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ca_soap

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This attempt turned out much better than my first attempt at an almond and coffee soap.

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I love the marbled look! And anything with almond makes me happy. Did you use coffee as your liquid, or a coffee FO?
 
I actually made two separate batches and blended them, one coffee, one almond so I would have the contrasting color. For the coffee I used an espresso grind and brewed a very strong batch, approximately 2-3 times the strength I would brew for drinking. I then measured out the amount I would need for my liquid in one batch and poured it into an ice cube tray and made coffee cubes. I then weighed the cubes upon removal from the tray and had to add another 15 grams of water to get my proper weight for the liquid. I then did everything as you normally would and added in an 1/8 cup of the coffee grind at light trace, note the espresso grind is much finer than regular coffee grind. For the almond I simply did a regular batch of soap and added almond oil at trace. I then did the mix of the two before pouring in my mold. I am anxious to see how it cures out.
 
Kazmi, I scented it with almond fragrance oil from bramble berry along with what little the coffee brings to it. I can't wait to try it as it has a fabulous scent
 
Skatergirl, I love the BB almond FO, It has fabulous scent to it and it doesn't take a whole lot of it to get great scent. I used 10ml to this batch which was a 5.5lb batch and it has great scent to it, it didn't accelerate any that I really noticed nor did it run into any heating problems for me. It really overpowered any coffee scent that was there and I am going to experiment with a coffee FO in combination with this and see how the next batch turns out.
 
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