Re: Tonka beans.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 4:40:57 +0000, Mike Duffy wrote:

I recently ordered a shipment of on-line spices.
I had run out of "Grains of Paradise", and in
order to get free shipping, I added some mundane
things easily found locally, (Coriander seeds,
Muntok white pepper, Telecherry black pepper,
Chipotle chili pepper), plus a few items more
esoteric (Annatto, Cassia, Selim seeds.)
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Does anyone have suggestions? I'm thinking
of shredding some of the bigger beans,
perhaps with a burr-type coffee grinder,
and making an extract with 100 ethanol.
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I'm clueless.  You're on your own but give us
a report of what you do with them and how you
like them in whatever you use them in.