Flavorah Apple Pop
ConcreteRiver
Setup: Recoil w/ flavor barrel, Dual 15 wrap 26g 3mm Nifethal 70 coils @.16 ohms. 60w power, 450F temp limit. Full Cotton Wicks.
Testing: FLV Apple Pop @ 1% and 1 drop per 10 ml (about .25%), 60/40 VG/PG, Steeped 9 days.
Flavor Description: Not really a full apple flavor. More like sweetened apple peels. Based on other available concentrates, I'd call this a mashup of that drier, sweetened powdered instant cider note from HS Apple mix, the candy sweetness I get from FA Fuji, and the spicy peel note from TPA Quince.
Inhale has a lot of volume with slightly dry, sugary "apple juice" kind of candy sweetness. Exhale has a deep sweet candy red apple base. Pronounced spicy dry peel notes. Again, lots of volume without being very dense. Sweetness has a powdered instant cider character to it. Lingering sugar lips and dryness from the peel here.
Off Flavors: The peel / skin note is pretty pronounced and a bit spicy. Fairly accurate, but a bit jarring in a sweeter apple flavor.
Throat Hit: Light, more from the dryness of that cidery apple sweetness and the spicier peel.
Uses & Pairings: Flavorah suggests this to add dimension to complex apple flavors, and that seems like a pretty decent idea. I've used TPA Quince to add a realistic peel note to an apple, but this seems like a better fit. It's a fuller at low percentages, and the apple here has a clearer, brighter flavor. Should work well to complement a crisper apple flavor. A bit sweet, but should have the same effect with pears.
Good way to add some apple juice sweetness to a fruit mix. I'd watch the peel and avoid dryer fruit flavors, but should work well in the background of brighter, juicy fruit flavors.
A bit too much peel to work well with creams as a primary fruit note.
Notes: S&V concentration testing, keep this low. At .25% I get a softer apple sweeteness and a pretty restrained dry, spicy, peel note. .5% has a more candy edge to the apple, but that peel note is ramping up pretty quickly. .75% is drier and spicier than .5% without much added depth or sweetness. By 1% the peel is pretty dominant, although the apple underneath is still a prety mellow, sweet candy flavor. 1.5% takes that dry peel note too far. I'd start with this at .25% for an accent note for other apple flavors, and .5% for an apple flavor in a fruit mix without another prominent apple flavor.
Second Opinions:
Not a ton.
No ELR notes, BCF or ECX reviews.