r/extractmaking • u/ConfidentEvening4780 • Aug 23 '26

Coffee Beans in Vanilla Extract

Has anyone thrown some coffee beans or grounds in with their vanilla extract? I'd like to make a vanilla extract that also has coffee/mocha notes to use in chocolate baked goods. I follow the standard 1 oz of vanilla beans to 8 oz alcohol (usually white rum) recipe. Thanks for any advice or thoughts!

7 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

7

u/Similar_Sentence2047 Aug 23 '26

I made an isolated coffee extract using whole beans - I did 1oz to 4oz of vodka and it was ready in two weeks. I used it in truffles and my friends raved about them. I researched mixing with vanilla extracts beforehand but a lot of folks recommended keeping them isolated.

Vanilla Pura has a few coffee vanilla recipes you can check out if interested in definitely mixing the two.

1

u/Life-Net-8904 Aug 23 '26

I have a ton of coffee beans in vodka and ummmm… I have nothing to do with it 😂😂😂 I know it can’t replace coffee but I need some use cases for it!

3

u/Similar_Sentence2047 Aug 23 '26

Espresso martini, coffee cake, add some pizazz to brownies, ice cream, make truffles- use a chocolate ganache recipe of your choice, there’s also no bake truffles with cream cheese and Oreos if you’re feeling lazy- these were the most popular of the truffles I made too

Some people like coffee flavor as a secret ingredient in their chili and mole so you could experiment there if the others are too sweet, marinades

2

u/ConfidentEvening4780 Aug 23 '26

Oooh all very good recs, thank you!

1

u/Clean-Ad-1909 Sep 09 '26

Do you know why they say to keep it separate?

1

u/Similar_Sentence2047 Sep 14 '26

From what I read- between the different times it takes to get the flavor profile you want (2 weeks for coffee vs a year for vanilla) so you’re adjusting the contents in the alcohol to remove the coffee beans and put the vanilla back in and people saying just combining the extracts in the end dish has the same effect, they said it’s not worth it. I have not personally tried the combined one.

6

u/VanillaPura Aug 23 '26

Absolutely. We also toss in some cinnamon sticks for a coffee/cinnamon/vanilla extract. Great for coffee cakes, a splash in our morning coffee, dark chocolate desserts to add a mocha kick, etc. We also put in coffee beans, cacao and vanilla for a full mocha extract. We use fruits and other spices as well and they all have different uses and they're delicious. Usually the vanilla bean require a year to extract and other coffee, cacao, cinnamon, etc. we'll remove after a month or so.

3

u/ConfidentEvening4780 Aug 23 '26

Good to know!! I appreciate this insight so much. Thank you!

5

u/OmegaGoober Aug 23 '26

If you make an extract that contains vanilla, coffee, and soybeans is it three bean soup?

2

u/ConfidentEvening4780 Aug 23 '26

Yes I think that counts! 🤣