Bring Out The Best In Your Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

If you are an avid coffee lover, it is possible that you might have heard about or even tasted the chocolate covered coffee beans. Whether you have or not, here are some exceptionally simple tips that can enable you bring out the best in your chocolate covered coffee beans from now on.

How Do You Make Your Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans Taste The Best?

If you have tasted it is possible that you have not settled yet on a particular flavor of beans for this purpose; it is also possible that you already have a favorite flavor which you enjoy. Either way, you could try this tip and see whether you find any change. Take at least four or five best suited flavors and have them dipped in chocolate immediately after roast. Taste them one by one and see which type makes the best choice for you.

Buy your chocolate covered coffee beans at the specialty shops instead of the supermarket. The fact remains that the stock in the specialty shops have better turnover than that of the super market. As such there is another truth that you need to keep in mind here - fresh beans would always taste better that old ones and in this case the fresh ones would be available in the specialty stores more than in the supermarket.

Just as it is important to have the right kind of beans, it is as important to use the right kind of chocolate. There are many types of chocolate, such as the milk chocolate which is most popular with chocolate covered coffee beans, the bitter chocolate, the white chocolate, etc. Experiment and find out which combination suits you best. Do not look for only one - you might find you enjoy more than one.

Keep in mind one thing when you are enjoying these chocolate beans, if you want them to have the best taste, you need to cook them right, which would take some practice - before you could enjoy the taste at its best. When cooking you need to watch out for any moisture that would get into the chocolate. Prevent that from sabotaging the taste, by adding about one tablespoon of shortening for every one fourth cup of chocolate while cooking.

The chocolate needs to be just the right temperature if you want it to coat the beans correctly. Wait for the chocolate to cool to room temperature before you drop the beans into it. This would not only ensure that the beans get coated well, but also prevents you from burning your fingers while doing so.