Adding nuts to greens to infuse flavour

[astr0b0y]

I have a mate that puts half a teaspoon of dried chilli in his Chemex and thinks its pretty good.

[habahabanero]

Well, I've found a more humane way to make Kopi Luwak, pretty much along the lines of Yelta's idea, with the help of a domestic cat.

Did you put the whole cat in the PF, or just a slice?

[coffee_machinist]

You need to use a tabby otherwise the PF won't lock in.

[okitoki]

I was pretty close at getting that result

[Dragunov21]

Dude, that cat is so pretty :3

[Lizzie]

Just to throw it out there, volatile scents aren't the same as flavours. It might work, but I very much doubt it will come across at all as a nutty taste.

For funzies, I once left a vanilla bean in a bag of coffee beans for a week while they rested. Tasted beyond awful, despite that they smelled delicious. Ever trying eating flavoured chapstick? Same deal. Smells great, tastes... not so (allegedly) :P

And yet, leave a vanilla bean in a jar of sugar and the sugar will taste heavenly/ same thing with semolina, or any other dry food you put a vanilla bean in.
I wonder whether there had been a reaction of the vanilla volatiles with the coffee oils?
From memory, adding orange peel/zest to cacao makes it taste 'off', yet add zest to molten chocolate and the result is yummy.

Yelta's method of a thin slice of banana on the puck makes sense... the hot water/steam would extract the flavours nicely. Worth a try, maybe also with a piece of orange zest, some cinnamon, nutmeg or a piece of vanilla bean.

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[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Did you put the whole cat in the PF, or just a slice?

It was more of a certain cat by-product.

[okitoki]

If it does works. I'll make a fortune with my 3 cats' constant supplies.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

If it does works. I'll make a fortune with my 3 cats' constant supplies.

Your mileage may vary.

[ggoosen]

FYI.. This is out of the "Le Nez De Cafe" Book

#28 - Roasted Peanuts Aroma
When its not to strong, its a sign of elegance and is sometimes called the Greek taste. Certain types of coffee have natural tendency to give off the scent and the Greeks often add raw peanuts to green beans to enhance it.