Coffee grounds over ice cream?

[David57]

Coffee grounds over vanilla ice cream used to be one of my favorite desserts.

My cat could not be trusted for a second when I made it.

He also would stick his head into a coffee cup with with half and half.

Any other desserts topped with coffee?

 

[winston61]

why yes I like sand and kitty litter on my apple pie. (sarcasm, too early?)

 

[nff]

coffee yes coffee grounds... no.

 

[Kentos]

I can see how a light dusting of espresso fine ground beans would taste good. Would the coarser grinds stick in the teeth?

 

[Stevew443]

I also used to grind fresh coffee and put it on ice cream. I cannot remember where I heard about doing that... possibly the Frugal Gourmet, but I have been doing that now every time I eat vanilla ice cream. It is very good.

 

[gearchow]

Coffee grounds over vanilla ice cream used to be one of my favorite desserts.

My cat could not be trusted for a second when I made it.

He also would stick his head into a coffee cup with with half and half.

Any other desserts topped with coffee?

Shakey-and-twitchy would seem to be a good choice for a user name for you!

I'm going to withhold judgment till I try it. I think I will go for an espresso grind.

-jim

 

[Gustav Halbach]

A little bit of ground espresso in chili...like a tablespoon full in a whole kettle/pot....is good too. Try it sometime.

-G

 

[David57]

Well has anyone tried fresh ground beans over ice cream?

just one?

 

[goatee]

i wondered about that. one day i was at a coffee shop and they had chocolate covered beans in a candy dispenser. they were very good!! can you eat regular beans? or were these somehow different?
ice cream, with a dusting of fine ground coffee, and just a drizzle of chocolate fudge sound very good.

 

[Samurai-5]

Hmmm I'm going to try that. I also on occasion put yellow mustard on my vanilla ice cream. I know I know it sounds disgusting...but the taste..........

 

[intotheforge]

tiramisu is a yummy desert like that.

I've also had a grilled steak with espresso rubbed into it which was okay but not great.

 

[Haggises]

is as far as I'll go for coffee bean in sweets.

 

[zethreal]

I've made my own coffee flavored hard candy. I take a standard candy recipe and add 2-3 tablespoons of instant coffee ( it works in this case ) as soon as I start cooling it to pour it. I also eat chocolate covered coffee beans, Tiramisu ( the lady fingers in the bottom are soaked in espresso ) but I've never thought of actually putting powdered coffee beans on stuff.

I may have to make a batch of the hard candy to take to the NYC meet-up this fall...

 

[Deltaboy]

Yes it gives the Ice cream some kick.

 

[CountZer0]

A traditional Affagato is a shot of espresso over vanilla gelato. We use homemade vanilla ice-cream with a good shot of coffee from an Aeropress. Amazing dessert!

-jason

 

[goatee]

is as far as I'll go for coffee bean in sweets.

see? just like this.. i have had these and they were very good. but whats the difference in an espresso bean and a regular coffee bean?

 

[gearchow]

A traditional Affagato is a shot of espresso over vanilla gelato. We use homemade vanilla ice-cream with a good shot of coffee from an Aeropress. Amazing dessert!

-jason

going to get some vanilla ice cream on the way home tonight. I can't tolerate caffeine anything after 3PM, so I will do this with the sweet marias decaf I roast for my wife. Even my daughter might like this one.

-jim

 

[zethreal]

see? just like this.. i have had these and they were very good. but whats the difference in an espresso bean and a regular coffee bean?

Espresso beans are roasted much darker than 'normal' coffee beans. normal coffee beans get roasted anywhere from a blonde ( very light ) to a dark ( almost burnt ). Espresso beans are cooked past that until they are pretty much burnt. It gives them a much earthier & robust flavor.

There's nothing different with the actual bean, just in the length of roasting. Now an 'espresso grind' is almost powdery, where a 'drip grind' is larger, which is due to the difference in time, temperature & method of brewing. Espresso is fast, hot & under pressure where a drip brewer is cooler, slow & water flows through the grinds instead of being forced through so the water has more time to extract flavor from each ground.

 

[goatee]

ic...i have been grinding coffee beans into an espresso grind.
thank you!!

 

[tinashubby]

Wife is eating Ben and Jerry's Bonnaroo Buzz. It is coffee and malted ice cream with whiskey carmel swirls and toffee pieces. You guys may like it.