Triple Fold

[Timmah!]

So, after a mere month, this vanilla extract is richer, more complex than anything you can buy at a store. Order the beans online, split them down the middle & then in half, then place in a bottle of vodka, even cheap vodka will do just fine. You want an ounce by weight of bean for every eight fluid ounces of vodka. This is minimum for commercial standard & is known as single fold strength. I went with triple fold concentration here. Tastes richer, somehow than using 3X the volume of single fold. The solvent becomes saturated with the fat being released from the beans & then becomes cloudy & unbelievably heady, complex. If you enjoy cooking & baking, this is well worth the $40 or so to make. Just give it a shake now and then. Maybe make twice as much, as you'll find it's hard to leave alone. That way, after a year or so, when it truly starts to shine, you won't have to wait another year for that level of flavor to develop. Also makes a great gift. As you use it, just add more vodka to continue drawing goodness from those beans; It's important to keep the beans covered to protect them from spoilage. You can use the spent beans to make vanilla sugar, just store them in a container with some sugar.  Those dark things floating in it are the seeds/caviar from the bean.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by Timmah!
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[TBB]

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[TBB]

Hmmmmmmmmm - like the vodka part a lot 

[Timmah!]

4 hours ago, TBB said:

Hmmmmmmmmm - like the vodka part a lot 

Tastes great.  Especially if Bourbon Vanilla flavored vodka sounds appealing.  It's already pretty damn strong after 30 day...might be a Vanilla overload.

[Icequeen]

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[Timmah!]

9 hours ago, Icequeen said:

Poooooooorrrrrrrr qqqqquuuuuuueeeeeeee

Because?    ...for whatever you would use Vanilla extract; ;ie Vanilla ice cream, Vanilla cakes, Vanilla Frostings, Vanilla pudding, Vanilla wafers, Vanilla cookies, Vanilla Brulee... add it to, I dunno...pancakes, smoothies, yogurt, as an air freshener in spray or for a diffuser...french toast, waffles...coffee..milkshake...You can moisten something like a cotton ball & place it in your car, or the fridge, or any room or cupboard to improve the smell in the area...It's already naturally oily from the beans...so throw a few tablespoons in a mister bottle with 8oz of water & you got a nice, natural room air freshener spray...that you can drink if you like...or spray on yourself...making candies, toffee, caramels....strain it, mix with a natural fixative & you have a rich Vanilla scented body spray/fragrance...and it tastes & smells so much richer & nuanced, with notes both gustatory & olfactive that aren't discernable in the crap at the store.

Edited February 6, 2022 by Timmah!

[KaptCrunch]

Tim send a lil bottle for Icy to review and cheer her up , i hope she doing well for her absence  been noticed 

i like the ice cream version .....vodka float 

[Timmah!]

13 minutes ago, KaptCrunch said:

Tim send a lil bottle for Icy to review and cheer her up , i hope she doing well for her absence  been noticed 

i like the ice cream version .....vodka float 

For that, she would have to give me an address... you'd have to be an Id0t to do something like that!  =P

[major-mark63]

house made vanilla extract mmmh good