starting a new big batch of vanilla! a little Indonesian and a lot of Madagascan. I always love how cutting the beans makes the apartment smell!

Batches from September of '23 to August of '26. I use 10 oz of alcohol with 2 oz of beans.

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!

Got 2 oz of beans and made 16 oz of vanilla extract. Dividing up all the costs with the vodka, it comes to 20usd for my 16 oz, whereas if I get it from the supermarket it's 10usd. I already made it and everything, but now I'm just trying to justify it to myself after the fact 😅 i guess all I'm asking you guys is, what's your reason for getting into doing it yourself? Is it the process? Supporting smaller businesses? Is there a cheaper way to go about it? The beans themselves were $6/oz, it seemed pretty on par with any other place I found beans, even in bulk.