My crazy experiments
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Best part of Diy is sampling all your creations. Enjoy!
Let us know which are the gems @BumbleBee
Nice labelling of all the numbers
Nice labelling of all the numbers
I had an awesome week with DIY. 3 or 4 of the juices I mixed weeks ago, finished steeping.
All new recipes being sampled for the first time... And I really believe I'm getting into the swing of things with the whole DIY.
All new recipes being sampled for the first time... And I really believe I'm getting into the swing of things with the whole DIY.
This whole DIY thing is tons of fun 
A lot of those are single flavour "samples". I don't get a lot of time to play, sometimes a whole month goes by where nothing gets mixed. But when I get time the stash doubles in size
I have a NET (Natural Extracted Tea) that is totally out of this world, a rooibos tea with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a dash of cream, insanely delicious!
Here's one for the Peanut Butter fans:
12% - Peanut Butter (TFA)
8% - Double Chocolate Clear (TFA)
4% - Graham Cracker Clear (TFA)
1% - EM10%
A lot of those are single flavour "samples". I don't get a lot of time to play, sometimes a whole month goes by where nothing gets mixed. But when I get time the stash doubles in size
I have a NET (Natural Extracted Tea) that is totally out of this world, a rooibos tea with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a dash of cream, insanely delicious!
Here's one for the Peanut Butter fans:
12% - Peanut Butter (TFA)
8% - Double Chocolate Clear (TFA)
4% - Graham Cracker Clear (TFA)
1% - EM10%
Sounds yummy! How did you go about doing the extract on the tea?This whole DIY thing is tons of fun
A lot of those are single flavour "samples". I don't get a lot of time to play, sometimes a whole month goes by where nothing gets mixed. But when I get time the stash doubles in size
I have a NET (Natural Extracted Tea) that is totally out of this world, a rooibos tea with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a dash of cream, insanely delicious!
Here's one for the Peanut Butter fans:
12% - Peanut Butter (TFA)
8% - Double Chocolate Clear (TFA)
4% - Graham Cracker Clear (TFA)
1% - EM10%
Empty out 4 teabags in a 50ml glass bottle (I used the blue ones from SkyBlue). Top the bottle up with PG and dunk the bottle in a mug of boiled water. Leave for half an hour then top up again with PG. Dunk it in boiled water again and leave it to steep for a day. Strap a coffee filter over a glass with rubber bands and empty the tea out into the filter, this requires a bit of gentle shaking to get all that stuff out through the tiny bottleneck. The good stuff will work its way through the filter in a few hours. This is a good time to make a cup of tea, the aroma coming from the extract will leave you little choice here
This works exactly the same for ground filter coffeeEmpty out 4 teabags in a 50ml glass bottle (I used the blue ones from SkyBlue). Top the bottle up with PG and dunk the bottle in a mug of boiled water. Leave for half an hour then top up again with PG. Dunk it in boiled water again and leave it to steep for a day. Strap a coffee filter over a glass with rubber bands and empty the tea out into the filter, this requires a bit of gentle shaking to get all that stuff out through the tiny bottleneck. The good stuff will work its way through the filter in a few hours. This is a good time to make a cup of tea, the aroma coming from the extract will leave you little choice here
Hats off to you @BumbleBee. I make only around 4 at a time lol.Juice testing night for me
These are some of my crazy experiments. There are some real gems here, but some are just rocks.
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I've been tempted to do this for a while now, I'd love a nice peach iced tea. Juicy peach, tea extract, EM with a touch of Koolada. Think I'm gonna do this tomorrow!Empty out 4 teabags in a 50ml glass bottle (I used the blue ones from SkyBlue). Top the bottle up with PG and dunk the bottle in a mug of boiled water. Leave for half an hour then top up again with PG. Dunk it in boiled water again and leave it to steep for a day. Strap a coffee filter over a glass with rubber bands and empty the tea out into the filter, this requires a bit of gentle shaking to get all that stuff out through the tiny bottleneck. The good stuff will work its way through the filter in a few hours. This is a good time to make a cup of tea, the aroma coming from the extract will leave you little choice here
Ah that sounds good, I don't have any Juicy Peach but a few drops of lemon juice and EM should do the trick.
Yeah that could be really good. I've also seen different kinds of berry teas at the pick n pay, I'd love to know if they make decent extracts for juice.
I've tried a few of those flavored teas, they're very weak. You're better off just making an extract with plain tea and adding the flavouring yourself, strawberry or raspberry should do quite nicely.
I have some Spiced Chai Tea that I'd like to extract too, so many ideas, so little time
Cool good to know. Yes a vanilla chai latte! Chai extract, vanilla swirl, sweet cream, maybe a touch of cinnamon danish/ cinnamon sugar cookie. That sounds frikkin amazing. Haha yeah man that's the problem too little time. You gotta make that one though, sounds amazing.
i tried this a while back with ground coffee and wow i can kick myself as i gave it to my mom as she is a coffee snob and loved itThis works exactly the same for ground filter coffee
Haven't tried tea yet.. will do so immediately. however the coffee works really well, as does other dried spices, i have a blend of raw spices.. chai basics that i roast, grind and extract using the method bumblebee described, unbeatable.
Not as potent as a synthetic concentrate, but without the chemical aftertaste many can carry, just smooth and pure.
Not as potent as a synthetic concentrate, but without the chemical aftertaste many can carry, just smooth and pure.
Cinnamon stands up well alone. and i do a mix blend of star anise, cinnamon, allspice, cardamon nutmeg and even a little black pepper.
And yes this is used as a flavourant extract to be combined with other flavours and a vg\pg base.
And yes this is used as a flavourant extract to be combined with other flavours and a vg\pg base.
oops, forgot to mention clove, clove also extracts beautifully.
for those interested in trying this remember to toast lightly then grind your spice in a mortise and pestle.
And give it more some time to extract.. about 2 days seems good. too much doesnt seem to be good either.
Not sure where the limit is, but i have one i left for 3 weeks, not happy with that one. could be other factors at play, spice quality over roasting etc, but i wont go there again to find out.
for those interested in trying this remember to toast lightly then grind your spice in a mortise and pestle.
And give it more some time to extract.. about 2 days seems good. too much doesnt seem to be good either.
Not sure where the limit is, but i have one i left for 3 weeks, not happy with that one. could be other factors at play, spice quality over roasting etc, but i wont go there again to find out.
Basically depends on the strength of the base material for the extract, if you used 4 teabags then that would be your base mix and you'd add the other ingredients in.
If you used a half bag of filter ground coffee then you could consider that as your concentrate. I was thinking the equivalent of 1 cup of coffee might be approx 1.5ml of final mix and would use that as an initial guideline.
If you used a half bag of filter ground coffee then you could consider that as your concentrate. I was thinking the equivalent of 1 cup of coffee might be approx 1.5ml of final mix and would use that as an initial guideline.
Use it as a concentrate, with my tea extraction method I use it at around 10%. I've tried some coffees too but get very inconsistent results sometimes using the coffee extract up to 50% and it's still weak, but I do like my coffee strong.
I found the same but one thing I noticed is that lighter roast coffees require a longer steep/extraction time and a higher % in your final mix. My dark roast espresso extract is potent even at 3 or so %.
Cool thanks man
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