Taste and use
Mixers use it to brighten citrus and berry recipes and to give fruit mixes a sour, juicy edge.
Most recipes use 0.3-1%, averaging around 1%, so start low because a little goes a long way. It's often paired with FA Lemon Sicily, FA Lime Tahity, FW Blood Orange and FA Raspberry, with CAP Super Sweet to balance the sourness.
How to use Citric Acid 10%
DIY additives Citric Acid 10% is a food-grade flavor concentrate for mixing your own e-liquid. In 169 recipes of our database it is added at 1.02% of the volume on average; in half of the recipes, from 0.3 to 1%. It is a concentrated flavor: start at the lower end and add a little at a time.
Work out the amounts for your volume, nicotine strength and PG/VG ratio in the DIY calculator.
What it pairs with
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capella/super-sweetCAP Super Sweet14 recipes together
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capella/sweet-strawberryCAP Sweet Strawberry10 recipes together
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flavor-west/blood-orange-naturalFW Blood Orange (Natural)9 recipes together
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flavourart/lemon-sicily-limone-siciliaFA Lemon Sicily (Limone Sicilia)7 recipes together
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flavourart/lime-tahity-cold-pressedFA Lime Tahity (Cold Pressed)7 recipes together
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flavourart/raspberry-berrylFA Raspberry (Berryl)6 recipes together
Recipes
- Double Drip Coil Sauce Mango Raspberry Ice cream VG/PG 70/30 · 14 days · ★ 5
- Shenron, Arise! VG/PG 70/30 · 7 days · ★ 5
- N25 - spicy citric VG/PG 70/30 · ★ 5
- N15 VG/PG 70/30 · ★ 5
- Florida key limes VG/PG 80/20 · ★ 5
- Homage to /u/overachiever's Homage to TMAX Dr Stanley Clark Snake Oil VG/PG 40/60 · ★ 5
- Kiwi peewee VG/PG 65/35 · ★ 5
- The Rope VG/PG 60/40 · ★ 5
- Fiddler V2 VG/PG 70/30 · ★ 5
- Fiddler VG/PG 60/40 · ★ 5
FAQ
How much DIY additives Citric Acid 10% should I add?
1.02% on average, usually from 0.3 to 1% of the liquid volume - based on 169 recipes in our database.
What should I mix Citric Acid 10% with?
The most frequent pairs: Super Sweet, Sweet Strawberry, Blood Orange (Natural), Lemon Sicily (Limone Sicilia), Lime Tahity (Cold Pressed).