Synthetic Nicotine – What is it, Who Makes it, & Why
Synthetic Nicotine has been making some waves across the industry lately thanks to the recent regulatory landscape. But what is it & what does it do? Continue Reading
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Airflow & Flavor
I wanted to learn more about the relationship between airflow and flavor in vaping. Here’s my experiment… Continue Reading
Another DAAP Study comes out of Harvard, Does it Hold Water?
A new study coming out fo Harvard shows that cilia cells in the lung get damaged when exposed to Diacetyl and Acetylpropionyl. But does this mean you should be worried about what you’re vaping, or does this mean that smoking is a safer alternative? Better yet, does this mean you’ll get popcorn lung? Click here to read the truth. Continue Reading
Resonance – DIY Mixing Research
I’ve been conducting some small research on something I think can drastically improve the longevity of specific recipes. I call it ‘Resonance’. First, what is resonance? Many of you know how much I like to draw similarities between aroma and audio, and this is no different. Since much of how you perceive aroma is parallel with how we perceive sound, it’s an easy comparison to make. Now, resonance is defined as The quality in a sound of being deep, full,… Continue Reading
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Weed Stinks: The Aroma of Marijuana (THC/CBD Research)
Marijuana, the flower, stinks. It’s one of those very pungent, distinctive smells that permeate through any room no matter the amount of ziplock bags you try to contain it in. The aroma is dependent on the different types of strains marijuana can come in. And there are tons of them. With vaping, we know that 99% of what we taste actually comes through our nose. When you smoke marijuana, the flavor of the flower is combusted and that aroma becomes… Continue Reading
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Creating A Better Butter Pecan
Butter Pecan is a profile that goes hand in hand with so many of our favorite flavors. Some of the most popular recipes on ELR/ATF use butter pecan as the main note in their mixes, and are often praised for their taste. But the issue that I’ve seen lately is that many butter pecan recipes don’t quite nail the accuracy, because they all seem to miss out on one major aspect of the flavor. Whether its the butter, the pecan,… Continue Reading
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Working With CBD
I’m not very familiar with CBD. To be honest, I’m not very familiar with THC or marijuana these days either. Those who know my past know that I’m no stranger to drugs and I had an abusive relationship with marijuana for many years. But since getting clean, I’ve fell out of that world for almost 5 years now. When I was on the end of my marijuana use, concentrates and oils just started to become a thing. It wasn’t yet… Continue Reading
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Making Brown Butter by Shyndo (DIY E-liquid Research)
Beginnings This is going to be an exploration into the process of chasing a flavor profile. Will we get there? That is up to you to decide. The path to nailing a recipe can be fraught with mistakes, missteps, vaper’s tongue, mental fatigue, and frustration. Overall I went through about eleven unique iterations of this recipe and something around fourteen recipe adjustments of those iterations. This is what is commonly known as a white whale in the mixing community. This… Continue Reading
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Flavor Ceilings
Working with a lot of clients, there seems to be one common theme that runs throughout ever eliquid company. And that is that they want an eliquid that is extremely concentrated, vivid, sweet, and will have a strong flavor no matter the device. The recipe must work in RDA’s, RTA’s, subtanks, ego’s, squonkers, everything. And not only must it taste good in those devices, it must taste strong. This is something that’s very difficult to develop for. Creating recipes to… Continue Reading
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Beer Vapes by CheebaSteeba
BEER! I’m pretty sure all of us love beer… well maybe not all of us, but a lot of us! Have you ever had a beer vape? I’m sure the answer for most is no, but I actually have. The very first vape shop I ever visited was a store called Zikwid. The décor was black and blue, modern, and offered a chill environment. The house offerings were somewhat standard flavors, tobaccos, but also more eccentric experiences like a black… Continue Reading
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