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Turning Coffee into Wine

Source: Baguion News

It might take awhile before it hits your town, but there’s a new coffee treat on the horizon, coming from the Philippines. Actually, it doesn’t have to hit your grocery shelves or ROASTe’s shelves, as you can actually make it yourself from your own coffee grounds. Those who have a background in winemaking have an advantage, but the directions for this newest drink are available on the web. What does winemaking have to do with coffee? The best of both worlds meet in coffee wine.

Coffee wine is bottled commercially in the Philippines by a municipality located north of Manila in coffee farming country. The town’s mayor reports that their coffee wine is being sold in the local markets and so far the initial reactions are very favorable. Coffee drinkers love it. Even though local demand for coffee exceeds supply in this coffee-producing nation, the mayor was happy to see additional income for his farmers from the new product. Since the government planted more coffee trees, the supply may soon catch up to the demand.

Like rice wine and strawberry wine, coffee wine is created through a fermentation procedure. One website with a fairly easy recipe is http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/request110.asp. As long as you can get tannin, “yeast nutrient” and Sauterne yeast, you’ll be in good shape to ferment some coffee wine. It only takes about six months, so patience is required. As far as taste, the mayor commented that their coffee wine is “aromatic, a wine which tastes just like a brewed coffee, smooth and with a taste of elegance”.

Wine from coffee is just another one of the growing uses for the fascinating coffee bean. Alcohol in coffee makes a growing number of delicious drinks, as bartenders stretch their imaginations. However, fermenting coffee into wine is so much more than just combining the two mixtures. Wine that “tastes just like a brewed coffee” is an enticing concept, begging to be tried. Do you think it will exhibit winey notes?

Speaking of “winey”, below are some coffees that express winey undernotes.

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REVIEWS & COMMENTS

  • FOR THOSE TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR THE VODKA REDBULL

    intrepid510 | Sat, 10/15/2011 - 01:49

    Interesting idea and would love to try a glass. However, if there is anything that I learned working at a winery, it's best left to those that know what they are doing, unless you want to go through all the troubles yourself until you come out on the other side.

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  • COFFEE WINE

    Lisa | Thu, 10/06/2011 - 17:27

    I am going to have to try this. Both making it and drinking it.

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  • HOW ODD

    jbviau | Wed, 10/05/2011 - 23:45

    Like Eric suggested, I would have expected "coffee wine" to be made by fermenting the cherries.

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  • GREAT IDEA

    Wakeknot | Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:28

    I may have to try this. Then again I never want caffeine after about 4 and never want wine before 4, so I can only drink it at exactly 4pm!

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  • I WONDER...

    EricBNC | Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:02


    I wonder what the pulp from the ripe coffee cherry would taste like as a fermented beverage?

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  • COFFEE BEER FTW

    broseph | Wed, 10/05/2011 - 18:54

    coffee BEER ftw

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