My infused experiment...

[Tobias Lutz]

I threw this together this afternoon:







I'll give it a few weeks and report back.

UPDATE:

After three weeks time I smoked the smallest vitola and discovered, sadly, that not much "infusion" had taken place. Yes, the wrapper took on a coffee note, but upon lighting, it almost completely dissipated. I highly suspect that a higher rh is required for this kind of flavor transfer to take place. Since extended periods at a high rh would result in mold, I imagine this is why spray topping of the leaf is the way to go. I plan on leaving these in the container until I get around to smoking them all, but I don't expect much. This also makes me wonder about how susceptible your non-infused sticks really are to picking up "infused cooties" from flavored sticks in the same humidor. If these cigars can be buried in beans for 3 weeks, and yield VERY little nuance, I wonder how much a Java, or even an Acid Kuba Kuba, on the bottom of your humidor, at 60rh, can really do to the Opus X on the top shelf. I know, heresy, but I call them as I experience them

[MataFina]

Funny to see your update...I logged in to post my own...so today, after almost one month (cigars went in the jar on the 17th of last month) I pulled the first Bahia Blue to try it...the last two Arganese I had there smoked wonderfully.

After cleaning the coffee grounds form the stick, I was disappointed that no coffee smell was detectable, once lit, the feeling was the same....nothing, NADA, sad, sad, sad...I under if the sticks need to have a hint of a coffee note to begin with.
I'm not ready to give up just yet...just need to figure out what made one cigar work and not the other...experimenting is the name of the game.

UPDATE:

After three weeks time I smoked the smallest vitola and discovered, sadly, that not much "infusion" had taken place. Yes, the wrapper took on a coffee note, but upon lighting, it almost completely dissipated. I highly suspect that a higher rh is required for this kind of flavor transfer to take place. Since extended periods at a high rh would result in mold, I imagine this is why spray topping of the leaf is the way to go. I plan on leaving these in the container until I get around to smoking them all, but I don't expect much. This also makes me wonder about how susceptible your non-infused sticks really are to picking up "infused cooties" from flavored sticks in the same humidor. If these cigars can be buried in beans for 3 weeks, and yield VERY little nuance, I wonder how much a Java, or even an Acid Kuba Kuba, on the bottom of your humidor, at 60rh, can really do to the Opus X on the top shelf. I know, heresy, but I call them as I experience them