Be adventuresome, make your own coffee using the seeds from the Kentucky coffee tree.
If you are lucky enough to positively identify a Kentucky coffeetree, crack open the pods to get the seeds, wash them (and your hands) thoroughly to remove the green goo and roast them in a 300 degree oven in a covered container for 3 hours. As they roast, they’ll explode, so the cover is essential. After the seeds are cool, they can be ground in a coffee grinder just like coffee beans. I use an ordinary drip coffee maker filled with 6 coffee scoops of grounds to make 4 mugs of this delicious, caffeine-free coffee substitute. I actually prefer the taste to coffee. It’s less bitter and has wonderful vanilla-like overtones.
If coffee’s not your beverage, the grounds can also be used as a flavoring in desserts and baked goods. They’re especially good combined with chocolate to make mocha-like confections. I’ve used the spent grounds from coffee-making in muffins with good results, although next time I’d use a finer grind because the end result was a bit gritty. One of these days I’m going to use brewed Kentucky coffee to make tiramisu.
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