Recipe Pricing Guidelines

So there are a bunch of you who have taken your mixing to another level. A level of monetary gain and commerce. You’ve attained the skills required to craft wonderful recipes, but also marketed yourself in a way to catch the eye of clients. Congrats, that isn’t easy. It’s not easy in any industry and more specifically, not easy in the world of mixing and vaping. But 95% of you are not reaching the potential you could. You’re selling yourselves… Continue Reading

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Volume Vapor: One Part of the Mouth-Feel TRIO

  Volume, fullness, “fluffiness”, thickness, all these terms have one thing in common and it has to do with how the vapor feels when being vaped. Have you ever vaped a really good, rich custard, where the vape felt heavy in your mouth? Almost as if you were eating a big spoonful of it. Have you ever had an ice cream vape where the vapor filled your mouth with its creamy richness? Or maybe you’ve had a cotton candy, or… Continue Reading

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Cheesecaked

Thick, Rich, Delicious Cheesecake vapes are one of the most popular flavor profiles in mixing, period. The strawberry cheesecake makes up for a huge chunk of all mixing sales, when compared to other flavor profiles. The thick, rich, and creamy body contrasted beautifully with the textured and gritty, cookie crust make for a harmony of flavors; that when paired with a topping, creates a flavor that’s hard to pass up. There’s also a huge amount of variance you can have… Continue Reading

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Diminishing Returns in Mixing

Parallels Mixing has many similarities to many other industries, hobbies, and markets. The parallels it has to the audiophile industry is one that really intrigues me. They sense of hearing and tasting are two sense that share many of the same traits. And if you’ve been following DIYorDIE for a while now, you’ll know that I often reference that sense when talking about different types of tastings. Our senses all share some types of similarities between each other, but none… Continue Reading

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Juiced Up: Infuse Juiciness in your Vapes

Adding juiciness to eliquids is something mixers have been doing since the dawn of the sport. There’s an inherent need for “mouthfeel” in eliquids, and for those who enjoy fruits and candies, the next logical evolution is to create a mouthfeel filled with juiciness. In bakeries, adding more weight and texture increases its mouthfeel tremendously. In tobaccos, adding smokiness to the mouthfeel gives a more authentic experience. In dairies, adding a creamier, heavier, richer flavor adds to the mouthfeel experience.… Continue Reading

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Playing the Trends (Advanced DIY Tips)

Vaping has done a lot to keep up with the trends of the market. It’s easy to look at the mod market and see the almost linear growth of how mods and devices grown. Basically it started with high ohm, low watt, cigalike, and grew into low ohm, high watt box mods. In that we also saw a linear growth in batteries, where the more mAh, or more w/hr’s the better. And when it comes to chips, introducing things like… Continue Reading

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Making Money in Mixing

Make Money Mixing This is going to be a quick post about some necessary understandings for anyone who wants to make some money in mixing. Now, the bulk of the information you’ll need to know about how to make money in mixing is only given in a class that I teach to those who want to become career mixers. It’s a lot of information that I need to give out where many of it is fine-tuned to each individual. But… Continue Reading

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Extracted: Ep. 5 – Mind/Nose/Palate Connection (Members Only)

  To listen press play What’s in this episode? In this episode we talk about what it means to taste, the chemical make up of our senses, and how best to utilize that information. We also talk about how to hone in your connection between your mind and your palate and nose.   Videos Referenced: Olfaction – structure and function | Processing the Environment | MCAT | Khan Academy Taste & Smell: Crash Course A&P #16 Blind Taste Test  … Continue Reading

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