Shaun R
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Has anyone tried smoking withCoffee Wood? I bet it would taste great on beef.
Coffee Wood
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j biesinger
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call me skeptical, but I doubt there's much to this. The beans are roasted to create much of the flavor of coffee. I;ve never tried a green bean, but I suspect they are bitter.
TroyRedington
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by j biesinger:
call me skeptical, but I doubt there's much to this. The beans are roasted to create much of the flavor of coffee. I;ve never tried a green bean, but I suspect they are bitter. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I don't think the wood and the fruit are an absolute connection.
acorns taste pretty horrible - but oak makes nice smoke.
call me skeptical, but I doubt there's much to this. The beans are roasted to create much of the flavor of coffee. I;ve never tried a green bean, but I suspect they are bitter. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I don't think the wood and the fruit are an absolute connection.
acorns taste pretty horrible - but oak makes nice smoke.
Shaun R
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Thanks for the quality replies, here's a thread from another BBQ forum I found using it.
The coffee wood smoke was over the top.I suppose it's good, but there are other woods that will work better like pecan with a coffee rub like Jim mentioned.
The coffee wood smoke was over the top.I suppose it's good, but there are other woods that will work better like pecan with a coffee rub like Jim mentioned.
j biesinger
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I don't think the wood and the fruit are an absolute connection.
acorns taste pretty horrible - but oak makes nice smoke. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I never said they're was and in this case where the fruit is heavily roasted, I would suspect less of a connection.
Acorns straight off the tree are full of tannins, and I suspect oak wood is to, which further mixes up the tastes problem. The tannins in acorns are easily leached out (a possible explanation for squirrels' burying habit).
I have found a 1:1 relationship of flavor and smoke with certain spices like cinnamon, allspice, and star anise. Meat smoked over those doesn't taste much different if the spices were directly applied, which IMO is very cool.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The coffee wood smoke was over the top.I suppose it's good, but there are other woods that will work better like pecan with a coffee rub like Jim mentioned.
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the poster in the link didn't specifically say the coffee wood was bad. its hard to tell from the post whether they liked the wood or not. I'm kind of intrigued.
acorns taste pretty horrible - but oak makes nice smoke. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I never said they're was and in this case where the fruit is heavily roasted, I would suspect less of a connection.
Acorns straight off the tree are full of tannins, and I suspect oak wood is to, which further mixes up the tastes problem. The tannins in acorns are easily leached out (a possible explanation for squirrels' burying habit).
I have found a 1:1 relationship of flavor and smoke with certain spices like cinnamon, allspice, and star anise. Meat smoked over those doesn't taste much different if the spices were directly applied, which IMO is very cool.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">The coffee wood smoke was over the top.I suppose it's good, but there are other woods that will work better like pecan with a coffee rub like Jim mentioned.
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the poster in the link didn't specifically say the coffee wood was bad. its hard to tell from the post whether they liked the wood or not. I'm kind of intrigued.