Mix It Like a GOAT: Your Next Steps into DIY E-Liquid

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Mix It Like a GOAT: Your First Steps into DIY E-Liquid

Intro: So, you’ve had enough of overpriced juice and mystery ingredients, and you’re ready to roll up your sleeves. Welcome to the world of DIY e-liquid—where the clouds are fat, the flavours are custom, and you’re in control. This guide will walk you through the absolute basics, getting you started on your journey to becoming a true e-liquid artisan. Get ready to unleash your inner flavour alchemist—and maybe butt horns with the big names while you're at it.
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Section 1: Why Mix Your Own?

• Save money: Let’s face it, pre-made e-liquids can put a serious dent in your wallet. DIY drastically reduces the cost per millilitre, allowing you to vape more for less. Think of all the extra flavour concentrates you can buy!
• Control what goes into your juice: Tired of artificial sweeteners or flavourings you don’t recognize? Mixing your own gives you complete transparency. You choose the exact ingredients and their quality.
• Endless flavour possibilities: The world of flavour concentrates is vast! You can create your perfect all-day-vape, experiment with complex blends, or even clone your favourite commercial juices. The only limit is your imagination.
• It’s a satisfying hobby—and let’s be honest, it’s pretty badass: There's a real sense of pride in crafting a delicious vape juice from scratch. Plus, telling your mates you mix your own juice? That’s some serious Old Goat energy right there.
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Section 2: What You’ll Need to Get Started

• PG (Propylene Glycol): Thinner liquid that carries flavour well and delivers a stronger throat hit.
• VG (Vegetable Glycerin): Thicker, sweeter liquid that produces big fluffy clouds.
• Nicotine (optional): Typically in a PG base at high concentrations (like 100mg/ml). Handle with care—this stuff bites!
• Flavour concentrates: The heart of your mix. Don’t use food flavourings or oils—only vape-safe concentrates from reputable suppliers.
• Bottles: You’ll need these for storing your creations. 30ml to 100ml sizes are a great start.
• Syringes or scales:
o Syringes: Good for volume mixing, but can get fiddly.
o Scales: More precise and cleaner. Look for a digital scale with at least 0.01g resolution.
• RDA (Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer): If you’re serious about mixing, you need a solid RDA in your stash. This isn’t just about blowing clouds—it’s your flavour-testing workhorse. An RDA lets you drip just a few drops of your new mix to test the flavour before you commit to a full tank. You can rewick in a flash, swap juices easily, and if you stick to the same coil setup, you’ve got a consistent reference point for every new recipe.

I personally use the Hellvape Hellbeast RDA for testing—it gives excellent flavour and has earned its spot in my flavour lab.

• Optional but Recommended:
o Gloves and eye protection
o Labels and a permanent marker
o A clean workspace (not your kitchen counter, please)
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Section 3: A Simple Starter Recipe

Let’s keep it goat-simple. Here’s a basic setup for your first 100ml batch:
• 70/30 VG/PG base
• 10–15% flavour concentrate
• 3mg nicotine strength (if desired)
Example:
• 3ml nicotine base (100mg/ml)
• 12ml total flavour concentrate
• 15ml PG (to hit 30% PG, minus nicotine and flavour volume)
• 70ml VG
Use an e-liquid calculator! These are goat-gold for accuracy and safety:
• ELR (E-Liquid Recipes)
• Vaping Community Calculator
Double-check your numbers and don’t wing it—this isn’t the time for guesswork.
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Section 4: Learn to Balance Flavours

This is where the real art begins. Some flavours are bullheaded and overpower everything, others are shy and need coaxing. Learn to identify which ingredients dominate, which ones round things out, and which ones are just background bleats.
Start small, adjust in future mixes, and keep detailed notes like a proper mad scientist. If you love bakery blends, start learning how to balance vanilla, cream, and bakery bases. Fruity fan? Figure out which fruits need sweeteners, which clash, and which blend harmoniously. It's all part of the fun.
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Section 5: Safety First, Kids

