chocolate coated coffee beans
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- PlutoniumLounger
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chocolate coated coffee beans
I needed some new plastic bags for my home-baked bread, so I dropped in to Bulk barn yesterday to get some plastic bags. They come in all flavours, lined on the inside with chocolate-coated raisins, chocolate-coated caramel, and chocolate-coated coffee beans.
I assume I could roast the beans myself and stir them into melted chocolate (wafers come with free plastic bags from Bulk Barn!) but ...
... what's the caffeine content?
When I roast the beans (i assume that's what I have to do to make them crunchable) am I ridding myself of most of the caffeine?
Or must I boil-then-roast, or roast-then-boil, or ... to drop the caffeine?
I assume I could roast the beans myself and stir them into melted chocolate (wafers come with free plastic bags from Bulk Barn!) but ...
... what's the caffeine content?
When I roast the beans (i assume that's what I have to do to make them crunchable) am I ridding myself of most of the caffeine?
Or must I boil-then-roast, or roast-then-boil, or ... to drop the caffeine?
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Roasting coffee beans doesn't remove the caffeine.
Why don't you but decaffeinated coffee beans?
Why don't you but decaffeinated coffee beans?
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Hans
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Well, I suppose I could,HansV wrote:Roasting coffee beans doesn't remove the caffeine. Why don't you but decaffeinated coffee beans?
I've not bought chocolate-coated coffee beans before, and as I walked down Victoria Street I wondered whether I was consuming about 10x my daily intake of caffeine; also what happened to people chomping on these things in movie theatres - did the beans keep them awake?
Buying decaf beans would work, but whenever I've bought (or ordered decaf) I've always felt that I'm paying more to let someone else make use of "my" caffeiene.
very dog-in-the-manger, I admit ...
P.S. Welcome back!
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
We noticed.HansV wrote:I was away for only two-and-a-half days...
Who gave you permission to be absent?
'Twasn't me (grin!)
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- gamma jay
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Silly question! Why would you want to coat coffee beans in chocolate?
I'd rather coat raisons or shortcake in chocolate...heck I'd even coat chocolate in chocolate...not coffee beans!
I'd rather coat raisons or shortcake in chocolate...heck I'd even coat chocolate in chocolate...not coffee beans!
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
I did ! (Remember, I keep an in this place while you guys are asleep)ChrisGreaves wrote:We noticed.
Who gave you permission to be absent?
'Twasn't me (grin!)
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Now I won't be able to get to sleep tonight ...Claude wrote:...I keep an in this place while you guys are asleep)
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Chocolate-coated-chocolate.Rudi wrote:... coat chocolate in chocolate...not coffee beans!
Now that's just the sort of thing that yuppie Torontonians would pay good money for.
Shall we go into business?
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
And here is another strange one: Chocolate-covered bacon!!!
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Rudi
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Mmmmmmm, everything goes better with BACON !!!!Rudi wrote:And here is another strange one: Chocolate-covered bacon!!!
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Even frog kebabs?NotQuite wrote:Mmmmmmm, everything goes better with BACON !!!!
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Might be better than chocolate-covered frog kebabs...
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
Squeaking of which Crunchy-frog chocolatesHansV wrote:Might be better than chocolate-covered frog kebabs...
You sound like you could use another half-hour ...
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
And here I thought frog, at least the legs, tasted like chickenLeif wrote:Even frog kebabs?NotQuite wrote:Mmmmmmm, everything goes better with BACON !!!!
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Re: chocolate coated coffee beans
"Tastes like chicken" holds for many things (but not for chicken eggs...)
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