So trying my hand at a new way of infusing my cigars with some coffee flavors. So ive infused cigars before with coffee and it worked well but wanted to try something new. Previously I had finished cigars in a humidor with a shot of espresso and every 4-5 days I would just put in a fresh shot. After about 3 months I had some decent coffee infused cigars. This time though im going all out. Here is my process, and would love some feed back on what you guys think!
Humidor filled with whole coffee beans, espresso blend from a local roaster. After about a week of seasoning I added enough leaves to roll 5 cigars. I put them directly on the beans and covered them with a few more beans and added a shot. Then I let the RH get down to 50RH. Got it back up to 70RH I have been keeping it there, its been 3 weeks.
My thought is the leaves dried out a bit and once they go up in RH they will absorb more of the oils from the beans/shot. Not sure if this is how it actually works but made sense to me.
I figure ill give it a few months in there and then roll the cigars with the leaves. Once they are rolled I will put them in the coffee bag that held the beans and that bag back in my coffee humidor and keep cycling fresh shots of espresso. I dont plan on putting any coffee directly on the leaves when I roll them. Hoping I can get some serious coffee flavors this way.
Is this overkill? Anyone have experience infusing leaves instead of cigars? Hoping it turns out well.
Humidor filled with whole coffee beans, espresso blend from a local roaster. After about a week of seasoning I added enough leaves to roll 5 cigars. I put them directly on the beans and covered them with a few more beans and added a shot. Then I let the RH get down to 50RH. Got it back up to 70RH I have been keeping it there, its been 3 weeks.
My thought is the leaves dried out a bit and once they go up in RH they will absorb more of the oils from the beans/shot. Not sure if this is how it actually works but made sense to me.
I figure ill give it a few months in there and then roll the cigars with the leaves. Once they are rolled I will put them in the coffee bag that held the beans and that bag back in my coffee humidor and keep cycling fresh shots of espresso. I dont plan on putting any coffee directly on the leaves when I roll them. Hoping I can get some serious coffee flavors this way.
Is this overkill? Anyone have experience infusing leaves instead of cigars? Hoping it turns out well.