Going to try infusing a couple sticks

[AK47]

Found a technique here.. How to make your own, homemade, coffee infused premium cigars! | CigarCaptain.com .. that sounds like it has promise. asked my cigar buddy who happens to love coffee also and he has some recently bought bags of columbian coffee with lots of oils inside, we'll both throw a few sticks in and experiment.

[Upstatemax]

I bought the grizzly claw and the decaf to try (new to whole beans). stood there holding a bag of cliff hanger and grizzly claw for about 10 minutes before going with the grizzly claw.

Have yet to try the Grizzly Claw, I tried the Cliff Hanger and feel in love.

I've tried a few other Espresso beans in my Espresso machine and so far, none have stacked up to Cliff Hanger.

My biggest coffee let down, Black Cat Espresso. What a bag of turds that was!

[cheaphumidors]

Kayla @cheaphumidors has done this both on the old site and on CH webiste

I have had plenty of success infusing my own cigars. I have 2 humidors in my house dedicated to infusing, one is a red wine, the other is a scotch and they are always great.

However, I did try (and fail) a coffee infusion using two methods. I put the cigars submerged in grounds, which will suck all the moisture out of the cigar. I then tried brewed coffee in a cigar jar but ended up with mold. So what worked for me was seasoning a humidor and then allowing grounds to slowly moisten in the humidor, then submerging the cigars in the grounds inside the humidor for a few months with Boveda packs for moisture.

[allusred]

Have yet to try the Grizzly Claw, I tried the Cliff Hanger and feel in love.

I've tried a few other Espresso beans in my Espresso machine and so far, none have stacked up to Cliff Hanger.

My biggest coffee let down, Black Cat Espresso. What a bag of turds that was!

The maker of that Black Cat Expresso may have pulled the felines from the Kitty Litter too soon before roasting them.

[allusred]

Reading Kayla's post, had an idea (know it was an idea cause when i get one they always make my head ache until the factory installed circuit breaker kicks in, then have to reset with Boubon) any way...the is this.
Starting with a seasoned Humidor that you dont mind sacrificing.
Wipe down with triple power Espresso, let dry, repeat a few times.
Then when desired RH established, perhaps after several reapplications of the Espresso add cigars, not in direct contact with the infused wood.
Rotate the cigars from time to time.
Allow some time, note how long before smoking one.
If the resulting flavour is too subtle, pull the cigars, repeat the "seasoning" with more Espresso before returning the cigars top the humidor, again allowing time before trying another. Doing this, keeping notes of number of seasoning with the Espresso and time between smoking cigars,til one has attained your desired taste, if the cigars ever do reach that level.
Or...hopefully sanity makes a return appearance.

Now I'm back to waiting to see if today will be as nice as tomorrow was.

[cheaphumidors]

Reading Kayla's post, had an idea (know it was an idea cause when i get one they always make my head ache until the factory installed circuit breaker kicks in, then have to reset with Boubon) any way...the is this.
Starting with a seasoned Humidor that you dont mind sacrificing.
Wipe down with triple power Espresso, let dry, repeat a few times.
Then when desired RH established, perhaps after several reapplications of the Espresso add cigars, not in direct contact with the infused wood.
Rotate the cigars from time to time.
Allow some time, note how long before smoking one.
If the resulting flavour is too subtle, pull the cigars, repeat the "seasoning" with more Espresso before returning the cigars top the humidor, again allowing time before trying another. Doing this, keeping notes of number of seasoning with the Espresso and time between smoking cigars,til one has attained your desired taste, if the cigars ever do reach that level.
Or...hopefully sanity makes a return appearance.

Now I'm back to waiting to see if today will be as nice as tomorrow was.

That could work, it is what I do with my liquor infusions

[Lynn]

That could work, it is what I do with my liquor infusions

I just keep a small container of vanilla in the bottom at all times, when it dries out I just add more rum, or vanilla, or what ever....

[bluenoser]

Well it's been a month so I decided to give one a go tonight and see how they were.

I think there may have been some humidity issues in the infusion as there's a crack at the head and seems a slight swelling at the foot but none the less no "real" damage to it. I had the bottom 2/3 of them covered in the coffee/cocoa so perhaps not enough air to keep the RH stable throughout the stick. No damaged noted on the other 2 so perhaps this one was damaged before and I hadn't noticed, none the less, no mold so let's see how it turned out.




Pre-light it smells like you're about to light up a coffee crisp. Wife brought to my attention that those of you south of the border don't have coffee crisp, so Coffee Crisp is a chocolate bar made in Canada. It consists of alternating layers of vanilla wafer and a foamed coffee-flavoured soft candy, covered with a milk chocolate outer layer. A personal favorite of mine.

I used the built in punch on my lotus lighter and the pre-light draw was like sipping on a strong coffee liquor, think Kahlua but stronger. Through the first third I was nearly impressed. There was sweetness and a very light coffee taste. It has some of the coffee liquor flavor that could be tasted on the pre-light draw, but not as much infused flavor as I was hoping for.

Sadly though by the end of the first third the "make-up on a pig" so to speak was being over powered by the flavor of the Gispert that I wasn't overly fond of. There was a faint chocolately mocha flavor with a bitterness similar to the taste of straight vanilla extract that could be picked up slightly through the original flavor.

Getting into the final third the "off" flavor I disliked eased and a creaminess melded in with the chocolate/mocha flavor and actually wasn't too bad. Burn was nearly perfect the whole way through, the crack at the head caused no problems and the smoke output of this thing was great as I find these cigars usually are.

Not going to say this was a total success, but I will say I didn't ruin them, and managed to infuse some flavor into it. Every other puff or so I'd really get hit hard with chocolate, perhaps just smelling residual cocoa powder on it as I brought it in for the draw, but this was nice. I pulled the other 2 out from the coffee/cocoa mix and laid them on it instead, hopefully allowing more even humidity in them. I think I'll give them another month and try another and see what effect a little more time will have.

[stonecutter2]

I did something similar with some 5 Vegas Gold and had similar results - the first third being the most flavorful, but the stick itself overpowered any attempt at infusion.

I have a bunch of dark Guatemalan coffee beans that have gone a tad stale...wondering if I should try my hand at this again Maybe with a stick mostly neutral/non flavorful? Can't be too low priced as I don't want any strange aftertastes to overpower the coffee. Maybe like a cheap Fuente or something.

[Chad Vegas]

Never infused a cigar before but coffee sounds like the perfect pick! Keep us posted on how your experiment goes, & for God's sake don't let it mold!