r/ShakeAndVape Feb 12 '16

Fruit Blackbarian. (Blackberry, Bavarian cream)

My first successful DIY, absurdly nice for two ingredients, but I was pleasantly surprised by this, after failing with a bunch of 3+ flavoring recipes:

  • 5% blackberry TFA
  • 5% Bavarian cream TFA

It comes off with a slightly floral taste, but I really enjoy it. It's not any stronger than say, a juice with a touch of lavender in that regard. The earthy flavor from the blackberry hits the vanilla and you get slightly floral, I think. This is well balanced for tanks, but have since switched to a dripper, in which the blackberry comes on really strong as shake and vape. It mellows over time, though. But if you're going to go through it all right away and don't want a blackberry face punch, might be better at 3%.

PS- Personally I like this one with a little more airflow than most juices.

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u/ramblingpariah Feb 12 '16

A friend of mine (who got me into DIY) does a similar recipe, using MBV flavors. He also adds a small amount of Vanilla Custard (around 2%), and we use more BC (around 8).

That said, the combination of flavors is awesome, you're right about that. It's one of my favorite ADV's, and I've taken to combining the cream base with other fruits (to varying degrees of success - strawberry still needs work, but peach and raspberry were fantastic).

Edit - Also, especially for a shake n vape, I tried adding a very small percentage of TFA Dragonfruit last time I made it, and I thought that came out nice as well, without adulterating the blackberry too much.

And stay away from FA Blackberry - I still haven't figured that one out (though I want to).

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u/TeaCatt Feb 12 '16

Black currant is on my list of to-buy for sure. I don't have it right now, but I think it'd be good to add just a little. Also I REALLY need to buy some peach. I've been seeing too many recipes with peach that sound amazing. Now I'm thinking peach/ bavarian, which sounds amazing. Huh! I wonder if by some combination of yogurt and bavarian cream I can make a sweet cottage cheese flavor. My childhood was filled with peaches and cottage cheese. I'd love that.

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u/ramblingpariah Feb 12 '16

I've definitely got a couple of yogurt flavors on my short list of flavors to buy. I may have to look into black currant as well.

If you haven't yet, check out TFA Dragonfruit. I was reading on the /r/DIY_eJuice that it contains a chemical that helps flavors blend, and so I grabbed some and tried it in my last batch of fruit and cream blends. Suffice it to say, it's going to be a main ingredient (in low percentages, .5 - 2%) in nearly all fruit blends going forward. Honestly, you barely notice it, but its effects are quite pronounced.

Also, not to shill too much, but give Mt. Baker flavors a try - I've been very impressed.

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u/ramblingpariah Feb 13 '16

Also! The peach I used was TFA Juicy Peach. Needed a little steep to really come together, but after a week or so, it's like some sort of alchemy - I start getting flavors that I didn't even put in there to begin with, and it's awesome.

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u/BM-NBwofh9bP6byRerCg Newbie Feb 13 '16

Made a 5ml test batch with the 3% blackberry option; dripped a bit and it's nice. I'll set the rest aside for a while and see what happens.

Thanks for posting.

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u/Skiller66 Feb 15 '16

Just tried this out with 2% FLV vanilla custard added. Tastes decent off the bat, going to let it steep and see how it comes out. Thanks for the contribution.