were superb and he said it's got to be 20%, so I'm upping the flavor.
but like everyone says, it seems like the manufacturer and the patients and steeping methods are the biggest parts.
I've had good results with one recipe in a Capella blackberry and vanilla bean ice cream, but my goal is a minty white choc - which after 5-6 errors, I think I'm honing it in - lotus Med flower has REALLY potent flavors, and that's been the other factor.
trial and mostly error .. but I'm at least lowering my budget.

can anyone tell me what they know about VG sources?
I recently read the VG does not necessarily mean "Vegetable" and considering its source could be animal glycerin as well - the first VG i had originated in China - was USP but was kinda funky - so I switched to my pharmacy's brand and WOW .. I think that really made a difference

I use boots own vg... It's called bp on the bottle but it's actually vg and for around £1.35 for 200ml it's cheap

Someone mentioned in another thread they emailed boots to found out if it was animal or vegetable and they was told it 100% vegetable glycerin.

I've been using it a while now and never had any problems.

 

[mannikon]

I use boots own vg... It's called bp on the bottle but it's actually vg and for around £1.35 for 200ml it's cheap

Someone mentioned in another thread they emailed boots to found out if it was animal or vegetable and they was told it 100% vegetable glycerin.

I've been using it a while now and never had any problems.

Don't worry, BP in this case has nothing to do with petrochemicals, it#s an abbreviation for British Pharmacopeia, national standard list of quality licences used by pharmacists (check your aspirin, paracetamol etc they'll all say BP).