We have noticed an increasing trend among Salvia Extract manufacturers to flavor their extracts. While some are attempting to use regular food flavorings - a crude attempt with little chance for success - others are adopting more sophisticated approaches, with scents uniquely tailored to survive combustion (burning of the extract). As the industry matures, it is natural for customers to demand more product choices and features, that's why, flavored Salvia Extracts are here to stay. Nevertheless, as the original flavored Salvia Extract manufacturers, that created the concept of flavored extracts to market, we think we need to discuss the myths and facts of flavored Salvia Divinorum.
Myth: I can flavor my own Salvia divinorum at home with grocery store flavoring.
Fact: Be our guest, and get ready to fail. Grocery store flavoring is designed for cooking - in pies, cookies and other edible foods. It is often alcohol-water based, which may end up stripping your expensive and finely prepared extract of salvinorins and leave an inferior product behind. You'll not be able to make this flavoring work, other than to this point. The flavoring is not designed to survive the heat of combustion (when you burn the leaf), so you'll end up tasting or smelling nothing, or even worse. In addition, while some of the grocery store flavorings are perfectly safe to use with food - they are edible - when they're burned, heat could change their chemical components and be harmful to consume them.
Myth: Flavored Salvia Extract tastes exactly like real.
Fact: Unluckily not. Our flavors provide an exotic combination of taste and smell that imitates certain kinds of scents - in our case, apple, strawberry and spearmint - though you should not be expecting a flavor explosion in your mouth. The scent will cover the harshness you'll get at the back of your throat with normal Salvia. Generally, the smoke will be smoother, with a little bit of fruit flavor. We are currently into our second generation flavoring. Perhaps with future generations it's gonna be possible to give you a true "just like fruit" taste.
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
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