Lenora – Strawberry Milk Tea

Lenora - Strawberry Milk Tea 

Ingredient%
Bavarian Cream (TPA)2.50
Dairy Milk (TPA)1.00
Earl Grey Tea (TPA)1.00
Graham Cracker (DX) (TPA)0.50
Green Strawberry (CAP)2.00
Super Sweet (CAP)0.50
Sweet Strawberry (CAP)4.00
Ultimate Biscuit (Flavor Jungle)2.00
Whipped Cream (TPA)1.50

 


Flavor Profile:

This recipe aims to provide a sticky, syrupy, slightly candied strawberry flavor that is blended into a light black tea with milk base. I wanted to bring a flavor that was similar to one of my favorite pairings, the strawberry milk, but with a bit more nuance and subtlety that elevated the flavor a bit more. I also didn't want an extremely sweet, dessert-like experience. Something that would be easier to vape all day.

Flavor Notes:

TPA Earl Grey Tea: This is the main tea in the recipe. It works by providing a big, present, black tea-like flavor to the recipe that really sticks to the strawberry well, creating an interesting and contrasting strawberry flavor. However, it's percentages are a bit finicky. At 0.5%, the tea flavor is perfect right off a shake. Though, after an overnight steep, the flavor seems to fade almost completely. At 1.00%, the flavor is a bit too strong and forward after a shake, requiring a bit of a steep. But after the steep, the tea notes blend into the recipe much better. There is probably a better tea blend somewhere, that works right off the shake, as well as providing a strong enough flavor after some steep time. Possibly utilizing FLV Esai Tea would help also give the tea some more natural flavor.

CAP Sweet Strawberry / CAP Green Strawberry: This is the strawberry blend I'm using in this mix. To me, CAP Sweet Strawberry is one of the best strawberries to use when you need something similar to a strawberry syrup. So it's a no brainer in this mix. And I'm adding a bit of CAP Green Strawberry to help add some more natural strawberry flavor to the body of the layer. This is also useful for giving the strawberry blend a bit of a unique quality, as opposed to using the traditional CAP Sweet Strawberry + TPA Strawberry mix.

FJ Ultimate Biscuit: This is one of the most debated ingredients in the mix. I wanted to add a touch of biscuit flavor to help tone down the tea, while also providing a touch more to the top note of the dairy. However, it does seem to be a bit too identifying in the recipe. I don't really want to taste "biscuit". So this ingredient may be removed and replaced with something else.

 

Recommended Ratios:

70 VG / 30 PG - Steep: 3 Days

 

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