What flavours build a good stash base?

[Captain_Grey]

So, looking to place a hardware order with MyFreedomSmokes, (comments please), and want to max out the delivery charge by also ordering a number of flavour concentrates.
They have stock from the following:
FlavourArt, LA Flavorings, The Flavor Apprentice, Capella, Flavor West, and their own brand.
Are there 5 or 6 go to flavours that you use regularly ?
There are a few published recipes I’d like to try, but MFS doesn’t stock all of the ingredients.
Should I choose flavours I like, all from the same producer, or mix and match ?

Any / all recommendations gratefully received !

[Pennywise]

All of those vendors have good concentrates and bad. I don’t know about MFS house brand.

What flavors are you looking into?

[Rocky02852]

@Captain_Grey

Should I choose flavours I like,

Yes definitely flavors you like!
Almost always have to mix and match from different vendors I’d say.
If your just building you stash it’s tough
( as I’ve only mixed a couple of other mixers recipes myself)
Looking at my flavor stats, My top used by vender is:
FLAVOURART
Lemon Sicily (Limone Sicilia) - Flavour Art
Fuji Apple - Flavour Art
Cream Fresh (Panna Fresca) - Flavour Art
LA,
(Don’t have any LA flavors)
TFA,
Dragonfruit - The Flavor/Perfumer’s Apprentice
Wintergreen - The Flavor/Perfumer’s Apprentice
Sour - The Flavor/Perfumer’s Apprentice
Vanilla Swirl - The Flavor/Perfumer’s Apprentice
CAPELLA ,
Cranberry - Capella Flavors
Harvest Berry - Capella Flavors
Sweet Strawberry - Capella Flavors
FLAVOR WEST,
Lemonade (Natural) - Flavor West
Blood Orange (Natural) - Flavor West

[Captain_Grey]

@Pennywise
I’ve seen Graham Cracker in a lot of recipes, and I like Golden Grahams.

Pastry, biscuit, crumble, really like the Dinner Lady tarts and crumbles.

Coffee is always on my radar, and I guess vanilla and a milk / cream would be good mixers.

Also interested in flavours that could either tone a strong mix down, or lift a poor mix ?

[Rocky02852]

@Captain_Grey

I like Golden Grahams.

If I was gonna mix A Golden Grahams, (which I have not) this is where I Would start:

🥣Golden Grahams🥣 -- SessionDrummer Original - SessionDrummer

I would trust a @SessionDrummer mix with my life🤪

[Captain_Grey]

What’s TFA’s Sour like @Rocky02852, and how do you use it ?

Lemon Sicily sounds like a must-have.

[Rocky02852]

Lemon Sicily is a must have IMO,
Read my flavor notes for SOUR (TPA) on the recipe site,

[Captain_Grey]

@Rocky02852

I would trust a @SessionDrummer mix with my life🤪

Wow ! High praise indeed !

The problem is there are so many good mixers on VC, so many recipes to follow, and so many concentrate vendors to buy from, my head is all in a spin.

[Captain_Grey]

@GameChanger

Flavourart Lemon Sicily

I’m getting déjà vu with this flavour, and not even tried it !

Thanks for your response.

I wouldn’t buy a plant from my local supermarket, I’d go to a decent nursery or garden centre, so I take your point.

Chefs dubrywhatsitthingamyjig didn’t have much stock when I last checked, and I like the option of 15ml for 2-3 bucks.

[Rocky02852]

@Captain_Grey

so many recipes to follow, and so many concentrate vendors to buy from, my head is all in a spin.

Yes, best to just keep it simple and get a mix down to get you through until you can branch out more, I like fruits and citrus vapes so a simple lemonade would suit me fine and so easy to do. Creams / Bakeries / Dessert vapes get a little more complicated (at least for me🤪)

[Captain_Grey]

@Rocky02852

Yes, best to just keep it simple…

My thoughts exactly, thanks for the advice, dude.

[SessionDrummer]

@Rocky02852

I would trust a @SessionDrummer mix with my life🤪

High praise @Rocky02852. Thank you.

[Rocky02852]

You know One these days I’m gonna have ALL the flavors to mix up that recipe, and I know I won’t be disappointed

[woftam]

@Captain_Grey

Chefs dubrywhatsitthingamyjig didn’t have much stock when I last checked

We are talking about
https://chefsflavours.co.uk/flavourings/

They have a very good selection.

Have a bit of a read here there are some excellent suggestions

What are your top 2 flavors from different flavor makers?

This is an off shoot of the keeping with 1 brand flavor discussion. Thought it would be interesting and informative to post you favorite flavors from each brand out there. The title says top 2 but list as many as you feel are most haves for your stash. Here are some of mine that I have to always have on hand. Liquid Barn Vanilla Ice Cream: So versatile and delicious, it makes it’s way into a lot of my mixes. I want to like TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream because a friend of min gifted me a 16oz bo…

[Captain_Grey]

@woftam

We are talking about
https://chefsflavours.co.uk/flavourings/

Yeah, am a bit Glenfiddich’d, and was being facetious, sorry.

@woftam

Have a bit of a read here there are some excellent suggestions

I will, tomorrow, and thanks.

[Pennywise]

@Captain_Grey

Also interested in flavours that could either tone a strong mix down, or lift a poor mix ?

My thoughts on that may be controversial, but if you find that a mix is far off, rather than trying to ‘fix’ it with additives, I’d just rebuild the recipe instead.

[Captain_Grey]

@Pennywise

I’d just rebuild the recipe instead.

That’s probably the best thing to do.

Unfortunately, I have a proclivity to recycle, wherever possible.

Too many years living in Yorkshire has turned me into a frugal fecker.

[Pennywise]

@Captain_Grey

turned me into a frugal fecker.

Hey, I am too! But I quickly found I was wasting more time, effort, and yes money trying to fix a bad mix than just saluting it as it hits the porcelain freeway.

[Rocky02852]

@Pennywise

trying to fix a bad mix than just saluting it as it hits the porcelain freeway.

Guess I’m pretty lucky that I can Vape just about anything
Not much waste here!
Although I did have to send one down the royal throne, that was Black Licorice Flavor West, SFT at 4%, UGH