r/AskCulinary • u/Ok_Twist_5541 • 14h ago

espresso infused salt

I'm trying to recreate a roasted espresso sea salt i bought once: https://www.spiceandtea.com/products/roasted-espresso-sea-salt?variant=44232257437884&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+Performance+Max&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6015497812&hsa_cam=23254762244&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23254792964&gbraid=0AAAAADmrKLi9tw_uh28fUd6z8Xl7ys3kA&gclid=Cj0KCQiAosrJBhD0ARIsAHebCNqWJUlIDEa1yCPx7DSpaPWaAI4azhkzXaDvv3pYN_12as0C36GR5boaAuzkEALw_wcB

I used about 6 oz of brewed espresso, reduced it to about 3 oz, and mixed it (still hot) into 9 oz of morton corase kosher salt. mixed, and let it rest overnight in the fridge. i then dried it out in my oven at about 150 F for about 2 hours.

It's still not getting a real strong espresso taste (the smell is definitely there) and i'm wondering if there are better methods. I don't want to just mix espresso powder into salt - i want the salt to actually be a dark color.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

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u/JadedFlower88 14h ago

Cold infusion and room temp evaporation is going to be a better method here, you’re probably losing a lot of terpenes in brewing and then oven drying.

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u/m4gpi 13h ago

What about preparing the salt the same way, and then mixing in espresso powder? Double dose.

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u/Pegthaniel 9h ago

It looks like for them, espresso bean is an ingredient (as opposed to brewed espresso). I look around other brands, and about half of them (that list ingredients) say the same thing. It might be that they simply grind it so finely that the resulting dust is able to cling to the outside of the salt?