How To Make Espresso Powder
A powder made from dried & blitzed coffee grounds that is used to enhance the chocolate flavour in cakes, cookies & brownies. It’s normally pretty expensive to buy, luckily it’s very easy to make. Here’s how…
Servings: 1 Small Jar
Ingredients
- 100 g Coffee Grounds
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to its’ lowest temperature (usually this is between 70°c & 100°c).
- Spread your coffee grounds over a lined baking tray & break them up with your fingers.
- Place the tray into your preheat oven & leave the coffee to dry out , stirring every 30 minutes or so. The coffee should take around 3 hours to dry out completely but keep an eye on them - they should be dry & slightly crunchy.
- Once dry, leave the coffee to cool to room temperature.
- Now, using a jug blender or spice grinder, blitz the coffee to a fine powder.
- Transfer to an airtight jar & use as required.
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Stored in an airtight container, out of direct sunlight, espresso powder should last around 6 months.
To make espresso powder, you'll need coffee grounds (coffee beans that have been ground & used used for espresso). Using 100g of coffee grounds to make espresso powder will fill a small jar.
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