Espresso Powder

[mnm'z]

Hi all ~

I'm hoping you can help me out. Over the past year, I've found several recipes that i have bi-passed because it calls for Espresso Powder. I'd never even heard of it til then but now I'm on a mission to find it. Does anyone use it? where do I find it in the store? by the coffee? or in the baking isle? or someplace else?

I have a recipe for Chocolate Pudding and I like it, but I was just watching an episode of America's Test Kitchen and the recipe they have sounds really, really good but I need to get the Espresso Powder...

[IndianaMom]

Espresso powder is just really finely ground coffee. If you have a coffee grinder you can just grind regular beans superfine. Or else Starbucks VIA instant coffee would work, but it is kind of expensive.

[gastonclipper]

you can substitute any instant coffee granule - starbucks via since it's a stronger brew is probably one of the best substitutes. You should be able to find espresso powder in the coffee aisle with the instant coffees depending on your store's selection.

[mnm'z]

Thanks for the info... I'll look in the coffee aisle when I'm at Meijer.

[100Lions]

You can buy it online do a google search for espresso powder... I make my own with a coffee grinder and just grind the espresso beans until they look like cocoa would look.

[jakobandevelyn]

OR, you can just take some of your own coffee beans into Starbucks, the store front, and have them grind it for you... that is, if you don't have a grinder. Ask for Turkish grind, it's the finest grind possible. You won't need very much, take it in a brown paper sack or a Tupperware container, and they do it for FREE.

[mnm'z]

OR, I could go to my Family Fare and buy 1/4 C strong coffee beans and have their machine grind it for me (in a Turkish Grind ). I didn't think about that one. Yay! Thanks for your suggestions, I also wasn't sure if Espresso Powder would be different than a ground up coffee bean, but I do appreciate all your help.

I know I can find answers with all of you smart gals and guys out there.

[CurtisBeers]

OR, you can just take some of your own coffee beans into Starbucks, the store front, and have them grind it for you... that is, if you don't have a grinder. Ask for Turkish grind, it's the finest grind possible. You won't need very much, take it in a brown paper sack or a Tupperware container, and they do it for FREE.

Does it have to be Starbucks brand? A friend of mine just came back from Hawaii and got me a huge bag of Kona whole bean coffee for my boyfriend but I do not have a coffee grinder???

[jakobandevelyn]

Does it have to be Starbucks brand? A friend of mine just came back from Hawaii and got me a huge bag of Kona whole bean coffee for my boyfriend but I do not have a coffee grinder???

Nope. We wouldn't do flavored coffee in our store though (like vanilla flovered beans or chocolate raspberry, etc). But that was quite a few years ago. Just know the grind that you want (cone filter, flat filter, french press, etc.)... you might buy a cup of coffee for their trouble though....or leave a small tip

Kona beans! You lucky dog!!