• Always wear gloves and goggles when handling nicotine.
• Clearly label all bottles.
• Store everything out of reach of little ones (and goats).
• Mix in a well-ventilated area.
• Dispose of waste responsibly.
• Respect the power of nicotine—it’s not to be trifled with.
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Section 6: Mix, Shake, Steep

• Mix: Measure carefully, pour into your bottle.
• Shake: Vigorously! Some folks use magnetic stirrers—goat-level nerd stuff.
• Steep: Let the juice sit. Custards and bakeries may need a few weeks, while fruity stuff can often be vaped straight away (Shake 'n Vape).
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Section 7: Tips From the Goat

• Start small—test batches at 10ml or 30ml.
• Keep a recipe notebook.
• Use a consistent RDA setup for flavour testing.
• Buy local when you can. The Flavour Mill and BLCK have solid selections and know their stuff.
• Don’t be afraid to fail—some of the best recipes come from happy accidents.
• Join local DIY groups for tips and concentrate trades.
• Link up your learning with this blog on DIY in South Africa.
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Section 8: Beginner Recipes to Get You Started

Alright, you’ve got your gear, your flavours, and your hooves itching to start mixing. Now what? Time to test your skills with some tried-and-tested recipes that’ll give your taste buds a proper wake-up call. These are beginner-friendly, affordable, and downright delicious.
Here are a few solid choices from our pals over at BLCK to get you started:
Bonus: The links even include a quick add option for all the flavours you will need.

🥤 RB Cherry Pop
A cherry fizzy drink with a smooth, sweet finish. Great for those who want a refreshing all-day-vape with a bit of sparkle.
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🔗 View the recipe: https://blck.co.za/products/rb-cherry-pop-recipe-card?_pos=1&_psq=Cherry+Pop&_ss=e&_v=1.0

☕ RB Chocoffee Tobacco
Rich coffee, dark chocolate, and subtle tobacco undertones. A proper goat-snortin’ treat if you're into bold, layered flavours.
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🔗 View the recipe: https://blck.co.za/products/rb-chocoffee-tobacco-recipe-card?_pos=1&_psq=Chocoffee+Tobacco&_ss=e&_v=1.0

🌈 RB Unicorn Sherbet
Something a little wild to keep your mixing journey fun and experimental. Fruity, fizzy, and magical—because sometimes, the goat wants glitter.
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🔗 View the recipe: https://blck.co.za/products/rb-unicorn-sherbet-recipe-card

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Conclusion: Mixing your own juice might seem daunting, but once you get your hooves wet, you’ll never look back. It’s cost-effective, creative, and deeply satisfying. So grab your gear, make your first mix, and let the herd know how it turned out. Welcome to the world of DIY e-liquid—you’re officially a flavour-chasing, concentrate-huffing, cloud-chucking GOAT-in-training. Happy mixing!
 
Hold your goats there, partner. Let’s clear this up before you do something you’ll regret.

You cannot just chuck real coffee (or leaves, beans, herbs, or anything else from the pantry) into PG and expect a safe vape. Heating plant matter like that doesn’t just pull flavour — it can drag oils, sugars, and other nasties straight into your lungs. And trust me, lungs don’t like cappuccino froth the way your tongue does.

As for caffeine and nicotine — you won’t get the “kick” you’re imagining by soaking beans or leaves. Proper nicotine extraction is a whole lab-level process with safety gear, not a DIY kitchen trick. Same for caffeine; it doesn’t transfer into vapour in any meaningful or safe way.

That’s why we stick to flavour concentrates designed for vaping. You’ll get the roasted, dark coffee taste without accidentally inventing Goat Poison. Want a good coffee vape? Start with a proper coffee concentrate (there are plenty — espresso, cappuccino, mocha). Want the nic hit? That’s what your nic base is for.

DIY is about safe fun, not backyard chemistry experiments. Stick to the concentrates, stick to the guides, and you’ll be making café-quality vapes without turning your lungs into burnt filter paper.

