Chocolate and Coffee?

[aguynamedrobert]

Hello All,
I have paired chocolate with a couple of things but they ended up being just a lot of hype and didn't work well together....what are your opinions on Coffee and Chocolate going together. They seem like a match made in heaven but I would love to hear some opinions from some coffee lovers.

I also do not know very much about the coffee growing and then post harvest production techniques...I would love to get a run down from anyone who had a knowledge of that...

Have a great day,
Robert
www.chocolateguild.com

 

[lulu]

I used to really hate chocolate coffe combos, and then, when I joined a tasting club realsie I just hated ceap chocolate coffee mixtures! They are often my favourite now.....and I love chocolate dipped coffee beans too.

although I've just realised I have not had any chocolates for almost five months ....wow, I need to rectify that!

 

[college_cook]

Chocolate and coffee are a match made in heaven. There's this theory that food items that grow in similar climates or soils pair well together. I don't know if this is always the case, but it certainly holds true for this combo.

 

[Angie]

I love to eat M&Ms with coffee. It is wonderful!

 

[Katie H]

Seems to me it would be a good combination. My first thought was coffee ice cream with chunks of dark chocolate and nuts.

I've made a chocolate cake for years that has strong coffee as one of the ingredients. It's probably the darkest, most moist chocolate cake I've ever had.

 

[aguynamedrobert]

What do you think of drinking a cup of single origin coffee with a nice single origin dark chocolate bar? Think it would go well together? I need to do some experiments...

Robert
Chocolate Guild :: The Chocolate Connoisseur's Home Base

 

[Katie H]

Sounds yummy especially if the chocolate is nice and smooth.

 

[philso]

chocolate & coffee???

absolutely!!!





but don't forget the booze either!



rob, maybe check out the third of my mousse recipes in my "3 mousses" post. it's a small batch recipe. the kahlua sweetens it up significantly, so keep the chocolate on the bitter side. you could also use espresso instead of regular coffee, which i think would be better, but didn't have on hand when i put the recipe together. you could also make the recipe more mellow by folding in some whipped cream at the end, as per most mousse recipes in the u.s.

 

[jpmcgrew]

It's called mocha(coffee & chocolate) I just got some of the Folgers Chocolate Truffle Coffee I put 2 scoops of coffee and 1 scoop of the chocolate in my Black and Decker single serve coffee maker it's really good with cream.My only issue is the chocolate coffee is made with fake chocolate flavoring.

 

[Flightschool]

I use my chocolate sauce every morning in my coffee (hmmm I am drinking it now)...... I just started doing this in March when I came home from the Netherlands.

 

[urmaniac13]

We often add a spoonful of lindt cocoa in our cafe au lait. Very, very nice. Also sometimes use a drop of chocolate liqueur, also tres bien!

 

[lulu]

What do you think of drinking a cup of single origin coffee with a nice single origin dark chocolate bar? Think it would go well together? I need to do some experiments...

Robert
Chocolate Guild :: The Chocolate Connoisseur's Home Base

I do this, not with a whole bar, but with a single chocolate baton. Its my accoasional luxury elevenses treat to have a good coffee and a good plain chocolate. Esspresso in Italy is often served witha chocolate, a super quality choclate bar would be much better,IMO.

 

[AllenOK]

I have a recipe for a Chocolate Pudding Cake, that's basically almost a large brownie that cooks in it's own fudge sauce. You make the batter, pour sweetened coffee over it, and bake.

Mike Rowe, on Dirty Jobs, did a thing on Kona Coffee a year or so ago. It gives a nice description of coffee production from growing/harvesting the beans, to a brewed cup. Very interesting, and a Dirty Job!