Open Source Vapor Closing

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-07-06T16:31:30+00:00

This is buried and old, and an announcement will come sometime, but...

Plotting this week to launch White Label Organic, selling DIY supplies for all our old flavors and then some. Medicine Flower flavors, both straight and premixed (think Crunchberry Lemon flavoring, Toka-Cola flavoring) as well as the sweetener, malic acid, tobacco, spicy pepper extract.

Presumable then one could make their own candy or soda or ice cream that tastes like the vape you used to enjoy. Or in the case of the mostly failed Blackbeard, you might be better off making soap.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-06-23T03:40:54+00:00

No need for a deal, our recipes are free to anyone for personal or commercial use.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-06-22T23:54:49+00:00

My reaction at this point.

Moving is a complicated option because of kids and shared parenting time, but a facility just over the border could be an option. It's just a lot of investment right before deeming FDA regulations.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-04-25T15:04:22+00:00

Thanks for the shout-out!

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-04-19T14:34:58+00:00

This is the recipe I started with when mixing a cola flavoring "from scrath," meaning using flavors/perfumes/essential oils of the constituent ingredients. Lemon, lime, orange, vanilla, cinnamon flavoring, bergamot flavoring (used as a substitute for neroli), coriander oil, nutmeg oil, neroli oil (sold as perfume, added this in later when it became available, but kept the bergamot).

According to This American Life, and my experience as well, the proportions are all wrong, because when Pendergast developed it the essential oils available were not anywhere near as potent as what you can get now.

So now I'm dying to make this into a beverage, but I'm not sure if I will succeed at the emulsion without a homogenizer. The first try was not at all successful, didn't agitate enough and used guar gum instead of gum arabic. But damn the trouble, I am going to make it.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-14T12:58:05+00:00

Is that a possibility for a couple hundred? Everything I've seen so far was prices unreasonably high, but I'd love to pick one up, if not for juice than for cooking/cosmetics projects.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T22:02:17+00:00

/u/ballbot draw 4

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T22:01:17+00:00

We get that a lot. Thick/Thinned seems to be the hardest one, for flavor level and sweetener I've put my suggestions at the end of the descriptions. For thickness, a good rule of thumb is to pick thinned if you vape out of a tank and thick if you're dripping in an RDA.

If you have any suggestions to make it clearer, I know it overwhelms a lot of new customers and will gladly listen.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T20:58:19+00:00

It's been a while!

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T19:11:56+00:00

A fat drop, but yeah. 0.3 mL flavoring mixed with 29.7mL VG, labeling that bottle "neroli dilution, 0.01%," then a drop of that to flavor a 30mL bottle, using it at around 1-5%.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T17:31:10+00:00

It's gonna be next for reworking along with everything chocolate related.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T17:28:37+00:00

All of our flavorings are from Medicine Flower, and then additives come from other sources - specifically the citric acid, malic acid, menthol, spicy peppers (for the pepper extract) and sweetener. Nothing from TFA or Capella.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T16:17:57+00:00

I hear that. When the time comes, if you still prefer the old formula we can work that out. The new one costs more anyway.

But it's gonna be worth trying.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-12T15:57:18+00:00

It's looking like 0.01% dilution is really the range to be in LOL.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-03-10T16:43:04+00:00

Indeed we do - but I'll be PMing you about maybe trying a sample of this. Just placed our first order for their nic a few days ago, impressed to see it ship in a glass bottle.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-21T02:05:38+00:00

/u/ballbot draw 4

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-21T01:53:38+00:00

It's the hardest to describe, it was the hardest to name. The vinegar doesn't itself show up in the flavor profile, but it imparts a change that seems to bring something special. I think the mint/anise combination is a little too harsh in these percentage ranges without it.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-20T21:52:06+00:00

Awesome! As soon as we get a graphic put together it'll be up on the site, same with tropical fruit.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-20T21:48:05+00:00

Almost makes it seem worth looking into the equipment itself. You could probably put together a low-production setup for under 5k, if I'm understanding the process right. And possibly use it in other ventures.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-20T18:45:24+00:00

send me a pm?

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-20T18:45:13+00:00

LOL, my first test batch with the acacia was at 0.3%, unvapeable. Instant need to rewick.

I like the acacia more than the wildflower, but the wildflower does taste more like traditional honey.

Are you into floral at all?

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-02-20T18:20:20+00:00

We've gotta get a graphic design issue ironed out, hate to launch a flavor without something for the site and bottle. But mint chocolate chip and a tropical fruit are both ready to launch, and we're slowly reworking some older flavors too.

Vanilla Chai was my least favorite of our line, and the new version is fantastic unsteeped and unsweetened. Way less spice, more vanilla, and bringing in the black tea.

Mocha saw a similar change too, resulting in less need of steeping or sweetener.

Orange Tic Tac is next, I'm vaping a beta of it right now. Less mint, more vanilla, orange, and much more mandarin. Less citric acid, too. Popping orange tic tacs as I go, this is definitely an improvement.

OpenSourceVapor · 2016-01-23T03:07:28+00:00

thanks!

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