If you’re after proper coffee flavour, I’ve reviewed some solid concentrates and dropped recipes over at the workshop blogs.
 
But there are a lot videos on Youtube showing how to do it. I learned a lot from YT already, like how to fix stuff on my car and how to check my pool pump.
 
Sure, kid — YouTube can teach you how to fix a carburetor, unclog your pool pump, or even train your cat to use the toilet. Screw those up, and worst case you’ve got a wet cat. But when you start boiling coffee beans or tobacco leaves for vape juice, you’re not “DIY’ing” — you’re volunteering as a lung donor.

This is exactly the sort of nonsense that gives vaping a bad name. Some guy dumps Starbucks in PG, vapes it, coughs up a lung, and suddenly the headlines scream that “vaping kills.” Meanwhile, the rest of us who actually know what we’re doing get tarred with the same brush.

That’s why proper DIY means lab-tested flavour concentrates and clean ingredients. Safe, repeatable, and not the stuff of emergency room visits. You want coffee flavour? Buy a concentrate. You want caffeine? Drink it. You want both? Vape your coffee concentrate while sipping the real deal — best of both herds.

That’s why we built The Vape Workshop — to keep folks from turning YouTube myths into real-life disasters.
 
Not cool, dude. I am not your fucking kid!
A bit of respect goes a long way!
So you are saying everything on YouTube is bullshit? Get a life!
 
Easy there, partner — no offense meant. Around here “kid” is just my goatish way of talking, not an insult. You’re right, respect matters, and I’ll give it where it’s due.

As for YouTube — nah, I’m not saying it’s all bullshit. I’ve used it myself for fixing plenty of things. But vaping isn’t the same as swapping out a pool pump seal. The risk is bigger, and the margin for error smaller. That’s why we stick to lab-made flavour concentrates and clean ingredients. It’s not about being a killjoy — it’s about keeping you out of a hospital bed and keeping vaping from getting dragged through the mud in the news.

So don’t take the horns personally. You’re here, asking questions — that means you care enough to do this right. That earns my respect more than any YouTube shortcut ever could.
 
Alright, young buck—glad to see you’re ready to learn the right way. Let’s hit the brakes on the cowboy chemistry.

First off, let me be very clear: trying to pull nicotine out of tobacco leaves at home is one of the most dangerous things you could do. That’s not DIY, that’s playing Russian roulette in a lab coat. You’d end up with a toxic soup where the nicotine strength is completely unknown—and “oops, too strong” isn’t a small mistake, it can be lethal. That’s exactly the sort of stunt that gives vaping a bad name, and why I’m hammering this point so hard.

DIY mixing, done properly, is safe and rewarding—but it starts with controlled ingredients:

PG (Propylene Glycol)

VG (Vegetable Glycerin)

Flavour concentrates

Nicotine concentrate from a reputable supplier

Nothing else. No kitchen extractions, no “winging it.”

And here’s the golden rule: mixing is math, not guesswork. That’s why I linked the calculator in this very thread, hell, it is even on the top bar on our main page—it’s the single most important tool you’ll use. Plug in your numbers, get exact measurements, and you’ll know your juice is safe every single time.

The reason we do this is simple: to save money and to have complete control over what goes into our bottles. Not to chase danger, but to enjoy a safer, tastier vape than store-bought liquid.

If you’re serious, the best place to grab supplies here in SA is BLCK.co.za
—reputable flavours, proper nicotine, the works. That’s where your DIY journey starts.

Now, before mixing anything, take a step back and actually read through this guide thread. I even dropped some ready-to-mix recipes you can start with today. They’re safe, simple, and they’ll teach you the ropes without risking your health.

Trust the process, read carefully, and keep your hooves on the safe path.
 
MisterSadister said:
Ok, Fine.
I'm ready to learn the right way. Where should I start?
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Read the first post, ya muppet. It is all there. Jezuz, after reading it, I think I can whip up a juice in no time.
 
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