
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
