Results:
After 4
months of waiting, I taste tested it compared to one of the small supermarket bottles
of extract. I measured a ½ teaspoon of the extract and tossed it into my mouth,
swished it around and holding it for a ½ minute getting a good taste of it and
rinsed. I then did the same thing with the homemade extract.
Honestly,
as much as I tried, I could not tell the difference!
As you
can see looking through the bottle it appears a little cloudy with fine particulates.
The particulates do settle to the bottom and on the beans but the slightest movement
stirs it up. I plan to use a coffee filter and filter the extract when I fill a
smaller bottle.
Link to making this extract:
When
first bottled.
After 4
months it’s ready to bake with.
YAY! Glad it came out. We've been using it for several years now (make a new batch every six months or so) and 2nd Man uses it in all his baking that requires it and we've never seen a difference at all. And yes, you can most certainly filter it. When we bottled some up to give out as gifts one year, I used a paper filter inside of one those gold mesh permanent coffee filters (sort of a double filtration) and it was just pure, clean extract. Everyone loved it.
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