coffee recipes?

[joneschick]

daughter #1 has started a new job for a rather nice coffee shop and one of the perks (ha ha I made a funny) is that she gets a pound of beans every week. What else besides lots of great coffee? I can only drink so much coffee!

[The empressof all]

1. There's so much you can do with coffee

Do a google search on coffee recipes

I've seen spice rubs for meat with ground coffee as an ingredient. It adds depth to chili and gravy. There are countless desserts that use coffee flavoring from tiramisu to mocha cake. Coffee Jello is a big treat in Asia and is quite refreshing served with cream. I routinely freeze any left over coffee in ice cube trays to cool off Iced coffee or to blend up with chocolate milk for mocha shakes. You can also donate a pound a month to a local senior center or a food bank. SO and I go through a lb a week between the two of us so I don't think you really will be overwhelmed by this amount unless you don't drink coffee.

I'm sure if she asks she may be able to get tea instead of coffee. I know Starbucks does that for a friend of mine. Also don't miss an opportunity to try different blends. You're lucky! What a great treat!

[Duer 157099]

2. What? The economy is so poor that people are getting paid beans?

Is that what you said?? :)

I don't know how to make these exactly, but chocolate covered espresso beans are a tasty treat -- don't know if they have to be special beans, or how they're prepared, but I like 'em (good "on the go" coffee fix)

Or, buy an extra freezer and store them all in there for a rainy day?

[KyndCulture]

3. I used to work at a coffee store too... and got free beans.

Once a month I could get roasted espresso beans, I'd take them and pour them in a double boiler of half milk choc. and half bitter dark choc. then I'd spread them on wax paper for the chocolate to cool.

Viola instant gourmet pick me up. Chocolate covered espresso beans.. Quite the delight for the choc/coffee fiend that I am!

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Iced coffee, coffee syrup

Iced coffee in summer rather than iced tea (either brew the coffee at 2X strength or make ice cubes of coffee and use them to chill freshly brewed.) Coffee syrup is 2X-3X strength coffee in a sugar infusion. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island this is used for coffee milkshakes (milk shake in New England means flavored milk with out ice cream)and can be used for a coffee egg cream (whipped milk, coffee syrup,and club soda.

Small amounts (1/4-1/2 cup) of brewed coffee can be used in banana bread in lieu of some of the water. Would probably work in zucchini bread, carrot cake, any other dense fruit/veggie cake. It adds a depth of flavor, not a coffee taste. The Moosewood cookbook is where I got that idea -- their banana bread was made with cold leftover coffee.

I've had commercially made chocolate covered coffee beans but have never tried it at home.

And the grounds are great compost material!

[politicat]

5. Cold press coffee? Coffee granita?

Gifts?

[joneschick]

6. DU rocks!

wonderful ideas one and all! I haven't googled yet, I can always do that. I just wanted to pick some of the creative minds here first. I especially liked the notion of donating to a food bank of other group. My daughter will definitely go for that. Thanks!

[NMDemDist2]

7. Redeye Gravy

yumm

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