So, since Steve put a description of how Klava is made in _Issola_, I've recently gotten it in my head to make some. Eggshells are an old trick for taking the bitterness out of coffee, and I figured that woodchips couldn't be any worse than chickory. It was interesting, the wood barely scented the coffee the first time that I did it. I used maple, and not very much of it, along with coffee and an eggshell, in a french press. The coffee was much smoother than normal--or, I suppose I should say, the klava was much smoother than coffee--but the wood flavor didn't really come through at all. The second time I tried it with spruce, which is a softer wood. I put in more chips this time. I could just about taste the wood in the coffee, and it was good. Very smooth, nicely aromatic, and fairly flavorful, despite the fact that I was using old coffee. I think I'm going to try it again tonight, but use a chainsaw carving tool to make smaller pieces of the wood. I figure that smaller pieces will have more surface area to impart flavor through. Heh. My apartment neighbors won't appreciate the chainsaw, I'm sure. Has anybody else tried to make klava? I suspect that certain types of wood with certain types of coffee beans would be very appealing... -Jason