I am a fan of infused ciagrs (Java, Gurkha) and want to try to do this on my own.

I recently bought a bundle of yard burners, Nestor Plescencia 2004 ($20 of 24) - actually not a bad stick for the price. Since they are so cheap I wanted to try to infuse these sticks with a nice coffee/chocolate flavor and see how they turn out.

Since I have 24 I was going to start off with several just to play around with.

Any suggestions? Has anyone done this?

Peace,

Events Man

This though has occurred to me once, though I never got down to try it. My plan was to buy a phillie cheapie and inject it with cedar and apple extract using a normal medical syringe.

Why don't you try and tell us if it works?

I would get a small tupperwear container, soak a clean soft rag/paper towel with whatever scent you want in the cigar (coffee in this case I guess), and put that in the tupperwear with the cigar(s). Leave it be for a couple of days and voila... infused cigar.

I'd love to try this with scotch. I can see it now... a Macallan cigar. *drool*

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Originally posted by EventsMan:
I am a fan of infused ciagrs (Java, Gurkha) and want to try to do this on my own.

I recently bought a bundle of yard burners, Nestor Plescencia 2004 ($20 of 24) - actually not a bad stick for the price. Since they are so cheap I wanted to try to infuse these sticks with a nice coffee/chocolate flavor and see how they turn out.

Since I have 24 I was going to start off with several just to play around with.

Any suggestions? Has anyone done this?

Peace,

Events Man

So you're not satisfied how the manufacturers ruin the cigars, and want to do it yourself? Fair enough. Would be interesting to read your reports.

someone once told me that he used to buy bundled cigars, put them in his humidor just for the cheap cigars. And he'd line the bottom of the humidor up with a thin layer of grounded coffee to add more flavors to the cigars. Never tried it myself though

The tried-and-true method uses an empty coffee can with a shot glass of your infuser of choice in the center of the bottom. Stand up the cigars around the inside perimeter of the can, put the cover on and wait a week or two depending on how strong you want the flavor.

So, if you really want an enjoyable infused cigar, wouldn't you want to start with a decent cigar instead of a dog-rocket? Infused dog-rocket does not sound so great.

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I'll stick to straight tobacco and leave the infused cigars to others.

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Infused dog-rocket does not sound so great.

I have some freshly-mowed grass infused dog rockets out back. Care to try?

Maybe stick them in a Tupperware container with some coffee beans covering them?

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Originally posted by SteveSur:
The tried-and-true method uses an empty coffee can with a shot glass of your infuser of choice in the center of the bottom. Stand up the cigars around the inside perimeter of the can, put the cover on and wait a week or two depending on how strong you want the flavor.

Yup, that's the way to do it alright. Plain coffee beans won't be enough since infusion via liquid is way faster than via air. soaked paper towel in a tupperware won't work either since you don't want to ruin the wrapper of the cigar by wetting it.

When I lived in the states my local B&M use to give me samples that the manufacturer would send him. Needless to say some were not very good. Those smokes that got the thumbs down he told me to infuse. His/my method was to place the cigars into a glass jar with your liquid of choice in a shot glass. Leave the cigars in a sealed jar for 3-5 days. Then crack the seal and leave the cigars in for another 3-5 days. That should do it. You want to make sure to crack the seal after about 5 days so the cigars don't get mushy on you.

Here is a quick update...

I ground up some chocolate, coffee and cocoa powder and placed it at the bottom of a ceramic mason jar along with three cigars.

I placed the cigars on a little pedestal so none of the mixture would get in and taint the tobacco and sealed the jar.

After several days I opened the jar for the first time, the inital aroma on the cigars was pretty good; a nice coffee and cocoa combo - just what I was looking for.

I then...

added one small dessert cup (about 3 ounces or so) of hot, fresh brewed coffee on top of the grounded mixture and placed the cigars back on the pedestal and sealed the lid. The steam from the coffee will add a nice blast of humidity and moisture into the sticks to make sure they do not get hard. It will also help infuse the aromas faster into the tobacco then simply using the dry mixture.

I will revisit the sticks in about 3-4 days to see how they are doing and get back to you with an update.

this sounds like an interesting project, i think i may try it myself with a bundle of ybor city cigars

Sounds Interesting. The only thing I would be worried about, is the wet coffee. To me after a day coffee starts to smell really stale. Just watch for that maybe. Let us know how it goes.

Also watch for over-humidity.

I dumped the wet coffee after 24 hours

My last 24 hour will include some sweet, hot water to drive home a touch of sweetness

They come out tonight and go into a separate humi to dry out and get a good balanced humidity level. I like to keep my sticks around 65-67% humidity

I figure it will take anywhere from 2-5 days to get get them where I want them to be. I'll then keep 'em locked up for another 2-4 weeks just to cure them.

But I may sneek a taste of one of them within the next week or so

This sounds interesting. What cigars did you use?
If this turns out good for you I might try it with a couple of cheap phillies from the convenience store.

Nestor Plescencia 2004
from CI 24 sticks for $19.00

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Originally posted by EventsMan:
I dumped the wet coffee after 24 hours

My last 24 hour will include some sweet, hot water to drive home a touch of sweetness

They come out tonight and go into a separate humi to dry out and get a good balanced humidity level. I like to keep my sticks around 65-67% humidity

I figure it will take anywhere from 2-5 days to get get them where I want them to be. I'll then keep 'em locked up for another 2-4 weeks just to cure them.

But I may sneek a taste of one of them within the next week or so

Sounds really interested. I wouldn't mind being a guinea pig for one of these.