Yesterday at work my boss told me she was interested in trying out aged coffee: coffee stored in old wine/whiskey barrels for a certain amount of time, so they take up certain flavors from the barrel. Apparently these "aged green beans" are quite expensive and my boss said she wanted to try out experimenting herself with a barrel and some beans.
That same night I saw my friend, who is a winemaker, and we started talking about this subject. He's got plenty of oak barrels and is willing to lend us one for experimenting. We we're worried about beans getting moldy due to the high humidity in the barrels and decided to do some homework (googling).
Today I thought "what the heck, I'll try something myself" and grabbed an empty glass jar, anout 200 grams of India Tiger Mountain green beans and 2 shots of Jack Daniels "Gentlemen Jack". I'm letting the beans soak up all the whiskey overnight and put them out for drying in the sun tomorrow, after which I intend to roast them and see if this "infusing" has a great deal of impact to the end-taste.
I tried Googling on this subject but wasn't able to find much (mostly commercial ads/stories from roasters websites).
I wonder how you fellow CS'rs think about this matter. Any input is appreciated.
Cheers!
That same night I saw my friend, who is a winemaker, and we started talking about this subject. He's got plenty of oak barrels and is willing to lend us one for experimenting. We we're worried about beans getting moldy due to the high humidity in the barrels and decided to do some homework (googling).
Today I thought "what the heck, I'll try something myself" and grabbed an empty glass jar, anout 200 grams of India Tiger Mountain green beans and 2 shots of Jack Daniels "Gentlemen Jack". I'm letting the beans soak up all the whiskey overnight and put them out for drying in the sun tomorrow, after which I intend to roast them and see if this "infusing" has a great deal of impact to the end-taste.
I tried Googling on this subject but wasn't able to find much (mostly commercial ads/stories from roasters websites).
I wonder how you fellow CS'rs think about this matter. Any input is appreciated.
Cheers!

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