Coffee Collaboration: Use Up Your Old Coffee Beans Recipe

Here’s the age old question that’s been affecting coffee lovers across the nation: What do you do with stale, old coffee?

To answer this questions, you should know why it goes stale.

Coffee goes stale when it has been oxidized by contact with—you probably guessed—oxygen. Roasters will use different bagging methods to reduce oxidization, but once you split open that new bag of coffee and take a big whiff of those fresh roasted beans, the quality goes down from there. As the beans stale, the flavor quality is reduced and loses its unique profile.

The best way to avoid old coffee is to brew it ASAP. Each coffee bag typically has a roast date and a recommended “best buy” date. But when your coffee ultimately goes stale, it’s time to get inventive like our coffee friend Saxman11290 who sent us this delicious recipe solution. Let's check it out!

This recipe calls for a double shot of espresso, so you'll need a superautomatic or semi-automatic machine. Got it? Here's everything you'll need:

Equipment:

• Espresso machine
• Shaker
• Strainer
• Glass

• 1 cup of ice
• 1 cup of 2% milk
• 14-18 grams of ground old coffee
• Drizzle of chocolate sauce
• Pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg

Instructions:

1. Add 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of ice into a shaker.
2. Using an espresso machine, make a double shot of espresso. For semi-automatics measure 14-18 grams of pre-ground old coffee or use a superautomatic and brew a double shot.
3. Pour your double shot on the milk and ice and shake it up!
4. Pop off the glass and strain the mixture over a chilled glass.
5. Top off with a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg. Enjoy!

Thanks Saxman11290 for this tasty creation! Gail whipped herself up a cup—and we don’t want to spoil it for you—but she couldn't tell that she was drinking old coffee.

Send us your favorite coffee recipe in the comments below and we’ll share it with everyone on another episode of Coffee Collaboration.