Anyone ever tried putting coffee beans in their homemade AS

[twoods]

I was thinking of putting some coffee beans in my mixture? Anyone ever tried that?

[thebikingengineer]

What are you trying to accomplish? If it's a coffee scent then I believe that you'll extract the wrong scents by soaking beans in alcohol. I may be wrong though, give it a try if you like, but my gut's telling me that the smell won't be as nice as you'd imagine.

[OldSchoolYoungin]

Lolwut?

[goodsamaritan]

I wonder if any of the caffeine would leech into the AS. Kinda like that caffeine bath soap they sell.

Might be worth a try.

[MrFusion]

Interesting idea.
Let us know how it goes!

[joshmpdx]

i think it's a great idea!

how about a mix of:
alcohol
witch hazel
camphor
tobacco leaf
coffee bean (i strongly agree to not let the sit for too long, i would start by cutting a few beans in half and letting them soak for 4-8 hours)

[Evbo]

Store it in a latte mug. :rolleyes: With a cap, of course.

[brumble]

Haven't tried coffee, but I'd suggest grinding the bean if you do.

I recently made a homebrew AS which is 'chai' scented. Going off a bay rum recipe I found, I put 1-2 tsp of my regular 'chai' tea spice mix (ground up) into a small jar, filled the jar with rum, closed tightly and let it sit in a cool dark place. I checked it weekly. By week 2 it had a decent scent, but I wanted a stronger scent so I let it sit for a total of 4 weeks. I then strained it through a cloth and now use it. Leaves subtle scent that lasts for a few hours.

[wetshavewonder]

better yet http://www.unitednuclear.com/soap.htm

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[Ramaniac]

Interesting. When you brew coffee, it is imperative to take off the grounds as soon as it is done, or your coffee can get bitter fast. The same with tea.

I would not be surprised if they have a coffee essence that you could use.

Mama Bear (Sue?) and Joanna (Queen of Blades) would know. They are usually over on TSD though.

[bunchoffives]

i think it's a great idea!

how about a mix of:
alcohol
witch hazel
camphor
tobacco leaf
coffee bean (i strongly agree to not let the sit for too long, i would start by cutting a few beans in half and letting them soak for 4-8 hours)

If I remember some of the anti-smoking campaigns (specifically the one about steeping a pack of cigarettes to make poison) from high school, wouldn't the nicotine content be fairly toxic in a mix like this? Not that you'd be drinking the aftershave, but I'd be a little concerned putting steeped tobacco on my face. Some brief Google searching hasn't provided any clear answers -- maybe one of the homebrew soap makers can answer this one?

[tarbush]

Would it be better to mix some brewed coffee into your concoction? Just a thought.

Wonder if this would work - replace coffee in the place of water in a soap recipe.

[AverageJoe]

Why not just put a little alcohol in your coffee and have fresh-brewed AS every morning?

[Rolls-Royce]

I think the best bet would be to use a decent espresso machine to pull a shot of the coffee you want to use in the A/S (then pour the shot straight into your almost-complete concoction). It'll extract the aromatic parts of the coffee faster than any other method, while minimizing uptake of caffeine and other not-so-desirable stuff. Failing that, I'd steep ground beans in cold water-steeping in hot would drive off the volatile aromas and probably speed up staling of the mix.

Just my two cents' worth...

[D.Irving79]

i wanted to try this, but with pipe tobbacco.

[Shaving Galoot]

Clubman aftershave balm lists caffeine as one of the ingredients. It even singles out the benefits of it as tightening the skin.

~Jeff
who is not sure what this means, but thought it was somehow relevant to the odd discussion